Created attachment 145537 [details] Full dmesg 5.3.1 where GuC submission is disabled Boot linux 5.3.1 with i915.enable_guc=3 on Kaby Lake with Intel Corporation HD Graphics 630 (rev 04) and dmesg has following logs indicating GuC submission is disabled (full log attached, extract pasted below). This worked atleast till 5.2.13: Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Incompatible option detected: enable_guc=3, GuC submission not supported! Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Switching to non-GuC submission mode! Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] VT-d active for gfx access Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: fb0: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013). Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin (v1.4) Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] HuC: Loaded firmware i915/kbl_huc_ver02_00_1810.bin (version 2.0) Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] GuC: Loaded firmware i915/kbl_guc_32.0.3.bin (version 32.0) Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] CT: enabled Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: GuC firmware version 32.0 Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: GuC submission disabled Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: HuC enabled Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20190619 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915]) Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device Sep 26 19:32:53 gentoo-13r3 kernel: mei_hdcp mei::b638ab7e-94e2-4ea2-a552-d1c54b627f04:01: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_globals_exit [i915]) With GuC submission disabled, the system usually takes 13-14W when idling instead of 6-7W. On the same hardware, when I go back to linux 5.2.13, with the same module parameters, GuC submission works, with the following extract of dmesg logs: Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] VT-d active for gfx access Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: fb0: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013). Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin (v1.4) Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] HuC: Loaded firmware i915/kbl_huc_ver02_00_1810.bin (version 2.0) Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: mei_hdcp mei::b638ab7e-94e2-4ea2-a552-d1c54b627f04:01: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_hdcp_component_ops [i915]) Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] GuC: Loaded firmware i915/kbl_guc_ver9_39.bin (version 9.39) Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: GuC firmware version 9.39 Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: GuC submission enabled Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: HuC enabled Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20190417 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915]) Sep 26 19:36:56 gentoo-13r3 kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device I tried to explicitly point the i915 module in linux 5.3.1 to the firmware it used in 5.2.13 with guc_firmware_path but the system didn't startup with that. Further system information: 1. uname -m : x86_64 2. uname -r : 5.3.1-gentoo 3. Linux distirbution: Gentoo 4. Machine: Alienware 13R3 5. Display Connector: eDP 6. Attached dmesg (no crash, hence no crash dump to attach) Reporting a bug with this tool for the first time, apologies if I missed required information or am on the wrong channel. Thanks.
(In reply to Sayash Kumar from comment #0) > Created attachment 145537 [details] > Full dmesg 5.3.1 where GuC submission is disabled > > Boot linux 5.3.1 with i915.enable_guc=3 on Kaby Lake with Intel Corporation > HD Graphics 630 (rev 04) and dmesg has following logs indicating GuC > submission is disabled (full log attached, extract pasted below). This > worked atleast till 5.2.13: @Daniele, Any comments here?
We decided to deprecate support for GuC submission on gen9, also considering the fact that we never made it an "official" non-tainting option and that it had several known bugs. Currently we do not support GuC submission on any gen, but we plan to re-enable it, with a revamped logic, on ICL+. The fact that GuC submission can't be enabled on KBL (which is gen9) is therefore not a bug, but the fact that we get a much higher idle power consumption without it is.
"much higher idle power consumption" 1. what about kbl_huc_4.0.0.bin/kbl_guc_ver33_00.bin (build 3150) , is it the same as build 1810 ? 2. what about under workload power consumption ? 4me (Lenovo Y520-15IKBA) for example : mpv+vaapi/firefox runs a lot cooler (according to lm_sensor) with (G/H)uC 3. had a look at kernel 5.4rc1 - looks like it will support kbl_guc_ver33_00.bin 4. I couldn't get pass 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' with i915.enable_guc=3 , but I build mine from src https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11135983 - this got me a bit confused
1) I do not have numbers for those at hand, but as far as I'm aware of nothing is changed in the firmwares that would cause a difference in idle power usage 2) Which options are you comparing here? guc=0 and guc=2 or guc=2 and the old guc=3? HuC adds some extra efficiency for media decoding so that might help keeping the power usage down for those workloads with guc=2/3 (if the media driver you're running uses the HuC). Depending on the workload, with guc=3 we're also a bit slower in driving the HW, which means less utilization and therefore less power usage, but also less performance (which is why we're revamping the whole thing). 3) yes, but not by default and not for submission. GuC can will only be used if required to authenticate the HuC The patch series just introduces new version of the HuC binaries, but we took the occasion to switch to a new naming scheme to make the naming consistent across GuC and Huc.
Update: I discovered the increased power consumption on 5.3 kernels is not due to the changes w/ GuC, or anything to do with i915 at all. It looks like the snd-hda-intel code can now detect HDMI / DP ports on an Nvidia card on Optimus laptops, and that powers up part of the second GPU, even when no nouveau or nvidia modules are present. That was increasing the power consumption, _not_ i915's changes with GuC. Sorry for the incorrect bug report, and thanks for the follow ups.
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