Erm, that's nuts. I also don't really understand what they're talking about there... i915g vs i915? Anyways, I just meant the version numbers :)
On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.veli...@gmail.com> wrote: > That would be great, as long as it does only that and does not go into > the "drivername" territory. As the said driver ;-) > > "A driver name to use can be provided instead > of simple boolean value, which will be passed to the GL implementation for > it to load the appropriate backend." > > -Emil > > On 4 July 2015 at 18:17, Ilia Mirkin <imir...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: >> IMO it'd be nice to keep this compatible with the intel driver, which >> has a "DRI" option, which can take the values 1, 2, 3. Obviously for >> nouveau, 1 makes no sense as that was dropped quite some time ago. >> >> See >> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/tree/man/intel.man#n68 >> >> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Mario Kleiner >> <mario.kleiner...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> X-Server versions older than 1.16.3 have bugs in their >>> DRI3/Present implementation which impair nouveau, so >>> it is better to stick to good old DRI2 by default on >>> such servers. E.g., page flipping doesn't work at all >>> under DRI3/Present with older servers, and use of >>> extensions like OML_sync_control, SGI_video_sync or >>> INTEL_swap_events also causes failure of Present. >>> >>> nouveau's glamor accel backend currently doesn't work under >>> DRI2, so continue to use DRI3 whenever it is supported. >>> >>> Under the exa accel backend, DRI2 works just fine, so >>> disable DRI3 and choose DRI2 by default when nouveau >>> is built for X-Server < 1.16.3, and enable DRI3 if >>> building on later X-Servers which work reasonably well >>> under DRI3/Present. >>> >>> A new boolean xorg.conf Option "DRI3" allows to enforce or >>> prevent use of DRI3/Present under EXA acceleration for >>> testing. >>> >>> Also add a bit more output about status of Present and >>> DRI3 to aid debugging. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Mario Kleiner <mario.kleiner...@gmail.com> >>> --- >>> man/nouveau.man | 6 ++++++ >>> src/nouveau_dri2.c | 11 ++++++++++- >>> src/nv_const.h | 2 ++ >>> src/nv_driver.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- >>> 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/man/nouveau.man b/man/nouveau.man >>> index 129bb7f..12cfbc0 100644 >>> --- a/man/nouveau.man >>> +++ b/man/nouveau.man >>> @@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ that relies on correct presentation timing behaviour >>> as defined in that >>> specification. >>> .br >>> Default: 1. >>> +.TP >>> +.BI "Option \*qDRI3\*q \*q" boolean \*q >>> +Enable the DRI3 extension under exa acceleration if supported by server. >>> +A setting of "off" will only use DRI2 instead. Under glamor acceleration, >>> +DRI3 is always enabled if supported. Default: on for XOrg >= 1.16.3, off >>> for >>> +earlier versions. >>> .SH "SEE ALSO" >>> __xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__), >>> Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__) >>> .SH AUTHORS >>> diff --git a/src/nouveau_dri2.c b/src/nouveau_dri2.c >>> index f22e319..d818976 100644 >>> --- a/src/nouveau_dri2.c >>> +++ b/src/nouveau_dri2.c >>> @@ -1130,7 +1130,16 @@ nouveau_dri3_screen_init(ScreenPtr screen) >>> if (buf && stat(buf, &render) == 0 && >>> master.st_mode == render.st_mode) { >>> pNv->render_node = buf; >>> - return dri3_screen_init(screen, &nouveau_dri3_screen_info); >>> + if (dri3_screen_init(screen, &nouveau_dri3_screen_info)) { >>> + xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, >>> + "DRI3 on EXA enabled\n"); >>> + return TRUE; >>> + } >>> + else { >>> + xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_WARNING, >>> + "DRI3 on EXA initialization failed\n"); >>> + return FALSE; >>> + } >>> } else >>> free(buf); >>> #endif >>> diff --git a/src/nv_const.h b/src/nv_const.h >>> index f1b4e9b..df1e398 100644 >>> --- a/src/nv_const.h >>> +++ b/src/nv_const.h >>> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ typedef enum { >>> OPTION_SWAP_LIMIT, >>> OPTION_ASYNC_COPY, >>> OPTION_ACCELMETHOD, >>> + OPTION_DRI3, >>> } NVOpts; >>> >>> >>> @@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ static const OptionInfoRec NVOptions[] = { >>> { OPTION_SWAP_LIMIT, "SwapLimit", OPTV_INTEGER, {0}, FALSE >>> }, >>> { OPTION_ASYNC_COPY, "AsyncUTSDFS", OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE >>> }, >>> { OPTION_ACCELMETHOD, "AccelMethod", OPTV_STRING, {0}, FALSE >>> }, >>> + { OPTION_DRI3, "DRI3", OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE >>> }, >>> { -1, NULL, OPTV_NONE, {0}, FALSE >>> } >>> }; >>> >>> diff --git a/src/nv_driver.c b/src/nv_driver.c >>> index 8e2ae03..32f04d8 100644 >>> --- a/src/nv_driver.c >>> +++ b/src/nv_driver.c >>> @@ -1470,7 +1470,13 @@ NVScreenInit(SCREEN_INIT_ARGS_DECL) >>> >>> xf86SetBlackWhitePixels(pScreen); >>> >>> - nouveau_present_init(pScreen); >>> + if (nouveau_present_init(pScreen) <= 0) >>> + xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, >>> + "Hardware support for Present disabled\n"); >>> + else >>> + xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, >>> + "Hardware support for Present enabled\n"); >>> + >>> nouveau_sync_init(pScreen); >>> nouveau_dri2_init(pScreen); >>> if (pNv->AccelMethod == GLAMOR) { >>> @@ -1478,7 +1484,14 @@ NVScreenInit(SCREEN_INIT_ARGS_DECL) >>> return FALSE; >>> } else >>> if (pNv->AccelMethod == EXA) { >>> - if (!nouveau_dri3_screen_init(pScreen)) >>> + /* Default to DRI3/Present on XOrg >= 1.16.3, DRI2 on older >>> + * servers, as older servers have DRI3/Present bugs >>> affecting >>> + * nouveau. >>> + */ >>> + ret = xf86ReturnOptValBool(pNv->Options, OPTION_DRI3, >>> + XORG_VERSION_CURRENT >= >>> + >>> XORG_VERSION_NUMERIC(1,16,3,0,0)); >>> + if (ret && !nouveau_dri3_screen_init(pScreen)) >>> return FALSE; >>> >>> if (!nouveau_exa_init(pScreen)) >>> -- >>> 1.9.1 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nouveau mailing list >>> Nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org >>> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau >> _______________________________________________ >> Nouveau mailing list >> Nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list Nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau