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SubjectRe: [git pull] drm fixes + one missed next for 5.16-rc1
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On 11/14/21 22:19, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 1:00 PM Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> wrote:
>> i915 will no longer be x86-64 only in theory, since Intel now produces
>> PCIe graphics cards using the same hw designs.
> Well, at least in my tree, it still has the "depends on X86", along
> with several other x86-only things (like "select INTEL_GTT", which is
> also x86-only)
>
> So by the time that non-x86 theory becomes reality, hopefully the i915
> people will also have figured out how to do the cache flushing
> properly.
>
> And hopefully that "do it properly" ends up being simply that the
> particular configuration that ends up being portable simply doesn't
> need to do it at all and can statically just not build it,
> sidestepping the issue entirely.
>
> Fingers crossed.

For non-x86 / discrete graphics, plan is only coherent mappings,
although the "Just not build it" part hasn't been properly figured out
yet I guess. But point taken.

Thanks,

/Thomas

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