On 7/15/26 12:57, Timur Kristóf wrote:
> GFX6-8 are the oldest GPUs supported by the amdgpu
> kernel driver, and the last ones that didn't support
> DRM format modifiers until now. These are the Southern
> Islands, Sea Islands and Volcanic Islands families
> of GPUs.
>
> On GFX6-8, the GFX block can only use pre-determined tiling
> modes which are programmed by the kernel according to the
> tiling mode table. GFX6 uses the GB_TILE_MODE0...31 registers,
> and GFX7-8 also has GB_MACROTILE_MODE0...15 registers.
> DCC is also supported on GFX8, albeit not displayable.
>
> Note that the tiling table is uAPI and userspace relies on
> specific modes being present at specific indices.
>
> How the tiling works is primarily determined by the
> so-called array mode.
> Use the TILE field to specify the array mode.
>
> Pixel data is organized into micro tiles.
> Each micro tile may be 8x8 / 8x8x4 / 8x8x8 pixels,
> depending on the array mode.
> Add the MICROTILE field to specify microtile mode.
>
> Microtiles may be further organized into macro tiles,
> which have many configurable parameters. Macro tile mode
> selection depends on how many bits per pixel an image has.
> Add the PIPE_CONFIG, TILE_SPLIT, BANK_WIDTH, BANK_HEIGHT,
> MACRO_TILE_ASPECT, NUM_BANKS fields to specify parameters
> of macro tiled modes.
>
> Furthermore, tiling is also influenced by memory
> configuration. Old RFC patches received feedback
> concerning that, so I looked into it specifically:
> GB_ADDR_CONFIG.ROW_SIZE needs to be considered when
> calculating TILE_SPLIT, but does not need to be included
> in the modifiers, and also PIPE_INTERLEAVE matters,
> but it's hardcoded to the same value on all GFX6-8 GPUs
> and changing it would break userspace, so let's assume
> it isn't going to change. Therefore we don't need to
> include that in modifiers. Mesa also reads NUM_RANKS
> but actually doesn't use its value on GFX6-8.
>
> As a side note, tiling works similarly on GFX4-5
> (that is Evergreen and Northern Islands). But that
> will need some additional PIPE_CONFIG enum values
> as well as some extra fields not relevant to GFX6-8.
>
> Initially, let's only expose the tiling modes that are
> most relevant to sharing buffers between different
> processes:
>
> Exposed array modes (TILE field):
> - 1D_TILED_THIN1: micro tiled only
> - 2D_TILED_THIN1: macro tiled
>
> Exposed micro tile modes (MICROTILE field):
> - DISPLAY: supported by DCE (the display engine)
> - THIN: more efficient but not displayable
>
> Exposed macro tile modes:
> All possible parameters (25088 permutations).
>
> More modes may be exposed in the future as needed.
>
> Technically, the amount of possible combinations
> of all possible tiling parameters is in the range
> of hundreds of thousands, but in practice, there are
> just a handful of possible modifiers for a surface.
>
> For example on GFX8, a surface would have these
> modifiers, from best to worst performance:
>
> - 2D_TILED_THIN1 + THIN + DCC + macrotile params [1]
> - 2D_TILED_THIN1 + THIN + macrotile params [1]
> - 2D_TILED_THIN1 + DISPLAY + macrotile params [1]
> - 1D_TILED_THIN1 + THIN
> - 1D_TILED_THIN1 + DISPLAY
> - LINEAR
>
> [1] The macro tiling parameters depend on how many
> bits per pixel of the specific surface has and
> how the chip is configured. There is only one set
> of valid macrotile params for a given surface.
>
> DCC is only supported by GFX8 and newer, and only
> with non-displayable macrotiling modes.
>
> When sharing buffers between different GFX6-8 GPUs,
> it is very unlikely that they support the exact same
> macrotiling configuration, so they will likely need
> to use micro tiled modes, which are still much better
> than using linear buffers. (Note that currently Mesa
> always uses LINEAR when copying between two GPUs.)
>
> Suggested-by: Bas Nieuwenhuizen <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Timur Kristóf <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Marek Olšák <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Stone <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <[email protected]>
Feel free to add Acked-by: Christian König <[email protected]> to the
entire series.
> ---
> include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 191 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
> index e527b24bd824..7a0a1e5dac75 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_fourcc.h
> @@ -1620,36 +1620,69 @@ drm_fourcc_canonicalize_nvidia_format_mod(__u64
> modifier)
> * For multi-plane formats the above surfaces get merged into one plane for
> * each format plane, based on the required alignment only.
> *
> - * Bits Parameter Notes
> - * ----- ------------------------
> ---------------------------------------------
> + * Bits Parameter Notes
> + * ------- ------------------------
> ---------------------------------------------
> + *
> + * DRM format modifier fields on AMD GPUs:
> + * 7:0 TILE_VERSION Values are AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_VER_*
> + * 12:8 TILE Values are AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_<version>_*
> + * 13 DCC Delta Color Compression, supported on
> GFX8 and newer
> + 55:14 (chip specific) See below for details, depends on GFX
> block version
> + * 63:56 Vendor Value is DRM_FORMAT_MOD_VENDOR_AMD
> + *
> + * Chip specific fields on Gfx9 and newer:
> + * 14 DCC_RETILE
> + * 15 DCC_PIPE_ALIGN
> + * 16 DCC_INDEPENDENT_64B
> + * 17 DCC_INDEPENDENT_128B
> + * 19:18 DCC_MAX_COMPRESSED_BLOCK Values are AMD_FMT_MOD_DCC_BLOCK_*
> + * 20 DCC_CONSTANT_ENCODE
> + * 23:21 PIPE_XOR_BITS Only for some chips
> + * 26:24 BANK_XOR_BITS Only for some chips
> + * 29:27 PACKERS Only for some chips
> + * 32:30 RB Only for some chips
> + * 35:33 PIPE Only for some chips
> + * 55:36 - Reserved for future use, must be zero
> + *
> + * Chip specific fields on Gfx6-8:
> + * 16:14 MICROTILE Micro tile format
> + * 21:17 PIPE_CONFIG Number of pipes and how pipes are
> interleaved
> + * 24:22 TILE_SPLIT Tile split size
> + * 26:25 BANK_WIDTH Number of tiles in the X direction in
> the same bank
> + * 28:27 BANK_HEIGHT Number of tiles in the Y direction in
> the same bank
> + * 30:29 MACRO_TILE_ASPECT Macro tile aspect ratio
> + * 32:31 NUM_BANKS Number of banks
> + * 55:33 - Reserved for future use, must be zero
> *
> - * 7:0 TILE_VERSION Values are AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_VER_*
> - * 12:8 TILE Values are AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_<version>_*
> - * 13 DCC
> - * 14 DCC_RETILE
> - * 15 DCC_PIPE_ALIGN
> - * 16 DCC_INDEPENDENT_64B
> - * 17 DCC_INDEPENDENT_128B
> - * 19:18 DCC_MAX_COMPRESSED_BLOCK Values are AMD_FMT_MOD_DCC_BLOCK_*
> - * 20 DCC_CONSTANT_ENCODE
> - * 23:21 PIPE_XOR_BITS Only for some chips
> - * 26:24 BANK_XOR_BITS Only for some chips
> - * 29:27 PACKERS Only for some chips
> - * 32:30 RB Only for some chips
> - * 35:33 PIPE Only for some chips
> - * 55:36 - Reserved for future use, must be zero
> */
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD fourcc_mod_code(AMD, 0)
>
> #define IS_AMD_FMT_MOD(val) (((val) >> 56) == DRM_FORMAT_MOD_VENDOR_AMD)
>
> -/* Reserve 0 for GFX8 and older */
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_VER_GFX6 0
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_VER_GFX9 1
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_VER_GFX10 2
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_VER_GFX10_RBPLUS 3
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_VER_GFX11 4
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_VER_GFX12 5
>
> +/*
> + * Gfx6-8 tiling modes.
> + * A complete reference implementation is found in addrlib in the Mesa code
> base.
> + *
> + * - Microtiled modes (1D):
> + * Pixel data is organized into micro tiles of 8x8 pixels.
> + *
> + * - Macrotiled modes (2D):
> + * Micro tiles are further organized into macro tiles.
> + * These are optimized for even load distribution among memory channels.
> + *
> + * Note that only THIN1 modes are exposed here.
> + * THICK and XTHICK are for 3D images and not relevant to DRM format
> modifiers.
> + */
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_GFX6_1D_TILED_THIN1 0x2
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_GFX6_2D_TILED_THIN1 0x4
> +
> /*
> * 64K_S is the same for GFX9/GFX10/GFX10_RBPLUS and hence has GFX9 as
> canonical
> * version.
> @@ -1748,6 +1781,146 @@ drm_fourcc_canonicalize_nvidia_format_mod(__u64
> modifier)
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_SHIFT 33
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_MASK 0x7
>
> +/*
> + * MICRO_TILE_MODE, 3 bits. Determines the micro tile format.
> + * Only relevant to Gfx6-8.
> + *
> + * DISPLAY - Displayable tiling
> + * THIN - Non-displayable tiling, a.k.a thin micro tiling
> + * DEPTH, THICK - not exposed, not relevant to DRM format modifier use cases
> + * ROTATED - not exposed, not implemented in Linux or Mesa
> + */
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_MICROTILE_SHIFT 14ULL
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_MICROTILE_MASK 0x7
> +
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_MICROTILE_DISPLAY 0x0
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_MICROTILE_THIN 0x1
> +
> +/*
> + * PIPE_CONFIG, 5 bits. Number of pipes and how pipes are interleaved on the
> surface,
> + * which means the shader engine tile size and packer tile size.
> + * Typically matches the number of memory channels, or number of RBs.
> + * Only relevant to Gfx6-8 macro tiled modes.
> + *
> + * P<n>_<a>x<b>_<c>x<d>
> + * where:
> + * <n> - number of pipes
> + * <a>x<b> - shader engine tile size
> + * <c>x<d> - packer tile size
> + */
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_SHIFT 17ULL
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_MASK 0x1f
> +
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P2 0x0
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P4_8x16 0x4
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P4_16x16 0x5
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P4_16x32 0x6
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P4_32x32 0x7
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P8_16x16_8x16 0x8
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P8_16x32_8x16 0x9
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P8_32x32_8x16 0xa
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P8_16x32_16x16 0xb
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P8_32x32_16x16 0xc
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P8_32x32_16x32 0xd
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P8_32x64_32x32 0xe
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P16_32x32_8x16 0x10
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_PIPE_CONFIG_P16_32x32_16x16 0x11
> +
> +/*
> + * TILE_SPLIT, 3 bits.
> + * Only relevant to Gfx6-8 macro tiled modes.
> + *
> + * On GFX6 (or with depth tiling modes on GFX7 and newer),
> + * the GFX block uses the GB_TILE_MODE.TILE_SPLIT field directly.
> + *
> + * On GFX7 and newer with non-depth tiling modes, the GFX block uses a
> + * split factor which is stored in the GB_TILE_MODE.SAMPLE_SPLIT field.
> + * SAMPLE_SPLIT may be: 0 - 1 byte; 1 - 2 bytes; 2 - 4 bytes; 3 - 8 bytes.
> + * The actual tile size and tile split bytes are calculated as follows:
> + *
> + * bpp = ... <- bits per pixel in the current image
> + * thickness = ... <- depends on array mode; may be: 1, 4, 8
> + * num_samples = ... <- number of samples in the current image
> + * tile_size_pixels = 8 * 8
> + * tile_bytes_1x = thickness * tile_size_pixels * bpp / 8
> + * sample_split_factor = 1 << SAMPLE_SPLIT
> + * tile_split_bytes = clamp(tile_bytes_1x * sample_split_factor, 256,
> dram_row_size_bytes)
> + * tile_bytes = clamp(tile_bytes_1x * num_samples, 64, tile_split_bytes)
> + *
> + * In both cases, the display block (DCE) has no SAMPLE_SPLIT
> + * and just needs the tile split bytes in the GRPH_CONTROL.GRPH_TILE_SPLIT
> field.
> + * To maximize compatibility between GFX6-7, we don't include the
> SAMPLE_SPLIT
> + * in the format modifiers.
> + *
> + * The actual tile split in bytes is: 64 << field value
> + * Possible values of this field:
> + *
> + * 0 - Tile split is 64 bytes
> + * 1 - Tile split is 128 bytes
> + * 2 - Tile split is 256 bytes
> + * 3 - Tile split is 512 bytes
> + * 4 - Tile split is 1 KiB
> + * 5 - Tile split is 2 KiB
> + * 6 - Tile split is 4 KiB
> + */
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_SPLIT_SHIFT 22ULL
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_TILE_SPLIT_MASK 0x7
> +
> +/*
> + * BANK_WIDTH, 2 bits. Number of tiles in the X direction in the same bank.
> + * Only relevant to Gfx6-8 macro tiled modes.
> + * The actual bank width is: 1 << field value
> + * Possible values:
> + *
> + * 0 - bank width is 1
> + * 1 - bank width is 2
> + * 2 - bank width is 4
> + * 3 - bank width is 8
> + */
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_BANK_WIDTH_SHIFT 25ULL
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_BANK_WIDTH_MASK 0x3
> +
> +/*
> + * BANK_HEIGHT, 2 bits. Number of tiles in the Y direction in the same bank.
> + * Only relevant to Gfx6-8 macro tiled modes.
> + * The actual bank height is: 1 << field value
> + * Possible values:
> + *
> + * 0 - bank height is 1
> + * 1 - bank height is 2
> + * 2 - bank height is 4
> + * 3 - bank height is 8
> + */
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_BANK_HEIGHT_SHIFT 27ULL
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_BANK_HEIGHT_MASK 0x3
> +
> +/*
> + * MACRO_TILE_ASPECT, 2 bits. Macro tile aspect ratio.
> + * Only relevant to Gfx6-8 macro tiled modes.
> + * Possible values:
> + *
> + * 0 - aspect ratio is 1:1
> + * 1 - aspect ratio is 4:1
> + * 2 - aspect ratio is 16:1
> + * 3 - aspect ratio is 64:1
> + */
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_MACRO_TILE_ASPECT_SHIFT 29ULL
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_MACRO_TILE_ASPECT_MASK 0x3
> +
> +/*
> + * NUM_BANKS, 2 bits. Number of banks.
> + * Only relevant to Gfx6-8 macro tiled modes.
> + * The actual number of banks is: 2 << field value
> + * Possible values:
> + *
> + * 0 - number of banks is 2
> + * 1 - number of banks is 4
> + * 2 - number of banks is 8
> + * 3 - number of banks is 16
> + */
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_NUM_BANKS_SHIFT 31ULL
> +#define AMD_FMT_MOD_NUM_BANKS_MASK 0x3
> +
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD_SET(field, value) \
> ((__u64)(value) << AMD_FMT_MOD_##field##_SHIFT)
> #define AMD_FMT_MOD_GET(field, value) \
