From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/Sandy Bridge: reserve pages when integrated graphics is present
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:19:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121114211905.503f3701@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1352925811-2598-1-git-send-email-jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:43:31 +0000
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> wrote:
> SNB graphics devices have a bug that prevent them from accessing certain
> memory ranges, namely anything below 1M and in the pages listed in the
> table. So reserve those at boot if set detect a SNB gfx device on the
> CPU to avoid GPU hangs.
What happens if the other addresses map to an external memory object - eg
a PCI device which is a legitimate DMA source for video overlay etc ?
I assume this is just for GPU fetches from main memory ?
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-14 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-14 20:43 [PATCH] x86/Sandy Bridge: reserve pages when integrated graphics is present Jesse Barnes
2012-11-14 21:19 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2012-11-14 21:55 ` Jesse Barnes
2012-11-14 23:24 ` Alan Cox
2012-11-14 23:11 ` [Intel-gfx] " Jesse Barnes
2012-11-15 12:47 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-11-15 16:13 ` Jesse Barnes
2012-11-15 16:14 ` Jesse Barnes
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