From: Timur Tabi <ttabi@nvidia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] nova-core: docs: Document vbios layout
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:12:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <74c540b50d9c9fa70689ef0f4451a126265d1715.camel@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250423225405.139613-4-joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
On Wed, 2025-04-23 at 18:53 -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> +This document describes the layout of the VBIOS image which is a series of concatenated
> +images in the ROM of the GPU. The VBIOS is mirrored onto the BAR 0 space and is read
> +by both Boot ROM firmware (also known as IFR or init-from-rom firmware) on the GPU to
> +boot strap various microcontrollers (PMU, SEC, GSP) with critical initialization before
> +the driver loads, as well as by the nova-core driver in the kernel to boot the GSP.
You might want to add a link to this page:
https://download.nvidia.com/open-gpu-doc/BIOS-Information-Table/1/BIOS-Information-Table.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-23 23:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-23 22:53 [PATCH 0/6] Additional documentation for nova-core Joel Fernandes
2025-04-23 22:53 ` [PATCH 1/6] nova-core: doc: Add code comments related to devinit Joel Fernandes
2025-04-23 22:53 ` [PATCH 2/6] nova-core: doc: Clarify sysmembar operations Joel Fernandes
2025-04-23 22:53 ` [PATCH 3/6] nova-core: docs: Document vbios layout Joel Fernandes
2025-04-23 23:12 ` Timur Tabi [this message]
2025-04-23 23:30 ` Joel Fernandes
2025-04-23 22:54 ` [PATCH 4/6] nova-core: docs: Document fwsec operation and layout Joel Fernandes
2025-04-23 22:54 ` [PATCH 5/6] gpu: nova-core: Clarify fields in FalconAppifHdrV1 Joel Fernandes
2025-04-24 1:18 ` Alexandre Courbot
[not found] ` <174546399398.876.3516508778193165894@patchwork.local>
2025-04-24 7:45 ` [5/6] " Alexandre Courbot
2025-04-24 13:03 ` Joel Fernandes
2025-04-23 22:54 ` [PATCH 6/6] nova-core: docs: Document devinit process Joel Fernandes
2025-04-24 1:25 ` [PATCH 0/6] Additional documentation for nova-core Alexandre Courbot
2025-04-24 8:10 ` Danilo Krummrich
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