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author | Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> | 2022-07-27 09:33:44 +1000 |
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committer | Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> | 2022-07-27 09:33:45 +1000 |
commit | ee8b1ef9a6b089abf7a9c7d094b6e93fa05f15b9 (patch) | |
tree | 04d9ed5e31f325b40e4d8c6af8b9de8e3c6394e5 /Documentation/gpu | |
parent | 417c1c1963549e9a48b83ada59d90258e38c6594 (diff) | |
parent | 1b54a0121dba12af268fb75c413feabdb9f573d4 (diff) |
Merge tag 'amd-drm-next-5.20-2022-07-26' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/agd5f/linux into drm-next
amdgpu:
- VCN4 fixes
- RAS support for UMC 8.10
- ACP support for jadeite platforms
- NBIO HDP flush fixes
- Misc spelling and grammar fixes
- Runtime PM fixes
- Non-DC HPD fix
- Clean up amdgpu DM code
- DSC fixes
- Expose some additional GFXOFF data via debugfs
- More FP clean up for new DCN blocks
- PPC DC FP fixes
- DCN 3.1.4 fixes
- DC DML stack usage fixes
- GMC fixes
- SPM fixes for RDNA2
amdkfd:
- MMU notifier fix
- Mutex fix
UAPI:
- Add a comment about VCN4 unified queues
- IP version information for UMDs
Proposed mesa change: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/17411/diffs?commit_id=c8a63590dfd0d64e6e6a634dcfed993f135dd075
Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
From: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20220726181536.5759-1-alexander.deucher@amd.com
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gpu')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/thermal.rst | 41 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/thermal.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/thermal.rst index 8aeb0186c9ef..997231b6adcf 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/thermal.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/thermal.rst @@ -63,3 +63,44 @@ gpu_metrics .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/amdgpu_pm.c :doc: gpu_metrics + +GFXOFF +====== + +GFXOFF is a feature found in most recent GPUs that saves power at runtime. The +card's RLC (RunList Controller) firmware powers off the gfx engine +dynamically when there is no workload on gfx or compute pipes. GFXOFF is on by +default on supported GPUs. + +Userspace can interact with GFXOFF through a debugfs interface: + +``amdgpu_gfxoff`` +----------------- + +Use it to enable/disable GFXOFF, and to check if it's current enabled/disabled:: + + $ xxd -l1 -p /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_gfxoff + 01 + +- Write 0 to disable it, and 1 to enable it. +- Read 0 means it's disabled, 1 it's enabled. + +If it's enabled, that means that the GPU is free to enter into GFXOFF mode as +needed. Disabled means that it will never enter GFXOFF mode. + +``amdgpu_gfxoff_status`` +------------------------ + +Read it to check current GFXOFF's status of a GPU:: + + $ xxd -l1 -p /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_gfxoff_status + 02 + +- 0: GPU is in GFXOFF state, the gfx engine is powered down. +- 1: Transition out of GFXOFF state +- 2: Not in GFXOFF state +- 3: Transition into GFXOFF state + +If GFXOFF is enabled, the value will be transitioning around [0, 3], always +getting into 0 when possible. When it's disabled, it's always at 2. Returns +``-EINVAL`` if it's not supported. |