D'oh, I was still running mutter with vblank_mode=0 from when I had no native heads present. Now it's using the Present extension to wait for vblank, but not to flip. Still not seeing the issues described.
Thanks, Alex On Sat, 30 Apr 2016, Alex Goins wrote: > So far I've been unable to reproduce this, but I don't see the Present > extension > being used. > > What exactly is your setup to get mutter running against X using DRI3? I've > ensured that DRI3 page flipping is enabled (it's required for PRIME > synchronization too anyway), and glamor_egl->dri3_capable == TRUE. Maybe I'm > missing something. Is there something out of tree that I need? I don't see > anywhere where the present extension is actually used, only initialized. > > I also tried a mixed-head configuration and it seems to work fine, although > you > mentioned it worked OK with DRI2 so that probably doesn't mean much until I > can > resolve the above. > > Thanks, > Alex > > On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Alex Goins wrote: > > > > Okay I've finally gotten around to playing with these today. > > > > Thanks!! > > > > > I'm using a i915 + nouveau system with nouveau running as the master. Both > > > using modesetting DDX. > > > > > > The basics seem to work okay, but I am seeing some issues I'm not 100% > > > sure > > > are the fault of these patches. > > > > > > Scenario 1: > > > start X, start mutter against X (using DRI3), start gnome-terminal, > > > drag g-t around > > > seems smooth. > > > set provider output, xrandr in a new display, drag g-t around, I get > > > choppy rendering > > > on the main display, the offloaded display is smooth! > > > > > > I don't think this happens with DRI2 mutter, so I'm not 100% sure what > > > is going on there, > > > I assume it's something to do with page flipping not being allowed for > > > present anymore. > > > > My test machine at the time I sent these out was an Optimus laptop, so I > > don't > > think I have tried mixed native and offloaded displays with modesetting > > source > > except once briefly the other day. I have a desktop machine with offloading > > capabilities now, so I'll try that more in depth. > > > > > Scenario 2: > > > start X, set provider output, xrandr in a new display, start mutter in > > > DRI3 mode, things > > > go horribly wrong. Again it seems fine in DRI2 mode. so I expect this > > > is some interaction > > > with the present extension fighting this. > > > > > > I'm going to try and look at the interfaces a bit more now that I have > > > it running on a machine. > > > > > > Dave. > > > > That does sound like there is some interaction between DRI3 and these > > patches. > > I'll see if I can reproduce it. > > > > Thanks, > > Alex > > > _______________________________________________ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel