Re: texture memory management question

2006-02-01 Thread Keith Whitwell
Hi Michael, Coincidentally, much of what you're talking about is in progress already, though with i915 as the initial target. Basically the old style memory manager had some advantages of simplicity (no kernel component, primarily), but you are right that it can be improved on and a rewrite is o

texture memory management question

2006-01-31 Thread Michael Bautin
Hello All, I have a question about texture memory management in the r200 driver. What is a primary need for a separate memory layout version for every client? Would not it be simpler if there was only one memory heap in the sarea with a global LRU list? Then there would be no need for heap layo