[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/3] drm/i915: Add microcontrollers documentation section
Martin Peres
martin.peres at linux.intel.com
Wed Oct 9 14:26:23 UTC 2019
On 28/09/2019 00:42, Daniele Ceraolo Spurio wrote:
> To better organize the information, add a microcontrollers section and
> move/link the GuC, HuC and DMC documentation under it. Also add a small
> intro.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Peres <martin.peres at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko at intel.com>
> ---
> Documentation/gpu/i915.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst
> index 465779670fd4..f1bae7867045 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst
> @@ -415,6 +415,15 @@ Object Tiling IOCTLs
> .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_tiling.c
> :doc: buffer object tiling
>
> +Microcontrollers
> +================
> +
> +Starting from gen9, three microcontrollers are available on the HW: the
> +graphics microcontroller (GuC), the HEVC/H.265 microcontroller (HuC) and the
> +display microcontroller (DMC). The driver is responsible for loading the
> +firmwares on the microcontrollers; the GuC and HuC firmwares are transferred
> +to WOPCM using the DMA engine, while the DMC firmware is written through MMIO.
> +
> WOPCM
> -----
>
> @@ -454,6 +463,15 @@ GuC Address Space
> .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.c
> :doc: GuC Address Space
>
> +HuC
> +---
> +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc_fw.c
> + :doc: HuC Firmware
> +
> +DMC
> +---
> +See `CSR firmware support for DMC`_
> +
> Tracing
> =======
>
>
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