Re: [PATCH] nvidia: add acr/bl symlink for booting GSP-RM on GA100

On Fri, Apr 03, 2026 at 07:22:48PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> The Nvidia GA100 is a compute-only (no display hardware) Ampere GPU that
> boots like a Turing (TU10x) GPU.  Consequently, it needs the same kind of
> firmware images that Turing does.  Since Nouveau looks for all images
> in GPU-specific directories, all of the firmware files that GA100 needs
> must be reachable in the nvidia/ga100/ directory.
> 
> The ACR bootloader (acr/bl.bin, aka Generic Bootloader), is used normally
> by Nouveau to support Turing and Ampere GPUs, both with and without
> GSP-RM.  However, there is still significant code missing in Nouveau to
> support non-GSP GA100.  Consequently, the firmware files that would
> be used by Nouveau to support non-GSP GA100 are not included.
> 
> Since GA100 uses the same ACR bootloader as TU102, all that is needed is
> a symlink.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <[email protected]>
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>  WHENCE | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Merged and pushed out, thanks!

https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/merge_requests/989
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With best wishes
Dmitry