[BUG] New arm scmi check in linux-next causing rk3568 not to boot due to firmware bug

[Kever Yang]

Hi Sudeep,

     Rockchip has notice this issue, we will check how to fix this issue 
in our ATF release.


Thanks,
- Kever
On 2022/5/12 22:34, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 01:11:22PM +0200, Nicolas Frattaroli wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> sorry for the late reply, completely missed that there was a question
>> for me in this mail.
>>
>> On Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2022 11:40:09 CEST Etienne Carriere wrote:
>>> Hello Nicolas, Cristian,
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Indeed the firmware implementation is wrong in TF-A.
>>> And also in OP-TEE by the way:
>>> https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/blob/3.17.0/core/drivers/scmi-msg/base.c#L163-L166
>>>
>>> @Nicoals, do you want to send a patch to TF-A, or do you want me to do it?
>> I have no experience with TF-A, so I'd prefer if you could do it.
>>
>> In good news, Rockchip has confirmed they're preparing to release RK356x
>> TF-A sources, so I'll be able to port the patch over to their sources once
>> they are released, if they don't already apply it themselves.
>>
> So, there is no way to get a blob release with the patch applied ?
> We know it is a bug in TF-A and if Rockchip is using that codebase, it
> will be the same bug there too causing this issue. Waiting until the
> code is released and the proper TF-A port is done may not be acceptable
> for many developers. So someone from the rockchip doing these tf-a blob
> release must get involved here, understand the situation and get the fixed.
>
> We can workaround, but I want to hear that it will be fixed instead of
> getting ignored until proper port is available.
>
> Etienne, are you not the author for the related TF-A code ? How can we
> get that fixed in the TF-A code base. If you are not, then I will try to
> get my repo login credentials sorted so that I can only push TF-A change.
>