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author | Zhigang Gong <zhigang.gong@intel.com> | 2015-04-14 15:40:30 +0800 |
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committer | Zhigang Gong <zhigang.gong@intel.com> | 2015-04-14 15:45:54 +0800 |
commit | 054a9e4e55a7d41a3381d83ed61de074027ec4f4 (patch) | |
tree | 92a2522b1a8bfc5d230f2020207c2ba31a30d9b4 /docs | |
parent | d6c62446ce952f2f352918cdbebf682b36a8a1bf (diff) | |
download | beignet-054a9e4e55a7d41a3381d83ed61de074027ec4f4.tar.gz |
Doc: update cmd parser issue for HSW platforms.
For HSW platform, due to the atomic in L3 related registers' usage,
we always need to disable the cmd parser.
Signed-off-by: Zhigang Gong <zhigang.gong@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/Beignet.mdwn | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/Beignet.mdwn b/docs/Beignet.mdwn index cfa66d07..9915a4d0 100644 --- a/docs/Beignet.mdwn +++ b/docs/Beignet.mdwn @@ -163,15 +163,18 @@ Known Issues But this command is a little bit dangerous, as if your kernel really hang, then the gpu will lock up forever until a reboot. -* Almost all unit tests fail on Linux kernel 3.15/3.16. +* Almost all unit tests fail. There is a known issue in some versions of linux kernel which enable register whitelist feature - but miss some necessary registers which are required for beignet. The problematic version are - around 3.15 and 3.16 which have commit f0a346b... but haven't commit c9224f... If it is the case, - you can apply c9224f... manually and rebuild the kernel or just disable the parse command by - invoke the following command (use Ubuntu as an example): + but miss some necessary registers which are required for beignet. For non-HSW platforms, the + problematic version are around 3.15 and 3.16 which have commit f0a346b... but haven't commit + c9224f... If it is the case, you can apply c9224f... manually and rebuild the kernel or just + disable the parse command by invoke the following command (use Ubuntu as an example): `# echo 0 > /sys/module/i915/parameters/enable_cmd_parser` + For HSW platforms, this issue exists in all linux kernel version after 3.15. We always need + to execute the above command. + * Some unit test cases, maybe 20 to 30, fail on 4th Generation (HSW) platform. _The 4th Generation Intel Core Processors's support requires some Linux kernel modification_. You need to apply the patch at: |