[PATCH] Documentation/gpu: Add acronyms for some firmware components

Rodrigo Siqueira siqueira at igalia.com
Fri Feb 14 22:59:45 UTC 2025


Users can check the file "/sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_firmware_info"
to get information on the firmware loaded in the system. This file has
multiple acronyms that are not documented in the glossary. This commit
introduces some missing acronyms to the AMD glossary documentation. The
meaning of each acronym in this commit was extracted from code
documentation available in the following files:

- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v7_0.c
- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/include/amd_shared.h

Cc: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Siqueira <siqueira at igalia.com>
---
 Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
index 00a47ebb0b0f..3242db32b020 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
       The number of CUs that are active on the system.  The number of active
       CUs may be less than SE * SH * CU depending on the board configuration.
 
+    CE
+      Constant Engine
+
     CP
       Command Processor
 
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
     KIQ
       Kernel Interface Queue
 
+    ME
+      Micro Engine
+
     MEC
       MicroEngine Compute
 
@@ -92,6 +98,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
     MQD
       Memory Queue Descriptor
 
+    PFP
+      Pre-Fetch Parser
+
     PPLib
       PowerPlay Library - PowerPlay is the power management component.
 
@@ -110,14 +119,26 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
     SH
       SHader array
 
+    SMC
+      System Management Controller
+
     SMU
       System Management Unit
 
     SS
       Spread Spectrum
 
+    TA
+      Trusted Application
+
+    UVD
+      Unified Video Decoder
+
     VCE
       Video Compression Engine
 
     VCN
       Video Codec Next
+
+    VPE
+      Video Processing Engine
-- 
2.48.1



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