drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/gpio/dce120

AMD DCE 12.0 Display Core GPIO Helpers

Internal support code for AMD's Display Core Engine version 12.0, the display hardware block found in GPUs such as the Vega family. It provides the low-level routines that the amdgpu graphics driver uses to drive GPIO lines on the display controller, for example for DDC/I2C communication with monitors and HPD (hot-plug detect) signaling.

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This is not actually a driver directory; it is a small chunk of ASIC-specific helper code inside AMD's Display Core (DC) stack that handles GPIO pin programming for the DCE 12.0 display block. It is built into the larger amdgpu graphics driver rather than loaded on its own, so it cannot be evaluated for keep-or-remove independently of amdgpu.

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Not a driver directory: contains AMD DC display-core DCE12.0 GPIO helper code, an internal ASIC-specific support library under the amdgpu display stack rather than a standalone kernel-bound hardware driver.