[PATCH v5 23/23] gpu: nova-core: load and run FWSEC-FRTS

Alexandre Courbot acourbot at nvidia.com
Thu Jun 12 14:01:51 UTC 2025


With all the required pieces in place, load FWSEC-FRTS onto the GSP
falcon, run it, and check that it successfully carved out the WPR2
region out of framebuffer memory.

Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs |  3 --
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs    | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs   | 15 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
index 25ed8ee30def3abcc43bcba965eb62f49d532604..486be64895a0250ae4263de708784a8fdf1d54b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 //! Falcon microprocessor base support
 
-// To be removed when all code is used.
-#![expect(dead_code)]
-
 use core::ops::Deref;
 use core::time::Duration;
 use hal::FalconHal;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
index b0bc390b972b5e75538797acd6abffd013a8a159..7af35ffa1d2f900e0117a55ec41312d16d718f67 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
 
         let bios = Vbios::new(pdev, bar)?;
 
-        let _fwsec_frts = FwsecFirmware::new(
+        let fwsec_frts = FwsecFirmware::new(
             &gsp_falcon,
             pdev.as_ref(),
             bar,
@@ -237,6 +237,67 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
             },
         )?;
 
+        // Check that the WPR2 region does not already exists - if it does, the GPU needs to be
+        // reset.
+        if regs::NV_PFB_PRI_MMU_WPR2_ADDR_HI::read(bar).hi_val() != 0 {
+            dev_err!(
+                pdev.as_ref(),
+                "WPR2 region already exists - GPU needs to be reset to proceed\n"
+            );
+            return Err(EBUSY);
+        }
+
+        // Reset falcon, load FWSEC-FRTS, and run it.
+        gsp_falcon
+            .reset(bar)
+            .inspect_err(|e| dev_err!(pdev.as_ref(), "Failed to reset GSP falcon: {:?}\n", e))?;
+        gsp_falcon
+            .dma_load(bar, &fwsec_frts)
+            .inspect_err(|e| dev_err!(pdev.as_ref(), "Failed to load FWSEC-FRTS: {:?}\n", e))?;
+        let (mbox0, _) = gsp_falcon
+            .boot(bar, Some(0), None)
+            .inspect_err(|e| dev_err!(pdev.as_ref(), "Failed to boot FWSEC-FRTS: {:?}\n", e))?;
+        if mbox0 != 0 {
+            dev_err!(pdev.as_ref(), "FWSEC firmware returned error {}\n", mbox0);
+            return Err(EIO);
+        }
+
+        // SCRATCH_E contains FWSEC-FRTS' error code, if any.
+        let frts_status = regs::NV_PBUS_SW_SCRATCH_0E::read(bar).frts_err_code();
+        if frts_status != 0 {
+            dev_err!(
+                pdev.as_ref(),
+                "FWSEC-FRTS returned with error code {:#x}",
+                frts_status
+            );
+            return Err(EIO);
+        }
+
+        // Check the WPR2 has been created as we requested.
+        let (wpr2_lo, wpr2_hi) = (
+            (regs::NV_PFB_PRI_MMU_WPR2_ADDR_LO::read(bar).lo_val() as u64) << 12,
+            (regs::NV_PFB_PRI_MMU_WPR2_ADDR_HI::read(bar).hi_val() as u64) << 12,
+        );
+        if wpr2_hi == 0 {
+            dev_err!(
+                pdev.as_ref(),
+                "WPR2 region not created after running FWSEC-FRTS\n"
+            );
+
+            return Err(EIO);
+        } else if wpr2_lo != fb_layout.frts.start {
+            dev_err!(
+                pdev.as_ref(),
+                "WPR2 region created at unexpected address {:#x}; expected {:#x}\n",
+                wpr2_lo,
+                fb_layout.frts.start,
+            );
+            return Err(EIO);
+        }
+
+        dev_dbg!(pdev.as_ref(), "WPR2: {:#x}-{:#x}\n", wpr2_lo, wpr2_hi);
+        dev_dbg!(pdev.as_ref(), "GPU instance built\n");
+
         Ok(pin_init!(Self {
             spec,
             bar: devres_bar,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
index 54d4d37d6bf2c31947b965258d2733009c293a18..2a2d5610e552780957bcf00e0da1ec4cd3ac85d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ pub(crate) fn chipset(self) -> Result<Chipset> {
     }
 }
 
+/* PBUS */
+
+// TODO: this is an array of registers.
+register!(NV_PBUS_SW_SCRATCH_0E at 0x00001438  {
+    31:16   frts_err_code as u16;
+});
+
 /* PFB */
 
 register!(NV_PFB_NISO_FLUSH_SYSMEM_ADDR @ 0x00100c10 {
@@ -73,6 +80,14 @@ pub(crate) fn usable_fb_size(self) -> u64 {
     }
 }
 
+register!(NV_PFB_PRI_MMU_WPR2_ADDR_LO at 0x001fa824  {
+    31:4    lo_val as u32;
+});
+
+register!(NV_PFB_PRI_MMU_WPR2_ADDR_HI at 0x001fa828  {
+    31:4    hi_val as u32;
+});
+
 /* PGC6 */
 
 register!(NV_PGC6_AON_SECURE_SCRATCH_GROUP_05_PRIV_LEVEL_MASK @ 0x00118128 {

-- 
2.49.0



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