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-rw-r--r--include/uapi/misc/habanalabs.h10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/misc/habanalabs.h b/include/uapi/misc/habanalabs.h
index 23d6ad3459cb..7fd6f633534c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/misc/habanalabs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/misc/habanalabs.h
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ struct hl_cb_in {
__u64 cb_handle;
/* HL_CB_OP_* */
__u32 op;
- /* Size of CB. Minimum requested size must be PAGE_SIZE */
+ /* Size of CB. Maximum size is 2MB. The minimum size that will be
+ * allocated, regardless of this parameter's value, is PAGE_SIZE
+ */
__u32 cb_size;
/* Context ID - Currently not in use */
__u32 ctx_id;
@@ -364,6 +366,12 @@ union hl_mem_args {
* internal. The driver will get completion notifications from the device only
* on JOBS which are enqueued in the external queues.
*
+ * For jobs on external queues, the user needs to create command buffers
+ * through the CB ioctl and give the CB's handle to the CS ioctl. For jobs on
+ * internal queues, the user needs to prepare a "command buffer" with packets
+ * on either the SRAM or DRAM, and give the device address of that buffer to
+ * the CS ioctl.
+ *
* This IOCTL is asynchronous in regard to the actual execution of the CS. This
* means it returns immediately after ALL the JOBS were enqueued on their
* relevant queues. Therefore, the user mustn't assume the CS has been completed