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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/dc-glossary.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/dc-glossary.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..116f5f0942fd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/display/dc-glossary.rst @@ -0,0 +1,237 @@ +=========== +DC Glossary +=========== + +On this page, we try to keep track of acronyms related to the display +component. If you do not find what you are looking for, look at the +'Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/amdgpu-glossary.rst'; if you cannot find it anywhere, +consider asking in the amdgfx and update this page. + +.. glossary:: + + ABM + Adaptive Backlight Modulation + + APU + Accelerated Processing Unit + + ASIC + Application-Specific Integrated Circuit + + ASSR + Alternate Scrambler Seed Reset + + AZ + Azalia (HD audio DMA engine) + + BPC + Bits Per Colour/Component + + BPP + Bits Per Pixel + + Clocks + * PCLK: Pixel Clock + * SYMCLK: Symbol Clock + * SOCCLK: GPU Engine Clock + * DISPCLK: Display Clock + * DPPCLK: DPP Clock + * DCFCLK: Display Controller Fabric Clock + * REFCLK: Real Time Reference Clock + * PPLL: Pixel PLL + * FCLK: Fabric Clock + * MCLK: Memory Clock + + CRC + Cyclic Redundancy Check + + CRTC + Cathode Ray Tube Controller - commonly called "Controller" - Generates + raw stream of pixels, clocked at pixel clock + + CVT + Coordinated Video Timings + + DAL + Display Abstraction layer + + DC (Software) + Display Core + + DC (Hardware) + Display Controller + + DCC + Delta Colour Compression + + DCE + Display Controller Engine + + DCHUB + Display Controller HUB + + ARB + Arbiter + + VTG + Vertical Timing Generator + + DCN + Display Core Next + + DCCG + Display Clock Generator block + + DDC + Display Data Channel + + DIO + Display IO + + DPP + Display Pipes and Planes + + DSC + Display Stream Compression (Reduce the amount of bits to represent pixel + count while at the same pixel clock) + + dGPU + discrete GPU + + DMIF + Display Memory Interface + + DML + Display Mode Library + + DMCU + Display Micro-Controller Unit + + DMCUB + Display Micro-Controller Unit, version B + + DPCD + DisplayPort Configuration Data + + DPM(S) + Display Power Management (Signaling) + + DRR + Dynamic Refresh Rate + + DWB + Display Writeback + + FB + Frame Buffer + + FBC + Frame Buffer Compression + + FEC + Forward Error Correction + + FRL + Fixed Rate Link + + GCO + Graphical Controller Object + + GSL + Global Swap Lock + + iGPU + integrated GPU + + ISR + Interrupt Service Request + + ISV + Independent Software Vendor + + KMD + Kernel Mode Driver + + LB + Line Buffer + + LFC + Low Framerate Compensation + + LTTPR + Link Training Tunable Phy Repeater + + LUT + Lookup Table + + MALL + Memory Access at Last Level + + MC + Memory Controller + + MPC + Multiple pipes and plane combine + + MPO + Multi Plane Overlay + + MST + Multi Stream Transport + + NBP State + Northbridge Power State + + NBIO + North Bridge Input/Output + + ODM + Output Data Mapping + + OPM + Output Protection Manager + + OPP + Output Plane Processor + + OPTC + Output Pipe Timing Combiner + + OTG + Output Timing Generator + + PCON + Power Controller + + PGFSM + Power Gate Finite State Machine + + PSR + Panel Self Refresh + + SCL + Scaler + + SDP + Scalable Data Port + + SLS + Single Large Surface + + SST + Single Stream Transport + + TMDS + Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling + + TMZ + Trusted Memory Zone + + TTU + Time to Underflow + + VRR + Variable Refresh Rate + + UVD + Unified Video Decoder |