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-b4a137175...@nvidia.com/ Previous posting: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250423225405.139613-1-joelagn...@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 -- 2.43.0
