if (!drm_mm_initialized(&dev_priv->mm.stolen))
return -ENODEV;
+ /* See the comment at the drm_mm_init() call for more about this check.
+ * WaSkipStolenMemoryFirstPage:bdw,chv (incomplete) */
+ if (INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->gen == 8 && start < 4096)
+ start = 4096;
+
mutex_lock(&dev_priv->mm.stolen_lock);
ret = drm_mm_insert_node_in_range(&dev_priv->mm.stolen, node, size,
alignment, start, end,
dev_priv->gtt.stolen_usable_size = dev_priv->gtt.stolen_size -
reserved_total;
- /* Basic memrange allocator for stolen space */
+ /*
+ * Basic memrange allocator for stolen space.
+ *
+ * TODO: Notice that some platforms require us to not use the first page
+ * of the stolen memory but their BIOSes may still put the framebuffer
+ * on the first page. So we don't reserve this page for now because of
+ * that. Our current solution is to just prevent new nodes from being
+ * inserted on the first page - see the check we have at
+ * i915_gem_stolen_insert_node_in_range(). We may want to fix the fbcon
+ * problem later.
+ */
drm_mm_init(&dev_priv->mm.stolen, 0, dev_priv->gtt.stolen_usable_size);
return 0;