linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 13/14] nova-core: falcon: Add support to write firmware version

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Message-ID: <20251013062041.1639529-14-apopple@nvidia.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:20:39 +1100
From: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v5 13/14] nova-core: falcon: Add support to write firmware version

From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>

This will be needed by both the GSP boot code as well as GSP resume code
in the sequencer.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>

---

Changes for v5:
 - Make it infallible
---
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs | 8 ++++++++
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs   | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
index 185ed6d1cfb8..c871fd061987 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/falcon.rs
@@ -515,4 +515,12 @@ pub(crate) fn is_riscv_active(&self, bar: &Bar0) -> bool {
         let cpuctl = regs::NV_PRISCV_RISCV_CPUCTL::read(bar, &E::ID);
         cpuctl.active_stat()
     }
+
+    /// Write the application version to the OS register.
+    #[expect(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) fn write_os_version(&self, bar: &Bar0, app_version: u32) {
+        regs::NV_PFALCON_FALCON_OS::default()
+            .set_value(app_version)
+            .write(bar, &E::ID);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
index 3bd1bddb16bb..6eda5c44c599 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/regs.rs
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ pub(crate) fn vga_workspace_addr(self) -> Option<u64> {
     31:0    value as u32;
 });
 
+// Used to store version information about the firmware running
+// on the Falcon processor.
+register!(NV_PFALCON_FALCON_OS @ PFalconBase[0x00000080] {
+    31:0    value as u32;
+});
+
 register!(NV_PFALCON_FALCON_RM @ PFalconBase[0x00000084] {
     31:0    value as u32;
 });
-- 
2.50.1