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from the commit discussion: > This is why there shouldn't be such a bit. :) Default everything to local, have an opt-out bit! yep. why was the default the sl
by leeoniya 4y ago
from the commit discussion:
> This is why there shouldn't be such a bit. :) Default everything to local, have an opt-out bit!
yep. why was the default the slow path?
- nemothekid 4y ago>yep. why was the default the slow path? Only thing I can think of is that they reused to code from their integrated graphics drivers which likely don't support GPU memory. So the default is the option that works on the millions of "GPUs" they have already shipped.
- userbinator 4y agoThis. The last discrete GPU Intel shipped in any significant quantity was over 20 years ago, the i740. That said, the 810/815 that came after did have a (to my knowledge little-used) "display cache" feature, but they were otherwise still a UMA design.