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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h index c0f19f57200..2c192270cb0 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h @@ -1053,6 +1053,27 @@ struct drm_i915_file_private { #include "i915_trace.h" +/** + * RC6 is a special power stage which allows the GPU to enter an very + * low-voltage mode when idle, using down to 0V while at this stage. This + * stage is entered automatically when the GPU is idle when RC6 support is + * enabled, and as soon as new workload arises GPU wakes up automatically as well. + * + * There are different RC6 modes available in Intel GPU, which differentiate + * among each other with the latency required to enter and leave RC6 and + * voltage consumed by the GPU in different states. + * + * The combination of the following flags define which states GPU is allowed + * to enter, while RC6 is the normal RC6 state, RC6p is the deep RC6, and + * RC6pp is deepest RC6. Their support by hardware varies according to the + * GPU, BIOS, chipset and platform. RC6 is usually the safest one and the one + * which brings the most power savings; deeper states save more power, but + * require higher latency to switch to and wake up. + */ +#define INTEL_RC6_ENABLE (1<<0) +#define INTEL_RC6p_ENABLE (1<<1) +#define INTEL_RC6pp_ENABLE (1<<2) + extern struct drm_ioctl_desc i915_ioctls[]; extern int i915_max_ioctl; extern unsigned int i915_fbpercrtc __always_unused; |