Re: [PATCH v1 0/7] Add support to load QUP SE firmware from

Caleb Connolly
2025-01-22T15:23:17Z

Hi Mukesh,

On 10/01/2025 07:56, Mukesh Kumar Savaliya wrote:
> Thanks Caleb for your testing and sharing results. Since Viken is on
> leave, i am following on this.
>
> On 1/7/2025 4:55 PM, Caleb Connolly wrote:
>> Hi Viken,
>>
>> On 04/12/2024 16:03, Viken Dadhaniya wrote:
>>> In Qualcomm SoCs, firmware loading for Serial Engines (SE) in the QUP
>>> hardware has traditionally been managed by TrustZone (TZ). This setup
>>> handled Serial Engines(SE) assignments and access control permissions,
>>> ensuring a high level of security but limiting flexibility and
>>> accessibility.
>>>   This limitation poses a significant challenge for developers who
>>> need more
>>> flexibility to enable any protocol on any of the SEs within the QUP
>>> hardware.
>>>   To address this, we are introducing a change that opens the firmware
>>> loading mechanism to the Linux environment. This enhancement increases
>>> flexibility and allows for more streamlined and efficient management. We
>>> can now handle SE assignments and access control permissions directly
>>> within Linux, eliminating the dependency on TZ.
>>>   We propose an alternative method for firmware loading and SE
>>> ownership/transfer mode configuration based on device tree
>>> configuration.
>>> This method does not rely on other execution environments, making it
>>> accessible to all developers.
>>>   For SEs used prior to the kernel, their firmware will be loaded by the
>>> respective image drivers (e.g., Debug UART, Secure or trusted SE).
>>> Additionally, the GSI firmware, which is common to all SEs per QUPV3
>>> core,
>>> will not be loaded by Linux driver but TZ only. At the kernel level,
>>> only
>>> the SE protocol driver should load the respective protocol firmware.
>>
>> I gave this series a spin on the RB3 Gen 2 with U-Boot.
>>
> Is it possible to try on RB8 board ? Because that's where this support
> is enabled. It also needs respective TZ configuration to allow FW
> loading from Linux.

I don't have access to RB8, so no... This support will also be useful on
RB3 Gen 2 for U-Boot support, can the next tz release for this platform
include the necessary changes?
>
>
>> After fixing the compilation errors, it seems like there is a consistent
>> hard crash (the board freezes and resets) at some point during i2c
>> controller init with this series.
>>
> Can you please share exact repro steps ? We can try locally and check
> what's wrong and also review in future how we make it working for U-boot
> combination.

If it's true that tz changes are needed that would certainly explain the
crash.

Unfortunately it isn't currently possible to boot QC Linux via U-Boot
since the ESP uses a 512 byte sector size on 4k block size UFS which is
not supported.

If you build an image with a correct ESP (mkfs.vfat -S 4096) then you
can boot U-Boot from upstream by following the RB3 Gen 2 documentation

https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/board/qualcomm/rb3gen2.html

You'll also need to apply this patch to fix a boot regression
https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20250122-qcom-parse-memory-updates-v2-0-98dfcac821d7@samcday.com/

On the Linux/DTS side, apply this series, add the appropriate properties
to enable fw loading as-per the dt-bindings added by this series and
place the qupv3fw.elf file.

Kind regards,
>> I noticed a similar issue with this same logic implemented in U-Boot.
>>
>> Could you clarify which xfer mode is appropriate for the i2c controllers
>> on the RB3 Gen 2 and maybe give this a try yourself, or let me know what
>> other info you'd need to debug this.
>>
> Yes, please share the procedure , we will try internally.
> is there any DTSI change done as part of your testing ?
>> Thanks and kind regards,
>>>
>>> Viken Dadhaniya (7):
>>>    dt-bindings: i2c: qcom,i2c-geni: Document DT properties for QUP
>>>      firmware loading
>>>    spi: dt-bindings: Document DT properties for QUP firmware loading
>>>    dt-bindings: serial: Document DT properties for QUP firmware loading
>>>    soc: qcom: geni-se:: Add support to load QUP SE Firmware via Linux
>>>      subsystem
>>>    i2c: qcom-geni: Load i2c qup Firmware from linux side
>>>    spi: geni-qcom: Load spi qup Firmware from linux side
>>>    serial: qcom-geni: Load UART qup Firmware from linux side
>>>
>>>   .../bindings/i2c/qcom,i2c-geni-qcom.yaml      |  11 +
>>>   .../serial/qcom,serial-geni-qcom.yaml         |  12 +
>>>   .../bindings/spi/qcom,spi-geni-qcom.yaml      |  11 +
>>>   drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-qcom-geni.c            |  11 +-
>>>   drivers/soc/qcom/qcom-geni-se.c               | 445 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>   drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c                   |   7 +-
>>>   drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c         |   7 +-
>>>   include/linux/soc/qcom/geni-se.h              |  17 +
>>>   include/linux/soc/qcom/qup-fw-load.h          | 179 +++++++
>>>   9 files changed, 692 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>   create mode 100644 include/linux/soc/qcom/qup-fw-load.h
>>>
>>
>

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