[linux-sunxi] [PATCH] sunxi: Add arm64 FEL support

André Przywara andre.przywara at arm.com
Fri Nov 20 10:42:15 CET 2020


On 19/11/2020 19:59, Priit Laes wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:54:42AM +0000, Andre Przywara wrote:
>> So far we did not support the BootROM based FEL USB debug mode on the
>> 64-bit builds for Allwinner SoCs: The BootROM is using AArch32, but the
>> SPL runs in AArch64.
>> Returning back to AArch32 was not working as expected, since the RMR
>> reset into 32-bit mode always starts execution in the BootROM, but not
>> in the FEL routine.
>>
>> After some debug and research and with help via IRC, the CPU hotplug
>> mechanism emerged as a solution: If a certain R_CPUCFG register contains
>> some magic, the BootROM will immediately branch to an address stored in
>> some other register. This works well for our purposes.
>>
>> Enable the FEL feature by providing early AArch32 code to first save the
>> FEL state, *before* initially entering AArch64.
>> If we eventually determine that we should return to FEL, we reset back
>> into AArch32, and use the CPU hotplug mechanism to run some small
>> AArch32 code snippet that restores the initially saved FEL state.
>>
>> That allows the normal AArch64 SPL build to be loaded via the sunxi-fel
>> tool, with it returning into FEL mode, so that other payloads can be
>> transferred via FEL as well.
>>
>> Tested on A64, H5 and H6.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile             |  2 +
>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fel_utils.S          | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/boot0.h | 14 +++++
>>  include/configs/sunxi-common.h          |  2 -
>>  4 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fel_utils.S
> 
> Don't you want to also update board/sunxi/README.sunxi64 ?

Yes, but I am in the process of rewriting this anyway, since some parts
apply to 32-bit SoCs as well (SD card, SPI flash), and there is
currently no documentation about them. So bear with me, I will post a
documentation update ASAP, just didn't want to hold back this patch.

Thanks!
Andre.

>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile
>> index 93d26f98568..f7b4a5ee46c 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/Makefile
>> @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SMCCC)		+= smccc-call.o
>>  
>>  ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_ARMV8_SPIN_TABLE) += spin_table.o spin_table_v8.o
>> +else
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI) += fel_utils.o
>>  endif
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ARMV8_SEC_FIRMWARE_SUPPORT) += sec_firmware.o sec_firmware_asm.o
>>  
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fel_utils.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fel_utils.S
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 00000000000..334fdef7fa0
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fel_utils.S
>> @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
>> +/*
>> + * Utility functions for FEL mode, when running SPL in AArch64.
>> + *
>> + * Copyright (c) 2017 Arm Ltd.
>> + *
>> + * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include <asm-offsets.h>
>> +#include <config.h>
>> +#include <asm/system.h>
>> +#include <linux/linkage.h>
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * We don't overwrite save_boot_params() here, to save the FEL state upon
>> + * entry, since this would run *after* the RMR reset, which clobbers that
>> + * state.
>> + * Instead we store the state _very_ early in the boot0 hook, *before*
>> + * resetting to AArch64.
>> + */
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * The FEL routines in BROM run in AArch32.
>> + * Reset back into 32-bit mode here and restore the saved FEL state
>> + * afterwards.
>> + * Resetting back into AArch32/EL3 using the RMR always enters the BROM,
>> + * but we can use the CPU hotplug mechanism to branch back to our code
>> + * immediately.
>> + */
>> +ENTRY(return_to_fel)
>> +	/*
>> +	 * the RMR reset will clear all registers, so save the arguments
>> +	 * (LR and SP) in the fel_stash structure, which we read anyways later
>> +	 */
>> +	adr	x2, fel_stash
>> +	str	w0, [x2]
>> +	str	w1, [x2, #4]
>> +
>> +	adr	x1, fel_stash_addr	// to find the fel_stash address in AA32
>> +	str	w2, [x1]
>> +
>> +	ldr	x0, =0xfa50392f		// CPU hotplug magic
>> +#ifndef CONFIG_MACH_SUN50I_H6
>> +	ldr	x2, =(SUNXI_CPUCFG_BASE + 0x1a4) // offset for CPU hotplug base
>> +	str	w0, [x2, #0x8]
>> +#else
>> +	ldr	x2, =(SUNXI_RTC_BASE + 0x1b8)	// BOOT_CPU_HP_FLAG_REG
>> +	str	w0, [x2], #0x4
>> +#endif
>> +	adr	x0, back_in_32
>> +	str	w0, [x2]
>> +
>> +	dsb	sy
>> +	isb	sy
>> +	mov	x0, #2			// RMR reset into AArch32
>> +	dsb	sy
>> +	msr	RMR_EL3, x0
>> +	isb	sy
>> +1:	wfi
>> +	b	1b
>> +
>> +/* AArch32 code to restore the state from fel_stash and return back to FEL. */
>> +back_in_32:
>> +	.word	0xe59f0028 	// ldr	r0, [pc, #40]	; load fel_stash address
>> +	.word	0xe5901008 	// ldr	r1, [r0, #8]
>> +	.word	0xe129f001 	// msr	CPSR_fc, r1
>> +	.word	0xf57ff06f	// isb
>> +	.word	0xe590d000 	// ldr	sp, [r0]
>> +	.word	0xe590e004 	// ldr	lr, [r0, #4]
>> +	.word	0xe5901010 	// ldr	r1, [r0, #16]
>> +	.word	0xee0c1f10 	// mcr	15, 0, r1, cr12, cr0, {0} ; VBAR
>> +	.word	0xe590100c 	// ldr	r1, [r0, #12]
>> +	.word	0xee011f10 	// mcr	15, 0, r1, cr1, cr0, {0}  ; SCTLR
>> +	.word	0xf57ff06f	// isb
>> +	.word	0xe12fff1e 	// bx	lr		; return to FEL
>> +fel_stash_addr:
>> +	.word   0x00000000	// receives fel_stash addr, by AA64 code above
>> +ENDPROC(return_to_fel)
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/boot0.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/boot0.h
>> index 54c144afd8c..46d0f0666c2 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/boot0.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/boot0.h
>> @@ -15,6 +15,19 @@
>>  	tst     x0, x0                  // this is "b #0x84" in ARM
>>  	b       reset
>>  	.space  0x7c
>> +
>> +	.word	0xe28f0058	// add     r0, pc, #88
>> +	.word	0xe59f1054	// ldr     r1, [pc, #84]
>> +	.word	0xe0800001	// add     r0, r0, r1
>> +	.word	0xe580d000	// str     sp, [r0]
>> +	.word	0xe580e004	// str     lr, [r0, #4]
>> +	.word	0xe10fe000	// mrs     lr, CPSR
>> +	.word	0xe580e008	// str     lr, [r0, #8]
>> +	.word	0xee11ef10	// mrc     15, 0, lr, cr1, cr0, {0}
>> +	.word	0xe580e00c	// str     lr, [r0, #12]
>> +	.word	0xee1cef10	// mrc     15, 0, lr, cr12, cr0, {0}
>> +	.word	0xe580e010	// str     lr, [r0, #16]
>> +
>>  	.word	0xe59f1024	// ldr     r1, [pc, #36] ; 0x170000a0
>>  	.word	0xe59f0024	// ldr     r0, [pc, #36] ; CONFIG_*_TEXT_BASE
>>  	.word	0xe5810000	// str     r0, [r1]
>> @@ -36,6 +49,7 @@
>>  #else
>>  	.word   CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
>>  #endif
>> +	.word	fel_stash - .
>>  #else
>>  /* normal execution */
>>  	b	reset
>> diff --git a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
>> index a6a4879523a..203cb10fbab 100644
>> --- a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
>> +++ b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
>> @@ -163,9 +163,7 @@
>>  
>>  #define CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN		(768 << 10)	/* 768 KiB */
>>  
>> -#ifndef CONFIG_ARM64		/* AArch64 FEL support is not ready yet */
>>  #define CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_LOAD_IMAGE
>> -#endif
>>  
>>  /*
>>   * We cannot use expressions here, because expressions won't be evaluated in
>> -- 
>> 2.17.5
>>
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