Re: [PATCH V4 1/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: Document qcom,ipq5424-tmel

From: Sricharan Ramabadhran
Date: Tue Apr 01 2025 - 07:26:42 EST



[Resending, since my previous response had some wrapping issue]

TMEL(Trust Management Engine Lite) subsystem provides different kinds of

Trust whatever SubSystem (TMEL SS) ...

different to what?


To the ARM TrustZone firmware(TZ). So these services (secureboot,
authentication etc) were provided by the TZ in some SOCs. Here,
TMEL provides those. Can add those details here.


services like secureboot, remote image authentication, key management,
crypto, OEM provisioning etc.

The QMP mailbox is the primary means of communication between TMEL SS and

What is QMP?
Qualcomm Messaging Protocol


other subsystem on the SoC. A dedicated pair of inbound and outbound
mailboxes is implemented for each subsystem/external execution environment

Is it implemented in the driver? Is it provided by the hardware? By the
firmware?

TMEL firmware provides and processes the inbound requests and responds
back on the outbound channel. Can mention this explicitly in the above.

Regards,
Sricharan