linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/hyperv : Removing the restruction of VRAM allocation with PCI bar size

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Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 16:04:56 +0000
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc:     ssengar@...rosoft.com, drawat.floss@...il.com, airlied@...ux.ie,
        daniel@...ll.ch, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        decui@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/hyperv : Removing the restruction of VRAM allocation
 with PCI bar size

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 12:20:40AM -0700, Saurabh Sengar wrote:
> There were two different approaches getting used in this driver to
> allocate vram:
> 	1. VRAM allocation from PCI region for Gen1
> 	2. VRAM alloaction from MMIO region for Gen2
> First approach limilts the vram to PCI BAR size, which is 64 MB in most
> legacy systems. This limits the maximum resolution to be restricted to
> 64 MB size, and with recent conclusion on fbdev issue its concluded to have
> similar allocation strategy for both Gen1 and Gen2. This patch unifies
> the Gen1 and Gen2 vram allocation strategy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com>
> ---
> FBdev patch Ref :
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220428143746.sya775ro5zi3kgm3@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2/T/
> 
[...]
> -static int hyperv_setup_gen2(struct hyperv_drm_device *hv,
> -			     struct hv_device *hdev)
> +static int hyperv_setup_gen(struct hyperv_drm_device *hv,
> +			    struct hv_device *hdev)

There is no need to have "_gen" suffix anymore.

I don't know much about the rest so cannot really make any meaningful
comment here.

Thanks,
Wei.