[PATCH 1/8] drm/amdgpu: Power up UVD 3 for FW validation (v2)

Timur Kristóf timur.kristof at gmail.com
Mon Aug 25 21:46:28 UTC 2025


Unlike later versions, UVD 3 has firmware validation.
For this to work, the UVD should be powered up correctly.

When DPM is enabled and the display clock is off,
the SMU may choose a power state which doesn't power
the UVD, which can result in failure to initialize UVD.

v2:
Add code comments to explain about the UVD power state
and how UVD clock is turned on/off.

Fixes: b38f3e80ecec ("drm amdgpu: SI UVD v3_1 (v2)")
Signed-off-by: Timur Kristóf <timur.kristof at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c
index 5dbaebb592b3..2e79a3afc774 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c
@@ -623,7 +623,22 @@ static void uvd_v3_1_enable_mgcg(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
  *
  * @ip_block: Pointer to the amdgpu_ip_block for this hw instance.
  *
- * Initialize the hardware, boot up the VCPU and do some testing
+ * Initialize the hardware, boot up the VCPU and do some testing.
+ *
+ * On SI, the UVD is meant to be used in a specific power state,
+ * or alternatively the driver can manually enable its clock.
+ * In amdgpu we use the dedicated UVD power state when DPM is enabled.
+ * Calling amdgpu_dpm_enable_uvd makes DPM select the UVD power state
+ * for the SMU and afterwards enables the UVD clock.
+ * This is automatically done by amdgpu_uvd_ring_begin_use when work
+ * is submitted to the UVD ring. Here, we have to call it manually
+ * in order to power up UVD before firmware validation.
+ *
+ * Note that we must not disable the UVD clock here, as that would
+ * cause the ring test to fail. However, UVD is powered off
+ * automatically after the ring test: amdgpu_uvd_ring_end_use calls
+ * the UVD idle work handler which will disable the UVD clock when
+ * all fences are signalled.
  */
 static int uvd_v3_1_hw_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 {
@@ -633,6 +648,15 @@ static int uvd_v3_1_hw_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 	int r;
 
 	uvd_v3_1_mc_resume(adev);
+	uvd_v3_1_enable_mgcg(adev, true);
+
+	/* Make sure UVD is powered during FW validation.
+	 * It's going to be automatically powered off after the ring test.
+	 */
+	if (adev->pm.dpm_enabled)
+		amdgpu_dpm_enable_uvd(adev, true);
+	else
+		amdgpu_asic_set_uvd_clocks(adev, 53300, 40000);
 
 	r = uvd_v3_1_fw_validate(adev);
 	if (r) {
@@ -640,9 +664,6 @@ static int uvd_v3_1_hw_init(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 		return r;
 	}
 
-	uvd_v3_1_enable_mgcg(adev, true);
-	amdgpu_asic_set_uvd_clocks(adev, 53300, 40000);
-
 	uvd_v3_1_start(adev);
 
 	r = amdgpu_ring_test_helper(ring);
-- 
2.50.1



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