Re: (subset) [PATCH v25 0/7] firmware: imx: driver for NXP secure-enclave

From: Frieder Schrempf

Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 03:34:10 EST


On 14.07.26 16:38, Frank Li wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 09:27:06AM +0200, Frieder Schrempf wrote:
>> On 05.05.26 17:53, Frank Li wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:19:12 +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
>>>> The NXP's i.MX EdgeLock Enclave, a HW IP creating an embedded secure
>>>> enclave within the SoC boundary to enable features like
>>>> - HSM
>>>> - SHE
>>>> - V2X
>>>>
>>>> Communicates via message unit with linux kernel. This driver is
>>>> enables communication ensuring well defined message sequence protocol
>>>> between Application Core and enclave's firmware.
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Applied, thanks!
>>>
>>> [1/7] Documentation/firmware: add imx/se to other_interfaces
>>> commit: 3b4531c6e0f4c8874f0266853a410438eda1fc24
>>> [2/7] dt-bindings: arm: fsl: add imx-se-fw binding doc
>>> commit: 4d7bcf0869686d7d7fbf16244453b987e5ca6d14
>>> [3/7] firmware: imx: add driver for NXP EdgeLock Enclave
>>> commit: 338529a73c2bf2c277013b745cfe6f19b84b70af
>>> [4/7] firmware: imx: device context dedicated to priv
>>> commit: 2d733ed67f608ee85abb854157011f88d7f280a8
>>> [5/7] firmware: drivers: imx: adds miscdev
>>> commit: 4de71839142b5f43846e3593f4eb236e1d733885
>> What happened to these patches?
>>
>> They were part of linux-next for quite some time (up to next-20260630)
>> and then they disappeared (missing in next-20260701).
>>
>> I didn't find any hint where or why they were dropped.
>
> Sashiko and linux-next build found some issues, which need be fixed before
> send pull request.
>
> Pankaj is working on the new version.
>

Ok, thanks for the update. It would be helpful if you could reply to the
thread if already applied patches need to be dropped so others who base
their work on these patches know about it.

@Pankaj: Do you have a rough timeline for this? I would really like to
get my work with the NVMEM driver [1] done.

Thanks!

[1]
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/cover/20260713-upstreaming-next-20260609-imx-ocotp-ele-v2-0-b8266d93514b@xxxxxxxxxx/