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@briankoco briankoco commented Jul 11, 2025

Associated JIRA ticket number/Github issue number

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What type of PR is this? (check all applicable)

  • Refactor
  • Feature
  • Bug Fix
  • Optimization
  • Documentation Update
  • Continuous Integration

What were the changes?

  • Explain concept of managed memory in relation to unified memory
  • Clarify that managed memory via system allocators is not officially supported on CDNA1
  • Fix hipHostRegister() managed memory table entries

Why are these changes needed?

Some of the unified memory documentation is incorrect, and performance implications of managed memory were not sufficiently captured

Updated CHANGELOG?

  • Yes
  • No, Does not apply to this PR.

Added/Updated documentation?

  • Yes
  • No, Does not apply to this PR.

Additional Checks

  • I have added tests relevant to the introduced functionality, and the unit tests are passing locally.
  • Any dependent changes have been merged.

TomSang and others added 2 commits July 8, 2025 10:03
@briankoco briankoco changed the title Draft: cleanup and clarification of unified/managed memory docs cleanup and clarification of unified/managed memory docs Jul 11, 2025
@briankoco briankoco added ci:docs-only Only run Read the Docs CI on this PR documentation labels Jul 11, 2025
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LGTM

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@briankoco Btw, this branch should target docs/develop instead of amd-staging

@briankoco briankoco changed the base branch from amd-staging to docs/develop July 15, 2025 12:50
@briankoco briankoco marked this pull request as ready for review July 15, 2025 12:50
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@briankoco Btw, this branch should target docs/develop instead of amd-staging

Done

@briankoco briankoco marked this pull request as draft July 15, 2025 13:03
@adeljo-amd adeljo-amd requested a review from randyh62 July 15, 2025 13:05
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@briankoco briankoco deleted the bjk-dev branch July 15, 2025 13:07
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