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Documentation/gpu: Add section for Intel GVT-g host support
Update with brief overview and reference for more detailed
arch design documents.
Add new section for Intel GVT-g host support.
Signed-off-by: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>
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Documentation/gpu/i915.rst
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Documentation/gpu/i915.rst
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.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vgpu.c
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:internal:
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Intel GVT-g Host Support(vGPU device model)
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.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
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:doc: Intel GVT-g host support
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.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
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Display Hardware Handling
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=========================
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drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
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drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
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* GPU among multiple virtual machines on a time-sharing basis. Each
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* virtual machine is presented a virtual GPU (vGPU), which has equivalent
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* features as the underlying physical GPU (pGPU), so i915 driver can run
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* seamlessly in a virtual machine. This file provides the englightments
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* of GVT and the necessary components used by GVT in i915 driver.
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* seamlessly in a virtual machine.
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* To virtualize GPU resources GVT-g driver depends on hypervisor technology
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* e.g KVM/VFIO/mdev, Xen, etc. to provide resource access trapping capability
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* and be virtualized within GVT-g device module. More architectural design
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* doc is available on https://01.org/group/2230/documentation-list.
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static bool is_supported_device(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)