Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] gpu: nova-core: transition gen_bootloader to TLV images

Timur Tabi <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Jul 2026 22:13:42 +0000
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.nova-gpu,dev.linux.lists.driver-core,org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux
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On Thu, 2026-07-09 at 14:49 -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> > I'm going to post a v4 today in the meantime.
> 
> If you have a spec, then it's either a spec or it's just a waste of time.

That's a little harsh.  I was thinking that maybe we should change the spec instead, to specify
that if the TLV references a version firmware image, then it should have a VERS tag.

> Assuming that it's a spec, then if it says "shall have a VERS tag", then
> by gosh we should fail out if that tag is missing.
> 
> Otherwise, write the spec differently.
> 
> This is not a fuzzy sort of thing.

I thought this was a forum for discussing things?