IP BLOCKS(9)

💅 IP Blocks(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for IP Blocks(9) — main character energy only. 🫶

🌸 IP Blocks 🌸

GPUs are composed of IP (intellectual property) blocks, no cap. These IP blocks provide various functionalities: display, graphics, video decode, etc. ✨ The IP blocks that comprise a particular GPU are listed in the GPU's respective SoC file. 📁

amdgpu_device.c acquires the list of IP blocks for the GPU in use on initialization. 🧚 It can then operate on this list to perform standard driver operations such as: init, fini, suspend, resume, etc. — it's giving standard driver behavior, fr fr. 💅

IP block implementations are named using the following convention: <functionality>_v<version> (E.g.: gfx_v6_0). 🎀 So yes, the vibe check is literally functionality underscore v version, iykyk. 🌈

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go peek at these too, bestie — they're the supporting cast 🫶:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/include/amd_shared.h
• enum amd_ip_block_type(9)
• enum PP_FEATURE_MASK(9)
• enum DC_FEATURE_MASK(9)
• enum DC_DEBUG_MASK(9)
• struct amd_ip_funcs(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/include, dated October 2026, and it's still IP Blocks(9). bye bestie! 🦋