[PATCH 1/6] Documentation/gpu: Add new acronyms

[Christian König]

Am 25.03.25 um 18:18 schrieb Rodrigo Siqueira:
> This commit introduces some new acronyms extracted from the source code
> and found on some web pages around the internet (most of them came from
> ArchLinux, Gentoo, and Wikipedia links).
>
> Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Siqueira <siqueira at igalia.com>

Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
> index 1e9283e076ba..080c3f2250d1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
> @@ -12,15 +12,27 @@ 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.
>  
> +    BACO
> +      Bus Alive, Chip Off
> +
> +    BOCO
> +      Bus Off, Chip Off
> +
>      CE
>        Constant Engine
>  
> +    CIK
> +      Sea Islands
> +
>      CP
>        Command Processor
>  
>      CPLIB
>        Content Protection Library
>  
> +    CS
> +      Command Submission
> +
>      CU
>        Compute Unit
>  
> @@ -33,6 +45,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
>      EOP
>        End Of Pipe/Pipeline
>  
> +    FLR
> +      Function Level Reset
> +
>      GART
>        Graphics Address Remapping Table.  This is the name we use for the GPUVM
>        page table used by the GPU kernel driver.  It remaps system resources
> @@ -80,6 +95,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
>      KCQ
>        Kernel Compute Queue
>  
> +    KFD
> +      Kernel Fusion Driver
> +
>      KGQ
>        Kernel Graphics Queue
>  
> @@ -89,6 +107,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
>      MC
>        Memory Controller
>  
> +    MCBP
> +      Mid Command Buffer Preemption
> +
>      ME
>        MicroEngine (Graphics)
>  
> @@ -125,9 +146,15 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
>      SE
>        Shader Engine
>  
> +    SGPR
> +      Scalar General-Purpose Registers
> +
>      SH
>        SHader array
>  
> +    SI
> +      Southern Islands
> +
>      SMU/SMC
>        System Management Unit / System Management Controller
>  
> @@ -146,6 +173,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
>      TA
>        Trusted Application
>  
> +    TC
> +      Texture Cache
> +
>      TOC
>        Table of Contents
>  
> @@ -158,5 +188,11 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
>      VCN
>        Video Codec Next
>  
> +    VGPR
> +      Vector General-Purpose Registers
> +
> +    VMID
> +      Virtual Memory ID
> +
>      VPE
>        Video Processing Engine