From: Suman Anna <s-anna@ti.com>
To: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>,
Clement Leger <cleger@kalray.eu>,
Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@st.com>,
Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@st.com>,
Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@ti.com>,
<linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org>, <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] remoteproc: introduce version element into resource type field
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 14:29:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57ae5678-fd0a-07a8-6165-a2cf7ccdef88@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200521192146.GO408178@builder.lan>
On 5/21/20 2:21 PM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Thu 21 May 12:06 PDT 2020, Suman Anna wrote:
>
>> Hi Bjorn,
>>
>> On 5/21/20 12:54 PM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
>>> On Wed 25 Mar 13:46 PDT 2020, Suman Anna wrote:
>>>
>>>> The current remoteproc core has supported only 32-bit remote
>>>> processors and as such some of the current resource structures
>>>> may not scale well for 64-bit remote processors, and would
>>>> require new versions of resource types. Each resource is currently
>>>> identified by a 32-bit type field. Introduce the concept of version
>>>> for these resource types by overloading this 32-bit type field
>>>> into two 16-bit version and type fields with the existing resources
>>>> behaving as version 0 thereby providing backward compatibility.
>>>>
>>>> The version field is passed as an additional argument to each of
>>>> the handler functions, and all the existing handlers are updated
>>>> accordingly. Each specific handler will be updated on a need basis
>>>> when a new version of the resource type is added.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I really would prefer that we add additional types for the new
>>> structures, neither side will be compatible with new versions without
>>> enhancements to their respective implementations anyways.
>>
>> OK.
>>
>>>
>>>> An alternate way would be to introduce the new types as completely
>>>> new resource types which would require additional customization of
>>>> the resource handlers based on the 32-bit or 64-bit mode of a remote
>>>> processor, and introduction of an additional mode flag to the rproc
>>>> structure.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What would this "mode" indicate? If it's version 0 or 1?
>>
>> No, for indicating if the remoteproc is 32-bit or 64-bit and adjust the
>> loading handlers if the resource types need to be segregated accordingly.
>>
>
> Sorry, I think I'm misunderstanding something. Wouldn't your 64-bit
> remote processor need different firmware from your 32-bit processor
> anyways, if you want to support the wider resource? And you would pack
> your firmware with the appropriate resource types?
Yes, that's correct.
>
> Afaict the bit width of your remote processor, busses or memory is
> unrelated to the choice of number of bits used to express things in the
> resource table.
I would have to add the new resource type to the loading_handlers right,
so it is a question of whether we want to impose any restrictions in
remoteproc core or not from supporting a certain resource type (eg: I
don't expect RSC_TRACE entries on 64-bit processors).
regards
Suman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-21 19:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-25 20:46 [PATCH 0/4] Update K3 DSP remoteproc driver for C71x DSPs Suman Anna
2020-03-25 20:46 ` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: k3-dsp: Update bindings " Suman Anna
2020-03-31 21:56 ` Rob Herring
2020-03-25 20:46 ` [PATCH 2/4] remoteproc: introduce version element into resource type field Suman Anna
2020-05-21 17:54 ` Bjorn Andersson
2020-05-21 19:06 ` Suman Anna
2020-05-21 19:21 ` Bjorn Andersson
2020-05-21 19:29 ` Suman Anna [this message]
2020-05-21 19:41 ` Bjorn Andersson
2020-05-21 19:52 ` Suman Anna
2020-03-25 20:47 ` [PATCH 3/4] remoteproc: add support for a new 64-bit trace version Suman Anna
2020-05-21 18:04 ` Bjorn Andersson
2020-05-21 19:42 ` Suman Anna
2020-05-22 16:54 ` Suman Anna
2020-05-22 17:33 ` Bjorn Andersson
2020-05-22 18:03 ` Clément Leger
2020-05-22 18:10 ` Clément Leger
2020-05-22 18:59 ` Suman Anna
2020-05-22 19:28 ` Clément Leger
2020-03-25 20:47 ` [PATCH 4/4] remoteproc/k3-dsp: Add support for C71x DSPs Suman Anna
2020-04-27 19:54 ` Suman Anna
2020-05-21 15:57 ` [PATCH 0/4] Update K3 DSP remoteproc driver " Suman Anna
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