[PATCH v8 3/8] mach-k3: common: enable falcon mode from R5 SPL
    Anshul Dalal 
    anshuld at ti.com
       
    Mon Oct 27 13:59:58 CET 2025
    
    
  
We use the spl_board_prepare_for_boot hook to call k3_r5_falcon_prep
which is ran after tispl is loaded but before jump_to_image.
In k3_r5_falcon_prep, we find the boot media and load the kernel FIT
just as standard secure falcon mode (since spl_start_uboot returns 0
now). Once the kernel and args are loaded.
Now when the flow goes to jump_to_image, we do the regular pre-jump
procedure and jump to TFA which jumps to the kernel directly since we
have already loaded the kernel and dtb at their respective addresses
(PRELOADED_BL33_BASE and K3_HW_CONFIG_BASE).
Signed-off-by: Anshul Dalal <anshuld at ti.com>
---
 arch/arm/mach-k3/common.c    |  8 +++++++
 arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h    |  4 ++++
 arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.c
index 04a0f232d84..c446d1c47fd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.c
@@ -360,6 +360,14 @@ void spl_perform_arch_fixups(struct spl_image_info *spl_image)
 
 void spl_board_prepare_for_boot(void)
 {
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_SECURE) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = k3_r5_falcon_prep();
+	if (ret)
+		panic("%s: Failed to boot in falcon mode: %d\n", __func__, ret);
+#endif /* falcon mode on R5 SPL */
+
 #if !(defined(CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF))
 	dcache_disable();
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h
index 52d3faaab5c..5807d358464 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/common.h
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ void do_board_detect(void);
 void ti_secure_image_check_binary(void **p_image, size_t *p_size);
 int shutdown_mcu_r5_core1(void);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_SECURE) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)
+int k3_r5_falcon_bootmode(void);
+#endif
+
 #if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_K3_QOS))
 void setup_qos(void);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c
index 6269b33f66b..439dd92ef54 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5/common.c
@@ -376,3 +376,48 @@ void board_fit_image_post_process(const void *fit, int node, void **p_image,
 	}
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_SECURE
+
+static bool tifalcon_loaded;
+
+int spl_start_uboot(void)
+{
+	/* If tifalcon.bin is not loaded, proceed to regular boot */
+	if (!tifalcon_loaded)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Boot to linux on R5 SPL with tifalcon.bin loaded */
+		return 0;
+}
+
+int k3_r5_falcon_prep(void)
+{
+	struct spl_image_loader *loader, *drv;
+	struct spl_image_info kernel_image;
+	struct spl_boot_device bootdev;
+	int ret = -ENXIO, n_ents;
+
+	tifalcon_loaded = true;
+	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();
+
+	for (loader = drv; loader != drv + n_ents; loader++) {
+		if (bootdev.boot_device != loader->boot_device)
+			continue;
+		if (loader) {
+			printf("Loading falcon payload from %s\n",
+			       spl_loader_name(loader));
+			ret = loader->load_image(&kernel_image, &bootdev);
+			if (ret)
+				continue;
+
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
-- 
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