linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/31] gpu: nova-core: use GPU Architecture to simplify HAL selections

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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 23:28:12 -0800
From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To: Timur Tabi <ttabi@...dia.com>, "dakr@...nel.org" <dakr@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/31] gpu: nova-core: use GPU Architecture to simplify
 HAL selections

On 12/3/25 11:38 AM, Timur Tabi wrote:
> On Tue, 2025-12-02 at 21:58 -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
>> Instead of long, exhaustive lists of GPUs ("Chipsets"), use entire
>> GPU Architectures, such as "Blackwell" or "Turing", to make HAL choices.
>>
>> A tiny side effect: moved a "use" statement out of function scope, in
>> each file, up to the top of the file, as per Rust for Linux conventions.
> 
> This might not work for GA100, which is a Turing in some respects and an Ampere in others.

Let me check, I might have missed that case.

thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard