linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] drm/nouveau: zcull support

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Message-Id: <20260205-zcull3-v2-0-ac572f38cc7b@darkrefraction.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:56:09 -0500
From: Mel Henning <mhenning@...krefraction.com>
To: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, 
 Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>, 
 Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, 
 David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>, 
 Mary Guillemard <mary@...y.zone>
Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mel Henning <mhenning@...krefraction.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] drm/nouveau: zcull support

These patches add kernel-side support for using the zcull hardware in nvidia
gpus. zcull aims to improve memory bandwidth by using an early approximate
depth test, similar to hierarchical Z on an AMD card. These patches add a
new ioctl on nouveau devices, which is currently only supported when using
gsp firmware.

Corresponding userspace changes for NVK are available here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/33861

This series is also available in git:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mhenning/linux/-/commits/zcull3

(v2): Split the first patch into two - one for fetching information from
      the hardware and the other for adding the UAPI. Also, drop the
      change adding DRM_NOUVEAU_SET_ZCULL_CTXSW_BUFFER - it isn't
      necessary to get zcull working and will be pursued as a separate
      performance improvement in the future.

Signed-off-by: Mel Henning <mhenning@...krefraction.com>
---
Mel Henning (2):
      drm/nouveau: Fetch zcull info from device
      drm/nouveau: Add DRM_IOCTL_NOUVEAU_GET_ZCULL_INFO

 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvkm/engine/gr.h   | 19 +++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_abi16.c            | 29 ++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_abi16.h            |  1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c              |  1 +
 .../gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/gr.c   |  9 ++-
 .../gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r570/gr.c   | 32 ++++++++++-
 .../drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r570/nvrm/gr.h  | 19 +++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/rm.h    |  2 +-
 include/uapi/drm/nouveau_drm.h                     | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 18f7fcd5e69a04df57b563360b88be72471d6b62
change-id: 20260205-zcull3-9065115cd238

Best regards,
-- 
Mel Henning <mhenning@...krefraction.com>