[U-Boot] [PATCH v1] imx: bootaux: elf firmware support

Peng Fan peng.fan at nxp.com
Tue Nov 12 07:47:24 UTC 2019


Hi Igor.

> Subject: [PATCH v1] imx: bootaux: elf firmware support

We also have similar support for i.MX8 DSP firmware loading. Good to see
your patch.

> 
> From: Igor Opaniuk <igor.opaniuk at toradex.com>
> 
> Currently imx-specific bootaux command doesn't support ELF format
> firmware for Cortex-M4 core.
> 
> This patches introduces a PoC implementation of handling elf firmware
> (load_elf_image_phdr() was copy-pasted from elf.c just for PoC).
> 
> This has the advantage that the user does not need to know to which address
> the binary has been linked to. However, in order to handle and load the elf
> sections to the right address, we need to translate the
> Cortex-M4 core memory addresses to primary/host CPU memory addresses
> (Cortex A7/A9 cores).

Could an runtime check be added for those aux cores which has
same mapping as host cores?

Thanks,
Peng
> 
> This allows to boot firmwares from any location with just using bootaux, e.g.:
> > tftp ${loadaddr} hello_world.elf && bootaux ${loadaddr}
> 
> Similar translation table can be found in the Linux remoteproc driver [1].
> 
> [1]
> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Felixir.b
> ootlin.com%2Flinux%2Flatest%2Fsource%2Fdrivers%2Fremoteproc%2Fimx_r
> proc.c&data=02%7C01%7Cpeng.fan%40nxp.com%7Cb511f03c8e4e4265
> 154908d766b277aa%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7
> C637090789004070829&sdata=tJoptyJCnuKIersJt9KmhR8nNYEdnl4SxM
> VKLvA7KNc%3D&reserved=0
> 
> Signed-off-by: Igor Opaniuk <igor.opaniuk at toradex.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan.agner at toradex.com>
> ---
> 
>  arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/sys_proto.h |  7 ++
>  arch/arm/mach-imx/imx_bootaux.c           | 87
> +++++++++++++++++++++--
>  arch/arm/mach-imx/mx7/soc.c               | 28 ++++++++
>  3 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/sys_proto.h
> b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/sys_proto.h
> index 52c83ba9e4..4428a7fa0b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/sys_proto.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/sys_proto.h
> @@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ enum boot_dev_type_e {  extern struct rom_api
> *g_rom_api;  #endif
> 
> +/* address translation table */
> +struct rproc_att {
> +	u32 da; /* device address (From Cortex M4 view) */
> +	u32 sa; /* system bus address */
> +	u32 size; /* size of reg range */
> +};
> +
>  u32 get_nr_cpus(void);
>  u32 get_cpu_rev(void);
>  u32 get_cpu_speed_grade_hz(void);
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx_bootaux.c
> b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx_bootaux.c index 3d9422d5a2..7f4bbfe885
> 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx_bootaux.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx_bootaux.c
> @@ -7,18 +7,94 @@
>  #include <asm/io.h>
>  #include <asm/mach-imx/sys_proto.h>
>  #include <command.h>
> +#include <elf.h>
>  #include <imx_sip.h>
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
> 
> -int arch_auxiliary_core_up(u32 core_id, ulong boot_private_data)
> +const __weak struct rproc_att hostmap[] = { };
> +
> +static const struct rproc_att *get_host_mapping(unsigned long auxcore)
> +{
> +	const struct rproc_att *mmap = hostmap;
> +
> +	while (mmap && mmap->size) {
> +		if (mmap->da <= auxcore &&
> +		    mmap->da + mmap->size > auxcore)
> +			return mmap;
> +		mmap++;
> +	}
> +
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * A very simple elf loader, assumes the image is valid, returns the
> + * entry point address.
> + */
> +static unsigned long load_elf_image_phdr(unsigned long addr) {
> +	Elf32_Ehdr *ehdr; /* ELF header structure pointer */
> +	Elf32_Phdr *phdr; /* Program header structure pointer */
> +	int i;
> +
> +	ehdr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)addr;
> +	phdr = (Elf32_Phdr *)(addr + ehdr->e_phoff);
> +
> +	/* Load each program header */
> +	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; ++i, ++phdr) {
> +		const struct rproc_att *mmap = get_host_mapping(phdr->p_paddr);
> +		void *dst, *src;
> +
> +		if (phdr->p_type != PT_LOAD)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		if (!mmap) {
> +			printf("Invalid aux core address: %08x",
> +			       phdr->p_paddr);
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +
> +		dst = (void *)(phdr->p_paddr - mmap->da) + mmap->sa;
> +		src = (void *)addr + phdr->p_offset;
> +
> +		debug("Loading phdr %i to 0x%p (%i bytes)\n",
> +		      i, dst, phdr->p_filesz);
> +
> +		if (phdr->p_filesz)
> +			memcpy(dst, src, phdr->p_filesz);
> +		if (phdr->p_filesz != phdr->p_memsz)
> +			memset(dst + phdr->p_filesz, 0x00,
> +			       phdr->p_memsz - phdr->p_filesz);
> +		flush_cache((unsigned long)dst &
> +			    ~(CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE - 1),
> +			    ALIGN(phdr->p_filesz, CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE));
> +	}
> +
> +	return ehdr->e_entry;
> +}
> +
> +int arch_auxiliary_core_up(u32 core_id, ulong addr)
>  {
>  	ulong stack, pc;
> 
> -	if (!boot_private_data)
> +	if (!addr)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> 
> -	stack = *(u32 *)boot_private_data;
> -	pc = *(u32 *)(boot_private_data + 4);
> +	if (valid_elf_image(addr)) {
> +		stack = 0x0;
> +		pc = load_elf_image_phdr(addr);
> +		if (!pc)
> +			return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
> +
> +	} else {
> +		/*
> +		 * Assume binary file with vector table at the beginning.
> +		 * Cortex-M4 vector tables start with the stack pointer (SP)
> +		 * and reset vector (initial PC).
> +		 */
> +		stack = *(u32 *)addr;
> +		pc = *(u32 *)(addr + 4);
> +	}
> 
>  	/* Set the stack and pc to M4 bootROM */
>  	writel(stack, M4_BOOTROM_BASE_ADDR);
> @@ -80,6 +156,9 @@ static int do_bootaux(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int
> argc, char * const argv[])
> 
>  	addr = simple_strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 16);
> 
> +	if (!addr)
> +		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
> +
>  	printf("## Starting auxiliary core at 0x%08lX ...\n", addr);
> 
>  	ret = arch_auxiliary_core_up(0, addr); diff --git
> a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mx7/soc.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mx7/soc.c index
> 35160f4b37..4aafeed188 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mx7/soc.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mx7/soc.c
> @@ -193,6 +193,34 @@ static void init_cpu_basic(void)  #endif  }
> 
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMX_BOOTAUX
> +/*
> + * Table of mappings of physical mem regions in both
> + * Cortex-A7 and Cortex-M4 address spaces.
> + *
> + * For additional details check sections 2.1.2 and 2.1.3 in
> + * i.MX7Dual Applications Processor Reference Manual
> + *
> + */
> +const struct rproc_att hostmap[] = {
> +	/* aux core , host core,  size */
> +	{ 0x00000000, 0x00180000, 0x8000 }, /* OCRAM_S */
> +	{ 0x00180000, 0x00180000, 0x8000 }, /* OCRAM_S */
> +	{ 0x20180000, 0x00180000, 0x8000 }, /* OCRAM_S */
> +	{ 0x1fff8000, 0x007f8000, 0x8000 }, /* TCML */
> +	{ 0x20000000, 0x00800000, 0x8000 }, /* TCMU */
> +	{ 0x00900000, 0x00900000, 0x20000 }, /* OCRAM_128KB */
> +	{ 0x20200000, 0x00900000, 0x20000 }, /* OCRAM_128KB */
> +	{ 0x00920000, 0x00920000, 0x20000 }, /* OCRAM_EPDC */
> +	{ 0x20220000, 0x00920000, 0x20000 }, /* OCRAM_EPDC */
> +	{ 0x00940000, 0x00940000, 0x20000 }, /* OCRAM_PXP */
> +	{ 0x20240000, 0x00940000, 0x20000 }, /* OCRAM_PXP */
> +	{ 0x10000000, 0x80000000, 0x0fff0000 }, /* DDR Code alias */
> +	{ 0x80000000, 0x80000000, 0xe0000000 }, /* DDRC */
> +	{ /* sentinel */ }
> +};
> +#endif
> +
>  #ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
>  /* enable all periherial can be accessed in nosec mode */  static void
> init_csu(void)
> --
> 2.17.1



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