Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/GuC: Combine the two kernel parameter into one

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tvrtko Ursulin [mailto:tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 2:31 AM
>To: Srivatsa, Anusha <anusha.srivatsa@xxxxxxxxx>; Mcgee, Jeff
><jeff.mcgee@xxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Ursulin, Tvrtko <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxx>; intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>Vivi, Rodrigo <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re:  [PATCH] drm/i915/GuC: Combine the two kernel
>parameter into one
>
>
>On 14/11/2016 17:34, Srivatsa, Anusha wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>> One idea could be to hide the guc loading form the user altogether
>>> and hence improve usability (decrease exposed complexity) by having
>>> only two parameters; i915.enable_guc_scheduling and i915.enable_huc.
>> That's a good point. But with this we will have two parameters (which kills the
>point of why the patch was written in the first place), then we can rather leave it
>the way it is. Right?
>
>For some reason I thought the HuC patch series add a another module
>parameter.
>
>What is the failure mode for HuC is GuC firmware loading is disabled btw?


Hi Tvrtko, in the function intel_guc_auth_huc() there is a check to see if GuC is loaded or not. If GuC loading has failed or loading is disabled, then HuC authentication does not happen.


>Regards,
>
>Tvrtko
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