[PATCH v8 0/7] drm/tyr: firmware loading and MCU boot support

From: Deborah Brouwer

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 20:55:26 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
- Loading firmware, VM activation, and MCU boot at probe()

It is based on drm-rust-next but also depends on:

1. [PATCH v3] rust: iommu: add device lifetime to IoPageTable
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260703-pgtable_lt_b4-v3-1-e738e1f513a4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

2. [PATCH] drm: Remove DRIVER_GEM_GPUVA feature flag
https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20260421084701.24227-1-laura.nao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
This patch is in drm-misc-next for v7.3:
https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20260702-powerful-successful-raptor-eded34@houat/

A branch with all dependencies is available here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbrouwer/linux/-/commits/fw-boot-b4

Signed-off-by: Deborah Brouwer <deborah.brouwer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v8:
- kill the vm if firmware does not initialize properly
- write to JOB_IRQ_CLEAR after MCU boots
- check that a mapping request does not run past the end of the GEM buffer
- check that the SG table gave us enough backing memory for our VA
- make the KernelBo gem object field (bo) private and add an accessor
- return unused gpuva from remap()
- always provide three gpuva to unmap() instead of two
- be stricter about interpreting MAIR bits for device and non-cacheable memory
- preserve idle slot data in case subsequent activation fails
- clear evicted slot after eviction in case a subsequent activation fails
- wait for flush and lock commands to complete before proceeding
- rewrite SectionFlags with the register macro
- use the InaBits conversion provided by the register macro
- rename the slot data argument to vm_as_data for clarity
- add various checks for size, shifting, truncating, sparse values, overflow etc.
- return errors instead of panicking from unwrap()
- use dev_* macros for all logging
- Link to v7: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260713-fw-boot-b4-v7-0-afd8dc1494dd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v7:
- slot.rs: don't print an error when all slots are busy
- change all allow(dead_code) to expect(dead_code)
- use LockedSeat type alias in VmAsData
- shift the lockaddr_base so it fits properly in LOCKADDR
- replace core::fmt with kernel::fmt
- make SAFETY comments clearer for map/unmap pages
- fix arm 32-bit build failures
- release gpuvm_unique lock before calling deferred_cleanup
- Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260709-fw-boot-b4-v6-0-ca391e1a4108@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v6:
- Move gpu_info from drm::Driver::Data to RegistrationData
and remove drm::Driver::Data entirely.
- Remove the extra drm::Device ARef in TyrPlatformDriverData
since drm::Registration already owns an ARef to the drm::Device.
- Stop storing platform::Device ARef in firmware since it is unused.
- Pass a generic kernel::Device instead of the platform::Device through
firmware to Vm and pagetables since this is all that they need.
- Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260708-fw-boot-b4-v5-0-7792ab68e359@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v5:
- Reduce the scope of this series back to just MCU booting.
- Drop the CSF global interface, job IRQ, wait, and arch timer patches
since they will be sent as subsequent series.
- Add lifetimes to resources and store them in TyrRegistrationData.

- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260424-b4-fw-boot-v4-v4-0-a5d91050789d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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/

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Boris Brezillon (3):
drm/tyr: add a generic slot manager
drm/tyr: add Memory Management Unit (MMU) support
drm/tyr: add GPU virtual memory (VM) support

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

Deborah Brouwer (3):
drm/tyr: add resources to RegistrationData
drm/tyr: add a kernel buffer object
drm/tyr: add Microcontroller Unit (MCU) booting

drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/Kconfig | 5 +
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/driver.rs | 64 ++-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/file.rs | 11 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw.rs | 292 ++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/fw/parser.rs | 550 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/gem.rs | 134 ++++-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/mmu.rs | 120 ++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/mmu/address_space.rs | 509 +++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/regs.rs | 135 ++++-
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/slot.rs | 391 +++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/tyr.rs | 4 +
drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/vm.rs | 931 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
12 files changed, 3114 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 337c44a2f50c9008273a338f518cc552f6b08567
change-id: 20260708-fw-boot-b4-f07706a265c7

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