On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 02:28:47PM -0800, Ben Widawsky wrote: > This patch converts insert_entries and clear_range, both functions which > are specific to the VM. These functions tend to encapsulate the gen > specific PTE writes. Passing absolute addresses to the insert_entries, > and clear_range will help make the logic clearer within the functions as > to what's going on. Currently, all callers simply do the appropriate > page shift, which IMO, ends up looking weird with an upcoming change for > the gen8 page table allocations. > > Up until now, the PPGTT was a funky 2 level page table. GEN8 changes > this to look more like a 3 level page table, and to that extent we need > a significant amount more memory simply for the page tables. To address > this, the allocations will be split up in finer amounts.
Why size_t? Having a type that changes size irrespective of the GPU seems like asking for trouble. -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
