Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] nova-core: Complete GSP boot and begin RPC communication

From: Lyude Paul

Date: Tue Nov 11 2025 - 15:24:41 EST


Oops! Sorry, I just realized this version of the series isn't V3, whoops.

Will go to V3 and re-review there :)

On Sun, 2025-11-02 at 18:59 -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> Hello!
> These patches a refresh of the series adding support for final stages of the
> GSP boot process where a sequencer which inteprets firmware instructions needs
> to run to boot the GSP processor, followed by waiting for an INIT_DONE message
> from the GSP.
>
> The patches are based on Alex's github branch which have several prerequisites:
> Repo: https://github.com/Gnurou/linux.git Branch: b4/gsp_boot
>
> I also dropped several patches (mainly from John that have already been
> applied). Tested on Ampere GA102. We also need the "gpu: nova-core: Add
> get_gsp_info() command" patch which I dropped since it needs to be reworked,
> and it is not needed for GSP boot on Ampere (but John mentioned it is needed
> for Blackwell so we could include it in the Blackwell series or I can try to
> include it in this series if I'm respinning).
>
> Previous series:
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250829173254.2068763-1-joelagnelf@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Alistair Popple (1):
> gpu: nova-core: gsp: Wait for gsp initialisation to complete
>
> Joel Fernandes (11):
> nova-core: falcon: Move waiting until halted to a helper
> nova-core: falcon: Move start functionality into separate helper
> nova-core: falcon: Move mbox functionalities into helper
> nova-core: falcon: Move dma_reset functionality into helper
> nova-core: gsp: Add support for checking if GSP reloaded
> nova-core: Add bindings required by GSP sequencer
> nova-core: Implement the GSP sequencer
> nova-core: sequencer: Add register opcodes
> nova-core: sequencer: Add delay opcode support
> nova-core: sequencer: Implement basic core operations
> nova-core: sequencer: Implement core resume operation
>
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs | 101 +++--
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon/gsp.rs | 17 +
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp.rs | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/boot.rs | 27 +-
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/cmdq.rs | 1 -
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/commands.rs | 39 +-
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs | 44 ++
> .../gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw/r570_144/bindings.rs | 85 ++++
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/sequencer.rs | 413 ++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs | 6 +
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/sbuffer.rs | 1 -
> 11 files changed, 698 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/sequencer.rs

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

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