Re: [PATCH v5 08/13] gpu: nova-core: gsp: make use of FWSEC bootloader a property of the TU102 HAL

["Eliot Courtney" <ecourtney@nvidia.com>]

On Tue Jul 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM JST, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> By being in the TU102 HAL, we already know that the GSP boot method is
> the SEC2 Booter, so the only variable is whether the FWSEC bootloader is
> used or not. Since `Chipset` also includes the variants that boot FSP,
> querying it for that information introduces a potential code path (a
> chipset that boots via FSP) that the current code doesn't handle.
>
> Turn the use of the FWSEC bootloader into a property of the `Tu102` HAL,
> and give GA102+ chipsets their own instance with that property set to
> `false`. This removes the invalid code path and the only use of
> `Chipset` is now to load the correct firmware files.
>
> This also removes some uses of the `Chipset::needs_fwsec_bootloader`
> method and prepares the ground for removing it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@nvidia.com>