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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst index 378e825754..0ca1550fd9 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst @@ -267,19 +267,22 @@ i915 driver. Intel GPU Basics ---------------- -An Intel GPU has multiple engines. There are several engine types. - -- RCS engine is for rendering 3D and performing compute, this is named - `I915_EXEC_RENDER` in user space. -- BCS is a blitting (copy) engine, this is named `I915_EXEC_BLT` in user - space. -- VCS is a video encode and decode engine, this is named `I915_EXEC_BSD` - in user space -- VECS is video enhancement engine, this is named `I915_EXEC_VEBOX` in user - space. -- The enumeration `I915_EXEC_DEFAULT` does not refer to specific engine; - instead it is to be used by user space to specify a default rendering - engine (for 3D) that may or may not be the same as RCS. +An Intel GPU has multiple engines. There are several engine types: + +- Render Command Streamer (RCS). An engine for rendering 3D and + performing compute. +- Blitting Command Streamer (BCS). An engine for performing blitting and/or + copying operations. +- Video Command Streamer. An engine used for video encoding and decoding. Also + sometimes called 'BSD' in hardware documentation. +- Video Enhancement Command Streamer (VECS). An engine for video enhancement. + Also sometimes called 'VEBOX' in hardware documentation. +- Compute Command Streamer (CCS). An engine that has access to the media and + GPGPU pipelines, but not the 3D pipeline. +- Graphics Security Controller (GSCCS). A dedicated engine for internal + communication with GSC controller on security related tasks like + High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), Protected Xe Path (PXP), + and HuC firmware authentication. The Intel GPU family is a family of integrated GPU's using Unified Memory Access. For having the GPU "do work", user space will feed the |