[SRU][Jammy:linux-intel-iotg][PATCH 0/2] i915: Enable HuC authentication for EHL, ICL, and ADL-S

Philip Cox philip.cox at canonical.com
Mon Aug 15 11:39:25 UTC 2022


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1981971

[Impact]
* In the i915 Intel gfx driver, we need to explicitly enable HuC
  authentication.

* This fixes an issue with the Gstreamer media pipeline.  

* This only applies to the ICL, ADL-S, and EHL platforms. 1

* This patch is only for the linux-intel-iotg kernel.  We have pulled
   in patches from upstream, so the state of this driver is in between
   the upstream 5.15 driver, and the upstream tip-of-tree driver.

[Test Plan]
* Intel has tested this patch.

* I have tested the patch as well.

* To test, the system is booted, and issuing the command:
      sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/gt/uc/huc_info
  will either return the huc info, or it will display
  "HuC disabled"



[Where problems could occur]
* If the installed firmware has been trimmed so that only blobs
    that were in use were retained, when the kernel tried to load
    the HuC blob, it would fail.  This scenario should not happen
    unless someone is mucking about with the installed firmware.
    If that is the case, other things will likely start failing
    as well.



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