Set DRM_NOUVEAU_GSP_DEFAULT to default y ?

[Ben Skeggs]

On 6/17/25 04:41, M Henning wrote:

> I've been wondering if we want to switch the default value 
> of DRM_NOUVEAU_GSP_DEFAULT to y for the nouveau kernel module. My 
> impression is that at this point the GSP code path is both much better 
> tested and much faster than the classic firmware code paths on turing 
> and ampere. I think that encouraging distributions to use GSP by 
> default will go a long way to improving the default experience for users.
>
> Thoughts? Is there any reason not to do this?

I have no objection to this.  Initially, the primary reason for keeping 
it disabled was to give some time to shake out any regressions - but I 
think we're well past that point now.

Ben.