drm/i915: Allow the application to choose the constant addressing mode

The relative-to-general state default is useless as it means having to
rewrite the streaming kernels for each batch. Relative-to-surface is
more useful, as that stream usually needs to be rewritten for each
batch. And absolute addressing mode, vital if you start streaming
state, is also only available by adjusting the register...

Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
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Chris Wilson 2010-12-19 11:42:05 +00:00
parent 3b8d8d91d5
commit 72bfa19c8d
5 changed files with 52 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -3735,6 +3735,8 @@ i915_gem_load(struct drm_device *dev)
}
}
dev_priv->relative_constants_mode = I915_EXEC_CONSTANTS_REL_GENERAL;
/* Old X drivers will take 0-2 for front, back, depth buffers */
if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
dev_priv->fence_reg_start = 3;