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authorRodrigo Siqueira <siqueira@igalia.com>2025-03-25 11:18:42 -0600
committerAlex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>2025-04-07 15:18:35 -0400
commit8f1366fcb84677293d070e31843a87c41ab8f93f (patch)
tree75a05f628087051033b606525e19b136df9c570d
parenta9a8bccaa3ba64d509cf7df387cf0b5e1cd06499 (diff)
Documentation/gpu: Add new acronyms
This commit introduces some new acronyms extracted from the source code and found on some web pages around the internet (most of them came from ArchLinux, Gentoo, and Wikipedia links). Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Siqueira <siqueira@igalia.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
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--- a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst
@@ -12,15 +12,27 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
The number of CUs that are active on the system. The number of active
CUs may be less than SE * SH * CU depending on the board configuration.
+ BACO
+ Bus Alive, Chip Off
+
+ BOCO
+ Bus Off, Chip Off
+
CE
Constant Engine
+ CIK
+ Sea Islands
+
CP
Command Processor
CPLIB
Content Protection Library
+ CS
+ Command Submission
+
CU
Compute Unit
@@ -33,6 +45,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
EOP
End Of Pipe/Pipeline
+ FLR
+ Function Level Reset
+
GART
Graphics Address Remapping Table. This is the name we use for the GPUVM
page table used by the GPU kernel driver. It remaps system resources
@@ -80,6 +95,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
KCQ
Kernel Compute Queue
+ KFD
+ Kernel Fusion Driver
+
KGQ
Kernel Graphics Queue
@@ -89,6 +107,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
MC
Memory Controller
+ MCBP
+ Mid Command Buffer Preemption
+
ME
MicroEngine (Graphics)
@@ -125,9 +146,15 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
SE
Shader Engine
+ SGPR
+ Scalar General-Purpose Registers
+
SH
SHader array
+ SI
+ Southern Islands
+
SMU/SMC
System Management Unit / System Management Controller
@@ -146,6 +173,9 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
TA
Trusted Application
+ TC
+ Texture Cache
+
TOC
Table of Contents
@@ -158,5 +188,11 @@ we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at
VCN
Video Codec Next
+ VGPR
+ Vector General-Purpose Registers
+
+ VMID
+ Virtual Memory ID
+
VPE
Video Processing Engine