@@ -894,6 +894,24 @@ static intel_engine_mask_t init_engine_mask(struct intel_gt *gt)
engine_mask_apply_compute_fuses(gt);
engine_mask_apply_copy_fuses(gt);
+ /*
+ * The only use of the GSC CS is to load and communicate with the GSC
+ * FW, so we have no use for it if we don't have the FW.
+ *
+ * IMPORTANT: in cases where we don't have the GSC FW, we have a
+ * catch-22 situation that breaks media C6 due to 2 requirements:
+ * 1) once turned on, the GSC power well will not go to sleep unless the
+ * GSC FW is loaded.
+ * 2) to enable idling (which is required for media C6) we need to
+ * initialize the IDLE_MSG register for the GSC CS and do at least 1
+ * submission, which will wake up the GSC power well.
+ */
+ if (__HAS_ENGINE(info->engine_mask, GSC0) && !intel_uc_wants_gsc_uc(>->uc)) {
+ drm_notice(>->i915->drm,
+ "No GSC FW selected, disabling GSC CS and media C6\n");
+ info->engine_mask &= ~BIT(GSC0);
+ }
+
return info->engine_mask;
}
@@ -2701,6 +2701,9 @@ void intel_uncore_prune_engine_fw_domains(struct intel_uncore *uncore,
if (fw_domains & BIT(domain_id))
fw_domain_fini(uncore, domain_id);
}
+
+ if ((fw_domains & BIT(FW_DOMAIN_ID_GSC)) && !HAS_ENGINE(gt, GSC0))
+ fw_domain_fini(uncore, FW_DOMAIN_ID_GSC);
}
/*