[PATCH RFC v6 06/26] docs: gpu: nova-core: Document the PRAMIN aperture mechanism

[Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>]

Add documentation for the PRAMIN aperture mechanism used by nova-core
for direct VRAM access.

Nova only uses TARGET=VID_MEM for VRAM access. The SYS_MEM target values
are documented for completeness but not used by the driver.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
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 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/pramin.rst | 125 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/gpu/nova/index.rst       |   1 +
 2 files changed, 126 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/pramin.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/nova/core/pramin.rst b/Documentation/gpu/nova/core/pramin.rst
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+++ b/Documentation/gpu/nova/core/pramin.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=========================
+PRAMIN aperture mechanism
+=========================
+
+.. note::
+   The following description is approximate and current as of the Ampere family.
+   It may change for future generations and is intended to assist in understanding
+   the driver code.
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+PRAMIN is a hardware aperture mechanism that provides CPU access to GPU Video RAM (VRAM) before
+the GPU's Memory Management Unit (MMU) and page tables are initialized. This 1MB sliding window,
+located at a fixed offset within BAR0, is essential for setting up page tables and other critical
+GPU data structures without relying on the GPU's MMU.
+
+Architecture Overview
+=====================
+
+The PRAMIN aperture mechanism is logically implemented by the GPU's PBUS (PCIe Bus Controller Unit)
+and provides a CPU-accessible window into VRAM through the PCIe interface::
+
+    +-----------------+    PCIe     +------------------------------+
+    |      CPU        |<----------->|           GPU                |
+    +-----------------+             |                              |
+                                    |  +----------------------+    |
+                                    |  |       PBUS           |    |
+                                    |  |  (Bus Controller)    |    |
+                                    |  |                      |    |
+                                    |  |  +--------------+<------------ (window starts at
+                                    |  |  |   PRAMIN     |    |    |     BAR0 + 0x700000)
+                                    |  |  |   Window     |    |    |
+                                    |  |  |   (1MB)      |    |    |
+                                    |  |  +--------------+    |    |
+                                    |  |         |            |    |
+                                    |  +---------|------------+    |
+                                    |            |                 |
+                                    |            v                 |
+                                    |  +----------------------+<------------ (Program PRAMIN to any
+                                    |  |       VRAM           |    |    64KB-aligned VRAM boundary)
+                                    |  |    (Several GBs)     |    |
+                                    |  |                      |    |
+                                    |  |  FB[0x000000000000]  |    |
+                                    |  |          ...         |    |
+                                    |  |  FB[0x7FFFFFFFFFF]   |    |
+                                    |  +----------------------+    |
+                                    +------------------------------+
+
+PBUS (PCIe Bus Controller) is responsible for, among other things, handling MMIO
+accesses to the BAR registers.
+
+PRAMIN Window Operation
+=======================
+
+The PRAMIN window provides a 1MB sliding aperture that can be repositioned over
+the entire VRAM address space using the ``NV_PBUS_BAR0_WINDOW`` register.
+
+Window Control Mechanism
+-------------------------
+
+The window position is controlled via the PBUS ``BAR0_WINDOW`` register::
+
+    NV_PBUS_BAR0_WINDOW Register (0x1700):
+    +-------+--------+--------------------------------------+
+    | 31:26 | 25:24  |               23:0                   |
+    | RSVD  | TARGET |            BASE_ADDR                 |
+    |       |        |        (bits 39:16 of VRAM address)  |
+    +-------+--------+--------------------------------------+
+
+    BASE_ADDR field (bits 23:0):
+    - Contains bits [39:16] of the target VRAM address
+    - Provides 40-bit (1TB) address space coverage
+    - Must be programmed with 64KB-aligned addresses
+
+    TARGET field (bits 25:24):
+    - 0x0: VRAM (Video Memory)
+    - 0x1: SYS_MEM_COH (Coherent System Memory)
+    - 0x2: SYS_MEM_NONCOH (Non-coherent System Memory)
+    - 0x3: Reserved
+
+    .. note::
+       Nova only uses TARGET=VRAM (0x0) for video memory access. The SYS_MEM
+       target values are documented here for hardware completeness but are
+       not used by the driver.
+
+64KB Alignment Requirement
+---------------------------
+
+The PRAMIN window must be aligned to 64KB boundaries in VRAM. This is enforced
+by the ``BASE_ADDR`` field representing bits [39:16] of the target address::
+
+    VRAM Address Calculation:
+    actual_vram_addr = (BASE_ADDR << 16) + pramin_offset
+    Where:
+    - BASE_ADDR: 24-bit value from NV_PBUS_BAR0_WINDOW[23:0]
+    - pramin_offset: 20-bit offset within the PRAMIN window [0x00000-0xFFFFF]
+
+    Example Window Positioning:
+    +---------------------------------------------------------+
+    |                    VRAM Space                           |
+    |                                                         |
+    |  0x000000000  +-----------------+ <-- 64KB aligned      |
+    |               | PRAMIN Window   |                       |
+    |               |    (1MB)        |                       |
+    |  0x0000FFFFF  +-----------------+                       |
+    |                                                         |
+    |       |              ^                                  |
+    |       |              | Window can slide                 |
+    |       v              | to any 64KB-aligned boundary     |
+    |                                                         |
+    |  0x123400000  +-----------------+ <-- 64KB aligned      |
+    |               | PRAMIN Window   |                       |
+    |               |    (1MB)        |                       |
+    |  0x1234FFFFF  +-----------------+                       |
+    |                                                         |
+    |                       ...                               |
+    |                                                         |
+    |  0x7FFFF0000  +-----------------+ <-- 64KB aligned      |
+    |               | PRAMIN Window   |                       |
+    |               |    (1MB)        |                       |
+    |  0x7FFFFFFFF  +-----------------+                       |
+    +---------------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/nova/index.rst b/Documentation/gpu/nova/index.rst
index e39cb3163581..b8254b1ffe2a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/nova/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/nova/index.rst
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ vGPU manager VFIO driver and the nova-drm driver.
    core/devinit
    core/fwsec
    core/falcon
+   core/pramin
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