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authorMario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>2023-06-26 10:04:07 -0500
committerAlex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>2023-07-07 13:51:47 -0400
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drm/amd: Add documentation for how to flash a dGPU
The flashing process for dGPUs uses sysfs files in a non-obvious way, so document it for users. Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
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+=======================
+ dGPU firmware flashing
+=======================
+
+IFWI
+----
+Flashing the dGPU integrated firmware image (IFWI) is supported by GPUs that
+use the PSP to orchestrate the update (Navi3x or newer GPUs).
+For supported GPUs, `amdgpu` will export a series of sysfs files that can be
+used for the flash process.
+
+The IFWI flash process is:
+
+1. Ensure the IFWI image is intended for the dGPU on the system.
+2. "Write" the IFWI image to the sysfs file `psp_vbflash`. This will stage the IFWI in memory.
+3. "Read" from the `psp_vbflash` sysfs file to initiate the flash process.
+4. Poll the `psp_vbflash_status` sysfs file to determine when the flash process completes.
+
+USB-C PD F/W
+------------
+On GPUs that support flashing an updated USB-C PD firmware image, the process
+is done using the `usbc_pd_fw` sysfs file.
+
+* Reading the file will provide the current firmware version.
+* Writing the name of a firmware payload stored in `/lib/firmware/amdgpu` to the sysfs file will initiate the flash process.
+
+The firmware payload stored in `/lib/firmware/amdgpu` can be named any name
+as long as it doesn't conflict with other existing binaries that are used by
+`amdgpu`.
+
+sysfs files
+-----------
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp.c
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/index.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/index.rst
index 03c2966cae798..912e699fd3731 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/index.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Next (GCN), Radeon DNA (RDNA), and Compute DNA (CDNA) architectures.
module-parameters
driver-core
display/index
+ flashing
xgmi
ras
thermal