NAK: [PATCH Raring] drm: add prime helpers

[Tim Gardner]

On 02/11/2013 08:49 AM, Alberto Milone wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The attached patches come from NVIDIA's Aaron Plattner's branch:
> 
> git://github.com/aaronp24/linux
> 
> The first patch adds some helpers for the dma_buf functionality (which
> we need for hybrid graphics) whereas the other two patches make both the
> nouveau driver and the radeon driver use these helpers.
> 
> The patches apply cleanly to Raring's kernel sources and would be a
> first step towards having hybrid graphics working even with NVIDIA's
> binary blob.
> 
> Please have a look at the patches and (if possible) integrate them in
> Raring's kernel.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your time.
> 
> Regards,
> 

I'd like to see this cook upstream first. There is enough code movement
in these patches that it is difficult to ascertain regression potential.

Will they make the 3.9 merge window ? I might consider pulling them back
to Raring at that point.

rtg
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