1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)
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4Guidelines
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7This documents contains the guidelines for nova-core. Additionally, all common
8guidelines of the Nova project do apply.
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10Driver API
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13One main purpose of nova-core is to implement the abstraction around the
14firmware interface of GSP and provide a firmware (version) independent API for
152nd level drivers, such as nova-drm or the vGPU manager VFIO driver.
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17Therefore, it is not permitted to leak firmware (version) specifics, through the
18driver API, to 2nd level drivers.
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20Acceptance Criteria
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23- To the extend possible, patches submitted to nova-core must be tested for
24  regressions with all 2nd level drivers.
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