From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Cc: "Timur Tabi" <ttabi@nvidia.com>,
"Alistair Popple" <apopple@nvidia.com>,
"Eliot Courtney" <ecourtney@nvidia.com>,
"Zhi Wang" <zhiw@nvidia.com>, "David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>,
"Bjorn Helgaas" <bhelgaas@google.com>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
nova-gpu@lists.linux.dev, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"John Hubbard" <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 18/27] gpu: nova-core: separate the generic falcon bootloader from FWSEC
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:52:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260819035221.336390-19-jhubbard@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260819035221.336390-1-jhubbard@nvidia.com>
The r000 GSP boot protocol sends a load-and-execute event for the
generic falcon bootloader.
Nova-core stored the image and its load parameters in the FWSEC firmware
wrapper, which kept the r000 boot path from loading it independently.
Separate the bootloader image and load parameters from the FWSEC
wrapper. Place the bootloader at the end of the target falcon's
HWCFG-reported IMEM rather than below a fixed 64 KiB ceiling, so its
placement remains within bounds on falcons with less IMEM.
Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs | 15 +++
drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware.rs | 1 +
.../nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs | 64 ++---------
.../gpu/nova-core/firmware/gen_bootloader.rs | 102 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs | 6 +-
drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs | 5 +
6 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gen_bootloader.rs
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
index 20a288050c37..b8013d2eb582 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
@@ -387,6 +387,21 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
})
}
+ /// Returns the size of this falcon's IMEM, in bytes.
+ ///
+ /// `NV_PFALCON_FALCON_IMEMC` addresses IMEM with a 16-bit byte offset, so the result never
+ /// exceeds 64KiB.
+ pub(crate) fn imem_size(&self) -> usize {
+ let blocks = usize::from_safe_cast(
+ *self
+ .bar
+ .read(regs::NV_PFALCON_FALCON_HWCFG::of::<E>())
+ .imem_size(),
+ );
+
+ blocks * MEM_BLOCK_ALIGNMENT
+ }
+
/// Resets DMA-related registers.
pub(crate) fn dma_reset(&self) {
self.bar.update(regs::NV_PFALCON_FBIF_CTL::of::<E>(), |v| {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware.rs
index e0befe84aa3e..9ff764930bcd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
pub(crate) mod booter;
pub(crate) mod fsp;
pub(crate) mod fwsec;
+pub(crate) mod gen_bootloader;
pub(crate) mod gsp;
pub(crate) mod radix3;
pub(crate) mod riscv;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs
index ec4d92317a93..6670d17b4eeb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/fwsec/bootloader.rs
@@ -14,18 +14,12 @@
dma::Coherent,
io::{register::WithBase, Io},
prelude::*,
- ptr::{
- Alignable,
- Alignment, //
- },
- sizes,
transmute::AsBytes,
};
use crate::{
driver::Bar0,
falcon::{
- self,
gsp::Gsp,
Falcon,
FalconBromParams,
@@ -39,10 +33,7 @@
},
firmware::{
fwsec::FwsecFirmware,
- tlv::{
- request_tlv, //
- Tlv,
- },
+ gen_bootloader::GenericBootloader, //
},
gpu::Chipset,
num::FromSafeCast, //
@@ -101,16 +92,12 @@ unsafe impl AsBytes for BootloaderDmemDescV2 {}
pub(crate) struct FwsecFirmwareWithBl {
/// DMA object the bootloader will copy the firmware from.
_firmware_dma: Coherent<[u8]>,
- /// Code of the bootloader to be loaded into non-secure IMEM.
- ucode: KVec<u8>,
+ /// Bootloader that performs the load.
+ bootloader: GenericBootloader,
/// Descriptor to be loaded into DMEM for the bootloader to read.
dmem_desc: BootloaderDmemDescV2,
- /// Range-validated start offset of the firmware code in IMEM.
- imem_dst_start: u16,
/// BROM parameters of the loaded firmware.
brom_params: FalconBromParams,
- /// Range-validated `desc.start_tag`.
- start_tag: u16,
}
impl FwsecFirmwareWithBl {
@@ -120,29 +107,9 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
firmware: FwsecFirmware,
dev: &Device<device::Bound>,
chipset: Chipset,
+ falcon: &Falcon<'_, Gsp>,
) -> Result<Self> {
- let fw = request_tlv(dev, chipset, "gen_bootloader")?;
- let tlv = Tlv::new(fw.data())?;
- dev_dbg!(
- dev,
- "loaded generic bootloader firmware v{}\n",
- tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?
- );
-
- let ucode = {
- let blob = tlv.get_bytes(b"BLOB")?;
- let code_size = usize::from_safe_cast(tlv.get_u32(b"CDSZ")?);
- let code = blob.get(..code_size).ok_or(EINVAL)?;
- let aligned_code_size = code_size
- .align_up(Alignment::new::<{ falcon::MEM_BLOCK_ALIGNMENT }>())
- .ok_or(EINVAL)?;
-
- let mut ucode = KVec::with_capacity(aligned_code_size, GFP_KERNEL)?;
- ucode.extend_from_slice(code, GFP_KERNEL)?;
- ucode.resize(aligned_code_size, 0, GFP_KERNEL)?;
-
- ucode
- };
+ let bootloader = GenericBootloader::new(dev, chipset, falcon)?;
// `BootloaderDmemDescV2` expects the source to be a mirror image of the destination and
// uses the same offset parameter for both.
@@ -213,21 +180,11 @@ pub(crate) fn new(
}
};
- // The bootloader's code must be loaded in the area right below the first 64K of IMEM.
- const BOOTLOADER_LOAD_CEILING: usize = sizes::SZ_64K;
- let imem_dst_start = BOOTLOADER_LOAD_CEILING
- .checked_sub(ucode.len())
- .ok_or(EOVERFLOW)?;
-
- let start_tag = u16::try_from(tlv.get_u32(b"STRT")?)?;
-
Ok(Self {
_firmware_dma: firmware_dma,
- ucode,
+ bootloader,
dmem_desc,
brom_params: firmware.brom_params(),
- imem_dst_start: u16::try_from(imem_dst_start)?,
- start_tag,
})
}
@@ -282,7 +239,7 @@ fn brom_params(&self) -> FalconBromParams {
fn boot_addr(&self) -> u32 {
// On V2 platforms, the boot address is extracted from the generic bootloader, because the
// gbl is what actually copies FWSEC into memory, so that is what needs to be booted.
- u32::from(self.start_tag) << 8
+ self.bootloader.boot_addr()
}
}
@@ -292,12 +249,7 @@ fn imem_sec_load_params(&self) -> Option<FalconPioImemLoadTarget<'_>> {
}
fn imem_ns_load_params(&self) -> Option<FalconPioImemLoadTarget<'_>> {
- Some(FalconPioImemLoadTarget {
- data: self.ucode.as_ref(),
- dst_start: self.imem_dst_start,
- secure: false,
- start_tag: self.start_tag,
- })
+ Some(self.bootloader.imem_load_params())
}
fn dmem_load_params(&self) -> FalconPioDmemLoadTarget<'_> {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gen_bootloader.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gen_bootloader.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f949223af2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/firmware/gen_bootloader.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! The generic falcon bootloader.
+//!
+//! A small program loaded into falcon IMEM using PIO, which then DMAs a larger image into IMEM and
+//! DMEM from a descriptor the driver leaves in DMEM at offset 0. Open RM's
+//! `ksec2GetGenericBlUcode` supplies the same image for both SEC2 and GSP.
+
+use kernel::{
+ device,
+ prelude::*,
+ ptr::{
+ Alignable,
+ Alignment, //
+ },
+};
+
+use crate::{
+ falcon::{
+ self,
+ Falcon,
+ FalconEngine,
+ FalconPioImemLoadTarget, //
+ },
+ firmware::tlv::{
+ request_tlv, //
+ Tlv,
+ },
+ gpu::Chipset,
+ num::FromSafeCast, //
+};
+
+/// The generic falcon bootloader image and the IMEM placement it was loaded for.
+pub(crate) struct GenericBootloader {
+ /// Bootloader code, zero-padded to a whole number of falcon memory blocks.
+ ucode: KVec<u8>,
+ /// Byte offset in IMEM the code is loaded at.
+ imem_dst_start: u16,
+ /// Tag the first code block is loaded under.
+ start_tag: u16,
+}
+
+impl GenericBootloader {
+ /// Loads the generic bootloader image for `chipset`, placed in the last blocks of `falcon`'s
+ /// IMEM so the image it goes on to load has the rest to itself.
+ ///
+ /// # Errors
+ ///
+ /// - `EINVAL` if a required TLV field is absent or the image does not fit in IMEM.
+ /// - `ENOMEM` if the padded copy of the code cannot be allocated.
+ pub(crate) fn new<E: FalconEngine + 'static>(
+ dev: &device::Device<device::Bound>,
+ chipset: Chipset,
+ falcon: &Falcon<'_, E>,
+ ) -> Result<Self> {
+ let fw = request_tlv(dev, chipset, "gen_bootloader")?;
+ let tlv = Tlv::new(fw.data())?;
+ dev_dbg!(
+ dev,
+ "loaded generic bootloader firmware v{}\n",
+ tlv.get_string(b"VERS")?
+ );
+
+ let ucode = {
+ let blob = tlv.get_bytes(b"BLOB")?;
+ let code_size = usize::from_safe_cast(tlv.get_u32(b"CDSZ")?);
+ let code = blob.get(..code_size).ok_or(EINVAL)?;
+ let aligned_code_size = code_size
+ .align_up(Alignment::new::<{ falcon::MEM_BLOCK_ALIGNMENT }>())
+ .ok_or(EINVAL)?;
+
+ let mut ucode = KVec::with_capacity(aligned_code_size, GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ ucode.extend_from_slice(code, GFP_KERNEL)?;
+ ucode.resize(aligned_code_size, 0, GFP_KERNEL)?;
+
+ ucode
+ };
+
+ let imem_dst_start = falcon.imem_size().checked_sub(ucode.len()).ok_or(EINVAL)?;
+
+ Ok(Self {
+ ucode,
+ imem_dst_start: u16::try_from(imem_dst_start)?,
+ start_tag: u16::try_from(tlv.get_u32(b"STRT")?)?,
+ })
+ }
+
+ /// Returns the address the falcon must boot from to run this bootloader.
+ pub(crate) fn boot_addr(&self) -> u32 {
+ u32::from(self.start_tag) << 8
+ }
+
+ /// Returns the PIO parameters that place this bootloader in non-secure IMEM.
+ pub(crate) fn imem_load_params(&self) -> FalconPioImemLoadTarget<'_> {
+ FalconPioImemLoadTarget {
+ data: self.ucode.as_ref(),
+ dst_start: self.imem_dst_start,
+ secure: false,
+ start_tag: self.start_tag,
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs
index a5c0ca355493..68a48c882c0f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/tu102.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ fn run_fwsec_frts(
)?;
if self.needs_fwsec_bootloader {
- let fwsec_frts_bl = FwsecFirmwareWithBl::new(fwsec_frts, dev, chipset)?;
+ let fwsec_frts_bl = FwsecFirmwareWithBl::new(fwsec_frts, dev, chipset, falcon)?;
// Load and run the bootloader, which will load FWSEC-FRTS and run it.
fwsec_frts_bl.run(dev, falcon, bar)?;
} else {
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ fn build_unload_bundle(
// Load the FWSEC SB firmware, as well as its bootloader if required.
let fwsec_sb = FwsecFirmware::new(dev, gsp_falcon, bios, FwsecCommand::Sb)?;
let fwsec_sb = if self.needs_fwsec_bootloader {
- FwsecUnloadFirmware::WithBl(FwsecFirmwareWithBl::new(fwsec_sb, dev, chipset)?)
+ FwsecUnloadFirmware::WithBl(FwsecFirmwareWithBl::new(
+ fwsec_sb, dev, chipset, gsp_falcon,
+ )?)
} else {
FwsecUnloadFirmware::WithoutBl(fwsec_sb)
};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
index 5d265b5788e3..5501c36a56af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ pub(crate) fn usable_fb_size(self) -> u64 {
31:0 value => u32;
}
+ pub(crate) NV_PFALCON_FALCON_HWCFG(u32) @ PFalconBase + 0x00000108 {
+ /// Size of this falcon's IMEM, in blocks of [`crate::falcon::MEM_BLOCK_ALIGNMENT`] bytes.
+ 8:0 imem_size;
+ }
+
pub(crate) NV_PFALCON_FALCON_DMACTL(u32) @ PFalconBase + 0x0000010c {
7:7 secure_stat => bool;
6:3 dmaq_num;
--
2.55.0
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2026-08-19 3:51 [PATCH 00/27] gpu: nova-core: boot on the r000 GSP firmware John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:51 ` [PATCH 01/27] gpu: nova-core: firmware: add r000 bindings John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:51 ` [PATCH 02/27] gpu: nova-core: extract radix3 page table into its own module John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:51 ` [PATCH 03/27] gpu: nova-core: set MCTP transport header version to 1 John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:51 ` [PATCH 04/27] gpu: nova-core: add Falcon helpers for r000 LOAD_EXEC events John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:51 ` [PATCH 05/27] gpu: nova-core: zero-pad radix3 page table levels to page boundary John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:51 ` [PATCH 06/27] gpu: nova-core: distinguish async GSP RPC traffic in debug logs John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 07/27] gpu: nova-core: add optional ucodes firmware loading John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 08/27] gpu: nova-core: add LIBOS3 log buffers and state monitor buffer John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 09/27] gpu: nova-core: add build ID headers to debugfs log buffer dumps John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 10/27] gpu: nova-core: rename the FbRanges elf field to fw_image John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 11/27] gpu: nova-core: regs: add msgq v2 BAR0 register declarations John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 12/27] gpu: nova-core: gsp: add msgq v2 internals John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 13/27] gpu: nova-core: generalize allocate_command() for variable headers John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 14/27] gpu: nova-core: add GMC API message types John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 15/27] gpu: nova-core: add GMC send path John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 16/27] gpu: nova-core: add GMC transport receive path John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 17/27] gpu: nova-core: gsp: add GMC dispatch on receive John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` John Hubbard [this message]
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 19/27] gpu: nova-core: handle the r000 load-and-execute HS binary event John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 20/27] gpu: nova-core: handle the r000 load-and-execute bootloader event John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 21/27] gpu: nova-core: gsp: add the GMC boot event dispatcher John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 22/27] gpu: nova-core: gsp: add the GSP_INIT request builder John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 23/27] gpu: nova-core: gsp: send GSP_INIT and decode its reply John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 24/27] gpu: nova-core: gsp: pass the remaining log buffers to GSP-RM John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 25/27] gpu: nova-core: switch to the r000 GSP firmware John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 26/27] gpu: nova-core: gsp: remove the retired system-info and static-info RPCs John Hubbard
2026-08-19 3:52 ` [PATCH 27/27] gpu: nova-core: firmware: delete the r570 bindings John Hubbard
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