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authorDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2022-07-27 09:33:44 +1000
committerDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2022-07-27 09:33:45 +1000
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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
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@@ -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.