diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
index 580602d..3c30916 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ i915-y += i915_cmd_parser.o \
 	  intel_uncore.o
 
 # general-purpose microcontroller (GuC) support
-i915-y += intel_guc_loader.o \
+i915-y += intel_uc.o \
+	  intel_guc_loader.o \
 	  i915_guc_submission.o
 
 # autogenerated null render state
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
index 69eba03..5633a87 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  * Firmware writes a success/fail code back to the action register after
  * processes the request. The kernel driver polls waiting for this update and
  * then proceeds.
- * See guc_send()
+ * See intel_guc_send()
  *
  * Doorbells:
  * Doorbells are interrupts to uKernel. A doorbell is a single cache line (QW)
@@ -66,140 +66,29 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * Read GuC command/status register (SOFT_SCRATCH_0)
- * Return true if it contains a response rather than a command
- */
-static inline bool guc_recv(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u32 *status)
-{
-	u32 val = I915_READ(SOFT_SCRATCH(0));
-	*status = val;
-	return INTEL_GUC_RECV_IS_RESPONSE(val);
-}
-
-static int guc_send(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 *data, u32 len)
-{
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = guc_to_i915(guc);
-	u32 status;
-	int i;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(len < 1 || len > 15))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	mutex_lock(&guc->send_mutex);
-	intel_uncore_forcewake_get(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
-
-	dev_priv->guc.action_count += 1;
-	dev_priv->guc.action_cmd = data[0];
-
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-		I915_WRITE(SOFT_SCRATCH(i), data[i]);
-
-	POSTING_READ(SOFT_SCRATCH(i - 1));
-
-	I915_WRITE(GUC_SEND_INTERRUPT, GUC_SEND_TRIGGER);
-
-	/*
-	 * Fast commands should complete in less than 10us, so sample quickly
-	 * up to that length of time, then switch to a slower sleep-wait loop.
-	 * No INTEL_GUC_ACTION command should ever take longer than 10ms.
-	 */
-	ret = wait_for_us(guc_recv(dev_priv, &status), 10);
-	if (ret)
-		ret = wait_for(guc_recv(dev_priv, &status), 10);
-	if (status != INTEL_GUC_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-		/*
-		 * Either the GuC explicitly returned an error (which
-		 * we convert to -EIO here) or no response at all was
-		 * received within the timeout limit (-ETIMEDOUT)
-		 */
-		if (ret != -ETIMEDOUT)
-			ret = -EIO;
-
-		DRM_WARN("Action 0x%X failed; ret=%d status=0x%08X response=0x%08X\n",
-			 data[0], ret, status, I915_READ(SOFT_SCRATCH(15)));
-
-		dev_priv->guc.action_fail += 1;
-		dev_priv->guc.action_err = ret;
-	}
-	dev_priv->guc.action_status = status;
-
-	intel_uncore_forcewake_put(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
-	mutex_unlock(&guc->send_mutex);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
  * Tell the GuC to allocate or deallocate a specific doorbell
  */
 
 static int guc_allocate_doorbell(struct intel_guc *guc,
 				 struct i915_guc_client *client)
 {
-	u32 data[2];
+	u32 action[] = {
+		INTEL_GUC_ACTION_ALLOCATE_DOORBELL,
+		client->ctx_index
+	};
 
-	data[0] = INTEL_GUC_ACTION_ALLOCATE_DOORBELL;
-	data[1] = client->ctx_index;
-
-	return guc_send(guc, data, 2);
+	return intel_guc_send(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action));
 }
 
 static int guc_release_doorbell(struct intel_guc *guc,
 				struct i915_guc_client *client)
 {
-	u32 data[2];
+	u32 action[] = {
+		INTEL_GUC_ACTION_DEALLOCATE_DOORBELL,
+		client->ctx_index
+	};
 
-	data[0] = INTEL_GUC_ACTION_DEALLOCATE_DOORBELL;
-	data[1] = client->ctx_index;
-
-	return guc_send(guc, data, 2);
-}
-
-static int guc_sample_forcewake(struct intel_guc *guc,
-				struct i915_guc_client *client)
-{
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = guc_to_i915(guc);
-	u32 data[2];
-
-	data[0] = INTEL_GUC_ACTION_SAMPLE_FORCEWAKE;
-	/* WaRsDisableCoarsePowerGating:skl,bxt */
-	if (!intel_enable_rc6() || NEEDS_WaRsDisableCoarsePowerGating(dev_priv))
-		data[1] = 0;
-	else
-		/* bit 0 and 1 are for Render and Media domain separately */
-		data[1] = GUC_FORCEWAKE_RENDER | GUC_FORCEWAKE_MEDIA;
-
-	return guc_send(guc, data, ARRAY_SIZE(data));
-}
-
-static int guc_logbuffer_flush_complete(struct intel_guc *guc)
-{
-	u32 data[1];
-
-	data[0] = INTEL_GUC_ACTION_LOG_BUFFER_FILE_FLUSH_COMPLETE;
-
-	return guc_send(guc, data, 1);
-}
-
-static int guc_force_logbuffer_flush(struct intel_guc *guc)
-{
-	u32 data[2];
-
-	data[0] = INTEL_GUC_ACTION_FORCE_LOG_BUFFER_FLUSH;
-	data[1] = 0;
-
-	return guc_send(guc, data, 2);
-}
-
-static int guc_logging_control(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 control_val)
-{
-	u32 data[2];
-
-	data[0] = INTEL_GUC_ACTION_UK_LOG_ENABLE_LOGGING;
-	data[1] = control_val;
-
-	return guc_send(guc, data, 2);
+	return intel_guc_send(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -297,7 +186,7 @@ select_doorbell_register(struct intel_guc *guc, uint32_t priority)
  * Select, assign and relase doorbell cachelines
  *
  * These functions track which doorbell cachelines are in use.
- * The data they manipulate is protected by the guc_send lock.
+ * The data they manipulate is protected by the intel_guc_send lock.
  */
 
 static uint32_t select_doorbell_cacheline(struct intel_guc *guc)
@@ -1525,7 +1414,7 @@ int i915_guc_submission_enable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	}
 
 	guc->execbuf_client = client;
-	guc_sample_forcewake(guc, client);
+	intel_guc_sample_forcewake(guc, client);
 	guc_init_doorbell_hw(guc);
 
 	/* Take over from manual control of ELSP (execlists) */
@@ -1595,7 +1484,7 @@ int intel_guc_suspend(struct drm_device *dev)
 	/* first page is shared data with GuC */
 	data[2] = i915_ggtt_offset(ctx->engine[RCS].state);
 
-	return guc_send(guc, data, ARRAY_SIZE(data));
+	return intel_guc_send(guc, data, ARRAY_SIZE(data));
 }
 
 
@@ -1623,7 +1512,7 @@ int intel_guc_resume(struct drm_device *dev)
 	/* first page is shared data with GuC */
 	data[2] = i915_ggtt_offset(ctx->engine[RCS].state);
 
-	return guc_send(guc, data, ARRAY_SIZE(data));
+	return intel_guc_send(guc, data, ARRAY_SIZE(data));
 }
 
 void i915_guc_capture_logs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
@@ -1634,7 +1523,7 @@ void i915_guc_capture_logs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	 * time, so get/put should be really quick.
 	 */
 	intel_runtime_pm_get(dev_priv);
-	guc_logbuffer_flush_complete(&dev_priv->guc);
+	intel_guc_log_flush_complete(&dev_priv->guc);
 	intel_runtime_pm_put(dev_priv);
 }
 
@@ -1652,7 +1541,7 @@ void i915_guc_flush_logs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	flush_work(&dev_priv->guc.log.flush_work);
 
 	/* Ask GuC to update the log buffer state */
-	guc_force_logbuffer_flush(&dev_priv->guc);
+	intel_guc_log_flush(&dev_priv->guc);
 
 	/* GuC would have updated log buffer by now, so capture it */
 	i915_guc_capture_logs(dev_priv);
@@ -1693,7 +1582,7 @@ int i915_guc_log_control(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u64 control_val)
 	if (!log_param.logging_enabled && (i915.guc_log_level < 0))
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = guc_logging_control(&dev_priv->guc, log_param.value);
+	ret = intel_guc_log_control(&dev_priv->guc, log_param.value);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("guc_logging_control action failed %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9440802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include "i915_drv.h"
+#include "intel_uc.h"
+
+/*
+ * Read GuC command/status register (SOFT_SCRATCH_0)
+ * Return true if it contains a response rather than a command
+ */
+bool intel_guc_recv(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u32 *status)
+{
+	u32 val = I915_READ(SOFT_SCRATCH(0));
+	*status = val;
+	return INTEL_GUC_RECV_IS_RESPONSE(val);
+}
+
+int intel_guc_send(struct intel_guc *guc, const u32 *action, u32 len)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = guc_to_i915(guc);
+	u32 status;
+	int i;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(len < 1 || len > 15))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&guc->send_mutex);
+	intel_uncore_forcewake_get(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
+
+	dev_priv->guc.action_count += 1;
+	dev_priv->guc.action_cmd = action[0];
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+		I915_WRITE(SOFT_SCRATCH(i), action[i]);
+
+	POSTING_READ(SOFT_SCRATCH(i - 1));
+
+	I915_WRITE(GUC_SEND_INTERRUPT, GUC_SEND_TRIGGER);
+
+	/*
+	 * Fast commands should complete in less than 10us, so sample quickly
+	 * up to that length of time, then switch to a slower sleep-wait loop.
+	 * No inte_guc_send command should ever take longer than 10ms.
+	 */
+	ret = wait_for_us(intel_guc_recv(dev_priv, &status), 10);
+	if (ret)
+		ret = wait_for(intel_guc_recv(dev_priv, &status), 10);
+	if (status != INTEL_GUC_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+		/*
+		 * Either the GuC explicitly returned an error (which
+		 * we convert to -EIO here) or no response at all was
+		 * received within the timeout limit (-ETIMEDOUT)
+		 */
+		if (ret != -ETIMEDOUT)
+			ret = -EIO;
+
+		DRM_WARN("INTEL_GUC_SEND: Action 0x%X failed;"
+			 " ret=%d status=0x%08X response=0x%08X\n",
+			 action[0], ret, status, I915_READ(SOFT_SCRATCH(15)));
+
+		dev_priv->guc.action_fail += 1;
+		dev_priv->guc.action_err = ret;
+	}
+	dev_priv->guc.action_status = status;
+
+	intel_uncore_forcewake_put(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
+	mutex_unlock(&guc->send_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int intel_guc_sample_forcewake(struct intel_guc *guc,
+			       struct i915_guc_client *client)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = guc_to_i915(guc);
+	u32 action[2];
+
+	action[0] = INTEL_GUC_ACTION_SAMPLE_FORCEWAKE;
+	/* WaRsDisableCoarsePowerGating:skl,bxt */
+	if (!intel_enable_rc6() || NEEDS_WaRsDisableCoarsePowerGating(dev_priv))
+		action[1] = 0;
+	else
+		/* bit 0 and 1 are for Render and Media domain separately */
+		action[1] = GUC_FORCEWAKE_RENDER | GUC_FORCEWAKE_MEDIA;
+
+	return intel_guc_send(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action));
+}
+
+int intel_guc_log_flush_complete(struct intel_guc *guc)
+{
+	u32 action[] = { INTEL_GUC_ACTION_LOG_BUFFER_FILE_FLUSH_COMPLETE };
+
+	return intel_guc_send(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action));
+}
+
+int intel_guc_log_flush(struct intel_guc *guc)
+{
+	u32 action[] = {
+		INTEL_GUC_ACTION_FORCE_LOG_BUFFER_FLUSH,
+		0
+	};
+
+	return intel_guc_send(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action));
+}
+
+int intel_guc_log_control(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 control_val)
+{
+
+	u32 action[] = {
+		INTEL_GUC_ACTION_UK_LOG_ENABLE_LOGGING,
+		control_val
+	};
+
+	return intel_guc_send(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action));
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.h
index 4b4a91e..bc548d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.h
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ struct intel_guc {
 	struct mutex send_mutex;
 };
 
+/* intel_uc.c */
+bool intel_guc_recv(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u32 *status);
+int intel_guc_send(struct intel_guc *guc, const u32 *action, u32 len);
+int intel_guc_sample_forcewake(struct intel_guc *guc,
+			      struct i915_guc_client *client);
+int intel_guc_log_flush_complete(struct intel_guc *guc);
+int intel_guc_log_flush(struct intel_guc *guc);
+int intel_guc_log_control(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 control_val);
+
 /* intel_guc_loader.c */
 extern void intel_guc_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern int intel_guc_setup(struct drm_device *dev);
