[PATCH v8 4/8] mach-k3: common: support only MMC in R5 falcon mode

Anshul Dalal anshuld at ti.com
Mon Oct 27 13:59:59 CET 2025


To simplify the boot process and prevent the R5 SPL size from growing,
this patch restricts the boot media to load the next stage payload
(tifalcon.bin and kernel FIT) from MMC only.

Signed-off-by: Anshul Dalal <anshuld at ti.com>
---
 arch/arm/mach-k3/am62ax/am62a7_init.c |  3 +++
 arch/arm/mach-k3/am62px/am62p5_init.c |  4 ++++
 arch/arm/mach-k3/am62x/am625_init.c   |  3 +++
 arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h             |  1 +
 arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c          | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62ax/am62a7_init.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62ax/am62a7_init.c
index 48d578e7d6f..1c8a5fd2a35 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62ax/am62a7_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62ax/am62a7_init.c
@@ -240,5 +240,8 @@ u32 spl_mmc_boot_mode(struct mmc *mmc, const u32 boot_device)
 
 u32 spl_boot_device(void)
 {
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_SECURE) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)
+	return k3_r5_falcon_bootmode();
+#endif
 	return get_boot_device();
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62px/am62p5_init.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62px/am62p5_init.c
index aebd5200b0d..4c215d5cebe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62px/am62p5_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62px/am62p5_init.c
@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ u32 spl_boot_device(void)
 	u32 devstat = readl(CTRLMMR_MAIN_DEVSTAT);
 	u32 bootmedia;
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_SECURE) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)
+	return k3_r5_falcon_bootmode();
+#endif
+
 	if (bootindex == K3_PRIMARY_BOOTMODE)
 		bootmedia = __get_primary_bootmedia(devstat);
 	else
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62x/am625_init.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62x/am625_init.c
index 14f93ac998f..44b8d2654b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62x/am625_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am62x/am625_init.c
@@ -327,5 +327,8 @@ u32 spl_mmc_boot_mode(struct mmc *mmc, const u32 boot_device)
 
 u32 spl_boot_device(void)
 {
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_SECURE) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)
+	return k3_r5_falcon_bootmode();
+#endif
 	return get_boot_device();
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h
index 5807d358464..cd3e19374dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int shutdown_mcu_r5_core1(void);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_SECURE) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)
 int k3_r5_falcon_bootmode(void);
+int k3_r5_falcon_prep(void);
 #endif
 
 #if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_K3_QOS))
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c
index 439dd92ef54..aa94c0c1956 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c
@@ -391,6 +391,21 @@ int spl_start_uboot(void)
 		return 0;
 }
 
+int k3_r5_falcon_bootmode(void)
+{
+	char *mmcdev = env_get("mmcdev");
+
+	if (!mmcdev)
+		return BOOT_DEVICE_NOBOOT;
+
+	if (strncmp(mmcdev, "0", sizeof("0")) == 0)
+		return BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1;
+	else if (strncmp(mmcdev, "1", sizeof("1")) == 0)
+		return BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2;
+	else
+		return BOOT_DEVICE_NOBOOT;
+}
+
 int k3_r5_falcon_prep(void)
 {
 	struct spl_image_loader *loader, *drv;
@@ -402,7 +417,7 @@ int k3_r5_falcon_prep(void)
 	memset(&kernel_image, '\0', sizeof(kernel_image));
 	drv = ll_entry_start(struct spl_image_loader, spl_image_loader);
 	n_ents = ll_entry_count(struct spl_image_loader, spl_image_loader);
-	bootdev.boot_device = spl_boot_device();
+	bootdev.boot_device = k3_r5_falcon_bootmode();
 
 	for (loader = drv; loader != drv + n_ents; loader++) {
 		if (bootdev.boot_device != loader->boot_device)
-- 
2.51.0



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