Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] remoteproc: k3-m4: Add a remoteproc driver for M4F subsystem

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Wed Sep 13 2023 - 07:35:22 EST


On 13/09/2023 13:16, Hari Nagalla wrote:
> From: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The AM62x and AM64x SoCs of the TI K3 family has a Cortex M4F core in
> the MCU domain. This core is typically used for safety applications in a
> stand alone mode. However, some application (non safety related) may
> want to use the M4F core as a generic remote processor with IPC to the
> host processor. The M4F core has internal IRAM and DRAM memories and are
> exposed to the system bus for code and data loading.
>
> A remote processor driver is added to support this subsystem, including
> being able to load and boot the M4F core. Loading includes to M4F
> internal memories and predefined external code/data memories. The
> carve outs for external contiguous memory is defined in the M4F device
> node and should match with the external memory declarations in the M4F
> image binary. The M4F subsystem has two resets. One reset is for the
> entire subsystem i.e including the internal memories and the other, a
> local reset is only for the M4F processing core. When loading the image,
> the driver first releases the subsystem reset, loads the firmware image
> and then releases the local reset to let the M4F processing core run.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hari Nagalla <hnagalla@xxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - Addressed minor review comments (refactoring completed in separate
> patch)
>
> Changes since v2:
> - Refactoring completed first, thus smaller change
>
> Changes since v3:
> - Removed 'ipc_only' flag and made changes in probe() to enact right
> operations
> - Fixed spelling mistakes in commit message
> - Changed some 'dev_err' messages to 'dev_info'
> - Removed unnecessary checks rproc state
>
> Changes since v4:
> - None
>
> Changes since v5:
> - None
>
> drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig | 13 +
> drivers/remoteproc/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/remoteproc/ti_k3_m4_remoteproc.c | 331 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 345 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/remoteproc/ti_k3_m4_remoteproc.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
> index 48845dc8fa85..85c1a3a2b987 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
> @@ -339,6 +339,19 @@ config TI_K3_DSP_REMOTEPROC
> It's safe to say N here if you're not interested in utilizing
> the DSP slave processors.
>
> +config TI_K3_M4_REMOTEPROC
> + tristate "TI K3 M4 remoteproc support"
> + depends on ARCH_K3
> + select MAILBOX
> + select OMAP2PLUS_MBOX
> + help
> + Say m here to support TI's M4 remote processor subsystems
> + on various TI K3 family of SoCs through the remote processor
> + framework.
> +
> + It's safe to say N here if you're not interested in utilizing
> + a remote processor.
> +
> config TI_K3_R5_REMOTEPROC
> tristate "TI K3 R5 remoteproc support"
> depends on ARCH_K3
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile b/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile
> index 55c552e27a45..e30908ca4bfc 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/Makefile
> @@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ST_REMOTEPROC) += st_remoteproc.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_ST_SLIM_REMOTEPROC) += st_slim_rproc.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_STM32_RPROC) += stm32_rproc.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_TI_K3_DSP_REMOTEPROC) += ti_k3_dsp_remoteproc.o ti_k3_common.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_TI_K3_M4_REMOTEPROC) += ti_k3_m4_remoteproc.o ti_k3_common.o

Nope, please compile your code and fix all the warnings. There is a big
fat warning about including objects twice.

Best regards,
Krzysztof