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

"Eliot Courtney" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.nova-gpu,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eliot Courtney <[email protected]>
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