refactor(cardwired): Huge improvement over gpu type detection - #234
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WalkthroughThe daemon now classifies GPUs with ChangesGPU classification and CLI selection
GPU discovery and vendor handling
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Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant cardwired
participant GpuEnumerator
participant Vulkan
participant VendorAdapters
participant CardwireCLI
cardwired->>GpuEnumerator: enumerate PCI devices
GpuEnumerator->>Vulkan: query compatible GPU
GpuEnumerator->>VendorAdapters: query DRM and vendor data when needed
VendorAdapters-->>GpuEnumerator: return name, nodes, and GpuType
GpuEnumerator-->>CardwireCLI: publish typed GPU devices
CardwireCLI->>CardwireCLI: select GPUs by GpuType
Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The Debian package can fail to start the daemon on AMD systems because a required runtime library is missing. This should be corrected before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@assets/cardwired.service`:
- Line 45: Change the service installation target from WantedBy=graphical.target
to WantedBy=multi-user.target so the daemon starts on headless and graphical
systems; preserve the existing Before=graphical.target ordering.
- Line 7: Remove multi-user.target from the Wants= dependency list in the
cardwired service unit, retaining drm-module-load.target and the existing target
ordering or installation configuration.
In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/enumerator.rs`:
- Around line 91-92: Update the GPU enumeration logic around get_gpu_card and
get_gpu_render to avoid converting missing Vulkan DRM minors to 0; fall back to
sysfs_get_device_drm(pci_id) when Vulkan provides no nodes, and skip the Vulkan
branch when neither source yields DRM nodes.
- Around line 60-63: Update the testing override in enumerate to avoid
unwrapping gpu_list entries: set Integrated on entry 0 and Discrete on entry 1
only when those entries exist, while leaving missing entries unchanged and
preventing panics on fewer than two GPUs.
In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/generic/udev.rs`:
- Around line 57-61: Update sysfs_get_device_drm to track the card and render
DRM nodes independently instead of relying on drm_nodes.is_empty(). Return None
unless both node values were successfully discovered; otherwise return their
parsed pair, preserving the existing device enumeration behavior.
In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/generic/vulkan.rs`:
- Around line 22-30: Update vulkan_compatible to return the optional-device-map
lookup expression directly, preserving the existing true result only when
vlk_physical_devices exists and contains pci_id, and false otherwise; remove the
redundant boolean if/else.
In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/models.rs`:
- Line 204: Update the GUI D-Bus GPU record and its GpuDevice mapping to consume
the daemon’s device_type: GpuType field instead of the obsolete discrete,
virtual_gpu, available, and nvidia booleans. Ensure GetDevice deserialization
and get_devices_list preserve the existing GPU response handling for each
GpuType.
In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/vendor_specific/amd.rs`:
- Around line 16-27: Update the AMDGPU initialization flow in AmdGpuDev::new to
propagate errors from LibDrmAmdgpu::new, OpenOptions::open, and
init_device_handle_with_fd instead of unwrapping them, preserving the caller’s
existing Err handling for unavailable libraries, render nodes, or devices.
In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/vendor_specific/nvidia.rs`:
- Line 154: Update the NVIDIA readiness check around nvidia_dev.architecture()
to accept NvmlError::UnexpectedVariant as a successful readiness result, while
retaining existing handling for other errors. This allows
nvidia_get_device_type_nvml to classify the raw architecture value and reach its
explicit integrated/discrete mappings.
- Line 50: Update the NVIDIA name matching condition to recognize the correctly
capitalized “GeForce” brand, preserving the existing RTX matching so GTX and RTX
devices are classified as NVIDIA GPUs when the NVML path is unavailable.
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In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/enumerator.rs`:
- Line 84: Update wait_for_drm to return only after both primary and render DRM
nodes are present, rather than after finding any single node. Preserve its
existing timeout behavior, and ensure build_gpu is called only after this
two-node readiness condition is satisfied.
In `@crates/cardwire-daemon/src/core/gpu/vendor_specific/intel.rs`:
- Around line 4-8: Update intel_get_device_type so it does not infer Intel GPU
type from PCI address alone; use a device-based classification source when
available, otherwise return GpuType::Unknown instead of defaulting
non-0000:00:02.0 devices to GpuType::Discrete.
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🟠 Major · Handle GpuType::External in laptop mode transitions. · mode.rs:142-150
crates/cardwire-daemon/src/interface/mode.rs:142-150
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winHandle
GpuType::Externalin laptop mode transitions.A default Integrated GPU plus a non-default External GPU is classified as
SystemType::Laptop, so Integrated and Smart modes are available.apply_modeblocks the non-default GPU only whenis_discrete()is true, butGpuDevice::is_discrete()matches onlyGpuType::Discrete. The External GPU can therefore remain unblocked in Integrated or Smart mode.Update this transition predicate to treat non-default
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- Line 166: Update the error message associated with the SystemType guard in the
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- Around line 142-150: Update the GPU-blocking predicate in apply_mode so a
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Add a GpuType enum, improve code readability, add more reliable discrete checks and change systemd service to start after multi-user but before graphical
The GPU building now waits for the DRM nodes to be ready before trying to build
Then use multiple types of detection to fetch informations about the GPU, in this order:
Fixes #222
Used deepseek v4.1 flash via Kagi Assistant to confirm NVML architectures
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