As we've learned over time, the HW context is just a series of GPU
commands that we're able to decode without any changes in
intel_error_decode. Since many bugs recently have been implicated in
the HW context state, it makes sense to dump the whole context object
in a form which can be parsed.
Sample:
render ring --- HW Context = 0x042db000
ringbuffer (render ring) at 0x0160c000; HEAD points to: 0x0160c000
0x0160c000: 0x00000000: MI_NOOP
0x0160c004: 0x00000000: MI_NOOP
0x0160c008: 0x00000000: MI_NOOP
0x0160c00c: 0x00000000: MI_NOOP
0x0160c010: 0x00000000: MI_NOOP
0x0160c014: 0x00000000: MI_NOOP
0x0160c018: 0x00000000: MI_NOOP
0x0160c01c: 0x00000000: MI_NOOP
Unfortunately, our decoder isn't quite smart enough to deal with the
variable length LRIs - but that is a tools problem.
Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>
[danvet: Clarify commit message a bit, seems to have lost a few
crucial words.]
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
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* For the very latest on DRI development, please see: *
* http://dri.freedesktop.org/ *
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The Direct Rendering Manager (drm) is a device-independent kernel-level
device driver that provides support for the XFree86 Direct Rendering
Infrastructure (DRI).
The DRM supports the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in four major
ways:
1. The DRM provides synchronized access to the graphics hardware via
the use of an optimized two-tiered lock.
2. The DRM enforces the DRI security policy for access to the graphics
hardware by only allowing authenticated X11 clients access to
restricted regions of memory.
3. The DRM provides a generic DMA engine, complete with multiple
queues and the ability to detect the need for an OpenGL context
switch.
4. The DRM is extensible via the use of small device-specific modules
that rely extensively on the API exported by the DRM module.
Documentation on the DRI is available from:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Documentation
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=387
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/
For specific information about kernel-level support, see:
The Direct Rendering Manager, Kernel Support for the Direct Rendering
Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/drm_low_level.html
Hardware Locking for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/hardware_locking_low_level.html
A Security Analysis of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/security_low_level.html
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