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-rw-r--r--wiki/.publish-manifest.json120
-rw-r--r--wiki/Execution-Frontier.md29
-rw-r--r--wiki/Execution-Plane.md15
-rw-r--r--wiki/FAQ.md24
-rw-r--r--wiki/Graphics-Execution.md96
-rw-r--r--wiki/Host-Module.md18
-rw-r--r--wiki/OpenGL.md35
-rw-r--r--wiki/Physical-GPU-Backend.md10
-rw-r--r--wiki/Project-Goals.md4
-rw-r--r--wiki/Project-Plan.md24
-rw-r--r--wiki/Project-Status.md13
-rw-r--r--wiki/System-Overview.md15
12 files changed, 203 insertions, 200 deletions
diff --git a/wiki/.publish-manifest.json b/wiki/.publish-manifest.json
index 27c52de..239ab66 100644
--- a/wiki/.publish-manifest.json
+++ b/wiki/.publish-manifest.json
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@
},
"FAQ": {
"file": "FAQ.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24061,
- "old_revid": 24049,
- "source_sha": "17fa28555cd7eb71",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:45Z",
+ "new_revid": 24073,
+ "old_revid": 24061,
+ "source_sha": "993f4e23553d2842",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:37Z",
"title": "FAQ"
},
"GMMU Multi-Tenant Protection": {
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@
},
"Graphics Execution": {
"file": "Graphics-Execution.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24062,
- "old_revid": 24050,
- "source_sha": "11e8fa4f83fed247",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:46Z",
+ "new_revid": 24074,
+ "old_revid": 24062,
+ "source_sha": "bbc2783864468dab",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:37Z",
"title": "Graphics Execution"
},
"Guest Driver Lifecycle: A Field Guide": {
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@
},
"Main Page": {
"file": "Main-Page.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24070,
- "old_revid": 24058,
- "source_sha": "d79ac879f1798d05",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:53Z",
+ "new_revid": 24082,
+ "old_revid": 24070,
+ "source_sha": "fb770eaffa1533f3",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws execute on the physical GPU; constant-buffer (MVP) content is the 0-pixel wall",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:50Z",
"title": "Main Page"
},
"MediaWiki:Sidebar": {
@@ -226,11 +226,11 @@
},
"OpenGL": {
"file": "OpenGL.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24064,
- "old_revid": 24052,
- "source_sha": "cd8779694a581bf5",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:47Z",
+ "new_revid": 24076,
+ "old_revid": 24064,
+ "source_sha": "144f1627a14c54a3",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:38Z",
"title": "OpenGL"
},
"Performance": {
@@ -244,38 +244,38 @@
},
"Physical GPU Backend and Guest Wiring": {
"file": "Physical-GPU-Backend.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24065,
- "old_revid": 24053,
- "source_sha": "cce4eba81a924f9f",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:48Z",
+ "new_revid": 24077,
+ "old_revid": 24065,
+ "source_sha": "5a0b0fab129d042c",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:39Z",
"title": "Physical GPU Backend and Guest Wiring"
},
"Project Goals": {
"file": "Project-Goals.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24066,
- "old_revid": 24054,
- "source_sha": "f717cd829cb16ff3",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:49Z",
+ "new_revid": 24078,
+ "old_revid": 24066,
+ "source_sha": "1a1a231fa6da0d5a",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:39Z",
"title": "Project Goals"
},
"Project Plan": {
"file": "Project-Plan.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24067,
- "old_revid": 24055,
- "source_sha": "57c421e0af6c3d69",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:49Z",
+ "new_revid": 24079,
+ "old_revid": 24067,
+ "source_sha": "dba7840c299c0751",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:40Z",
"title": "Project Plan"
},
"Project Status": {
"file": "Project-Status.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24068,
- "old_revid": 24056,
- "source_sha": "91905880addcf2e7",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:50Z",
+ "new_revid": 24080,
+ "old_revid": 24068,
+ "source_sha": "1fe9bb91cd4cef31",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:40Z",
"title": "Project Status"
},
"RPC Message Format": {
@@ -289,11 +289,11 @@
},
"System Overview": {
"file": "System-Overview.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24069,
- "old_revid": 24057,
- "source_sha": "49cc4d259bf1e8d5",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:50Z",
+ "new_revid": 24081,
+ "old_revid": 24069,
+ "source_sha": "5d3502ef3e24189d",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:41Z",
"title": "System Overview"
},
"Template:About message": {
@@ -325,11 +325,11 @@
},
"The Execution Frontier": {
"file": "Execution-Frontier.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24059,
- "old_revid": 24047,
- "source_sha": "8bdff873c9b0f66b",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:44Z",
+ "new_revid": 24071,
+ "old_revid": 24059,
+ "source_sha": "e6debfdea2d1a520",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:36Z",
"title": "The Execution Frontier"
},
"The Guest Stack and CUDASW": {
@@ -343,20 +343,20 @@
},
"The Host Module (vgsp.ko)": {
"file": "Host-Module.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24063,
- "old_revid": 24051,
- "source_sha": "4631ad02e69f5e8f",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:47Z",
+ "new_revid": 24075,
+ "old_revid": 24063,
+ "source_sha": "278deddb70a2098d",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:38Z",
"title": "The Host Module (vgsp.ko)"
},
"The vGSP Execution Plane (vEP)": {
"file": "Execution-Plane.wiki",
- "new_revid": 24060,
- "old_revid": 24048,
- "source_sha": "578bf257456d5b8b",
- "summary": "2026-11-09 evening refresh 2: forced GLX selects libnvidia-glcore; windowed glxgears hangs in the glcore kick wait; kernel-visible present completion is the wall",
- "timestamp": "2026-11-10T00:06:45Z",
+ "new_revid": 24072,
+ "old_revid": 24060,
+ "source_sha": "4124b0721387025d",
+ "summary": "2026-11-10 status refresh: guest GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; the 0-pixel wall is the constant-buffer (MVP) content",
+ "timestamp": "2026-11-10T10:23:36Z",
"title": "The vGSP Execution Plane (vEP)"
},
"UVM in the Guest": {
diff --git a/wiki/Execution-Frontier.md b/wiki/Execution-Frontier.md
index 658f222..18f150c 100644
--- a/wiki/Execution-Frontier.md
+++ b/wiki/Execution-Frontier.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
> [`../docs/04-implementation/03-execution-frontier.md`](../docs/04-implementation/03-execution-frontier.md);
> the docs tree wins on disagreement.
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`.
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`.
Tags: `[live]` observed; `[wip]` partial; `[wall]` current blocker; theories
are labelled as such.
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ OpenGL 4.6.0 with direct rendering, and the X DDX waits are fixed
release applied); the direct GL client's GR and CE channels submit and retire,
and the X DDX kick channel is decoded. GZDoom reached `MAP01` once the DDX
push-buffer loop was unblocked, but on Mesa llvmpipe — not the emulated vGPU.
-What is missing is **rendered pixels through the NVIDIA path**: forcing GLX
-now selects `libnvidia-glcore`, but the minimal windowed `glxgears` hangs in
-the glcore kick wait (the client polls its per-slot `/dev/nvidia-modeset` fd
-and the guest kernel never signals the event), the DDX push-buffer
-get-word/notifier completion is not implemented, and the direct-GL draws still
-report no physical dispatch; the guest Vulkan pipeline's inline-to-memory
-upload arm remains its gap. The full
+What is missing is **rendered pixels through the NVIDIA path**: the GSP
+event-IRQ fix completes swaps, the 2D path is green end-to-end, and the
+guest's real GL draws now forward and execute on the physical GPU, but the
+draw writes 0 pages because its constant-buffer (MVP) page is unresolved and
+forced to the seed page; the MME front-end defer, the GR stale-wedge and the
+DDX push-buffer get-word/notifier completion remain. The guest Vulkan
+pipeline's inline-to-memory upload arm is its gap. The full
picture lives on [`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md).
No breadth beyond these is claimed: Windows guests, migration and performance
@@ -168,13 +168,12 @@ CUDA guests is in progress.
**Issue D — the graphics pixel frontier.** The display/KMS stack and the GL
client now run end to end (NvKms registers, X settles, GL 4.6, direct-GL
-channels submit and retire, the X DDX waits are fixed), and forcing GLX
-selects `libnvidia-glcore`; but the minimal windowed `glxgears` hangs in the
-glcore kick wait (the client polls its per-slot `/dev/nvidia-modeset` fd and
-the guest kernel never signals the event), and no rendered (non-black) frame
-has been produced yet. The kernel-visible present completion, the DDX
-get-word/notifier completion and physical dispatch of the GL draws
-(`forwarded=0`) are the named blockers
+channels submit and retire, the X DDX waits are fixed), and the guest's real
+GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU; but the draw writes 0 pages
+because its constant-buffer (MVP) page is unresolved and forced to the seed
+page, and no rendered (non-black) frame has been produced yet. The constant
+buffer, the MME front-end/stale-wedge stability and the DDX get-word/notifier
+completion are the named blockers
([`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md)).
## 6. Lines of investigation (live)
diff --git a/wiki/Execution-Plane.md b/wiki/Execution-Plane.md
index 0cb7e7c..ef285a3 100644
--- a/wiki/Execution-Plane.md
+++ b/wiki/Execution-Plane.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
> when the two disagree, the docs tree wins. Front door:
> [`../docs/README.md`](../docs/README.md).
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`. Tags: `[live]` proven with the
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`. Tags: `[live]` proven with the
stock guest driver; `[gated]` implemented, default-off or parameter-gated;
`[wip]` partial; `[wall]` current blocker; `[target]` named success latch;
`[planned]` designed, not built.
@@ -148,13 +148,12 @@ guest: push + QMD + GPFIFO entry + doorbell (BAR0 0x88704)
display/KMS path is served by the emulated display engine (modeset push
buffers plus the notifier/`UPDATE` completion, class-aware arm), so NvKms
registers, X settles and GL 4.6 is live, the X DDX waits are fixed, and
- forcing GLX selects `libnvidia-glcore`. No rendered (non-black) frame has
- been produced through the NVIDIA path yet: the kernel-visible GL present/kick
- completion (the minimal `glxgears` hangs there), the DDX push-buffer
- get-word/notifier completion and physical dispatch of the GL draws
- (`forwarded=0`) are the named blockers; GZDoom's `MAP01` is a Mesa llvmpipe
- datapoint. The lanes and the ladder are on
- [`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md).
+ the guest's real GL draws now forward and execute on the physical GPU
+ (`backend_ok=9`); the 2D path is green. No rendered (non-black) frame has
+ been produced through the NVIDIA path yet: the constant-buffer (MVP) content
+ (the draw writes 0 pages), the MME front-end/stale-wedge stability and the
+ DDX push-buffer get-word/notifier completion are the named blockers. The
+ lanes and the ladder are on [`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md).
## 6. Portability
diff --git a/wiki/FAQ.md b/wiki/FAQ.md
index 5025175..f9d5251 100644
--- a/wiki/FAQ.md
+++ b/wiki/FAQ.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
> [`../docs/09-reference/glossary-and-faq.md`](../docs/09-reference/glossary-and-faq.md);
> the docs tree wins on disagreement.
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`.
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`.
## Project and positioning
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ progress). This is the project's known status, not a misconfiguration — see
Partially, and it is an active frontier. The display/KMS stack and the X
server now run on the emulated vGPU with the stock driver: nvidia-modeset/NvKms
registers (`/dev/dri`), `glxinfo` reports OpenGL 4.6.0 with direct rendering,
-the direct GL client's GR and CE channels submit and retire, and forcing GLX
-(`SDL_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL=0`) selects `libnvidia-glcore`. The minimal
-windowed `glxgears` then hangs in the glcore kick wait: the client polls its
-per-slot `/dev/nvidia-modeset` fd and the guest kernel never signals the
-event, even though the host completes the beef notifier memory. The guest
-Vulkan pipeline runs end to end (device → command buffer → fence → readback,
-frames black). Rendered (non-black) frames through the NVIDIA path are the
-remaining wall: kernel-visible present completion, the X DDX
-get-word/notifier completion, the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation (12 GB guest
-workaround) and physical dispatch of the GL draws are the current gates —
-see [`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md), [`Vulkan.md`](Vulkan.md) and
+the direct GL client's GR and CE channels submit and retire, and the GSP
+event-IRQ fix completes swaps. The guest's **real GL draws now forward and
+execute on the physical GPU** (`work_gr backend_ok=9`) and the 2D path is
+green end-to-end, but the frames are black: the draw's constant-buffer (MVP)
+page does not resolve and is forced to the seed page, so the engine writes 0
+pages. The guest Vulkan pipeline runs end to end (device → command buffer →
+fence → readback, frames black). Rendered (non-black) frames through the
+NVIDIA path are the remaining wall: constant-buffer content, the MME
+front-end/stale-wedge stability, the X DDX get-word/notifier completion and
+the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation (12 GB guest workaround) are the current
+gates — see [`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md), [`Vulkan.md`](Vulkan.md) and
[`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md).
**How fast is it?**
diff --git a/wiki/Graphics-Execution.md b/wiki/Graphics-Execution.md
index ffbcfaf..7771d6a 100644
--- a/wiki/Graphics-Execution.md
+++ b/wiki/Graphics-Execution.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
> [`../docs/04-implementation/04-real-render-walls.md`](../docs/04-implementation/04-real-render-walls.md)
> (the measured walls); the docs tree wins on disagreement.
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`. Tags: `[live]` observed end to
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`. Tags: `[live]` observed end to
end; `[wip]` partially built; `[wall]` current blocker; `[target]` defined
success state; `[planned]` designed, not built.
@@ -89,10 +89,12 @@ fidelity:
kick channel (`0xbfef0002`) is decoded from its ring head with its
class-2D notification authored. The X DDX waits are fixed (class-aware
display arm, `0x8000 -> 0` notification completion, decoded GL release
- applied), and with GLX forced (`SDL_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL=0`) the windowed
- GL path selects `libnvidia-glcore`. What remains is the kernel-visible GL
- present/kick completion, the DDX get-word/notifier recycle, and physical
- dispatch of the client's draws (§6).
+ applied), forcing GLX selects `libnvidia-glcore`, and the event-IRQ fix
+ (`a478f0b4`) lets the guest service the completion, so glxgears completes
+ swaps and the guest's real GL draws now forward and execute on the
+ physical GPU (`work_gr backend_ok=9`). What remains is the constant-buffer
+ (MVP) content, the MME front-end defer and GR stale-wedge, and the DDX
+ get-word/notifier completion (§6).
## 4. The channel and object picture
@@ -139,10 +141,12 @@ until it posts, so the X server's mode set finishes. For the X DDX's own 2D
push buffers, completion also requires the GPU-written engine get word to
advance and the notifier to be recycled to `0xffff` after a kick; both are
host-side levers now, and a diagnostic write of the get word released the
-DDX's reserve loop. For a windowed GL client the present is a kick whose
-completion the guest kernel observes by polling its per-slot
-`/dev/nvidia-modeset` fd; the host must complete the exact notifier page the
-kernel watches and signal that event, not only write the notifier memory.
+DDX's reserve loop. For a windowed GL client the present is a kick; the GSP
+event-IRQ fix now sets the RISC-V SWGEN0 IRQSTAT/IRQMASK/IRQDEST and latches
+the CPU-tree leaf, so the guest services the event and glxgears completes
+swaps. The next completion step is the constant buffer: the draw's CB page
+must be resolved and copied into the seed page so the engine produces
+fragments.
During bring-up the module also carries a **diagnostics-only mirror** for apps
that spin on a shared progress word; it exists so a run can proceed while the
@@ -151,32 +155,35 @@ requires it switched off, along with any external poke.
## 6. Where the frontier is (ranked walls)
-1. **Kernel-visible GL present completion** `[wall]`. With GLX forced the
- windowed client uses `libnvidia-glcore`; the minimal `glxgears` then hangs
- in the glcore kick wait: the client polls its per-slot
- `/dev/nvidia-modeset` fd (`poll(POLLIN, 1 s)`). The host's sweep completes
- the beef notifier memory, but the guest kernel never signals the event the
- poll waits on. The exact notifier page the kernel watches must be
- completed and the guest event signalled (the kick-notify executor), not
- just the memory written.
-2. **The X DDX push-buffer completion** `[wall]`. The DDX's 2D reserve loop
+1. **The constant buffer (MVP) content** `[wall]`. The guest's GL draws now
+ execute on the physical GPU, but the engine writes 0 pages. The draw's
+ constant-buffer source is forced to the seed page because
+ `cb-copy src=0x0cd70000 ... first8=00000000 ... src=synthetic-id` reads all
+ zeros; a guest-RAM scan found no MVP matrix and the `0x3f800000` vidmem
+ hits are shader microcode immediates. With a zero MVP every vertex
+ collapses to the origin, so there are no fragments. Decode the CB-bind
+ method on the beef channel, resolve that VA through the channel VAS, and
+ copy the real page into the seed page.
+2. **Execution stability** `[wall]`. The MME front-end is busy/deferred
+ (`MME-FE-DEFER` then forced loads) and the GR channel stale-wedges
+ (`GR-STALL-stale-wedge`, recovered), so the pipeline restarts mid-frame.
+ Fixing the CB page may unstick the MME; the wedge recovery needs a durable
+ fix.
+3. **The X DDX push-buffer completion** `[wall]`. The DDX's 2D reserve loop
exits only when the GPU-written engine get word advances (`get <= put`) and
- the kick requires the notifier to be recycled to `0xffff` after
- completion. A diagnostic host write released the loop; the kernel levers
- to publish/advance the get word and recycle the notifier are next.
-3. **The X DDX footprint** `[wall]`. The DDX allocates 4 GB of system pages at
+ the kick requires the notifier to be recycled to `0xffff` after completion.
+ `sema_vas_cand_ms=1` makes X green on attempt 1, but X can still die after a
+ few forward frames into the RM-degraded state.
+4. **The X DDX footprint** `[wall]`. The DDX allocates 4 GB of system pages at
startup; an 8 GB guest has no headroom once GZDoom's own footprint lands
and both are OOM-killed. Current runs use a 12 GB guest; the allocation is
a suspected emulation gap (a 512 MiB emulated VRAM falling back to a 4 GB
sysmem allocation) to fix.
-4. **Physical dispatch of the GL draws** `[wall]`. The direct-GL channels
- submit and get host-completed releases, but the forwarding path reports no
- dispatch to the physical GR engine (`forwarded=0`); the draws are decoded
- and host-completed, not executed on hardware.
5. **Non-black frames and sustained rate** `[wall]`/`[target]`. Once the
- kernel-visible present completion and the DDX get-word/notifier completion
- land, the capture must show motion, then 60 fps in one VM with no forcing,
- then two VMs on two mediated devices with non-black frames in both.
+ constant buffer, the MME/wedge stability and the DDX get-word/notifier
+ completion land, the capture must show motion, then 60 fps in one VM with
+ no forcing, then two VMs on two mediated devices with non-black frames in
+ both.
## 7. What is proven today
@@ -186,21 +193,19 @@ requires it switched off, along with any external poke.
| Display engine serves the modeset push buffers; notifier plus `UPDATE -> FINISHED` | `[live]` (campaign configuration) |
| nvidia-modeset/NvKms registers (`/dev/dri/card0`, `renderD128`, `fb0`); `nvidia-smi -L` enumerates | `[live]` |
| `glxinfo` reports the emulated GPU with the NVIDIA renderer (OpenGL 4.6.0, direct rendering) | `[live]` |
-| GZDoom obtains a real GL context; windowed reaches renderer startup | `[live]` (pixels frontier) |
-| GZDoom reaches `MAP01` on Mesa llvmpipe (not the emulated vGPU path) | `[wip]` |
-| Forced GLX (`SDL_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL=0`) selects `libnvidia-glcore` | `[live]` |
-| Windowed GL present/kick completion (minimal `glxgears`) | `[wall]` |
-| X server survives the GZDoom run on a 12 GB guest (the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation forces the size) | `[live]` |
-| GL section capture: the X server's `0xC597` stream decoded | `[live]` |
+| X server green with `sema_vas_cand_ms=1`; glxinfo 4.6.0 direct | `[live]` |
+| GSP event-IRQ fix wakes the guest poll; glxgears completes swaps | `[live]` |
+| 2D path end-to-end: accelerated X fills read back via `xwd` | `[live]` |
+| Guest's real GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU (`work_gr backend_ok=9`) | `[live]` |
+| Beef GR channel `0xbeef0100` captures real GL draw sections | `[live]` |
+| GL section capture: the X channel's `0xC597` stream decoded | `[live]` |
| Verbatim 3D method-stream replay retired by the engine (no MMU fault) | `[live]` |
| Synthesized launch executes real `sm_75` SASS; Turing `V3` program header accepted | `[live]` |
-| 2D screen fills and copy-engine present ops execute | `[live]` |
-| Direct GL client: device-init gate handled, channels allocate, readback path returns clean | `[live]` |
-| Direct GL client channels submit and retire (GR `0xbeef0100`, CE `0xbeef0101`/`0xbeef0102`); DDX kick channel decoded | `[live]` |
-| Guest kernel observes the kick completion and signals the modeset event | `[wall]` |
-| NVIDIA Vulkan ICD creates a device | `[wall]` |
+| X server survives the run on a 12 GB guest (the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation forces the size) | `[live]` |
+| Constant-buffer (MVP) page resolves and the draw writes render-target pixels | `[wall]` |
+| MME front-end defer / GR stale-wedge stability | `[wall]` |
| DDX push-buffer get-word publish and notifier recycle | `[wall]` |
-| Physical dispatch of the direct-GL draws (`forwarded=0`) | `[wall]` |
+| NVIDIA Vulkan ICD creates a device | `[wall]` |
| Non-black pixels from the emulated vGPU's 3D pipeline | `[wall]` |
| Windows/DirectX guests | `[planned]` |
@@ -208,11 +213,10 @@ requires it switched off, along with any external poke.
* No non-black pixel has been produced by the emulated vGPU's 3D pipeline yet.
* Display/KMS bring-up (NvKms, `/dev/dri`, X, a real GL context) is not a
- rendered-frame claim; GZDoom reaching `MAP01` on Mesa llvmpipe is not the
- emulated-vGPU path, and the later forced-GLX run selects `libnvidia-glcore`
- but hangs in the present/kick wait. The kernel-visible present completion,
- the DDX get-word/notifier completion and the physical dispatch of the GL
- draws are the current walls.
+ rendered-frame claim; the guest's GL draws now execute on the physical GPU
+ and glxgears completes swaps, but the frames are black. The constant-buffer
+ (MVP) content, the MME/wedge stability and the DDX get-word/notifier
+ completion are the current walls.
* No frame-rate or latency numbers: the scheduled measurement is defined
(60 fps over 60 s, no forcing) but not yet met.
* The `virgl`-based demo videos are a different, labelled path — not this one.
diff --git a/wiki/Host-Module.md b/wiki/Host-Module.md
index 35bf3c8..6405874 100644
--- a/wiki/Host-Module.md
+++ b/wiki/Host-Module.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
> source: [`../docs/03-architecture/06-host-module-and-hybrid-model.md`](../docs/03-architecture/06-host-module-and-hybrid-model.md);
> the docs tree wins on disagreement with this page.
>
-> Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`. Tags: `[live]` observed with
+> Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`. Tags: `[live]` observed with
> the stock guest driver; `[wip]` demonstrated live, being productized;
> `[gated]` implemented default-off behind supervised gates; `[wall]` known
> blocking limit; `[target]` designed, not built; `[planned]` roadmap.
@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ from kernel context**, so the module **owns the device and runs its real GSP
firmware as the resource-manager server**, with emulation as the control
plane. CE copies, release and fault relay are implemented default-off and
verified live [gated]; forwarded guest CUDA launches execute on the engine
-with engine-authored completions relayed to the guest, and graphics method
-streams execute in three shapes, including the direct GL client's own GR/CE
-channels ([`Execution-Frontier.md`](Execution-Frontier.md),
+with engine-authored completions relayed to the guest; the guest's real GL
+draws now forward and execute on the physical GR engine (`work_gr
+backend_ok=9`), and graphics method streams execute in three shapes,
+including the direct GL client's own GR/CE channels
+([`Execution-Frontier.md`](Execution-Frontier.md),
[`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md)).
The same plane carries the display/modeset path [live in the campaign
@@ -122,10 +124,10 @@ nvidia-modeset/NvKms register (`/dev/dri`), X settle and GLX clients obtain a
real GL context. The display-capability seam is parameterised. For the DDX's
own 2D push buffers the remaining host levers are publishing/advancing the
GPU-written engine get word and recycling the notifier to `0xffff` after
-completion. For a windowed GL client the host must also make the kick
-completion visible to the guest kernel and signal its modeset event: writing
-the beef notifier memory alone leaves `poll()` on the per-slot
-`/dev/nvidia-modeset` fd waiting.
+completion. For a windowed GL client the GSP event-IRQ path raises the
+RISC-V SWGEN0 interrupt and latches the CPU-tree leaf so the guest services
+the event and completes swaps; the remaining GL gap is the constant-buffer
+(MVP) page (the draw writes 0 pages) and the MME/wedge stability.
## 6. Debug parameters
diff --git a/wiki/OpenGL.md b/wiki/OpenGL.md
index 45af4c8..1219b84 100644
--- a/wiki/OpenGL.md
+++ b/wiki/OpenGL.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
> [`../docs/03-architecture/02-guest-stack-and-cudasw.md`](../docs/03-architecture/02-guest-stack-and-cudasw.md)
> (the guest stack). The docs tree wins on disagreement.
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`. Tags: `[live]` observed with the
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`. Tags: `[live]` observed with the
stock guest driver; `[wip]` partial; `[wall]` current blocker; `[target]`
defined success state.
@@ -75,20 +75,19 @@ Rated honestly, against the milestone ladder in the plan:
| nvidia-modeset/NvKms registers (`/dev/dri/card0`, `renderD128`, `fb0`); `nvidia-smi -L` enumerates | `[live]` (campaign configuration) |
| `glxinfo -B` reports the NVIDIA renderer (OpenGL 4.6.0, driver 570.144, direct rendering) | `[live]` |
| The X driver's RC-watchdog channel registers and its notifier is authored | `[live]` |
-| GZDoom obtains a real GL context; windowed GZDoom reaches renderer startup | `[live]` (menu/frames black) |
-| GZDoom reaches `MAP01` on Mesa llvmpipe (not the emulated vGPU path) | `[wip]` |
-| Forced GLX (`SDL_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL=0`) selects `libnvidia-glcore` | `[live]` |
-| Windowed GL present/kick completion (minimal `glxgears`) | `[wall]` |
-| X server survives the GZDoom run on a 12 GB guest (the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation forces the size) | `[live]` |
-| X server's `0xC597` graphics section captured and decoded | `[live]` |
+| X server green with `sema_vas_cand_ms=1`; `glxinfo -B` NVIDIA 4.6.0 direct | `[live]` |
+| GSP event-IRQ fix wakes the guest poll; glxgears completes swaps | `[live]` |
+| 2D path end-to-end: accelerated X fills read back via `xwd` | `[live]` |
+| Guest's real GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU (`work_gr backend_ok=9`) | `[live]` |
+| Beef GR channel `0xbeef0100` captures real GL draw sections | `[live]` |
| Engine executes a launch built from the captured section (real `sm_75` SASS retired) | `[live]` |
| Verbatim 3D method-stream replay retired by the engine, no MMU fault | `[live]` |
-| Direct GL client: device-init gate handled; client channels allocate; readback path returns with no GL error | `[live]` |
| Direct GL client submits and retires its per-frame draws (GR `0xbeef0100`, CE `0xbeef0101`/`0xbeef0102`); DDX kick channel decoded | `[live]` |
-| Guest kernel observes the kick completion and signals the modeset event | `[wall]` |
-| NVIDIA Vulkan ICD creates a device | `[wall]` |
+| X server survives the run on a 12 GB guest (the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation forces the size) | `[live]` |
+| Constant-buffer (MVP) page resolves and the draw writes render-target pixels | `[wall]` |
+| MME front-end defer / GR stale-wedge stability | `[wall]` |
| DDX push-buffer get-word publish and notifier recycle | `[wall]` |
-| Physical dispatch of the direct-GL draws (`forwarded=0`) | `[wall]` |
+| NVIDIA Vulkan ICD creates a device | `[wall]` |
| Non-black rendered frames through the emulated vGPU | `[wall]` |
| 60 fps sustained, no forcing (M-GL4) | `[target]` |
@@ -111,17 +110,17 @@ non-black through the mdev), M-GL4 (60 fps, no forcing), M-GL5 (two VMs, two
mdevs), M-GL6 (split-screen video). The project sits **between M-GL1 and
M-GL2**: the interface and execution work is done — the display/KMS stack
registers, X settles, the client submits and retires its GR/CE channels, and
-the engine authors stores — and the remaining gates are the kernel-visible GL
-present/kick completion, the X DDX get-word/notifier completion, and physical
-dispatch of the client's draws before the first rendered frame.
+the guest's GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU. The remaining
+gates are the constant-buffer (MVP) page, the MME front-end/stale-wedge
+stability, and the X DDX get-word/notifier completion before the first
+rendered frame.
## 6. What is not claimed
* No OpenGL frame from the emulated vGPU has produced real rendered pixels
- yet; every capture so far is black. GZDoom reaching `MAP01` on Mesa
- llvmpipe is not a rendered frame from the emulated vGPU, and the forced-GLX
- run selects `libnvidia-glcore` but hangs in the present/kick wait
- (`glxgears` reproduces it).
+ yet; every capture so far is black. glxgears completes swaps and its GL
+ draws execute on the physical GPU, but the constant-buffer (MVP) page does
+ not resolve, so the engine writes 0 pages.
* No frame-rate or latency numbers.
* The published two-VM GZDoom demo videos used the labelled `virtio-gpu`/
`virgl` path, not the emulated vGPU.
diff --git a/wiki/Physical-GPU-Backend.md b/wiki/Physical-GPU-Backend.md
index 21ad279..6b64d46 100644
--- a/wiki/Physical-GPU-Backend.md
+++ b/wiki/Physical-GPU-Backend.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
> guest-facing emulation. Canonical sources: [`../docs/03-architecture/08-physical-gpu-integration.md`](../docs/03-architecture/08-physical-gpu-integration.md)
> and [`../docs/03-architecture/11-physical-backend-guest-wiring.md`](../docs/03-architecture/11-physical-backend-guest-wiring.md); the docs tree wins on disagreement.
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`. Tags: `[live]` proven with the
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`. Tags: `[live]` proven with the
stock guest driver; `[gated]` implemented default-off; `[wip]` partially
built; `[wall]` current blocker; `[target]` planned end state.
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ same machinery in three shapes (a verbatim 3D method-stream replay,
synthesized launches, and the direct GL client's own GR/CE channels); the
captured and synthesized streams execute on the engine, and the direct GL
client's channels submit. The display/KMS stack registers, the X DDX waits are
-fixed, X settles and forcing GLX selects `libnvidia-glcore`, so the remaining
-graphics gates are the kernel-visible GL present completion, the DDX
-push-buffer get-word/notifier completion, and physical dispatch of the
-client's draws (`forwarded=0`) before rendered pixels. The remaining compute work is the staged-transfer
+fixed, X settles and the guest's real GL draws forward and execute on the
+physical GPU, so the remaining graphics gates are the constant-buffer (MVP)
+content, the MME front-end/stale-wedge stability, and the DDX push-buffer
+get-word/notifier completion before rendered pixels. The remaining compute work is the staged-transfer
class (under repair), the every-boot acceptance campaign, and per-guest
execution isolation — see
[`Execution-Frontier.md`](Execution-Frontier.md) and
diff --git a/wiki/Project-Goals.md b/wiki/Project-Goals.md
index ff35ff7..942c0d3 100644
--- a/wiki/Project-Goals.md
+++ b/wiki/Project-Goals.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
> [`Execution-Frontier.md`](Execution-Frontier.md) and
> [`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md).
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`. Tags: `[live]` working with the
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`. Tags: `[live]` working with the
stock guest driver; `[wip]` in progress; `[planned]` designed, not built;
`[target]` bring-up ahead; `[non-goal]` explicitly out of scope.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ drivers, no license.**
| Stock guest driver initialisation | The unmodified driver probes, initialises and enumerates as on bare metal (`nvidia-smi`) | `[live]` — TU104 reference platform |
| Full CUDA driver-API surface | Context creation, allocation, copies, free, destroy complete with correct results | `[live]` — the driver-API smoke prints `ALL OK`; the 64-byte payload round-trips |
| CUDA kernel execution on real hardware | Verified guest kernels execute on the physical GPU, with engine-authored completions waking the guest | `[live]` — vector-add, matrix-multiply and transformer clients green on fresh boots; the staged-transfer class, the every-boot acceptance campaign and per-guest isolation are in progress ([`Execution-Frontier.md`](Execution-Frontier.md)) |
-| OpenGL (3D graphics) | Stock guest GL applications render real pixels through the emulated vGPU | `[wip]` — the display/KMS stack and X run (NvKms registers, `glxinfo` OpenGL 4.6.0 direct), the direct GL client's GR/CE channels submit and retire, and forcing GLX selects `libnvidia-glcore`; the minimal windowed `glxgears` hangs in the glcore kick wait. Kernel-visible present completion, the DDX get-word/notifier completion and physical dispatch of the GL draws are the frontier ([`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md)) |
+| OpenGL (3D graphics) | Stock guest GL applications render real pixels through the emulated vGPU | `[wip]` — the display/KMS stack and X run (NvKms registers, `glxinfo` OpenGL 4.6.0 direct), the direct GL client's GR/CE channels submit and retire, and the guest's real GL draws now forward and execute on the physical GPU (`backend_ok=9`); the 2D path is green, but the draw writes 0 pixels because its constant-buffer (MVP) page does not resolve. Constant-buffer content, MME/wedge stability and the DDX get-word/notifier completion are the frontier ([`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md)) |
| Vulkan | Stock guest Vulkan applications render real pixels | `[wip]` — the pipeline runs end to end (device → command buffer → fence → readback); frames are black — program delivery and program-VA mapping are the frontier ([`Vulkan.md`](Vulkan.md)) |
| Windows guests (DirectX, CUDA) | A stock WDDM driver and stock D3D/CUDA applications run in Windows guests | `[target]` — not started; same emulation target ([`DirectX.md`](DirectX.md)) |
| Video (NVENC/NVDEC) | Encode/decode through the emulated device | `[planned]` |
diff --git a/wiki/Project-Plan.md b/wiki/Project-Plan.md
index 459dc59..8280697 100644
--- a/wiki/Project-Plan.md
+++ b/wiki/Project-Plan.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
> [`../docs/06-portability/03-device-validation-and-porting-sequence.md`](../docs/06-portability/03-device-validation-and-porting-sequence.md);
> the docs tree wins on disagreement.
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`. Tags: `[done]`, `[active]`,
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`. Tags: `[done]`, `[active]`,
`[ahead]` — the plan's own state vocabulary, distinct from the goal tags.
## 1. How the plan works
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ itself:
|---|---|---|---|
| **P0 — Platform** | Emulated vGPU device, GSP boot and GSP-RM emulation, stock guest driver initialisation | Driver-API smoke green (`ALL OK`) = evaluation rung 2 | `[done]` |
| **P1 — First execution (compute)** | Guest CUDA kernels executing on the physical GPU, with engine-authored completions; then hardening | Verified clients + engine-authored completion = rung 3 core; hardening: staged-transfer class, every-boot acceptance, per-guest isolation | `[active]` — execution green; hardening in progress |
-| **P2 — Graphics execution** | OpenGL/Vulkan draw commands executed by the physical 3D pipeline and delivered as readable pixels | The graphics ladder: M-GL1 client context-init executes; M-GL2 `glxgears` non-black; M-GL3 GZDoom GL non-black through the mdev | `[active]` — between M-GL1 and M-GL2; the display/KMS and direct-GL channel work is live; kernel-visible GL present completion, the DDX get-word/notifier completion and physical dispatch of the GL draws are the walls |
+| **P2 — Graphics execution** | OpenGL/Vulkan draw commands executed by the physical 3D pipeline and delivered as readable pixels | The graphics ladder: M-GL1 client context-init executes; M-GL2 `glxgears` non-black; M-GL3 GZDoom GL non-black through the mdev | `[active]` — between M-GL1 and M-GL2; the display/KMS and direct-GL channel work is live and the guest's GL draws execute on the physical GPU; the constant-buffer (MVP) content, the MME/wedge stability and the DDX get-word/notifier completion are the walls |
| **P3 — Sustained and multi-tenant** | Frame rates without assistance; multiple VMs sharing the GPU with measured fairness; soak-stable operation | Graphics M-GL4 (60 fps, no forcing) and M-GL5 (two VMs, two mdevs); CUDA battery + soak; per-guest execution isolation = rungs 4/5 | `[ahead]` |
| **P4 — Breadth** | Video (NVENC/NVDEC), Windows/DirectX guests, live migration, non-KVM hypervisor transports | Per-case bring-up gates plus the matrix's evidence expectations | `[ahead]` |
| **P5 — Scale and portability** | New GPU generations and driver families carried forward; published performance programme | A profile + measured delta per version, validated on hardware; A/B numbers published per the measurement contract | `[ahead]` |
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ available (P5 runs across the whole plan).
Ranked, in dependency order:
-1. **Graphics pixels (P2).** The client and display stacks execute, and
- forcing GLX selects `libnvidia-glcore`; the named walls are the
- kernel-visible GL present/kick completion (minimal `glxgears` hangs in it),
- the X DDX push-buffer get-word/notifier completion, the DDX's 4 GB sysmem
- allocation (12 GB guest workaround), physical dispatch of the GL draws
- (`forwarded=0`), then non-black frames. Full detail:
+1. **Graphics pixels (P2).** The client and display stacks execute, the
+ guest's GL draws forward and execute on the physical GPU, and the 2D path
+ is green; the named walls are the constant-buffer (MVP) content (the draw
+ writes 0 pages), the MME front-end/stale-wedge stability, the X DDX
+ push-buffer get-word/notifier completion, and the DDX's 4 GB sysmem
+ allocation (12 GB guest workaround), then non-black frames. Full detail:
[`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md) §6.
2. **Compute hardening (P1).** The staged-transfer class (failure modes proven,
fixes in flight); the every-boot acceptance campaign; per-guest execution
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ post-reboot client-stall defect (compute reproducibility); the display/KMS
bring-up (NvKms registers, X settles, GL 4.6); the UVM channel-pool tracker;
the direct-GL GR release and CE ring discovery; the X DDX kick-channel decode
and its three wait fixes (class-aware display arm, `0x8000 -> 0` notification
-completion, decoded GL release applied); forced GLX selecting `libnvidia-glcore`
-(the EGL/Mesa fallback is gone); GZDoom reaching renderer startup and `MAP01`
-once the DDX push-buffer loop was unblocked (a Mesa llvmpipe datapoint); and
-the guest Vulkan pipeline running end to end.
+completion, decoded GL release applied); the GSP event-IRQ fix that completes
+swaps; the 2D path end-to-end; the guest's real GL draws forwarding and
+executing on the physical GPU (`backend_ok=9`); and the guest Vulkan pipeline
+running end to end.
## 4. The gates
diff --git a/wiki/Project-Status.md b/wiki/Project-Status.md
index e61d307..4ebf765 100644
--- a/wiki/Project-Status.md
+++ b/wiki/Project-Status.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
> (the execution frontier). When this page and the docs disagree, the docs tree
> wins.
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`. Tags: `[live]` proven with the
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`. Tags: `[live]` proven with the
stock guest driver; `[gated]` implemented, default-off or behind supervised
gates; `[wip]` partially implemented; `[wall]` current blocker; `[target]`
named success state; `[planned]` designed, not built.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ named success state; `[planned]` designed, not built.
| Physical backend on real hardware (module-owned GPU running its real GSP-RM) | `[live]` boot, RPC session, object creation, copy-engine work and GR execution proven — the verified guest CUDA kernel clients execute through this backend, and graphics method streams execute on the engine ([`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md)) |
| Display and KMS on the emulated vGPU (nvidia-modeset/NvKms, `/dev/dri`, X) | `[live]` in the campaign configuration — the emulated display engine serves the guest's display push-buffer channels (notifier plus `UPDATE -> FINISHED`), nvidia-modeset/NvKms registers (`/dev/dri/card0`, `renderD128`, `fb0`), `nvidia-smi -L` enumerates and X settles; the display-capability seam is parameterised ([`Graphics-Execution.md`](Graphics-Execution.md)) |
| Multi-tenant isolation (mdev per VM, per-context page directories) | `[wip]` device-level coexistence works — multiple mediated devices with different emulated VRAM sizes and multiple guests coexist (two guests demonstrated); per-guest execution isolation for simultaneous CUDA guests is in progress |
-| OpenGL (3D graphics) | `[wip]` — the display/KMS stack registers and X settles; `glxinfo` reports OpenGL 4.6.0 with direct rendering; with GLX forced (`SDL_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL=0`) the windowed GL path uses `libnvidia-glcore`, and the direct GL client's GR and CE channels submit. **No rendered pixels through the emulated vGPU yet:** the minimal `glxgears` hangs in the glcore kick wait (the client polls the per-slot `/dev/nvidia-modeset` fd; the host completes the beef notifier memory but the guest kernel never signals the event), the X DDX get-word/notifier recycle is not implemented, the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation forces a 12 GB guest, and the direct-GL draws still report `forwarded=0` ([`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md)) |
+| OpenGL (3D graphics) | `[wip]` — the display/KMS stack registers, X settles and `glxinfo` reports OpenGL 4.6.0 with direct rendering; the GSP event-IRQ fix completes swaps, the 2D path is green end-to-end, and the guest's **real GL draws now forward and execute on the physical GPU** (`work_gr backend_ok=9`; glxgears swaps, black). **No rendered pixels through the emulated vGPU yet:** the draw writes 0 pages because its constant-buffer (MVP) page is unresolved/zero and is forced to the seed page; the MME front-end defer, GR stale-wedge, X DDX get-word/notifier completion and the DDX's 4 GB sysmem allocation (12 GB guest) are the remaining walls ([`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md)) |
| Vulkan (3D/compute) | `[wip]` — the guest Vulkan pipeline runs end to end on the emulated vGPU (device, allocation, pipeline, command buffer, fence, queue submit, readback) and the engine executes translated launches; frames are still black — program delivery and program-VA mapping are the frontier ([`Vulkan.md`](Vulkan.md)) |
| DirectX / Windows guests | `[planned]` (target) — no Windows guest booted yet; the architecture is the same emulation target ([`DirectX.md`](DirectX.md)) |
| Video (NVENC/NVDEC) | `[planned]` |
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The project's definition of done for CUDA requires all of the following
Until every gate holds, the honest formulation is: **initialization, the
driver-API path and kernel execution on the physical GPU work and verify;
the staged-transfer class, per-guest isolation and the graphics
-present-completion/DDX/first-frame frontier remain.**
+MVP-content/present/first-frame frontier remain.**
## 3. How to see it yourself
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ outcome is exactly the ladder above — driver probe, `nvidia-smi`, the full
driver-API smoke, and guest CUDA kernels executing and verifying on the
physical GPU. On the graphics side the same setup brings up the display/KMS
stack and the X server on the emulated vGPU (`glxinfo` reports OpenGL 4.6.0
-with direct rendering); forcing GLX (`SDL_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL=0`) selects
-`libnvidia-glcore`, but the minimal windowed `glxgears` hangs in the glcore
-kick wait and the DDX completion is not yet authored, so kernel-visible
-completion is the frontier ([`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md)). The
+with direct rendering); the guest's GL draws execute on the physical GPU and
+glxgears completes swaps, but the constant-buffer (MVP) page does not resolve,
+so the frames are black ([`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md)). The
risc-v-gsp-rm-debugger workbench
([`Riscv-GSP-RM-Debugger.md`](Riscv-GSP-RM-Debugger.md)) is the host-side
tooling used to study the firmware side of that frontier.
diff --git a/wiki/System-Overview.md b/wiki/System-Overview.md
index de6f632..3531eeb 100644
--- a/wiki/System-Overview.md
+++ b/wiki/System-Overview.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
> and [`../docs/03-architecture/10-interaction-and-scheduling.md`](../docs/03-architecture/10-interaction-and-scheduling.md)
> for the full picture); the docs tree wins on disagreement.
-Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ 21e0d611`. Tags: `[live]` proven with the
+Status: 2026-11-09, tree `master @ cb8e822b`. Tags: `[live]` proven with the
stock guest driver; `[gated]` implemented default-off; `[wip]` partial;
`[wall]` current blocker; `[target]` designed end state.
@@ -142,12 +142,13 @@ RPC from the guest to "firmware":
buffers and the display notifier/completion (class-aware arm), so
nvidia-modeset/NvKms registers (`/dev/dri`), X settles and `glxinfo`
reports OpenGL 4.6.0 with direct rendering; the direct GL client's
- channels submit, the X DDX waits are fixed, forcing GLX selects
- `libnvidia-glcore`, and the guest Vulkan pipeline runs end to end. The
- minimal windowed `glxgears` hangs in the glcore kick wait, so the remaining
- gate is kernel-visible present completion, the DDX get-word/notifier
- completion and physical dispatch of the GL draws before the first rendered
- (non-black) frame ([`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md), [`Vulkan.md`](Vulkan.md)).
+ channels submit, the X DDX waits are fixed, the guest's real GL draws
+ forward and execute on the physical GPU, the 2D path is green, and the
+ guest Vulkan pipeline runs end to end. The draw writes 0 pixels because its
+ constant-buffer (MVP) page does not resolve, so the remaining gate is the
+ constant-buffer content, MME/wedge stability and the DDX get-word/notifier
+ completion before the first rendered (non-black) frame
+ ([`OpenGL.md`](OpenGL.md), [`Vulkan.md`](Vulkan.md)).
## 6. Where the detail lives