From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Wilson Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make XAA support optional Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:27:49 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1326858351-24897-1-git-send-email-daniel@fooishbar.org> <20120118120443.GC4002@phenom.ffwll.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48489E771 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:28:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120118120443.GC4002@phenom.ffwll.local> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: Daniel Vetter Cc: Daniel Vetter , intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, Daniel Stone List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:04:43 +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:37:24AM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:45:51 +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: > > > Does what it says on the box. > > > > Danvet can you please test this on your elderly i810 box and make sure > > we don't accidentally open the can of worms. Any sign of regressions? > > Why don't we just rip it out entirely? If a bored soul ever ports this > driver to kms we likely just need to reimplement proper accel with sna, so > I don't think there's much value. If we did rip it out, what happens? The X server uses the vesa driver, which is equivalent to i810 for modesetting, no 3d support, no overlays, and no accelerated blits (which is dying anyway). Am I right in thinking that after removal of XAA, the legacy i810 offers no more functionality or performance than is available through VESA? -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre