Add documentation about AMD's Wifi band RFI mitigation (WBRF) mechanism
explaining the theory and how it is used.
Signed-off-by: Ma Jun <Jun.Ma2@amd.com>
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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` intentionally 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.
--
2.34.1
On Mon, 30 Oct 2023, 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 <Jun.Ma2@amd.com> > --- > Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst > > +Driver programming interface > +============================ > +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/platform/x86/amd/wbrf.c > + > +Sample Usage > +============= A lot better but you missed adding newlines here for this and previous section title. > +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` intentionally 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. The correct kerneldoc format should be without the closing parenthesis: 1. Text here that spills to second line. 2. Second entry. -- i.
Hi llpo, Thanks for review, I'll fix the format issue in the next version. Regards, Ma Jun On 11/20/2023 7:59 PM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote: > On Mon, 30 Oct 2023, 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 <Jun.Ma2@amd.com> >> --- >> Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+) >> create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/wbrf.rst >> >> +Driver programming interface >> +============================ >> +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/platform/x86/amd/wbrf.c >> + >> +Sample Usage >> +============= > > A lot better but you missed adding newlines here for this and previous > section title. > >> +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` intentionally 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. > > The correct kerneldoc format should be without the closing parenthesis: > > 1. Text here that > spills to second line. > 2. Second entry. >
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