Re: [PATCH v6 12/34] gpu: nova-core: don't assume 64-bit firmware images

[Alexandre Courbot]

On Tue Mar 10, 2026 at 11:11 AM JST, John Hubbard wrote:
<snip>
> -    /// Tries to extract section with name `name` from the ELF64 image `elf`, and returns it.
> -    pub(super) fn elf64_section<'a, 'b>(elf: &'a [u8], name: &'b str) -> Option<&'a [u8]> {
> -        let hdr = &elf
> -            .get(0..size_of::<bindings::elf64_hdr>())
> -            .and_then(Elf64Hdr::from_bytes)?
> -            .0;
> +    fn elf_section_generic<'a, H, S>(elf: &'a [u8], name: &str) -> Option<&'a [u8]>
> +    where
> +        H: ElfHeader,
> +        S: ElfSectionHeader,

This allows mixing the 64-bit with the 32-bit section header. Let's have
another trait combining the two using associated types, so this function
takes only one generic parameter that unambiguously describes the
correct format.