[PATCH v11 07/12] gpu: nova-core: falcon: remove unwarranted safety check in dma_load
From: Alexandre Courbot
Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 23:56:11 EST
This safety check was an assumption based on the firmwares we work with
- it is not based on an actual hardware limitation. Thus, remove it.
Reviewed-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
index 2168ef2c5148..7097a206ec3c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
@@ -740,13 +740,6 @@ fn dma_load<F: FalconFirmware<Target = E> + FalconDmaLoadable>(
bar: &Bar0,
fw: &F,
) -> Result {
- // The Non-Secure section only exists on firmware used by Turing and GA100, and
- // those platforms do not use DMA.
- if fw.imem_ns_load_params().is_some() {
- debug_assert!(false);
- return Err(EINVAL);
- }
-
// Create DMA object with firmware content as the source of the DMA engine.
let dma_obj = DmaObject::from_data(dev, fw.as_slice())?;
--
2.53.0