Cstyle的UEFI导读:第20.0篇 IGD OpRegion interface && IGD OpRegion PROTOCOL

    ACPI IGD OpRegion  interface是用SCI来实现IGD driver,OS,BIOS之间沟通的桥梁,IGD OpRegion PROTOCOL是UEFI BIOS构建桥梁的脊梁。

Legacy的实现方式下与OS沟通的方式:

OpRegion Memory Layout:

Mailbox1当中提供的Public ACPI Methods可以从ACPI spec Appendix B Video Extensions里面找到对应的每一个method,它为IGD graphics devices提供了一个标准的ACPI规定的沟通渠道。
Mailbox2当值提供了IGD graphic driver如何通过SWSCI与BIOS沟通的端口信息。
Mailbox3,ASLE (ASL event)Support,This is the mailbox for communicating all driver features related information between the   driver and the SBIOS

ASL Storage Register,用来存储IGD OpRegion Header地址:

IGD与BIOS沟通(SCI):

SWSCI Register,IGD通过DMI向ICH发送SCI来触发 TCOSCI_STS bit in its GPE0 register来触发真正的SCI event,然后通过BIOS里面定义的ASL  _Lxx method来处理,同时通过 Mailbox2来传递消息 。主要是在触发SCI之前预先填好mailbox里面对应的参数,包括Function-Code等信息 ,然后触发SCI,在L_xx method当中会去读取mailbox2当中的相应字段,来做相应的处理,最后通过另外的一些字段来返回处理的结果和状态。(TCO:total cost of ownership.Ref intel EDS)
    Under the new scheme, rather than writing to the SWSMI bit (bit 0 of the SWSMI register
at offset 0xe0 in the PCI configuration space of the graphics device), the graphics driver
writes to the SWSCI register (bit 0, offset 0xe8 assuming SWSCI is configured for SCI
operation).
    This register serves two purposes:
1) Support selection of SMI or SCI event source (SMISCISEL - bit15)
2) SCI Event trigger (GSSCIE – bit 0)
To generate a SW SCI event, software (system BIOS/graphics driver) should program bit
15 (SMISCISEL) to 1. This is typically programmed once (assuming SMIs are never
triggered).
On a write transition of 0->1 of bit 0 of this register, the GMCH sends a single SCI
message down the DMI link to ICH. ICH will set the DMISCI bit in its TCO1_STS register
and TCOSCI_STS bit in its GPE0 register, upon receiving this message from DMI. The
corresponding SCI event handler in BIOS is to be defined as an _Lxx method.
Once written as 1, software must write a "0" to this bit to clear it.
All other write transitions (1->0, 0->0, 1->1) will be ignored. Writes will likewise be
ignored if bit 15 is 0.
To generate an SW SMI event, software should program bit 15 to 0 and trigger SMI
through writes to SWSMI register (see SWSMI register for programming details).
   

Video BIOS Table(VBT)
    这个就是我们常见的所谓的使用BMP工具来配置VBIOS/GOP的时候生成的一个bin档案,最终会被包在BIOS rom里面,在post过程当中由BIOS来读取到内存里面去,跟上面的各种 Mailbox(一般由ASL code,IgdoPRn.Asl来创建)一起构成IGD OpRegion table,这部分一般是由 IGD OpRegion PROTOCOL &ACPI Protocl来完成,最终生成的table被video BIOS and device driver来读取,获取当前硬件的各种信息:Flat   Panel Timings, Generic Mode Timing, GPIO pins, Clock等。table可以在post当中根据用户在setup里面的设定值或者是platformPolicy来动态的改变(table被保存在
EFI_GLOBAL_NVS_AREA->IgdOpRegionAddress:IgdOpRegion当中被ACPI driver来读取),以此来实现用户的不同定制(参考IgdOprom.c)。

IGD OpRegion PROTOCOL
    这里提到的protocol就是用来创建 IgdOpRegionTable的DXE driver,它为VBIOS/GOP以及IGD driver提供相关的信息。主要是从FV里面读取BMP配置生成的Bin file以及platform policy以及setup值来定制系统的各种参数,并辅助acpi driver 来创建acpi table(GNVS->ASLB)。

    好了今天就先记录到这里,详情可参考ACPI spc,Intel IgdOpRn spc,以及相关的spc。

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