[RFC 2/3] drm: nova: Add GETPARAM parameter to read the GPU chipset
From: Alistair Popple
Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 02:47:48 EST
One of the first things a user needs to know about a GPU is its chipset,
so add an ioctl to return that.
Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs | 5 +++++
drivers/gpu/nova-core/auxdata.rs | 10 +++++++++-
drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs | 10 +++++-----
include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h | 7 +++++++
5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
index 298c02bacb4b..8147dfb366d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nova/file.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
uapi,
};
+use kernel::types::ForLt;
+use nova_core::auxdata::AuxData;
+
pub(crate) struct File;
impl drm::file::DriverFile for File {
@@ -36,9 +39,11 @@ pub(crate) fn get_param(
) -> Result<u32> {
let adev: &auxiliary::Device<Bound> = dev.as_ref();
let pdev: &pci::Device<Bound> = adev.parent().try_into()?;
+ let data = adev.registration_data::<ForLt!(AuxData<'_>)>()?;
let value = match getparam.param as u32 {
uapi::NOVA_GETPARAM_VRAM_BAR_SIZE => pdev.resource_len(1)?,
+ uapi::NOVA_GETPARAM_GPU_CHIPSET => data.chipset() as u64,
_ => return Err(EINVAL),
};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/auxdata.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/auxdata.rs
index 266b5ce4ee89..cd8a3511293b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/auxdata.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/auxdata.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,18 @@
//! Nova-core auxbus data. Contains all the methods used by the auxbus drivers
//! to interact with nova-core.
+use crate::gpu::Chipset;
use crate::gpu::Gpu;
/// Auxiliary bus registration data. Used by the auxbus drivers to call methods on
/// the GPU.
pub struct AuxData<'bound> {
- pub(crate) _gpu: &'bound Gpu<'bound>,
+ pub(crate) gpu: &'bound Gpu<'bound>,
+}
+
+impl AuxData<'_> {
+ /// Returns the chipset of this GPU.
+ pub fn chipset(&self) -> Chipset {
+ self.gpu.spec.chipset
+ }
}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
index ad232ca11833..193e87ac624e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/driver.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ fn probe<'bound>(
// (`try_pin_init!()` initializes fields in declaration order), lives at
// a pinned stable address, and is dropped after `_reg` (struct field
// drop order).
- _gpu: &*core::ptr::from_ref(&this.as_ref().gpu),
+ gpu: &*core::ptr::from_ref(&this.as_ref().gpu),
},
)?
},
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
index 43c3f4f8df71..d4a71a1be6f1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ macro_rules! define_chipset {
{
/// Enum representation of the GPU chipset.
#[derive(fmt::Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialOrd, Ord, PartialEq, Eq)]
- pub(crate) enum Chipset {
+ pub enum Chipset {
$($variant = $value),*,
}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ fn try_from(value: u32) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
});
impl Chipset {
- pub(crate) const fn arch(self) -> Architecture {
+ pub const fn arch(self) -> Architecture {
match self {
Self::TU102 | Self::TU104 | Self::TU106 | Self::TU117 | Self::TU116 => {
Architecture::Turing
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
bounded_enum! {
/// Enum representation of the GPU generation.
#[derive(fmt::Debug, Copy, Clone)]
- pub(crate) enum Architecture with TryFrom<Bounded<u32, 6>> {
+ pub enum Architecture with TryFrom<Bounded<u32, 6>> {
Turing = 0x16,
Ampere = 0x17,
Hopper = 0x18,
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
/// Structure holding a basic description of the GPU: `Chipset` and `Revision`.
#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
pub(crate) struct Spec {
- chipset: Chipset,
+ pub(crate) chipset: Chipset,
revision: Revision,
}
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ struct GspResources<'gpu> {
/// Structure holding the resources required to operate the GPU.
#[pin_data]
pub(crate) struct Gpu<'gpu> {
- spec: Spec,
+ pub(crate) spec: Spec,
/// Static GPU information as provided by the GSP.
gsp_static_info: GetGspStaticInfoReply,
/// GSP and its resources.
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h
index 3ca90ed9d2bb..63440f5dca9b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/nova_drm.h
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ extern "C" {
*/
#define NOVA_GETPARAM_VRAM_BAR_SIZE 0x1
+/*
+ * NOVA_GETPARAM_GPU_CHIPSET
+ *
+ * Query the GPU chipset architecture/implementation.
+ */
+#define NOVA_GETPARAM_GPU_CHIPSET 0x2
+
/**
* struct drm_nova_getparam - query GPU and driver metadata
*/
--
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