Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] i2c: qcom-geni: Load i2c qup Firmware from linux side

From: Dmitry Baryshkov
Date: Fri Jan 24 2025 - 10:55:46 EST


On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 at 17:24, Viken Dadhaniya <quic_vdadhani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 1/24/2025 8:34 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 04:23:07PM +0530, Viken Dadhaniya wrote:
> >> Add provision to load firmware of Serial engine for I2C protocol from
> >> Linux Execution Environment on running on APPS processor.
> >>
> >> Co-developed-by: Mukesh Kumar Savaliya <quic_msavaliy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Kumar Savaliya <quic_msavaliy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Viken Dadhaniya <quic_vdadhani@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c | 7 +++++--
> >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c
> >> index 7bbd478171e0..9ad3b8c9a224 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c
> >> @@ -872,8 +872,11 @@ static int geni_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >> }
> >> proto = geni_se_read_proto(&gi2c->se);
> >> if (proto != GENI_SE_I2C) {
> >> - ret = dev_err_probe(dev, -ENXIO, "Invalid proto %d\n", proto);
> >> - goto err_resources;
> >> + ret = geni_load_se_firmware(&gi2c->se, GENI_SE_I2C);
> >
> > Hmm, so if the SE has been configured to e.g. SPI by the TZ, can we
> > switch it to the I2C?
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> No, in the current design, TZ will not load the SE firmware.

But that's what your patch is doing: if the protocol is not I2C, try
switching to I2C.

Instead it should be 'if unconfigured, try loading I2C'.

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> >
> >> + if (ret) {
> >> + dev_err(gi2c->se.dev, "i2c firmware load failed ret: %d\n", ret);
> >> + goto err_resources;
> >> + }
> >> }
> >>
> >> if (desc && desc->no_dma_support)
> >> --
> >> 2.34.1
> >>
> >



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With best wishes
Dmitry