Open-IOV vGPU-IO: host-side GSP emulation for unmodified NVIDIA guest drivers https://git.vgpu.io/open-iov.git/atom?h=archive%2Fpre-squash 2026-09-14T10:43:11+00:00 2026-09-14T10:43:11+00:00 Arthur Hanson Rasmusson arthur@vgpu.io 2026-09-14T10:43:11+00:00 urn:sha1:5dd8165f1754e156a0f9fb16c7a6bfa90e99ed60 - Removed IOMMU group addition before vfio_register_emulated_iommu_dev() in nv_vgpu_mdev_create() - Added IOMMUFD callbacks (bind_iommufd, unbind_iommufd, attach_ioas, detach_ioas) using kernel's vfio_iommufd_emulated_* functions - Implemented VFIO ioctl handlers: GET_INFO, GET_REGION_INFO, GET_IRQ_INFO, SET_IRQS, MMAP - Added config space read/write handlers at offset 0x70000000000 - Mmap handler for config space, BAR0 (emulation shadow), BAR1-5 (physical VRAM/registers) - Interrupt handler for VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS (DATA_EVENTFD, DATA_NONE, DATA_BOOL) - Added udev rules for vfio group permissions - Created stack_manager.sh unified tool - Fixed mdev remove crash with deferred cleanup in vfio_device_release callback - Kernel 6.8+ IOMMUFD compatibility - QEMU launches successfully with vGPU passthrough 2026-09-13T23:18:21+00:00 Arthur Hanson Rasmusson arthur@vgpu.io 2026-09-13T23:18:21+00:00 urn:sha1:7adef330df18691acabda9f5c988742f23a2917d - Enhanced gsp_rpc_client.c with proper emulation implementations: - ALLOC/FREE: VRAM allocation tracking with host page allocation and DMA mapping - MAP/UNMAP: GPU VA mapping management - PIN/UNPIN: DMA address retrieval for pinned pages - SCHEDULE/YIELD: Local workqueue-based scheduling - NOTIFY: Callback registration for async events - Added emulation function declarations to gsp_rpc_client.h - Exported nv_vgpu_simple_mapping struct in memory.h for cross-file use - Updated RPC handlers to use gsp_rpc_emulation_is_enabled() accessor - All 12 RPC types now have functional emulation fallbacks 2026-09-13T23:07:41+00:00 Arthur Hanson Rasmusson arthur@vgpu.io 2026-09-13T23:07:41+00:00 urn:sha1:4b745a1c2c0534a1850b6efe6710536b2225c3f4 - New kernel/gsp_emulation.h: GSP emulation context and API - New kernel/gsp_emulation.c: Per-mdev emulation thread with: - Adaptive polling of doorbell at BAR0+0x110C00 - Shared memory RPC processing (4KB at BAR0+0x1000) - Dispatch for all 12 RPC types via firmware-decompiled handlers - MSI-X completion interrupt injection via eventfd - Statistics tracking (processed/failed RPCs, latency) - Modified kernel/main.c: Integrate gsp_emu_init/cleanup in device lifecycle - Modified kernel/Makefile: Add gsp_emulation.o to build - Modified kernel/gsp_rpc_client.h: Export gsp_rpc_emulation_set/is_enabled 2026-09-13T22:36:21+00:00 Arthur Hanson Rasmusson arthur@vgpu.io 2026-09-13T22:36:21+00:00 urn:sha1:00e54c13c7c9030c4d5f7151467f2d85a3730e29 - Firmware decompilation: GSP 570.144W (28.5MB ELF, RV64IMAC), 132 decompiled C files - Kernel modules: nvidia.ko (34MB, OpenRM), open-iov-vfio.ko (2.8MB, VFIO mdev), gsp-vgpu.ko (1.8MB, guest driver) - Userspace: libiov.so/libvgpu.so (76KB), example_vgpu (28KB), rpc_emulator.c - PCI config space emulation (256B with PM, MSI, MSI-X, PCIe caps) - 12 RPC types fully mapped from firmware decompilation - BAR trap, WPR, scheduling, notification, migration emulation - Helper scripts: load_vgpu_stack, create_mdev, launch_qemu_vgpu, test_vgpu_stack, setup_guest_driver, unload_vgpu_stack - Architecture documentation - Wiki: 10 technical documents - Git LFS for large binaries (.ko, .bin, .iso, .img, .o, ghidra repos) - nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules as submodule