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From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Date:   Sat, 25 Jun 2022 19:25:57 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/14] Driver of Intel(R) Gaussian & Neural Accelerator
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 at 11:51, <maciej.kwapulinski@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:38:14 +0200, Maciej Kwapulinski wrote:
> > after consulting, we will try to share api and some kernel code
> > between the two drivers.
>
> We prepared a prototype work based on Daniel Vetter=E2=80=99s invitation =
to
> evaluate DRM framework as prospective fit.
>
> Early results look quite promising. Effective leverage of DRM framework f=
or
> non GPU driver has been achieved. GNA driver source code turned out to ha=
ve
> been simplified by offloading some areas (device management + memory
> regions management).
>
> As a result, GNA driver source code size has been reduced by 15% (420
> lines). DRM Framework complexity has not been an issue so far.

Nice.

> Plan for next step is to publish code to dri-devel ML.
> Please share your thoughts.

Sounds like solid progress and looking forward for some patches!

Cheers, Daniel
--=20
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch