From patchwork Mon Oct 14 18:36:01 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio X-Patchwork-Id: 11189303 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4097E13BD for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:36:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27C0320873 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:36:11 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 27C0320873 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 551B06E5AB; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:36:10 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Delivered-To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C9E36E5B0 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:36:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 14 Oct 2019 11:36:08 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.67,296,1566889200"; d="scan'208";a="189100999" Received: from dceraolo-linux.fm.intel.com ([10.1.27.145]) by orsmga008.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 14 Oct 2019 11:36:07 -0700 From: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:36:01 -0700 Message-Id: <20191014183602.3643-2-daniele.ceraolospurio@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.23.0 In-Reply-To: <20191014183602.3643-1-daniele.ceraolospurio@intel.com> References: <20191014183602.3643-1-daniele.ceraolospurio@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 2/3] drm/i915/guc: improve documentation X-BeenThere: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel graphics driver community testing & development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-gfx" Add a short description of what we expect from GuC and some minor improvements to existing documentation. Also remove a comment about a difference between GuC and HuC that is not true anymore. v2: add that the GuC is not mandatory (Martin) v3: add extra newline for better text organization (Martin) Signed-off-by: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio Cc: Michal Wajdeczko Cc: Matthew Brost Cc: Martin Peres Acked-by: Anna Karas Reviewed-by: Martin Peres --- Documentation/gpu/i915.rst | 22 ++++++++----- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++-- .../gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c | 6 ++++ drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw_abi.h | 3 -- 4 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst index f1bae7867045..357e9dfa7de1 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst @@ -436,12 +436,24 @@ WOPCM Layout GuC --- -Firmware Layout -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c + :doc: GuC + +GuC Firmware Layout +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw_abi.h :doc: Firmware Layout +GuC Memory Management +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c + :doc: GuC Memory Management +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c + :functions: intel_guc_allocate_vma + + GuC-specific firmware loader ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -457,12 +469,6 @@ GuC-based command submission .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c :internal: -GuC Address Space -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c - :doc: GuC Address Space - HuC --- .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc_fw.c diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c index 249c747e9756..37f7bcbf7dac 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c @@ -9,6 +9,27 @@ #include "intel_guc_submission.h" #include "i915_drv.h" +/** + * DOC: GuC + * + * The GuC is a microcontroller inside the GT HW, introduced in gen9. The GuC is + * designed to offload some of the functionality usually performed by the host + * driver; currently the main operations it can take care of are: + * + * - Authentication of the HuC, which is required to fully enable HuC usage. + * - Low latency graphics context scheduling (a.k.a. GuC submission). + * - GT Power management. + * + * The enable_guc module parameter can be used to select which of those + * operations to enable within GuC. Note that not all the operations are + * supported on all gen9+ platforms. + * + * Enabling the GuC is not mandatory and therefore the firmware is only loaded + * if at least one of the operations is selected. However, not loading the GuC + * might result in the loss of some features that do require the GuC (currently + * just the HuC, but more are expected to land in the future). + */ + static void gen8_guc_raise_irq(struct intel_guc *guc) { struct intel_gt *gt = guc_to_gt(guc); @@ -548,9 +569,15 @@ int intel_guc_resume(struct intel_guc *guc) } /** - * DOC: GuC Address Space + * DOC: GuC Memory Management * - * The layout of GuC address space is shown below: + * GuC can't allocate any memory for its own usage, so all the allocations must + * be handled by the host driver. GuC accesses the memory via the GGTT, with the + * exception of the top and bottom parts of the 4GB address space, which are + * instead re-mapped by the GuC HW to memory location of the FW itself (WOPCM) + * or other parts of the HW. The driver must take care not to place objects that + * the GuC is going to access in these reserved ranges. The layout of the GuC + * address space is shown below: * * :: * diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c index f325d3dd564f..849a44add424 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ enum { /** * DOC: GuC-based command submission * + * IMPORTANT NOTE: GuC submission is currently not supported in i915. The GuC + * firmware is moving to an updated submission interface and we plan to + * turn submission back on when that lands. The below documentation (and related + * code) matches the old submission model and will be updated as part of the + * upgrade to the new flow. + * * GuC client: * A intel_guc_client refers to a submission path through GuC. Currently, there * is only one client, which is charged with all submissions to the GuC. This diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw_abi.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw_abi.h index f8f6c91a0df6..029214cdedd5 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw_abi.h +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw_abi.h @@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ * 3. Length info of each component can be found in header, in dwords. * 4. Modulus and exponent key are not required by driver. They may not appear * in fw. So driver will load a truncated firmware in this case. - * - * The only difference between GuC and HuC firmwares is how the version - * information is saved. */ struct uc_css_header {