[PATCH 1/2] Documentation: update KIQ documentation

Alex Deucher alexander.deucher at amd.com
Wed Mar 26 17:51:21 UTC 2025


KIQ is replaced with MES on GFX 11 and newer.

Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
---
 Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/driver-core.rst | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/driver-core.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/driver-core.rst
index 7e3f5d1e9aaf4..81256318e93cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/driver-core.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/driver-core.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ Some useful constructs:
 KIQ (Kernel Interface Queue)
     This is a control queue used by the kernel driver to manage other gfx
     and compute queues on the GFX/compute engine.  You can use it to
-    map/unmap additional queues, etc.
+    map/unmap additional queues, etc.  This is replaced by MES on
+    GFX 11 and newer hardware.
 
 IB (Indirect Buffer)
     A command buffer for a particular engine.  Rather than writing
-- 
2.49.0



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