> So, over to the somewhat different problem I was referring to, namely > potential buffer eviction on vt switch where the X server run > drm_bo_lock_mm(), and will evict any fb scanout BOs. Only the fb layer > doesn't really notice as long as the BOs sit in VRAM...
Yes I get around this currently by not having the X server call it on modesetting systems. Clearly I need a better answer which may be that we ignore it in the kernel, unless it comes from a control node process.. when does locking the mm make actual sense? just VT switching? Dave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
