Re: [igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 15/25] gem_wsim: Engine map load balance command

Chris Wilson
2019-05-17T13:19:36Z

Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2019-05-17 12:52:36)
>
> On 17/05/2019 12:38, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2019-05-17 12:25:16)
> >> @@ -184,3 +186,19 @@ Example:
> >> M.1.VCS
> >>
> >> This sets up the engine map to all available VCS class engines.
> >> +
> >> +Context load balancing
> >> +----------------------
> >> +
> >> +Context load balancing (aka Virtual Engine) is an i915 feature where the driver
> >> +will pick the best engine (most idle) to submit to given previously configured
> >
> > "most idle"? Currently we use first idle, aka greedy balancing.
>
> What about "most idle" - is it bad English? :)

No, I fear it implies an optimality that we can't deliver. :)
-Chris