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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:21:23 +0100
From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v9 3/3] nova-core: mm: Select GPU_BUDDY for VRAM
 allocation

On Wed Feb 11, 2026 at 12:32 AM CET, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> nova-core will use the GPU buddy allocator for physical VRAM management.
> Enable it in Kconfig.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig
> index 527920f9c4d3..6513007bf66f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig
> @@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ config NOVA_CORE
>  	depends on 64BIT
>  	depends on PCI
>  	depends on RUST
> -	select RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS

I think moving this should be a separate patch.

>  	select AUXILIARY_BUS
> +	select GPU_BUDDY
> +	select RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS
>  	default n
>  	help
>  	  Choose this if you want to build the Nova Core driver for Nvidia
> -- 
> 2.34.1