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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..326896e98 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +=============== +AMDGPU Glossary +=============== + +Here you can find some generic acronyms used in the amdgpu driver. Notice that +we have a dedicated glossary for Display Core at +'Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/dc-glossary.rst'. + +.. glossary:: + + active_cu_number + 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. + + CP + Command Processor + + CPLIB + Content Protection Library + + CU + Compute Unit + + DFS + Digital Frequency Synthesizer + + ECP + Enhanced Content Protection + + EOP + End Of Pipe/Pipeline + + GC + Graphics and Compute + + GMC + Graphic Memory Controller + + IH + Interrupt Handler + + HQD + Hardware Queue Descriptor + + IB + Indirect Buffer + + IP + Intellectual Property blocks + + KCQ + Kernel Compute Queue + + KGQ + Kernel Graphics Queue + + KIQ + Kernel Interface Queue + + MEC + MicroEngine Compute + + MES + MicroEngine Scheduler + + MMHUB + Multi-Media HUB + + MQD + Memory Queue Descriptor + + PPLib + PowerPlay Library - PowerPlay is the power management component. + + PSP + Platform Security Processor + + RLC + RunList Controller + + SDMA + System DMA + + SE + Shader Engine + + SH + SHader array + + SMU + System Management Unit + + SS + Spread Spectrum + + VCE + Video Compression Engine + + VCN + Video Codec Next |