[PATCH v5 0/7] drm/tyr: firmware loading and MCU boot support
From: Deborah Brouwer
Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 20:48:11 EST
This series adds firmware loading and MCU boot support to the Tyr DRM
driver. It includes:
- A parser for the Mali CSF firmware binary format
- A kernel-managed BO type (KernelBo) for internal driver allocations
- GPU virtual memory (VM) integration using drm_gpuvm
- An MMU module and a generic slot manager
- Loading firmware, VM activation, and MCU boot at probe()
It is based on drm-rust-next but also depends on:
1. [PATCH v5 00/19] rust: drm: Higher-Ranked Lifetime private data
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260628145406.2107056-1-dakr@xxxxxxxxxx
2. [PATCH v3] rust: iommu: add device lifetime to IoPageTable
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260703-pgtable_lt_b4-v3-1-e738e1f513a4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
A branch with all dependencies is available here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbrouwer/linux/-/commits/fw-boot-b4
Signed-off-by: Deborah Brouwer <deborah.brouwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v5:
- Reduce the scope of this series back to just MCU booting.
- Drop the CSF global interface, job IRQ, wait, and arch timer patches
since they will be sent as subsequent series.
- Add lifetimes to resources and store them in TyrRegistrationData.
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260424-b4-fw-boot-v4-v4-0-a5d91050789d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Changes in v4:
New commits:
- drm/tyr: program CSF global interface
- rust: time: add arch_timer_get_rate wrapper
- drm/tyr: add CSF firmware interface support
- drm/tyr: validate presence of CSF shared section
- drm/tyr: wait for global interface readiness
- drm/tyr: add Job IRQ handling
- drm/tyr: add Wait type for GPU events
The existing commits from v3 remain unchanged.
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260413-b4-fw-boot-v3-v3-0-b422f3c03885@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Changes in v3:
New commits:
- drm/tyr: remove unused device from platform data
- drm/tyr: use shmem GEM object type in TyrDrmDriver
drm/tyr: select required dependencies in Kconfig
- Rename commit since the dependencies are not limited to DRM.
- Select new RUST_DRM_GEM_SHMEM_HELPER instead of DRM_GEM_SHMEM_HELPER.
drm/tyr: set DMA mask using GPU physical address
- Use register macro to read pa_bits instead of separate helper function.
drm/tyr: add MMU module
- Switch MMU code to typed register APIs (TRANSCFG, MEMATTR, STATUS, LOCKADDR, etc.).
- Use MmuCommand enum for MMU commands instead of raw constants.
- Minor cleanups and renaming (MAX_AS, AS_PRESENT handling).
drm/tyr: add GPU virtual memory module
- Extract VA/PA bits via typed MMU_FEATURES register.
- Update the VM code to match the new GPUVM v6 and shmem GEM v10 APIs.
drm/tyr: add a kernel buffer object
- Reject zero-sized KernelBo allocations up front.
drm/tyr: add firmware loading and MCU boot support
- Use typed GPU control registers.
- Pass iomem by Arc into Firmware::new() since we store it eventually.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260302232500.244489-1-deborah.brouwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Changes in v2:
- The whole series is rebased on drm-rust-next including v7.0-rc1.
- Each patch has its own changelog.
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260212013713.304343-1-deborah.brouwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
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Boris Brezillon (3):
drm/tyr: add a generic slot manager
drm/tyr: add Memory Management Unit (MMU) support
drm/tyr: add GPU virtual memory (VM) support
Daniel Almeida (1):
drm/tyr: add parser for firmware binary
Deborah Brouwer (3):
drm/tyr: add resources to RegistrationData
drm/tyr: add a kernel buffer object
drm/tyr: add Microcontroller Unit (MCU) booting
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/Kconfig | 5 +
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs | 64 ++-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs | 5 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw.rs | 266 ++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw/parser.rs | 521 ++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/gem.rs | 122 ++++-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/mmu.rs | 102 ++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/mmu/address_space.rs | 482 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/regs.rs | 121 +++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/slot.rs | 384 +++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/tyr.rs | 4 +
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/vm.rs | 810 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
12 files changed, 2864 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 3dc952c70e44991277f531ff6a2b8c14bcc52112
change-id: 20260708-fw-boot-b4-f07706a265c7
Best regards,
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Deborah Brouwer <deborah.brouwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>