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From: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] drm/i915: add cpu_map to i915 object
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:47:15 +0100
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:16:13 -0700, Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net> wrote:
> mostly for convenience, this will help us clear up a bit of the code in
> intel_ringbuffer.c

I don't think your couple of use-cases is a strong enough argument to
justify an extra pointer on thousands of objects.

If you wanted, you could make the ilk pc w/a use the status page
instead...
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre