On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 16:49 +0200, Maarten Maathuis wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Clemens Eisserer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've a use-case where the client uploads 32x32 A8 images to an
> > 256x256x8 pixmap  which is later used as mask in a composition
> > operation.
> > The test-case is able to render with 40fps on xserver-1.3/intel-2.1.1
> > however with the latest GIT of both I only get ~10-15fps.
> > Unfourtunatly I've not been able to create a stand-alone testcase
> > which triggers this problem :-/
> >
> > Using sysprof I can see a lot of time is spent moving data arround,
> > very strange is that PutImage seems to cause a readback:
> > ProcPutImage->ExaCheckPutImage->exaPrepareAccessReg->exaDoMigration->exaDoMoveOutPixmap->exaCopyDirty->exaWaitSync->I830EXASync
> > In Composite I see the re-uploading again.
> >
> > Any idea why ProcPutImage could to fallback (there's plenty of free vram)?
> > Are there tools / settings which could help me to identify the problem?
> >
> > Thank you in advance, Clemens
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> 
> I think this is because intel does not provide an UploadToScreen hook
> (because it has no vram). It hasn't made (visible) effort to
> reintegrate UXA in EXA, because you can obviously be bit smarter than
> what is currently being done. I've got an idea or two on how to
> improve this, but intel should be more than capable in dealing with
> this.

Migrating out for a write-only operation is just broken, and is the
thing that should be fixed there.

-- 
Eric Anholt
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