Re: [PATCH v6 10/11] virtio-gpu: Initialize Venus

[Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 09:33:11PM +0800, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 11:55 AM Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Antonio Caggiano <antonio.caggiano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Request Venus when initializing VirGL.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Antonio Caggiano <antonio.caggiano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v6:
> > - Remove the unstable API flags check because virglrenderer is already 1.0.
> > - Squash the render server flag support into "Initialize Venus".
> >
> >  hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
> > index f35a751824..c523a6717a 100644
> > --- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
> > +++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-virgl.c
> > @@ -964,6 +964,10 @@ int virtio_gpu_virgl_init(VirtIOGPU *g)
> >      }
> >  #endif
> >
> > +#ifdef VIRGL_RENDERER_VENUS
> > +    flags |= VIRGL_RENDERER_VENUS | VIRGL_RENDERER_RENDER_SERVER;
> > +#endif
> > +
> 
> I wonder if it's a good idea to initialize venus by default. It
> doesn't seem to require vulkan during initialization, but this may
> evolve. Make it optional?
> 

I am fine. In fact, vulkan is widely used for graphic area such as gaming,
compute, VR/AR, etc.

Thanks,
Ray

> >      ret = virgl_renderer_init(g, flags, &virtio_gpu_3d_cbs);
> >      if (ret != 0) {
> >          error_report("virgl could not be initialized: %d", ret);
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Marc-André Lureau