Yes, I am interested in the generation.  Since DRM_IOCTL_I915_GETPARAM
returns the pci_id, a common place to get the generation would be nice.
Intel folks, where do you think would be the best place to put this
(libdrm_intel or the kernel)??

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.veli...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 28 October 2016 at 04:38, Gurchetan Singh
> <gurchetansi...@chromium.org> wrote:
> > This file has useful information regarding the pci-id --> gen
> > conversion.  The gen determines which scanout formats a chipset
> > supports (for example, the SKL display engine can scanout Y-tiled
> > formats).  This would be useful for the ozone-gbm interface.
> >
> It sounds like you're interested in the actual generation rather than
> the exact device id, correct ?
>
> If so an interface like [1] sounds be a better fit. I've poked Chris
> about moving it to libdrm_intel so that others can also use it [2].
> Guessing he did not have much time about that :-\
>
> Thanks
> Emil
> [1] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm/igt-gpu-tools/commit/?id=d3
> 08bb082d429eb25dfd2844bcbafe722660a1ff
> [2] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/95531/
>
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