[PATCH 21/27] gpu: nova-core: gsp: add the GMC boot event dispatcher

From: John Hubbard

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 23:54:43 EST


The r000 GSP boot protocol sends its two load-and-execute events as GMC
commands, each identified by a command id.

Nova-core has a handler for each of the two events, but nothing that
reads a command id and selects between them.

Add the dispatcher, keyed on the two command ids from the r000 bindings.

Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/boot.rs | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs | 10 +++++
2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/boot.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/boot.rs
index d62a5c834ccf..15933ecc061b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/boot.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/boot.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@
},
gsp::{
cmdq::Cmdq,
- commands, //
+ commands,
+ fw::{
+ GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_GENERIC_BOOTLOADER,
+ GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_HS_BINARY, //
+ }, //
},
regs, //
};
@@ -162,6 +166,60 @@ fn core_resume(
Ok(())
}

+ /// Dispatch one GMC boot event to its load-and-execute handler.
+ ///
+ /// LIBOS2 chipsets send `GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_GENERIC_BOOTLOADER` and LIBOS3 chipsets send
+ /// `GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_HS_BINARY`, so a given GPU only ever reaches one of the two handlers.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// - `EINVAL` if `command_id` is not a load-and-execute command.
+ ///
+ /// Errors from the handlers are propagated as-is.
+ #[expect(dead_code)]
+ #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+ fn dispatch_gmc_boot_event(
+ command_id: u32,
+ payload: &[u8],
+ bootloader: &GenericBootloader,
+ gsp_falcon: &Falcon<'_, Gsp>,
+ sec2_falcon: &Falcon<'_, Sec2>,
+ bar: Bar0<'_>,
+ dev: &device::Device,
+ bootloader_app_version: u32,
+ libos_dma_handle: u64,
+ ) -> Result {
+ match command_id {
+ GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_GENERIC_BOOTLOADER => Self::handle_load_exec_bootloader(
+ payload,
+ bootloader,
+ gsp_falcon,
+ sec2_falcon,
+ bar,
+ dev,
+ bootloader_app_version,
+ libos_dma_handle,
+ ),
+ GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_HS_BINARY => Self::handle_load_exec_hs_binary(
+ payload,
+ gsp_falcon,
+ sec2_falcon,
+ bar,
+ dev,
+ bootloader_app_version,
+ libos_dma_handle,
+ ),
+ _ => {
+ dev_err!(
+ dev,
+ "Unexpected GMC boot event: command_id={:#010x}\n",
+ command_id
+ );
+ Err(EINVAL)
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
/// Handle a `GSP_LOAD_EXEC_GENERIC_BOOTLOADER` event.
///
/// The driver does not copy the image the GSP asks for. It writes the descriptor the event
@@ -175,7 +233,6 @@ fn core_resume(
/// size this driver mirrors, or the event names a context DMA slot or an aperture that does
/// not exist.
/// - `ETIMEDOUT` if the GSP does not suspend, or the image does not halt, in time.
- #[expect(dead_code)]
#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
fn handle_load_exec_bootloader(
payload: &[u8],
@@ -268,7 +325,6 @@ fn handle_load_exec_bootloader(
/// - `EINVAL` if the payload is shorter than the parameter block, or the ucode id does not
/// fit the BROM register field.
/// - `ETIMEDOUT` if the GSP does not suspend, or the binary does not halt, in time.
- #[expect(dead_code)]
#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
fn handle_load_exec_hs_binary(
payload: &[u8],
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs
index 83f7d2042aa1..4772af362117 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/fw.rs
@@ -979,6 +979,16 @@ pub(crate) struct GmcApiHeader {
/// `GMCAPI_HEADER_COMMAND_ID_MASK`. The remaining byte carries flags.
const GMCAPI_COMMAND_ID_MASK: u32 = 0x00ff_ffff;

+/// GMC command asking the driver to run the generic falcon bootloader against a descriptor the
+/// GSP supplies.
+pub(crate) const GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_GENERIC_BOOTLOADER: u32 =
+ r000_00::GMCAPI_COMMANDS_GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_GENERIC_BOOTLOADER;
+
+/// GMC command asking the driver to run a high-security binary the GSP has placed in the
+/// framebuffer.
+pub(crate) const GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_HS_BINARY: u32 =
+ r000_00::GMCAPI_COMMANDS_GMCAPI_CMD_EXEC_HS_BINARY;
+
static_assert!(size_of::<GmcApiHeader>() == 40);

impl GmcApiHeader {
--
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