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      debugger            ``s_trap 0xff``                 Reserved for debugger.
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+AMDPAL
+------
+
+This section provides code conventions used when the target triple OS is
+``amdpal`` (see :ref:`amdgpu-target-triples`) for passing runtime parameters
+from the application/runtime to each invocation of a hardware shader. These
+parameters include both generic, application-controlled parameters called
+*user data* as well as system-generated parameters that are a product of the
+draw or dispatch execution.
+
+User Data
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Each hardware stage has a set of 32-bit *user data registers* which can be
+written from a command buffer and then loaded into SGPRs when waves are launched
+via a subsequent diapatch or draw operation. This is the way most arguments are
+passed from the application/runtime to a hardware shader.
+
+Compute User Data
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Compute shader user data mappings are simpler than graphics shaders, and have a
+fixed mapping.
+
+Note that there are always 10 available *user data entries* in registers -
+entries beyond that limit must be fetched from memory (via the spill table
+pointer) by the shader.
+
+  .. table:: PAL Compute Shader User Data Registers
+     :name: pal-compute-user-data-registers
+
+     ============= ================================
+     User Register Description
+     ============= ================================
+     0             Global Internal Table (32-bit pointer)
+     1             Per-Shader Internal Table (32-bit pointer)
+     2 - 11        Application-Controlled User Data (10 32-bit values)
+     12            Spill Table (32-bit pointer)
+     13 - 14       Thread Group Count (64-bit pointer)
+     15            GDS Range
+     ============= ================================
+
+Graphics User Data
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Graphics pipelines support a much more flexible user data mapping:
+
+  .. table:: PAL Graphics Shader User Data Registers
+     :name: pal-graphics-user-data-registers
+
+     ============= ================================
+     User Register Description
+     ============= ================================
+     0             Global Internal Table (32-bit pointer)
+     +             Per-Shader Internal Table (32-bit pointer)
+     + 1-15        Application Controlled User Data
+                   (1-15 Contiguous 32-bit Values in Registers)
+     +             Spill Table (32-bit pointer)
+     +             Draw Index (First Stage Only)
+     +             Vertex Offset (First Stage Only)
+     +             Instance Offset (First Stage Only)
+     ============= ================================
+
+  The placement of the global internal table remains fixed in the first *user
+  data SGPR register*. Otherwise all parameters are optional, and can be mapped
+  to any desired *user data SGPR register*, with the following regstrictions:
+
+  * Draw Index, Vertex Offset, and Instance Offset can only be used by the first
+    activehardware stage in a graphics pipeline (i.e. where the API vertex
+    shader runs).
+
+  * Application-controlled user data must be mapped into a contiguous range of
+    user data registers.
+
+  * The application-controlled user data range supports compaction remapping, so
+    only *entries* that are actually consumed by the shader must be assigned to
+    corresponding *registers*. Note that in order to support an efficient runtime
+    implementation, the remapping must pack *registers* in the same order as
+    *entries*, with unused *entries* removed.
+
+.. _pal_global_internal_table:
+
+Global Internal Table
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The global internal table is a table of *shader resource descriptors* (SRDs) that
+define how certain engine-wide, runtime-managed resources should be accessed
+from a shader. The majority of these resources have HW-defined formats, and it
+is up to the compiler to write/read data as required by the target hardware.
+
+The following table illustrates the required format:
+
+  .. table:: PAL Global Internal Table
+     :name: pal-git-table
+
+     ============= ================================
+     Offset        Description
+     ============= ================================
+     0-3           Graphics Scratch SRD
+     4-7           Compute Scratch SRD
+     8-11          ES/GS Ring Output SRD
+     12-15         ES/GS Ring Input SRD
+     16-19         GS/VS Ring Output #0
+     20-23         GS/VS Ring Output #1
+     24-27         GS/VS Ring Output #2
+     28-31         GS/VS Ring Output #3
+     32-35         GS/VS Ring Input SRD
+     36-39         Tessellation Factor Buffer SRD
+     40-43         Off-Chip LDS Buffer SRD
+     44-47         Off-Chip Param Cache Buffer SRD
+     48-51         Sample Position Buffer SRD
+     52            vaRange::ShadowDescriptorTable High Bits
+     ============= ================================
+
+  The pointer to the global internal table passed to the shader as user data
+  is a 32-bit pointer. The top 32 bits should be assumed to be the same as
+  the top 32 bits of the pipeline, so the shader may use the program
+  counter's top 32 bits.
+
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