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Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 08:22:59 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 09:58:02AM +0900, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> However, Nova also supports a couple of older chip generations that use
> the same GSP firmware -  it is for these that the ELF unpacking must
> occur in the kernel. IIUC this has to do with the capabilities of the
> microcontroller that ultimately does the loading (more capable RISC-V on
> Hopper+ vs. older and more limited Falcon).

Why specifically does the kernel have to get involved here?  What
requires it to do it that userspace can not?

thanks,

greg k-h