Re: Offering to take a TODO item in i915

Hi Rodrigo,

Thank you for getting back to me and for the guidance.

That makes sense regarding the i915 TODO being outdated. I agree that
removing the TODO file would be a good first patch, and I'm happy to start
with that while following the workflow you suggested—keeping the patch
small, running checkpatch --strict, testing against current mainline, and
submitting it via git send-email.

I'm currently using a Dell Inspiron 15 with an Intel Core i7 processor and
integrated Intel graphics, so I'll also look through the open xe work items
and see if there's something suitable that I can test locally.

I'm very interested in contributing consistently to upstream driver
development. If there are any internship with the team in the future, I'd
also be very interested in exploring them. I'd be happy to demonstrate my
commitment through upstream contributions first.

Thanks again for your guidance. I'm looking forward to getting started!

Best regards,
Parth Kamani
Final-year B.Tech, Computer Engineering
K J Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai

On Wed, 5 Aug, 2026, 7:22 am Rodrigo Vivi, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Parth,
>
> Sorry for the delay, response inline below:
>
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 02:16:48AM +0530, Parth Kamani wrote:
> >    Hi Rodrigo,
>
> >
>
> >    I was looking through drivers/gpu/drm/i915/TODO.txt and noticed that
> there
> >    are still a number of outstanding items. One that caught my attention
> was
> >    "for discrete memory manager, merge enough dg1 to be able to refactor
> it
> >    to ...". I also saw items such as "Come up with a plan what to do
> with
> >    drm/scheduler and how to get there" and "Roll out dma_fence critical
>
> >    section annotations", so it looks like there are several areas that
> still
> >    need work.
>
>
> Oh, I believe this TODO list is so outdated.
>
> I'd say that the core part of i915 is pretty much under maintenance mode.
> We are focusing on adding new features on xe driver that supports the new
> platforms.
>
> >
>
> >    From the TODO, some of these items appear more involved than others,
> so
> >    before I dive in I wanted to check with you. Is the discrete memory
>
> >    manager item still something that would be appropriate to work on,
> or
> >    would you recommend a different task for someone making a first
>
> >    contribution to i915?
>
>
> Honestly, one of the big reasons that we started the new driver was the
> difficulty of this task :)
>
> >
>
> >    My preference is to keep patches small enough to review comfortably,
> run
> >    checkpatch --strict, test against current mainline, and submit them
> via
> >    git send-email.
>
>
> That is mandatory! :)
> Please always do this no matter what patch you are sending.
>
> Perhaps a good and very easy initial patch is to remove this TODO file
> hehe :)
> At least this might trigger a public discussion in our mailing list if we
> have anything valid there or if we should kill it entirely.
>
> >
>
> >    I'm currently in my final year of B.Tech in Computer Engineering at K
> J
> >    Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai (graduating mid-2027), and I
> have a
> >    meaningful amount of time to contribute before graduation. I'd much
> rather
> >    spend that time contributing to a live upstream codebase than working
> only
> >    on coursework. If there's a better first task than the TODO item
> above,
> >    I'd really appreciate your recommendation and would be happy to work
> on
> >    that instead.
>
>
> That is very exciting! I'm so glad to see students volunteering to take the
> next steps and contributing to open source drivers. It is so refreshing to
> see!
>
> Keep up with this great spirit!
>
> What machine do you have? what is your integrated intel gpu? Something
> local
> is always better.
>
> If it is a not very old intel hardware perhaps it already has support
> from our new driver and you could see if there's any issue that you could
> take:
>
>
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/xe/kernel/-/work_items/?sort=created_date&state=opened&first_page_size=20
>
> or perhaps even i915 driver:
>
>
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/i915/kernel/-/work_items?sort=created_date&state=opened&first_page_size=20
>
> >
>
> >    Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>
> I'm sorry for the delay and welcome to the community!
>
> >
>
> >    Best regards,
>
> >
>
> >    Parth Kamani
>
> >    Final-year B.Tech Computer Engineering
>
> >    K J Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai
>
> >    Email: [1][email protected]
>
> >    Phone: +91 9820081318
>
> >
> > References
> >
> >    Visible links
> >    1. mailto:[email protected]
>