Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] nova-core: falcon: Add support to write firmware version

From: Lyude Paul
Date: Wed Sep 24 2025 - 18:14:22 EST


Reviewed-b: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>

On Mon, 2025-09-22 at 21:30 +1000, Alistair Popple wrote:
> From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This will be needed by both the GSP boot code as well as GSP resume code
> in the sequencer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs | 9 +++++++++
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs | 6 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
> index c7907f16bcf4..0cb7821341ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
> @@ -619,4 +619,13 @@ pub(crate) fn is_riscv_active(&self, bar: &Bar0) -> Result<bool> {
> let cpuctl = regs::NV_PRISCV_RISCV_CPUCTL::read(bar, &E::ID);
> Ok(cpuctl.active_stat())
> }
> +
> + /// Write the application version to the OS register.
> + #[expect(dead_code)]
> + pub(crate) fn write_os_version(&self, bar: &Bar0, app_version: u32) -> Result<()> {
> + regs::NV_PFALCON_FALCON_OS::default()
> + .set_value(app_version)
> + .write(bar, &E::ID);
> + Ok(())
> + }
> }
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
> index 5df6a2bf42ad..d9212fa50197 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
> @@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ pub(crate) fn vga_workspace_addr(self) -> Option<u64> {
> 31:0 value as u32;
> });
>
> +// Used to store version information about the firmware running
> +// on the Falcon processor.
> +register!(NV_PFALCON_FALCON_OS @ PFalconBase[0x00000080] {
> + 31:0 value as u32;
> +});
> +
> register!(NV_PFALCON_FALCON_RM @ PFalconBase[0x00000084] {
> 31:0 value as u32;
> });

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Cheers,
Lyude Paul (she/her)
Software Engineer at Red Hat

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