From: Jesse Barnes Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:24:31 +0000 (-0700) Subject: drm/i915: increase default latency constant (v2 w/comment) X-Git-Tag: MMI-PSA29.97-13-9~27022^2~2 X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bcc24fb42585dc9f490cf7789a917358414bdab5;p=GitHub%2FMotorolaMobilityLLC%2Fkernel-slsi.git drm/i915: increase default latency constant (v2 w/comment) Some i915/i945 platforms have a fairly high memory latency in certain situations, so increase our constant a bit to avoid FIFO underruns. The effect should be positive on other platforms as well; we'll have a bit more insurance against a busy memory subsystem due to the extra FIFO entries. Fixes fdo bug #23368. Needed for 2.6.31. Tested-by: Sven Arvidsson Tested-by: Chris Wilson Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt --- diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c index 3fadb5358858..748ed50c55ca 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c @@ -2005,7 +2005,21 @@ static void igd_enable_cxsr(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long clock, return; } -const static int latency_ns = 3000; /* default for non-igd platforms */ +/* + * Latency for FIFO fetches is dependent on several factors: + * - memory configuration (speed, channels) + * - chipset + * - current MCH state + * It can be fairly high in some situations, so here we assume a fairly + * pessimal value. It's a tradeoff between extra memory fetches (if we + * set this value too high, the FIFO will fetch frequently to stay full) + * and power consumption (set it too low to save power and we might see + * FIFO underruns and display "flicker"). + * + * A value of 5us seems to be a good balance; safe for very low end + * platforms but not overly aggressive on lower latency configs. + */ +const static int latency_ns = 5000; static int intel_get_fifo_size(struct drm_device *dev, int plane) {