Intel Arc Programming Reference Manual

[EngineArtist]

Hi,

Will Intel release a PRM for Arc GPUs? I noticed Arc isn't on this list: https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation

Cheers,

Miika Vihersaari

[LuisGustav_A_Intel]

Hello EngineArtist,

Thank you for posting in the Intel® Communities Support. 

About the programmer's reference manuals for Intel® Arc Dedicated Graphics, I will investigate this matter for further assistance, and post back an update soon. 

Thank you for choosing Intel. 

Best regards, 

Luis 

Intel Customer Support Technician.

[LuisGustav_A_Intel · Accepted solution]

Hello EngineArtist,  

We appreciate the feedback about it, upon checking we will be looking into the request for content but we can’t commit to a deadline though.  

Nonetheless, you check some content here https://dgpu-docs.intel.com/ and depending on the type of programming you may be interested in exploring the supported APIs on Intel ARC products such as OneAPI https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/overview.html#gs.fkxdn3  

Thank you for choosing Intel. 

Best regards, 

Luis 

Intel Customer Support Technician. 

[Robert_Q_Intel]

Hello EngineArtist,  

Were you able to check the previous post? 

Let us know if you still need assistance.

Best regards, 

Robert Q.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[EngineArtist]

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply. I'll check out those links. The reason why I was asking about PRMs was because I'm thinking of writing a simple bare metal real-time OS that does hardware accelerated rendering. I'm currently doing this for an Intel NUC 11, which has an integrated Iris Xe Graphics GPU, but it would be really great to be able to write one for a discrete GPU.

Is there a forum or other communication channel for people that write bare metal drivers for Intel hardware?

Kind regards,

Miika Vihersaari

[LuisGustav_A_Intel]

Hello EngineArtist,

I have not heard back from you so I will close this inquiry now. If you need further assistance, please post a new question as this thread will no longer be monitored.  

Thank you for choosing Intel. 

Best regards, 

Luis 

Intel Customer Support Technician.

[LuisGustav_A_Intel]

Hello EngineArtist, 

I apologize for the misunderstanding, I am checking any places/platforms which you can collaborate in terms of creating writing bare metal drivers for discrete graphics if available, I will let you know as soon as I find out. 

Do you need these for both graphical controllers integrated and discrete graphics too?

Best regards,  

Luis  

Intel Customer Support Technician.  

[EngineArtist]

Hi Luis,

Sorry for the slow response. To answer your question: it would be nice to have them for both integrated and discrete. Thank you for looking into this!

Kind regards,

Miika Vihersaari

[LuisGustav_A_Intel]

Hello EngineArtist, 

Your welcome. Definitely let me check into this, and I will post updates soon. 

Best regards, 

Luis A. 

Intel Customer Support Technician. 

[LuisGustav_A_Intel]

Hello EngineArtist,

Upon checking about a collaboration place for writing metal bare drivers, you may visit https://01.org/community

Best regards, 

Luis A. 

Intel Customer Support Technician. 

[EngineArtist]

Thank you Luis! That's exactly what I've been looking for 🙂 Have a great week!

Kind regards,

Miika Vihersaari

[LuisGustav_A_Intel]

Hello EngineArtist, 

Thank you for the confirmation. 

If you need further assistance, please post a new question as this thread will no longer be monitored.  

Thank you for choosing Intel.  

Best regards,  

Luis A. 

Intel Customer Support Technician.