Phoronix: Intel's GEM Driver Enters Mainline Code
Following concerns regarding the TTM memory manager, Intel had introduced their own kernel memory manager for graphics processors which they have called GEM, or the Graphics Execution Manager (A Technical Explanation of GEM). Intel's GEM is designed to be easier to implement than Tungsten's TTM that had only lived in the limelight for a short time. This switching though from TTM to GEM though has caused a few problems (some technical and some political) within the X.Org community...
Following concerns regarding the TTM memory manager, Intel had introduced their own kernel memory manager for graphics processors which they have called GEM, or the Graphics Execution Manager (A Technical Explanation of GEM). Intel's GEM is designed to be easier to implement than Tungsten's TTM that had only lived in the limelight for a short time. This switching though from TTM to GEM though has caused a few problems (some technical and some political) within the X.Org community...
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