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Message-ID: <d7f757e9-ed6e-7be6-89db-3ec9ddbb8050@amd.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:16:20 -0700
From: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@....com>
To: Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>, <ogabbay@...nel.org>,
<dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <min.ma@....com>, <max.zhen@....com>,
<sonal.santan@....com>, <king.tam@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 00/10] AMD XDNA driver
On 8/9/24 08:21, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:
> On 8/5/2024 11:39 AM, Lizhi Hou wrote:
>> This patchset introduces a new Linux Kernel Driver, amdxdna for AMD
>> NPUs.
>> The driver is based on Linux accel subsystem.
>>
>> NPU (Neural Processing Unit) is an AI inference accelerator integrated
>> into AMD client CPUs. NPU enables efficient execution of Machine
>> Learning
>> applications like CNNs, LLMs, etc. NPU is based on AMD XDNA
>> architecture [1].
>>
>> AMD NPU consists of the following components:
>>
>> - Tiled array of AMD AI Engine processors.
>> - Micro Controller which runs the NPU Firmware responsible for
>> command processing, AIE array configuration, and execution
>> management.
>> - PCI EP for host control of the NPU device.
>> - Interconnect for connecting the NPU components together.
>> - SRAM for use by the NPU Firmware.
>> - Address translation hardware for protected host memory access by
>> the
>> NPU.
>>
>> NPU supports multiple concurrent fully isolated contexts. Concurrent
>> contexts may be bound to AI Engine array spatially and or temporarily.
>>
>> The driver is licensed under GPL-2.0 except for UAPI header which is
>> licensed GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note.
>>
>> User mode driver stack consists of XRT [2] and AMD AIE Plugin for
>> IREE [3].
>
> Is there a special branch with the code? I don't see any of the uAPI
> in either project when searching for the ioctl codes or ioctl structures.
Please see git repo: https://github.com/amd/xdna-driver
This contains the out tree driver and shim code which interact with
driver. E.g.
https://github.com/amd/xdna-driver/blob/main/src/shim/bo.cpp#L18
>
>>
>> The firmware for the NPU is distributed as a closed source binary,
>> and has
>> already been pushed to the DRM firmware repository [4].
>>
>> [1] https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/xdna.html
>> [2] https://github.com/Xilinx/XRT
>> [3] https://github.com/nod-ai/iree-amd-aie
>> [4]
>> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/firmware/-/tree/amd-ipu-staging/amdnpu
>>
>> Changes since v1:
>> - Remove some inline defines
>> - Minor changes based code review comments
>>
>> Lizhi Hou (10):
>> accel/amdxdna: Add a new driver for AMD AI Engine
>> accel/amdxdna: Support hardware mailbox
>> accel/amdxdna: Add hardware resource solver
>> accel/amdxdna: Add hardware context
>> accel/amdxdna: Add GEM buffer object management
>> accel/amdxdna: Add command execution
>> accel/amdxdna: Add suspend and resume
>> accel/amdxdna: Add error handling
>> accel/amdxdna: Add query functions
>> accel/amdxdna: Add firmware debug buffer support
>>
>> MAINTAINERS | 9 +
>> drivers/accel/Kconfig | 1 +
>> drivers/accel/Makefile | 1 +
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/Kconfig | 15 +
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/Makefile | 22 +
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/TODO | 4 +
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c | 949 ++++++++++++++++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_error.c | 349 +++++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c | 775 ++++++++++++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_msg_priv.h | 372 +++++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c | 756 ++++++++++++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.h | 264 +++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_psp.c | 137 +++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_smu.c | 112 +++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_solver.c | 329 ++++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_solver.h | 156 +++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c | 597 +++++++++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.h | 165 +++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_drm.c | 172 ++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_drm.h | 114 +++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c | 700 +++++++++++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h | 73 ++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.c | 582 +++++++++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.h | 124 +++
>> .../accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox_helper.c | 50 +
>> .../accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox_helper.h | 43 +
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c | 234 +++++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.h | 31 +
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_sysfs.c | 58 ++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c | 94 ++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu2_regs.c | 111 ++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c | 111 ++
>> drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c | 111 ++
>> include/trace/events/amdxdna.h | 101 ++
>> include/uapi/drm/amdxdna_accel.h | 456 +++++++++
>> 35 files changed, 8178 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/Kconfig
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/Makefile
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/TODO
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_error.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_msg_priv.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_psp.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_smu.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_solver.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_solver.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_drm.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_drm.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox_helper.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox_helper.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_pci_drv.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_sysfs.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu1_regs.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu2_regs.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu4_regs.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/accel/amdxdna/npu5_regs.c
>> create mode 100644 include/trace/events/amdxdna.h
>> create mode 100644 include/uapi/drm/amdxdna_accel.h
>>
>
> No Documentation?
Is it ok to add a work item to TODO and add documentation in later patches?
Thanks,
Lizhi
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