linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] remoteproc: imx_rproc: Add support for System Manager API

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Message-ID: <CAEnQRZCq45wzoDLd=_vPn8cNkiVrbYrg5LJwbZUSdRndRn_U_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:32:27 +0300
From: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>
To: "Peng Fan (OSS)" <peng.fan@....nxp.com>
Cc: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>, 
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>, 
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>, Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>, 
	Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>, Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@....com>, 
	linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
	imx@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] remoteproc: imx_rproc: Add support for System
 Manager API

On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM Peng Fan (OSS) <peng.fan@....nxp.com> wrote:
>
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
>
> i.MX95 features a Cortex-M33 core, six Cortex-A55 cores, and
> one Cortex-M7 core. The System Control Management Interface(SCMI)
> firmware runs on the M33 core. The i.MX95 SCMI firmware named System
> Manager(SM) includes vendor extension protocols, Logical Machine
> Management(LMM) protocol and CPU protocol and etc.
>
> There are three cases for M7:
>  (1) M7 in a separate Logical Machine(LM) that Linux can't control it.
>  (2) M7 in a separate Logical Machine that Linux can control it using
>      LMM protocol
>  (3) M7 runs in same Logical Machine as A55, so Linux can control it
>      using CPU protocol
>
> So extend the driver to using LMM and CPU protocol to manage the M7 core.
>  - Add IMX_RPROC_SM to indicate the remote core runs on a SoC that
>    has System Manager.
>  - Compare linux LM ID(got using scmi_imx_lmm_info) and M7 LM ID(got
>    from DTB), if same, use CPU protocol to start/stop. Otherwise, use
>    LMM protocol to start/stop.
>    Whether using CPU or LMM protocol to start/stop, the M7 status
>    detection could use CPU protocol to detect started or not. So
>    in imx_rproc_detect_mode, use scmi_imx_cpu_started to check the
>    status of M7.
>  - For above case 1 and 2, Use SCMI_IMX_LMM_POWER_ON to detect whether
>    the M7 LM is under control of A55 LM.
>
> Current setup relies on pre-Linux software(U-Boot) to do
> M7 TCM ECC initialization. In future, we could add the support in Linux
> to decouple U-Boot and Linux.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@....com>