From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
To: "John Hubbard" <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Cc: "Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>,
"Timur Tabi" <ttabi@nvidia.com>,
"Alistair Popple" <apopple@nvidia.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpu: nova-core: don't declare booter firmware for FSP chipsets
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:57:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DJ41FNJHLCJG.4YW9GS4MDX2C@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260607230539.144382-1-jhubbard@nvidia.com>
On Mon Jun 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM CEST, John Hubbard wrote:
> The module firmware table lists booter_load and booter_unload for every
> chipset, but Hopper and Blackwell boot the GSP through FSP and never
> load the SEC2 booter. Those modinfo entries point at firmware files that
> are not shipped for FSP-based chipsets, so initramfs tooling looks for
> images that are never used.
>
> Declare the booter only for chipsets that boot via it, matching how the
> FMC and FWSEC bootloader images are already gated on chipset
> capabilities.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
> + // FSP-based chipsets (Hopper and later) boot the GSP via the FMC image
> + // loaded by FSP. Older chipsets use the SEC2 booter instead.
NIT: This is slightly ambiguous, since despite technically being the same
generation, by architecture ID Ada numerically sits in between Hopper and
Blackwell, but does not use FSP.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-08 22:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-07 23:05 [PATCH] gpu: nova-core: don't declare booter firmware for FSP chipsets John Hubbard
2026-06-08 22:09 ` Timur Tabi
2026-06-08 22:57 ` Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2026-06-09 0:00 ` Timur Tabi
2026-06-09 6:06 ` Alexandre Courbot
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