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From: Peter Maucher <bellosilicio@gmail.com>
To: alexander.deucher@amd.com, amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Peter Maucher <bellosilicio@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] drm/amdgpu: improve GART and GTT documentation
Date: Thu,  1 Dec 2022 16:38:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221201153820.257570-2-bellosilicio@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221201153820.257570-1-bellosilicio@gmail.com>

Document difference between amdgpu.gartsize and amdgpu.gttsize
module parameters, as initially explained by Alex Deucher here:
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2022-October/375358.html

Signed-off-by: Peter Maucher <bellosilicio@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
index bf2d50c8c92a..d647836ba7b8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
@@ -230,17 +230,18 @@ module_param_named(vis_vramlimit, amdgpu_vis_vram_limit, int, 0444);
 
 /**
  * DOC: gartsize (uint)
- * Restrict the size of GART in Mib (32, 64, etc.) for testing. The default is -1 (The size depends on asic).
+ * Restrict the size of GART (for kernel use) in Mib (32, 64, etc.) for testing.
+ * The default is -1 (The size depends on asic).
  */
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(gartsize, "Size of GART to setup in megabytes (32, 64, etc., -1=auto)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(gartsize, "Size of kernel GART to setup in megabytes (32, 64, etc., -1=auto)");
 module_param_named(gartsize, amdgpu_gart_size, uint, 0600);
 
 /**
  * DOC: gttsize (int)
- * Restrict the size of GTT domain in MiB for testing. The default is -1 (It's VRAM size if 3GB < VRAM < 3/4 RAM,
- * otherwise 3/4 RAM size).
+ * Restrict the size of GTT domain (for userspace usage) in MiB for testing.
+ * The default is -1 (It's VRAM size if 3GB < VRAM < 3/4 RAM, otherwise 3/4 RAM size).
  */
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(gttsize, "Size of the GTT domain in megabytes (-1 = auto)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(gttsize, "Size of the GTT userspace domain in megabytes (-1 = auto)");
 module_param_named(gttsize, amdgpu_gtt_size, int, 0600);
 
 /**
-- 
2.38.1


  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-01 15:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-01 15:38 [PATCH 0/3] amdgpu/drm: Documentation updates Peter Maucher
2022-12-01 15:38 ` Peter Maucher [this message]
2022-12-01 15:38 ` [PATCH 2/3] drm/amdgpu: add GART and GTT to glossary Peter Maucher
2022-12-01 21:51   ` Felix Kuehling
2022-12-01 15:38 ` [PATCH 3/3] drm/amdgpu: mention RDNA support in docu Peter Maucher
2022-12-01 16:23 ` [PATCH 0/3] amdgpu/drm: Documentation updates Alex Deucher

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