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Intel GPU DKMS

It is required to install special Kernel Mode Drivers (KMD) to enable support of some new Intel GPUs. This article describes setup of these KMDs targeting the following GPUs:

  • Intel® Data Center GPU Flex Series (products formerly Arctic Sound)

Overall, the following should be taken care of:

DKMS packages are being built against specific kernel version. Please, refer to documentation in above projects for the full list of supported Operating Systems and kernels. In this article we will demonstrate installation for specific kernel version(s) of Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04.

How to Generate DKMS Packages

To generate DKMS packages you can use helper dockers available in media-delivery repository:

OS Dockerfile
Ubuntu 20.04 docker/ubuntu20.04/dkms/Dockerfile
Ubuntu 22.04 docker/ubuntu22.04/dkms/Dockerfile

Run the following from the top level of media-delivery cloned copy:

# To build DKMS for Ubuntu 20.04
docker build \
  $(env | grep -E '(_proxy=|_PROXY)' | sed 's/^/--build-arg /') \
  --file docker/ubuntu20.04/dkms/Dockerfile \
  --tag dkms \
  .

# To build DKMS for Ubuntu 22.04
docker build \
  $(env | grep -E '(_proxy=|_PROXY)' | sed 's/^/--build-arg /') \
  --file docker/ubuntu22.04/dkms/Dockerfile \
  --tag dkms \
  .

Copy Intel GPU DKMS packages to the host system:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/packages/
sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) /opt/packages
docker run -it --rm -u $(id -u):$(id -g) -v /opt/packages/:/opt/packages/ dkms \
  /bin/bash -c "cp -rd /opt/dist/* /opt/packages/"

How to Install

First, install the following Ubuntu kernel (this kernel version corresponds to the version used below to build DKMS packages) and its headers:

# For Ubuntu 20.04 or Ubuntu 22.04
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-5.15.0-53-generic linux-image-unsigned-5.15.0-53-generic

Once done, check kernel boot order in grub to make sure to boot into the installed kernel, adjust if needed, then reboot:

sudo reboot

Install Intel GPU Firmware and DKMS packages:

sudo apt-get install dkms bison flex gawk

sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/updates/i915/
sudo cp /opt/packages/firmware/*.bin /lib/firmware/updates/i915/
sudo dpkg -i /opt/packages/intel-i915-dkms_*.deb \
  /opt/packages/intel-platform-cse-dkms-*.deb \
  /opt/packages/intel-platform-vsec-dkms-*.deb

Some systems running Intel® Data Center GPU Flex Series might require to be booted with pci=realloc=off Linux kernel cmdline option to be able to detect this GPU card. Add this option as follows:

if ! grep "pci=realloc" /etc/default/grub; then
  sudo sed -ine \
    's,^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="\([^"]*\)",GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="\1 pci=realloc=off",g' \
    /etc/default/grub
fi
grep GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT /etc/default/grub

Once done, update grub and reboot:

sudo update-grub && sudo reboot

That's it. Now you should be able to use Intel GPU targeted by these DKMS packages.

How to Update

To install new version of DKMS packages, just follow the usual installation steps. Package manager automatically uninstalls previous version, then installs a new one.

When updating the entire kernel, make sure to install the corresponding kernel headers. DKMS installation builds kernel modules which require corresponding kernel headers. So, when updating the kernel, make sure to always install both kernel and its headers. For example, to update from Ubuntu 20.04 5.15.0-53-generic to 5.15.0-58-generic kernel do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-5.15.0-58-generic linux-image-unsigned-5.15.0-58-generic

Verify

To verify that DKMS were installed correctly, check dmesg logs right after the boot. First, verify that DKMS driver backports got recognized and loaded:

$ sudo dmesg | grep -i backport
[    7.873241] COMPAT BACKPORTED INIT
[    7.873247] Loading modules backported from PROD_I915_6365.0.0
[    7.873249] Backport generated by backports.git I915_6365.0.0_PRERELEASE_221124.0
[    8.018045] [drm] I915 BACKPORTED INIT

Then, check that GPU stack got initialized for your platform:

$ sudo dmesg | grep drm
[    8.018045] [drm] I915 BACKPORTED INIT
[    8.022708] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] GT count: 1, enabled: 1
[    8.023250] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] Bumping pre-emption timeout from 640 to 7500 on rcs'0.0 to allow slow compute pre-emption
[    8.023303] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] Bumping pre-emption timeout from 640 to 7500 on ccs'0.0 to allow slow compute pre-emption
[    8.023307] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] Bumping pre-emption timeout from 640 to 7500 on ccs'1.0 to allow slow compute pre-emption
[    8.023318] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] Bumping pre-emption timeout from 640 to 7500 on ccs'2.0 to allow slow compute pre-emption
[    8.023322] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] Bumping pre-emption timeout from 640 to 7500 on ccs'3.0 to allow slow compute pre-emption
[    8.023896] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] Using Transparent Hugepages
[    8.024034] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] Local memory IO size: 0x000000037a800000
[    8.024039] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] Local memory available: 0x000000037a800000
[    8.031770] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] GuC error state capture buffer maybe too small: 2097152 < 3737592 (min = 1245864)
[    8.038493] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] GuC firmware i915/dg2_guc_70.5.2.bin version 70.5.2
[    8.038501] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] HuC firmware i915/dg2_huc_7.10.3_gsc.bin version 7.10.3
[    8.051908] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] GuC submission enabled
[    8.051917] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] GuC SLPC enabled
[    8.052236] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] GuC RC: enabled
[    8.083832] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20201103 for 0000:4d:00.0 on minor 1
[    9.020137] i915 0000:4d:00.0: [drm] HuC authenticated

In the above log make sure that:

  • GuC, HuC and DMC Firmware was loaded (note: ATS-M reuses DG2 firmware)
  • HuC got authenticated

Once host setup is done, you can try media-delivery sample included in this repository. Refer to the top level README for details. In short, to build docker compatible with the host setup we just did, execute (from the top level of media-delivery cloned copy):

docker build \
  $(env | grep -E '(_proxy=|_PROXY)' | sed 's/^/--build-arg /') \
  --file docker/ubuntu20.04/selfbuild-prodkmd/Dockerfile \
  --tag intel-media-delivery \
  .

Change Log

This log tracks key changes in Intel DKMS modules which impact user experience.

518.5

Referenced in the following Media Delivery Software Stack release series:

Included versions:

Changes:

  • /sys/class/drm/card%/iov/pf/gt/available/*_quota PF attributes got deprecated and might be removed in the future. Instead, use the following 2 ways to allocate VF resources:

    • Use /sys/class/drm/card%/prelim_iov/pf/gt/*_spare to specify resources reserved for PF. This will reduce the amount of resources you can spend for VFs
    • Use /sys/call/drm/card%/prelim_iov/vf%/gt/*_quota to explicitly specify the amount of resources available for VFs

    You can also rely on kernel mode driver auto provisioning to distribute resources across VMs (which is fair distribution). However, consider to tune execution quantum and preemption timeout settings for the real life use cases. By default auto provisioning leaves them 0 (unlimited), try out 20ms and 4000us for exec quantum and preemption timeout respectively:

    echo 20 > /sys/class/drm/card%/prelim_iov/pf/gt/exec_quantum_ms
echo 40000 > /sys/class/drm/card%/prelim_iov/pf/gt/preempt_timeout_us

echo 20 > /sys/class/drm/card%/prelim_iov/vf%/gt/exec_quantum_ms
echo 40000 > /sys/class/drm/card%/prelim_iov/vf%/gt/preempt_timeout_us

476.14

Referenced in the following Media Delivery Software Stack release series:

Included versions:

Changes:

  • i915.enable_guc=7 option got deprecated, i915.max_vfs=N should be used instead

449.2

We did not pick up this DKMS modules release for Media Delivery Software Stack. Still, there was the following change to pay attention to:

  • intel-platform-pmt-dkms module renamed to intel-platform-vsec-dkms - make sure to explicitly uninstall "pmt" module before installing "vsec"

Included versions:

419.38

Referenced in the following Media Delivery Software Stack release series:

Included versions: