ENUM AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE(9)

💖 enum amd_ip_block_type(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're doing kernel docs today and honestly? it's giving iconic. this page is all about enum amd_ip_block_type, lowkey the personality test for every IP block in the AMD GPU fam 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

enum amd_ip_block_type — it's the thing that sorts IP blocks by what they actually do, so everyone knows which vibe they're bringing to the GPU 🌈

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the whole squad, listed exactly as they appear, no editing, no gatekeeping:

enum amd_ip_block_type {
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_COMMON ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_GMC ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_IH ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_SMC ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_PSP ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_DCE ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_GFX ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_SDMA ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_UVD ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_VCE ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_ACP ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_VCN ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_MES ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_JPEG ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_VPE ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_UMSCH_MM ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_ISP ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_RAS ,
    AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_NUM

};

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🎀 Constants 🎀

every single one, with their official one-liner, translated into actual human feelings 💅

• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_COMMON — GPU Family. the main character that holds the whole bloodline together 👑
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_GMC — Graphics Memory Controller. it's literally the memory manager, the one who remembers everything so you don't have to 🧠
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_IH — Interrupt Handler. the friend who interrupts you mid-sentence but like… it's important, so you forgive her 😭
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_SMC — System Management Controller. she runs the system, no cap, respect her 🌸
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_PSP — Platform Security Processor. security girlie, keeps the platform safe so you can be reckless 🛡️ (she's the responsible one, obviously)
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_DCE — Display and Compositing Engine. everything you see on screen? her doing. the aesthetic department 💖
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_GFX — Graphics and Compute Engine. the actual superstar, graphics and compute, ate and left no crumbs 🔥
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_SDMA — System DMA Engine. moves your data around, the backstage crew that makes the show happen 🦋
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_UVD — Unified Video Decoder. video decode, iconic decoder behaviour ⭐
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_VCE — Video Compression Engine. compresses the videos, does the squish, ngl very demure of her 🎀
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_ACP — Audio Co-Processor. the sound bestie, literally here for the vibes 🎵 (the manual says Audio Co-Processor, I'm just saying she's got range)
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_VCN — Video Core/Codec Next. next-gen codec energy, the upgraded version of the story, periodt ⭐
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_MES — Micro-Engine Scheduler. she schedules, she organises, she's the group-chat admin of micro-engines 👑
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_JPEG — JPEG Engine. yes, a whole engine for JPEGs, she's specialised and unbothered, iykyk 🙈
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_VPE — Video Processing Engine. processing that video, doing the work, main character energy 🔥 (manual literally says Video Processing Engine, we love an honest queen)
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_UMSCH_MM — User Mode Scheduler for Multimedia. the user-mode scheduler for multimedia, long name, big responsibility, she contains multitudes 💜
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_ISP — Image Signal Processor. image signals, handled, camera-core bestie 💅
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_RAS — Reliability, Availability, Serviceability. the three traits you want in literally anything, the holy trinity of "it just works" ✨
• AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_NUM — Total number of IP block types. not a block, she's the counter, she's the census, she knows how many of you there are 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, fr fr, they're all in the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/include/amd_shared.h:

• IP Blocks(9)
• enum PP_FEATURE_MASK(9)
• enum DC_FEATURE_MASK(9)
• enum DC_DEBUG_MASK(9)
• struct amd_ip_funcs(9)

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🫶 little shoutout to the source, ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/include, dated October 2026 — that's where this whole page lives, and that's the version you're reading. slay, thanks for coming to my ted talk, go read your kernel headers bestie 💖✨🎀