Hi Peng,
On 9/21/22 10:54, Peng Fan wrote:
> Hi Arnaud,
>
>> Subject: [PATCH v8 0/4] remoteproc: restructure the remoteproc VirtIO
>> device
>
> Sorry to get in at this late time, just try to catch up.
> Not reviewing comments, just have a question,
> Does remote core firmware requires changes to use this new feature?
For this series, it is not.
For the whole work, it should not, but it will probably depend on the
evolutions related to the reviews and requirements that will come.
> Does your 4 branches listed below still work with linux-6.x?
I have to rebase them. Today my github branches are based on v5.18.rc1
I plan to do this end of this week or next week.
> Could the multiple vdev still share same mbox channel?
Yes I'm trying to keep the legacy support of the mailbox in the
remoteproc platform driver.
If no mailbox is declared in the virtio subnode it calls the rproc->ops->kick
>
> I not own i.MX remote core firmware development, so if no need
> firmware change, I would like give a try and see how it works.
Great! That would be nice to have your feedback.
Mailbox management is one point, I'm also ineterested in having feedback on
the memory regions management
I will ping you when my work will be rebased on 6.0
Thanks,
Arnaud
>
> Thanks,
> Peng.
>
>>
>> 1) Update from V7 [1]:
>>
>> - rebase on rproc-next branch [2], commit 729c16326b7f ("remoteproc:
>> imx_dsp_rproc: fix argument 2 of rproc_mem_entry_init")
>> The updates take into account the integration of the
>> commit 1404acbb7f68 ("remoteproc: Fix dma_mem leak after
>> rproc_shutdown")
>> - add Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> according
>> to reviews on V7
>>
>>
>> [1]
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>> 2) Patchset description:
>>
>> This series is a part of the work initiated a long time ago in the series
>> "remoteproc: Decorelate virtio from core"[3]
>>
>> Objective of the work:
>> - Update the remoteproc VirtIO device creation (use platform device)
>> - Allow to declare remoteproc VirtIO device in DT
>> - declare resources associated to a remote proc VirtIO
>> - declare a list of VirtIO supported by the platform.
>> - Prepare the enhancement to more VirtIO devices (e.g I2C, audio, video, ...).
>> For instance be able to declare a I2C device in a virtio-i2C node.
>> - Keep the legacy working!
>> - Try to improve the picture about concerns reported by Christoph Hellwing
>> [4][5]
>>
>> [3]
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>>
>> In term of device tree this would result in such hierarchy (stm32mp1
>> example with 2 virtio RPMSG):
>>
>> m4_rproc: m4@10000000 {
>> compatible = "st,stm32mp1-m4";
>> reg = <0x10000000 0x40000>,
>> <0x30000000 0x40000>,
>> <0x38000000 0x10000>;
>> memory-region = <&retram>, <&mcuram>,<&mcuram2>;
>> mboxes = <&ipcc 2>, <&ipcc 3>;
>> mbox-names = "shutdown", "detach";
>> status = "okay";
>>
>> #address-cells = <1>;
>> #size-cells = <0>;
>>
>> vdev@0 {
>> compatible = "rproc-virtio";
>> reg = <0>;
>> virtio,id = <7>; /* RPMSG */
>> memory-region = <&vdev0vring0>, <&vdev0vring1>,
>> <&vdev0buffer>;
>> mboxes = <&ipcc 0>, <&ipcc 1>;
>> mbox-names = "vq0", "vq1";
>> status = "okay";
>> };
>>
>> vdev@1 {
>> compatible = "rproc-virtio";
>> reg = <1>;
>> virtio,id = <7>; /*RPMSG */
>> memory-region = <&vdev1vring0>, <&vdev1vring1>,
>> <&vdev1buffer>;
>> mboxes = <&ipcc 4>, <&ipcc 5>;
>> mbox-names = "vq0", "vq1";
>> status = "okay";
>> };
>> };
>>
>> I have divided the work in 4 steps to simplify the review, This series
>> implements only the step 1:
>> step 1: Redefine the remoteproc VirtIO device as a platform device
>> - migrate rvdev management in remoteproc virtio.c,
>> - create a remotproc virtio config ( can be disabled for platform that not
>> use VirtIO IPC.
>> step 2: Add possibility to declare and probe a VirtIO sub node
>> - VirtIO bindings declaration,
>> - multi DT VirtIO devices support,
>> - introduction of a remote proc virtio bind device mechanism , =>
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>> %3D&reserved=0
>> step 3: Add memory declaration in VirtIO subnode =>
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>> step 4: Add mailbox declaration in VirtIO subnode =>
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>>
>> Arnaud Pouliquen (4):
>> remoteproc: core: Introduce rproc_rvdev_add_device function
>> remoteproc: core: Introduce rproc_add_rvdev function
>> remoteproc: Move rproc_vdev management to remoteproc_virtio.c
>> remoteproc: virtio: Create platform device for the remoteproc_virtio
>>
>> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 154 +++---------------
>> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h | 23 ++-
>> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c | 189 ++++++++++++++++++++---
>> include/linux/remoteproc.h | 6 +-
>> 4 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 162 deletions(-)
>>
>> --
>> 2.24.3
>
