[PATCH v3 0/7] Documentation for nova-core

Alexandre Courbot acourbot at nvidia.com
Wed Jul 2 11:00:37 UTC 2025


This series adds some documentation that was relevant to the FWSEC-FRTS
[1] series, but wasn't sent alongside it as it was worked on in
parallel.

It notably introduces a lot of HTMLdocs that adds key explanations to
understand and work on the GSP boot process.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/DB0I8WAH970B.25D3S59AYF85P@nvidia.com/

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf at nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot at nvidia.com>
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Changes in v3:
- Rebase on top of latest nova-next.
- Reorganize patches a bit and use standard prefixes.
- Convert diagrams to only use ASCII characters (thanks Bagas!).
- Move sysmembar documentation to the new `SysmemFlush` type.
- Reword things a bit here and there.
- Reorganize order of `index.rst` for a more natural flow.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20250503040802.1411285-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com/

---
Joel Fernandes (7):
      gpu: nova-core: Add code comments related to devinit
      gpu: nova-core: Clarify sysmembar operations
      gpu: nova-core: Clarify falcon code
      Documentation: gpu: nova-core: Document vbios layout
      Documentation: gpu: nova-core: Document devinit process
      Documentation: gpu: nova-core: Document fwsec operation and layout
      Documentation: gpu: nova-core: Document basics of the Falcon

 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/devinit.rst |  61 +++++++++++
 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/falcon.rst  | 158 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/fwsec.rst   | 182 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/vbios.rst   | 180 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/gpu/nova/index.rst        |   4 +
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs         |  29 +++--
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/fb.rs             |  10 ++
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/gfw.rs            |  39 ++++++-
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs            |   3 +-
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs           |  18 +++-
 10 files changed, 669 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 4092e1b41202ff39aad75a40a03ac1d318443670
change-id: 20250702-nova-docs-b9900d0505b5

Best regards,
-- 
Alexandre Courbot <acourbot at nvidia.com>



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