Re: [PATCH 1/6] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8150: add apps_smmu node

[Sai Prakash Ranjan <saiprakash.ranjan@codeaurora.org>]

Hi Nico,

On 2020-06-05 20:01, Nicolas Dechesne wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 4:14 PM Sai Prakash Ranjan
> <saiprakash.ranjan@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> 
>> On 2020-06-05 19:40, Jonathan Marek wrote:
>> > On 6/5/20 10:03 AM, Sai Prakash Ranjan wrote:
>> >> On 2020-05-29 08:45, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
>> >>> On Thu 28 May 20:02 PDT 2020, Jonathan Marek wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 5/28/20 10:52 PM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
>> >>>> > On Sat 23 May 19:38 PDT 2020, Jonathan Marek wrote:
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > > Add the apps_smmu node for sm8150. Note that adding the iommus field for
>> >>>> > > UFS is required because initializing the iommu removes the bypass mapping
>> >>>> > > that created by the bootloader.
>> >>>> > >
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Unrelated to the patch itself; how do you disable the splash screen on
>> >>>> > 8150? "fastboot oem select-display-panel none" doesn't seem to work for
>> >>>> > me on the MTP - and hence this would prevent my device from booting.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Thanks,
>> >>>> > Bjorn
>> >>>> >
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I don't have a MTP, but on HDK855, "fastboot oem
>> >>>> select-display-panel none"
>> >>>> combined with setting the physical switch to HDMI mode (which
>> >>>> switches off
>> >>>> the 1440x2560 panel) gets it to not setup the display at all (just
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> fastboot command isn't enough).
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Okay, I don't think we have anything equivalent on the MTP, but good
>> >>> to
>> >>> know.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Actually I tried out this in SM8150 MTP and it works fine for me,
>> >>
>> >> "fastboot set_active a; fastboot set_active b; fastboot set_active a;
>> >> fastboot oem select-display-panel none; fastboot reboot bootloader;
>> >> fastboot boot boot-sm8150.img"
>> >>
>> >> Also I need to switch slots everytime like above, otherwise I always
>> >> see some error
>> >> while loading the boot image.
>> >>
>> >
>> > What is the error? If it is "FAILED (remote: Failed to
>> > load/authenticate boot image: Load Error)" then flashing/erasing
>> > boot_a will make it go away ("fastboot erase boot_a") for the next 6
>> > or so "failed" boots.
>> >
>> 
>> Yes this exact error.
> 
> The bootloader maintains a 'boot status' in one of the partition
> attributes. After a certain amount of 'failed' boot , it will switch
> to the other boot partition. It's the same thing on RB3/DB845c. In our
> release for DB845c, we are patching the bootloader so that this
> behavior is bypassed. On typical 'product' there is a user space
> application that will come and set the partition attribute to indicate
> the boot was successful.
> 
> For the record, this is the patch we use on 845c:
> https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/qualcomm/abl.git/commit/?h=release/LE.UM.2.3.7-09200-sda845.0&id=e3dc60213234ed626161a568ba587ddac63c5158
> 
> rebuilding EDK2/ABL requires access to signing tools.. so it might not
> be possible for everyone. but in case you can, it should be
> straightforward to reuse this patch.
> 

Thank you for these details and the patch, it's very useful.
I do have access to ABL code and the signing tools and can build one.

Thanks,
Sai

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