[RFC 0/7] UVD support for SI in amdgpu

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On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 01:17:36PM +0100, Christian König wrote:
> Am 09.11.2017 um 11:53 schrieb Piotr Redlewski:
> > On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 11:09:42AM +0100, Christian König wrote:
> > > Am 09.11.2017 um 10:54 schrieb Piotr Redlewski:
> > > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 06:54:18PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Piotr Redlewski <predlewski at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Following series implements UVD support for SI in amdgpu driver. Code is based
> > > > > > on CIK's UVD support in amdgpu and SI's UVD support in radeon drivers. To work,
> > > > > > it requires tahiti uvd firmware with added header - I've created simple script
> > > > > > to produce exactly this, so if anyone is interested it can be found here:
> > > > > > https://gist.github.com/anonymous/6d974a970340f7f64b6fcc4f95267e43
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Code is based on amd-staging-drm-next branch in Alex's tree. After applying
> > > > > > these patches, uvd boots up and seems to work ok. I've tested it with vdpauinfo
> > > > > > and mpv.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Some comments/issues for the patches:
> > > > > > 1. To make uvd work, I had to bring back fb location programming. Using location
> > > > > > programmed by vbios, vram location is not available for uvd mc (at least on my
> > > > > > machine) due to too wide address. Starting address is 40-bit long for fb, but
> > > > > > uvd mc supports only 32-bits (judging by comments in amdgpu code and actual code
> > > > > > in radeon driver)
> > > > > Something else must be going on.  The vram location is irrelevant with
> > > > > respect to the limitations of UVD.  I think the limitations with UVD
> > > > > are more to do with the location of the active buffers relative to
> > > > > each other rather than the absolute location of some aperture in the
> > > > > GPU's address space.  CI has the same limitation as I recall so there
> > > > > is probably a bug somewhere.  Windows has used the fb location as set
> > > > > by the vbios since evergreen, so it definitely should work.
> > > > > 
> > > > If this is the case, then there must be something missing in UVD mc controller
> > > > programming. When using vbios, I get following location:
> > > > amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: VRAM: 2048M 0x000000F400000000 - 0x000000F47FFFFFFF (2048M used)
> > > > 
> > > > When UVD bo is created, it starts at address 0xf400243000 and this value is used
> > > > for programming UVD mc offsets. Programming is done in the following way:
> > > > addr = (adev->uvd.gpu_addr + AMDGPU_UVD_FIRMWARE_OFFSET) >> 3;
> > > > WREG32(mmUVD_VCPU_CACHE_OFFSET0, addr);
> > > > 
> > > > Because address of the bo is wider than 32-bit, this won't work. It would be the
> > > > same if UVD bo would be created at the beginning of the VRAM.
> > > > 
> > > > Any ideas how to handle this?
> > > Are you programming UVD_LMI_EXT40_ADDR?
> > > 
> > > But I'm not sure if we ever handled that correctly in the SI code.
> > Yes, I do it exactly the same as it is done in radeon (and CIK in amdgpu):
> >   /* bits 32-39 */
> > addr = (adev->uvd.gpu_addr >> 32) & 0xFF;
> > WREG32(mmUVD_LMI_EXT40_ADDR, addr | (0x9 << 16) | (0x1 << 31));
> 
> Ok, I've checked the firmware in the meantime and found that we never
> released firmware which supports the full 40bit addressing.
> 
> That's why this will never work correctly. Going to check if we can get
> updated firmware out of the door.

Ok, so let's wait for the new firmware. Thanks for your help Christian.

Regards,
Piotr

> 
> Regards,
> Christian.
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Piotr
> 
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