Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:18:53 +0100 | Subject | Re: [git pull] drm fixes + one missed next for 5.16-rc1 | From | Thomas Hellström <> |
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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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