[PATCH v2 7/7] gpu: nova-core: Clarify falcon code
Joel Fernandes
joelagnelf at nvidia.com
Sat May 3 04:07:59 UTC 2025
Add documentation strings, comments and AES mode for completeness
to the Falcon signatures.
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf at nvidia.com>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
index e9ee0c83dfc5..003db40d3303 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
@@ -89,13 +89,19 @@ fn try_from(value: u8) -> Result<Self> {
/// register.
#[repr(u8)]
#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone)]
+/// Security mode of the Falcon microprocessor.
+/// See falcon.rst for more details.
pub(crate) enum FalconSecurityModel {
/// Non-Secure: runs unsigned code without privileges.
#[default]
None = 0,
- /// Low-secure: runs unsigned code with some privileges. Can only be entered from `Heavy` mode.
+ /// Light-Secured (LS): runs signed code with some privileges
+ /// Its signature can only be verified and entered from `Heavy` mode.
+ /// Also known as Privilege Level 2 or PL2.
Light = 2,
- /// High-Secure: runs signed code with full privileges.
+ /// Heavy-Secured: runs signed code with full privileges.
+ /// Its signature can only be verified by the Falcon Boot ROM (BROM).
+ /// Also known as Privilege Level 3 or PL3.
Heavy = 3,
}
@@ -117,10 +123,13 @@ fn try_from(value: u8) -> core::result::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
}
/// Signing algorithm for a given firmware, used in the [`crate::regs::NV_PFALCON2_FALCON_MOD_SEL`]
-/// register.
+/// register. It is passed to the Falcon Boot ROM (BROM) as a parameter.
#[repr(u8)]
#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub(crate) enum FalconModSelAlgo {
+ /// AES.
+ #[expect(dead_code)]
+ Aes = 0,
/// RSA3K.
#[default]
Rsa3k = 1,
@@ -184,15 +193,19 @@ pub(crate) enum FalconMem {
Dmem,
}
-/// Target/source of a DMA transfer to/from falcon memory.
+/// FBIF (Framebuffer Interface) aperture type. Used to determine
+/// the memory type of the external memory access for a DMA memory
+/// transfer (by the Falcon's FramebufferDMA (FBDMA) engine located
+/// inside the falcon). See falcon.rst for more details.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
pub(crate) enum FalconFbifTarget {
/// VRAM.
#[default]
+ /// Local Framebuffer (GPU's VRAM memory)
LocalFb = 0,
- /// Coherent system memory.
+ /// Coherent system memory (System DRAM).
CoherentSysmem = 1,
- /// Non-coherent system memory.
+ /// Non-coherent system memory (System DRAM).
NoncoherentSysmem = 2,
}
--
2.43.0
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