[PATCH v4 00/20] drm/tyr: firmware loading and MCU boot support

From: Deborah Brouwer

Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 19:42:17 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
- Shmem-backed GEM support for Tyr
- Loading firmware, VM activation, and MCU boot at probe()
- Initialization of Command Stream Frontend (CSF) firmware interfaces

Dependencies:
- [PATCH v12 0/5] Rust bindings for gem shmem
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260421235346.672794-1-lyude@xxxxxxxxxx

- [PATCH v6 0/5] Rust GPUVM immediate mode
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260409-gpuvm-rust-v6-0-b16e6ada7261@xxxxxxxxxx/

- [PATCH v6 0/5] Introduce DeviceContext
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260320233645.950190-1-lyude@xxxxxxxxxx/

- [PATCH v5 0/6] drm/tyr: Use register! macro
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260409-b4-tyr-use-register-macro-v5-v5-0-8abfff8a0204@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Other Prerequisites:
This series also depends on additional prerequisite fixes not included in
this posting. The full stack (base + prerequisites + this series) is
available here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbrouwer/linux/-/tree/dbrouwer/fw-boot

Development history / discussion:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/panfrost/linux/-/merge_requests/56


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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/

Signed-off-by: Deborah Brouwer <deborah.brouwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Alvin Sun (1):
drm/tyr: use shmem GEM object type in TyrDrmDriver

Beata Michalska (1):
drm/tyr: set DMA mask using GPU physical address

Boris Brezillon (5):
drm/tyr: select required dependencies in Kconfig
drm/tyr: rename TyrObject to BoData
drm/tyr: Add generic slot manager
drm/tyr: add MMU module
drm/tyr: add GPU virtual memory module

Daniel Almeida (1):
drm/tyr: add parser for firmware binary

Deborah Brouwer (12):
drm/tyr: remove unused device from platform data
drm/tyr: move clock cleanup into Clocks Drop impl
drm/tyr: add shmem backing for GEM objects
drm/tyr: add a kernel buffer object
drm/tyr: add firmware loading and MCU boot support
drm/tyr: add Wait type for GPU events
drm/tyr: add Job IRQ handling
drm/tyr: wait for global interface readiness
drm/tyr: validate presence of CSF shared section
drm/tyr: add CSF firmware interface support
rust: time: add arch_timer_get_rate wrapper
drm/tyr: program CSF global interface

drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/Kconfig | 15 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs | 153 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw.rs | 352 +++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw/interfaces.rs | 2243 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw/irq.rs | 120 ++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw/parser.rs | 532 +++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/gem.rs | 164 ++-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/mmu.rs | 127 ++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/mmu/address_space.rs | 571 ++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/regs.rs | 110 ++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/slot.rs | 436 ++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/tyr.rs | 5 +
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/vm.rs | 805 +++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/wait.rs | 125 ++
rust/kernel/time.rs | 29 +
15 files changed, 5752 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 52c3c3b7eb11d596526e523bf57f8b3cbdcb24d8
change-id: 20260424-b4-fw-boot-v4-4b5f09bf13e8

Best regards,
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Deborah Brouwer <deborah.brouwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>