Hello,

Please find attached initial documentation for nova-core mainly about the vbios
and boot process. It helps build an understanding of the boot code. All the
information is derived from publicly available code and sources.

This series is based on Alex's v2 patches + nova-next:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250501-nova-frts-v2-0-b4a137175337@nvidia.com/

Previous posting:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250423225405.139613-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com/

Joel Fernandes (7):
  nova-core: doc: Add code comments related to devinit
  nova-core: doc: Clarify sysmembar operations
  nova-core: docs: Document vbios layout
  nova-core: docs: Document fwsec operation and layout
  docs: nova-core: Document devinit process
  docs: nova-core: Document basics of the Falcon
  gpu: nova-core: Clarify falcon code

 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/devinit.rst |  59 ++++++++
 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/falcon.rst  | 156 ++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/fwsec.rst   | 180 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/vbios.rst   | 177 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/gpu/nova/index.rst        |   4 +
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/devinit.rs        |  36 ++++-
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs         |  25 +++-
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/gpu.rs            |  12 +-
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs           |  18 ++-
 9 files changed, 652 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/devinit.rst
 create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/falcon.rst
 create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/fwsec.rst
 create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/nova/core/vbios.rst

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On 5/3/25 6:07 AM, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Please find attached initial documentation for nova-core mainly about the vbios
> and boot process. It helps build an understanding of the boot code. All the
> information is derived from publicly available code and sources.

Has there been a follow-up on the series? I think it'd be great to apply, now
that we landed the FWSEC-FRTS series.

- Danilo

On Mon Jun 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM JST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On 5/3/25 6:07 AM, Joel Fernandes wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Please find attached initial documentation for nova-core mainly about the vbios
>> and boot process. It helps build an understanding of the boot code. All the
>> information is derived from publicly available code and sources.
>
> Has there been a follow-up on the series? I think it'd be great to apply, now
> that we landed the FWSEC-FRTS series.

We are precisely discussing this with Joel. :) Expect a follow-up soon.