Add documentation about AMD's Wifi band RFI mitigation (WBRF) mechanism
explaining the theory and how it is used.
Signed-off-by: Ma Jun <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <[email protected]>
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v14:
- Fix the format issue (IIpo Jarvinen)
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Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+=================================
+WBRF - Wifi Band RFI Mitigations
+=================================
+
+Due to electrical and mechanical constraints in certain platform designs
+there may be likely interference of relatively high-powered harmonics of
+the GPU memory clocks with local radio module frequency bands used by
+certain Wifi bands.
+
+To mitigate possible RFI interference producers can advertise the
+frequencies in use and consumers can use this information to avoid using
+these frequencies for sensitive features.
+
+When a platform is known to have this issue with any contained devices,
+the platform designer will advertise the availability of this feature via
+ACPI devices with a device specific method (_DSM).
+* Producers with this _DSM will be able to advertise the frequencies in use.
+* Consumers with this _DSM will be able to register for notifications of
+frequencies in use.
+
+Some general terms
+==================
+
+Producer: such component who can produce high-powered radio frequency
+Consumer: such component who can adjust its in-use frequency in
+ response to the radio frequencies of other components to
+ mitigate the possible RFI.
+
+To make the mechanism function, those producers should notify active use
+of their particular frequencies so that other consumers can make relative
+internal adjustments as necessary to avoid this resonance.
+
+ACPI interface
+==============
+
+Although initially used by for wifi + dGPU use cases, the ACPI interface
+can be scaled to any type of device that a platform designer discovers
+can cause interference.
+
+The GUID used for the _DSM is 7B7656CF-DC3D-4C1C-83E9-66E721DE3070.
+
+3 functions are available in this _DSM:
+
+* 0: discover # of functions available
+* 1: record RF bands in use
+* 2: retrieve RF bands in use
+
+Driver programming interface
+============================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/platform/x86/amd/wbrf.c
+
+Sample Usage
+=============
+
+The expected flow for the producers:
+1. During probe, call `acpi_amd_wbrf_supported_producer` to check if WBRF
+ can be enabled for the device.
+2. On using some frequency band, call `acpi_amd_wbrf_add_remove` with 'add'
+ param to get other consumers properly notified.
+3. Or on stopping using some frequency band, call
+ `acpi_amd_wbrf_add_remove` with 'remove' param to get other consumers notified.
+
+The expected flow for the consumers:
+1. During probe, call `acpi_amd_wbrf_supported_consumer` to check if WBRF
+ can be enabled for the device.
+2. Call `amd_wbrf_register_notifier` to register for notification
+ of frequency band change(add or remove) from other producers.
+3. Call the `amd_wbrf_retrieve_freq_band` initally to retrieve
+ current active frequency bands considering some producers may broadcast
+ such information before the consumer is up.
+4. On receiving a notification for frequency band change, run
+ `amd_wbrf_retrieve_freq_band` again to retrieve the latest
+ active frequency bands.
+5. During driver cleanup, call `amd_wbrf_unregister_notifier` to
+ unregister the notifier.
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2.34.1
On 11/29/2023 03:13, Ma Jun wrote:
> Add documentation about AMD's Wifi band RFI mitigation (WBRF) mechanism
> explaining the theory and how it is used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ma Jun <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <[email protected]>
>
> --
> v14:
> - Fix the format issue (IIpo Jarvinen)
> ---
> Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..12793bb1abce
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +
> +=================================
> +WBRF - Wifi Band RFI Mitigations
> +=================================
> +
> +Due to electrical and mechanical constraints in certain platform designs
> +there may be likely interference of relatively high-powered harmonics of
> +the GPU memory clocks with local radio module frequency bands used by
> +certain Wifi bands.
> +
> +To mitigate possible RFI interference producers can advertise the
> +frequencies in use and consumers can use this information to avoid using
> +these frequencies for sensitive features.
> +
> +When a platform is known to have this issue with any contained devices,
> +the platform designer will advertise the availability of this feature via
> +ACPI devices with a device specific method (_DSM).
> +* Producers with this _DSM will be able to advertise the frequencies in use.
> +* Consumers with this _DSM will be able to register for notifications of
> +frequencies in use.
> +
> +Some general terms
> +==================
> +
> +Producer: such component who can produce high-powered radio frequency
> +Consumer: such component who can adjust its in-use frequency in
> + response to the radio frequencies of other components to
> + mitigate the possible RFI.
> +
> +To make the mechanism function, those producers should notify active use
> +of their particular frequencies so that other consumers can make relative
> +internal adjustments as necessary to avoid this resonance.
> +
> +ACPI interface
> +==============
> +
> +Although initially used by for wifi + dGPU use cases, the ACPI interface
> +can be scaled to any type of device that a platform designer discovers
> +can cause interference.
> +
> +The GUID used for the _DSM is 7B7656CF-DC3D-4C1C-83E9-66E721DE3070.
> +
> +3 functions are available in this _DSM:
> +
> +* 0: discover # of functions available
> +* 1: record RF bands in use
> +* 2: retrieve RF bands in use
> +
> +Driver programming interface
> +============================
> +
> +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/platform/x86/amd/wbrf.c
> +
> +Sample Usage
> +=============
> +
> +The expected flow for the producers:
> +1. During probe, call `acpi_amd_wbrf_supported_producer` to check if WBRF
> + can be enabled for the device.
> +2. On using some frequency band, call `acpi_amd_wbrf_add_remove` with 'add'
> + param to get other consumers properly notified.
> +3. Or on stopping using some frequency band, call
> + `acpi_amd_wbrf_add_remove` with 'remove' param to get other consumers notified.
> +
> +The expected flow for the consumers:
> +1. During probe, call `acpi_amd_wbrf_supported_consumer` to check if WBRF
> + can be enabled for the device.
> +2. Call `amd_wbrf_register_notifier` to register for notification
> + of frequency band change(add or remove) from other producers.
> +3. Call the `amd_wbrf_retrieve_freq_band` initally to retrieve
> + current active frequency bands considering some producers may broadcast
> + such information before the consumer is up.
> +4. On receiving a notification for frequency band change, run
> + `amd_wbrf_retrieve_freq_band` again to retrieve the latest
> + active frequency bands.
> +5. During driver cleanup, call `amd_wbrf_unregister_notifier` to
> + unregister the notifier.