Re: [PATCH v11 12/22] gpu: nova-core: Hopper/Blackwell: add FSP secure boot completion waiting

["Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>]

On Sat May 30, 2026 at 12:09 PM JST, John Hubbard wrote:
> Hopper and Blackwell use FSP instead of SEC2 for secure boot. The
> driver must wait for FSP secure boot to complete before continuing
> with GSP bring-up. Poll for boot success with a 5-second timeout.
>
> Co-developed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs           | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp/hal.rs       | 27 ++++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp/hal/gb202.rs | 23 ++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp/hal/gh100.rs | 23 ++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/gsp/hal/gh100.rs |  5 ++-
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs     |  1 +
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs          | 36 ++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 165 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs
>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp/hal.rs
>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp/hal/gb202.rs
>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp/hal/gh100.rs
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ee8fc384fe38
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/fsp.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
> +
> +//! FSP (Firmware System Processor) interface for Hopper/Blackwell GPUs.
> +//!
> +//! Hopper/Blackwell use a simplified firmware boot sequence: FMC, then FSP, then GSP.
> +//! Unlike Turing/Ampere/Ada, there is no SEC2 (Security Engine 2) usage.
> +//! FSP handles secure boot directly using FMC firmware and Chain of Trust.
> +
> +use kernel::{
> +    device,
> +    io::poll::read_poll_timeout,
> +    prelude::*,
> +    time::Delta, //
> +};
> +
> +use crate::{
> +    driver::Bar0,
> +    gpu::Chipset,
> +    regs, //
> +};
> +
> +mod hal;
> +
> +/// FSP interface for Hopper/Blackwell GPUs.
> +pub(crate) struct Fsp;

Throughout the patchset, this type is never instantiated and is only
used as a namespace for static methods - something that the `fsp` module
itself could also do.

But I think it could be useful to create it and pass it as the `&mut
self` parameter of the other methods in the module, as doing so would
make the module more resilient: we could request `&mut self` for its two
other methods added later in the patchset and guarantee that there won't
be any concurrency issue.

This should also probably create and own the `Falcon<Fsp>`, as it is the
only user through this patchset (and this makes sense from an
architectural point of view). The `FSP falcon engine stub` patch could
then refrain from creating the `Falcon<Fsp>`, which would be created by
this patch.

> +
> +impl Fsp {
> +    /// Wait for FSP secure boot completion.
> +    ///
> +    /// Polls the thermal scratch register until FSP signals boot completion
> +    /// or timeout occurs.
> +    pub(crate) fn wait_secure_boot(dev: &device::Device, bar: &Bar0, chipset: Chipset) -> Result {

... and with the design proposed above, this method can return
`Result<Fsp>`: we are not supposed to use `Fsp` it until secure boot has
successfully completed, so making it return the instance that enables
the other methods guarantees that this has happened at the API level.