[PATCH v2] ARM: i.MX8MP: adapt atf bl31 base addr

Marco Felsch m.felsch at pengutronix.de
Mon Jul 4 08:01:18 PDT 2022


On 22-07-04, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Am Montag, dem 04.07.2022 um 16:27 +0200 schrieb Marco Felsch:
> > The usptream TF-A was shifting around the base address from version to
> > version. But finally with upstream TF-A v2.7 it is correctly set to
> > 0x970000. This change was done since the first official silicon has an
> > SRAM size of 576KB where as the tapeout version A1 (pre-silicion) had
> > only 512KB.
> 
> Now this doesn't match the commit message in the TF-A, which claims
> that tapeout A0 (pre-release silicon) had 512K SRAM, while it was
> extended to 576KB in the A1 tapeout, which is the current mass produced
> version.

Arg.. sry. I got your prev. comment wrong. Should have checked the tf-a
log twice. Sorry for the noise.

> > 
> > The upstream TF-A has adapt it in verion v2.5 so the BL31 blob is at the
>                         ^ adapted   ^version
> > end of the SRAM. Unfortunately they had (accidental) reverted back to
> 
> Who is they? "Unfortunately it was reverted back..."

The TF-A developers which are by name:

 - Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)
 - Peng Fan
 - Jacky Bai

But yes, I will drop they.

> > 0x960000 in v2.6. They noticed that and changed (again) back to 0x970000.
> > with v2.7.
> > 
> > This commit also adapts the documentation for the i.MX8MP-EVK to
> > reference the upstream TF-A. The new warning should point out that we
> > strongly recommended to use versions from v2.7 onwards, due to the
>            ^ recommend

Yes.

> > version mess explained above.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch <m.felsch at pengutronix.de>
> > ---
> > Changelog:
> > 
> > v2:
> > - fix commit message ger/eng mixup and mention tapeout version A1
> > 
> >  Documentation/boards/imx/nxp-imx8mp-evk.rst | 11 +++++++----
> >  arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/atf.h        |  2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/boards/imx/nxp-imx8mp-evk.rst b/Documentation/boards/imx/nxp-imx8mp-evk.rst
> > index 366c1de500..1074992f2f 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/boards/imx/nxp-imx8mp-evk.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/boards/imx/nxp-imx8mp-evk.rst
> > @@ -40,15 +40,18 @@ As a last step of this process those files need to be placed in
> >  	      firmware/${f}; \
> >    done
> >  
> > -Get and Build the ARM Trusted firmware
> > ---------------------------------------
> > +Get and Build the Trusted Firmware A
> > +------------------------------------
> >  
> > -Get ATF from https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-atf, branch
> > -imx_5.4.3_2.0.0::
> > +Get TF-A from https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/ and
> > +checkout version v2.7::
> >  
> >    make PLAT=imx8mp bl31
> >    cp build/imx8mp/release/bl31.bin ${barebox_srctree}/imx8mp-bl31.bin
> >  
> > +.. warning:: It is important to use a version >= v2.7 else your system
> > +   might not boot.
> 
> This doesn't tell anyone what's going on, I think we can bother the
> reader with the details: "It is important to use a version >= v2.7, as
> Barebox expects the BL31 SRAM load address used from this release
> onwards."
> 
> > +
> >  Build Barebox
> >  -------------
> >  
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/atf.h b/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/atf.h
> > index 09396f4646..bc400ddbad 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/atf.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/include/mach/atf.h
> > @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
> >  
> >  #define MX8MM_ATF_BL31_BASE_ADDR	0x00920000
> >  #define MX8MN_ATF_BL31_BASE_ADDR	0x00960000
> > -#define MX8MP_ATF_BL31_BASE_ADDR	0x00960000
> > +#define MX8MP_ATF_BL31_BASE_ADDR	0x00970000
> >  #define MX8MQ_ATF_BL31_BASE_ADDR	0x00910000
> >  #define MX8M_ATF_BL33_BASE_ADDR		0x40200000
> >  #define MX8MM_ATF_BL33_BASE_ADDR	MX8M_ATF_BL33_BASE_ADDR
> 
> 
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