Hello Alex,

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 09:54:43PM +0900, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> Since `BiosImageType` is `repr(u8)`, if can safely be converted into a
> `u8` but this is not obvious when doing this in the code.
> 
> Instead, implement `From<BiosImageType>` for `u8` so the cast can be
> done in a single place, with a justifying comment.
> 
> Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs
> index dbe0d6e4a015..a521c0a4df0f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/vbios.rs
> @@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ fn try_from(code: u8) -> Result<Self> {
>      }
>  }
>  
> +impl From<BiosImageType> for u8 {
> +    fn from(value: BiosImageType) -> Self {
> +        // `BiosImageType` is `repr(u8)` and thus convertible without loss.
> +        value as u8
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  // PMU lookup table entry types. Used to locate PMU table entries
>  // in the Fwsec image, corresponding to falcon ucodes.
>  #[expect(dead_code)]
> @@ -711,7 +718,7 @@ fn image_type(&self) -> Result<BiosImageType> {
>      fn is_last(&self) -> bool {
>          // For NBSI images (type == 0x70), return true as they're
>          // considered the last image
> -        if self.pcir.code_type == BiosImageType::Nbsi as u8 {
> +        if self.pcir.code_type == BiosImageType::Nbsi.into() {

I strongly prefer u8::from(BiosImageType::Nbsi) here so there is no loss of
readability of the type. Can we please use ::from()?

thanks,

 - Joel


>              return true;
>          }
>  
> 
> -- 
> 2.51.0
> 

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