On Tue, 05 Sep 2023, Sui Jingfeng <sui.jingfeng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > On a machine with multiple GPUs, a Linux user has no control over which > one is primary at boot time. This series tries to solve above mentioned > problem by introduced the ->be_primary() function stub. The specific > device drivers can provide an implementation to hook up with this stub by > calling the vga_client_register() function. > > Once the driver bound the device successfully, VGAARB will call back to > the device driver. To query if the device drivers want to be primary or > not. Device drivers can just pass NULL if have no such needs. > > Please note that: > > 1) The ARM64, Loongarch, Mips servers have a lot PCIe slot, and I would > like to mount at least three video cards. > > 2) Typically, those non-86 machines don't have a good UEFI firmware > support, which doesn't support select primary GPU as firmware stage. > Even on x86, there are old UEFI firmwares which already made undesired > decision for you. > > 3) This series is attempt to solve the remain problems at the driver level, > while another series[1] of me is target to solve the majority of the > problems at device level. > > Tested (limited) on x86 with four video card mounted, Intel UHD Graphics > 630 is the default boot VGA, successfully override by ast2400 with > ast.modeset=10 append at the kernel cmd line. The value 10 is incredibly arbitrary, and multiplied as a magic number all over the place. > $ lspci | grep VGA > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos XTX [Radeon HD 8490 / R5 235X OEM] > 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 30) > 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 720] (rev a1) In this example, all of the GPUs are driven by different drivers. What good does a module parameter do if you have multiple GPUs of the same model, all driven by the same driver module? BR, Jani. > > $ sudo dmesg | grep vgaarb > > pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: setting as boot VGA device > pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none > pci 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=none,locks=none > pci 0000:04:00.0: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=none,locks=none > pci 0000:05:00.0: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=none,locks=none > vgaarb: loaded > ast 0000:04:00.0: vgaarb: Override as primary by driver > i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem > radeon 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none > ast 0000:04:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none > > v2: > * Add a simple implemment for drm/i915 and drm/ast > * Pick up all tags (Mario) > v3: > * Fix a mistake for drm/i915 implement > * Fix patch can not be applied problem because of merge conflect. > v4: > * Focus on solve the real problem. > > v1,v2 at https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/120059/ > v3 at https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/120562/ > > [1] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/122845/ > > Sui Jingfeng (9): > PCI/VGA: Allowing the user to select the primary video adapter at boot > time > drm/nouveau: Implement .be_primary() callback > drm/radeon: Implement .be_primary() callback > drm/amdgpu: Implement .be_primary() callback > drm/i915: Implement .be_primary() callback > drm/loongson: Implement .be_primary() callback > drm/ast: Register as a VGA client by calling vga_client_register() > drm/hibmc: Register as a VGA client by calling vga_client_register() > drm/gma500: Register as a VGA client by calling vga_client_register() > > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c | 11 +++- > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c | 13 ++++- > drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.c | 31 ++++++++++ > drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_drv.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++- > .../gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/hibmc_drm_drv.c | 15 +++++ > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vga.c | 15 ++++- > drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/loongson_module.c | 2 +- > drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/loongson_module.h | 1 + > drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_drv.c | 10 +++- > drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c | 11 +++- > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c | 10 +++- > drivers/pci/vgaarb.c | 43 ++++++++++++-- > drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c | 2 +- > include/linux/vgaarb.h | 8 ++- > 14 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center
