[PATCH 0/5] imx9{4,5}: Add Quickboot support

Simona Toaca (OSS) simona.toaca at oss.nxp.com
Tue Mar 10 12:54:19 CET 2026


From: Simona Toaca <simona.toaca at nxp.com>

This patch series adds support for saving DDR training
data to non-volatile memory on iMX94 and iMX95 platforms.
The purpose is running DDR Quickboot flow on next reboot.

The process is as follows:
- OEI runs Training flow for the DDRPHY
- OEI saves the data from training to volatile memory
- U-Boot can then save it to non-volatile memory (e.g. SD)
- OEI loads the data from NVM at cold reboot and runs Quickboot flow

By skipping training, a much lower boot time is achieved.

Simona Toaca (5):
  imx9: Add support for saving DDR training data to NVM
  arm: mach-imx: Add command to expose QB functionality
  imx9: Enable QB data saving for iMX9{4,5} EVK
  board: nxp: imx9{4,5}_evk: Add qb save option in SPL
  doc: board: nxp: Add Quickboot documentation

 arch/arm/include/asm/arch-imx9/ddr.h |  52 +++-
 arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/qb.h   |  15 +
 arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig            |  15 +
 arch/arm/mach-imx/Makefile           |   1 +
 arch/arm/mach-imx/cmd_qb.c           | 132 ++++++++
 arch/arm/mach-imx/imx9/Makefile      |  12 +-
 arch/arm/mach-imx/imx9/qb.c          | 439 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm/mach-imx/imx9/scmi/soc.c    |   9 +
 board/nxp/imx94_evk/spl.c            |   6 +-
 board/nxp/imx95_evk/spl.c            |   6 +-
 configs/imx943_evk_defconfig         |   1 +
 configs/imx95_15x15_evk_defconfig    |   1 +
 configs/imx95_evk.config             |   1 +
 doc/board/nxp/index.rst              |   1 +
 doc/board/nxp/qb.rst                 |  33 ++
 drivers/ddr/imx/imx9/Kconfig         |   8 +
 drivers/ddr/imx/phy/Kconfig          |   7 +
 17 files changed, 734 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/qb.h
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-imx/cmd_qb.c
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-imx/imx9/qb.c
 create mode 100644 doc/board/nxp/qb.rst

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