FW_LOAD_TYPE (INT)(9)

🦋 fw_load_type (int) 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the fw_load_type (int) page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — it's giving very specific little debugging knob energy. This one sets a different firmware loading type for debugging, if supported. That's the whole vibe. ✨

The values are lowkey simple:

• 0 — force direct loading if supported by the ASIC. No cap, but only if the ASIC says yes.
• -1 — select the default loading mode for the ASIC, as defined by the driver. This is the default: -1 (auto), so if you don't touch it, that's what you get. 🫶

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

The kernel file to peek at is ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c, and the whole related friend group is:

• vramlimit (int)(9)
• vis_vramlimit (int)(9)
• gartsize (uint)(9)
• gttsize (int)(9)
• moverate (int)(9)
• audio (int)(9)
• disp_priority (int)(9)
• hw_i2c (int)(9)
• pcie_gen2 (int)(9)
• msi (int)(9)
• svm_default_granularity (uint)(9)
• lockup_timeout (string)(9)
• dpm (int)(9)
• aspm (int)(9)
• runpm (int)(9)
• ip_block_mask (uint)(9)
• bapm (int)(9)
• deep_color (int)(9)
• vm_size (int)(9)
• vm_fragment_size (int)(9)
• vm_block_size (int)(9)
• vm_fault_stop (int)(9)
• vm_update_mode (int)(9)
• exp_hw_support (int)(9)
• dc (int)(9)
• sched_jobs (int)(9)
• sched_hw_submission (int)(9)
• ppfeaturemask (hexint)(9)
• forcelongtraining (uint)(9)
• pcie_gen_cap (uint)(9)
• pcie_lane_cap (uint)(9)
• cg_mask (ullong)(9)
• pg_mask (uint)(9)
• sdma_phase_quantum (uint)(9)
• disable_cu (charp)(9)
• virtual_display (charp)(9)
• lbpw (int)(9)
• gpu_recovery (int)(9)
• emu_mode (int)(9)
• ras_enable (int)(9)
• ras_mask (uint)(9)
• timeout_fatal_disable (bool)(9)
• timeout_period (uint)(9)
• si_support (int)(9)
• cik_support (int)(9)
• smu_memory_pool_size (uint)(9)
• async_gfx_ring (int)(9)
• mcbp (int)(9)
• discovery (int)(9)
• mes_log_enable (int)(9)
• uni_mes (int)(9)
• noretry (int)(9)
• force_asic_type (int)(9)
• use_xgmi_p2p (int)(9)
• sched_policy (int)(9)
• hws_max_conc_proc (int)(9)
• cwsr_enable (int)(9)
• max_num_of_queues_per_device (int)(9)
• send_sigterm (int)(9)
• halt_if_hws_hang (int)(9)
• hws_gws_support(bool)(9)
• queue_preemption_timeout_ms (int)(9)
• debug_evictions(bool)(9)
• no_system_mem_limit(bool)(9)
• no_queue_eviction_on_vm_fault (int)(9)
• mtype_local (int)(9)
• pcie_p2p (bool)(9)
• dcfeaturemask (uint)(9)
• dcdebugmask (uint)(9)
• abmlevel (uint)(9)
• damageclips (int)(9)
• tmz (int)(9)
• freesync_video (uint)(9)
• reset_method (int)(9)
• bad_page_threshold (int) Bad page threshold is specifies the(9)
• vcnfw_log (int)(9)
• sg_display (int)(9)
• umsch_mm (int)(9)
• umsch_mm_fwlog (int)(9)
• smu_pptable_id (int)(9)
• partition_mode (int)(9)
• enforce_isolation (int)(9)
• modeset (int)(9)
• seamless (int)(9)
• debug_mask (uint)(9)
• agp (int)(9)
• wbrf (int)(9)
• rebar (int)(9)
• user_queue (int)(9)
• ptl (int)(9)

Sign-off tea: source is ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu, date is October 2026, and the page is fw_load_type (int)(9). Bye bestie, mwah 💋