diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile
index 9420d33b23ac..ad44f0fe3069 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #
 obj-$(CONFIG_CORESIGHT) += coresight.o
 coresight-y := coresight-core.o  coresight-etm-perf.o coresight-platform.o \
-		coresight-sysfs.o coresight-syscfg.o coresight-config.o
+		coresight-sysfs.o coresight-syscfg.o coresight-config.o \
+		coresight-cfg-preload.o coresight-cfg-afdo.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_LINK_AND_SINK_TMC) += coresight-tmc.o
 coresight-tmc-y := coresight-tmc-core.o coresight-tmc-etf.o \
 		      coresight-tmc-etr.o
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cfg-afdo.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cfg-afdo.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84b31184252b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cfg-afdo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright(C) 2020 Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
+ */
+
+#include "coresight-config.h"
+
+/* ETMv4 includes and features */
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_SOURCE_ETM4X)
+#include "coresight-etm4x-cfg.h"
+
+/* preload configurations and features */
+
+/* preload in features for ETMv4 */
+
+/* strobe feature */
+static struct cscfg_parameter_desc strobe_params[] = {
+	{
+		.name = "window",
+		.value = 5000,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "period",
+		.value = 10000,
+	},
+};
+
+static struct cscfg_regval_desc strobe_regs[] = {
+	/* resource selectors */
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE,
+		.offset = TRCRSCTLRn(2),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_SEL,
+		.val32 = 0x20001,
+	},
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE,
+		.offset = TRCRSCTLRn(3),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_SEQ,
+		.val32 = 0x20002,
+	},
+	/* strobe window counter 0 - reload from param 0 */
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE | CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_VAL_SAVE,
+		.offset = TRCCNTVRn(0),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_CTR,
+	},
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE | CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_VAL_PARAM,
+		.offset = TRCCNTRLDVRn(0),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_CTR,
+		.val32 = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE,
+		.offset = TRCCNTCTLRn(0),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_CTR,
+		.val32 = 0x10001,
+	},
+	/* strobe period counter 1 - reload from param 1 */
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE | CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_VAL_SAVE,
+		.offset = TRCCNTVRn(1),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_CTR,
+	},
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE | CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_VAL_PARAM,
+		.offset = TRCCNTRLDVRn(1),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_CTR,
+		.val32 = 1,
+	},
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE,
+		.offset = TRCCNTCTLRn(1),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_CTR,
+		.val32 = 0x8102,
+	},
+	/* sequencer */
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE,
+		.offset = TRCSEQEVRn(0),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_SEQ,
+		.val32 = 0x0081,
+	},
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_RESOURCE,
+		.offset = TRCSEQEVRn(1),
+		.hw_info = ETM4_CFG_RES_SEQ,
+		.val32 = 0x0000,
+	},
+	/* view-inst */
+	{
+		.type = CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_STD | CS_CFG_REG_TYPE_VAL_MASK,
+		.offset = TRCVICTLR,
+		.val32 = 0x0003,
+		.mask32 = 0x0003,
+	},
+	/* end of regs */
+};
+
+struct cscfg_feature_desc strobe_etm4x = {
+	.name = "strobing",
+	.description = "Generate periodic trace capture windows.\n"
+		       "parameter \'window\': a number of CPU cycles (W)\n"
+		       "parameter \'period\': trace enabled for W cycles every period x W cycles\n",
+	.match_flags = CS_CFG_MATCH_CLASS_SRC_ETM4,
+	.nr_params = ARRAY_SIZE(strobe_params),
+	.params_desc = strobe_params,
+	.nr_regs = ARRAY_SIZE(strobe_regs),
+	.regs_desc = strobe_regs,
+};
+
+/* create an autofdo configuration */
+
+/* we will provide 9 sets of preset parameter values */
+#define AFDO_NR_PRESETS	9
+/* the total number of parameters in used features */
+#define AFDO_NR_PARAMS	ARRAY_SIZE(strobe_params)
+
+static const char *afdo_ref_names[] = {
+	"strobing",
+};
+
+/*
+ * set of presets leaves strobing window constant while varying period to allow
+ * experimentation with mark / space ratios for various workloads
+ */
+static u64 afdo_presets[AFDO_NR_PRESETS][AFDO_NR_PARAMS] = {
+	{ 5000, 2 },
+	{ 5000, 4 },
+	{ 5000, 8 },
+	{ 5000, 16 },
+	{ 5000, 64 },
+	{ 5000, 128 },
+	{ 5000, 512 },
+	{ 5000, 1024 },
+	{ 5000, 4096 },
+};
+
+struct cscfg_config_desc afdo_etm4x = {
+	.name = "autofdo",
+	.description = "Setup ETMs with strobing for autofdo\n"
+	"Supplied presets allow experimentation with mark-space ratio for various loads\n",
+	.nr_feat_refs = ARRAY_SIZE(afdo_ref_names),
+	.feat_ref_names = afdo_ref_names,
+	.nr_presets = AFDO_NR_PRESETS,
+	.nr_total_params = AFDO_NR_PARAMS,
+	.presets = &afdo_presets[0][0],
+};
+
+/* end of ETM4x configurations */
+#endif	/* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_SOURCE_ETM4X) */
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cfg-preload.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cfg-preload.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..751af3710d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cfg-preload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright(C) 2020 Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
+ */
+
+#include "coresight-cfg-preload.h"
+#include "coresight-config.h"
+#include "coresight-syscfg.h"
+
+/* Basic features and configurations pre-loaded on initialisation */
+
+static struct cscfg_feature_desc *preload_feats[] = {
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_SOURCE_ETM4X)
+	&strobe_etm4x,
+#endif
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct cscfg_config_desc *preload_cfgs[] = {
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_SOURCE_ETM4X)
+	&afdo_etm4x,
+#endif
+	NULL
+};
+
+/* preload called on initialisation */
+int cscfg_preload(void)
+{
+	return cscfg_load_config_sets(preload_cfgs, preload_feats);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cfg-preload.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cfg-preload.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21299e175477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cfg-preload.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright(C) 2020 Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
+ */
+
+/* declare preloaded configurations and features */
+
+/* from coresight-cfg-afdo.c - etm 4x features */
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CORESIGHT_SOURCE_ETM4X)
+extern struct cscfg_feature_desc strobe_etm4x;
+extern struct cscfg_config_desc afdo_etm4x;
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.h
index a204ad9a4792..32dab34c1dac 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-cfg.h
@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@
 #include "coresight-config.h"
 #include "coresight-etm4x.h"
 
+/* ETMv4 specific config defines */
+
+/* resource IDs */
+
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_CTR	0x001
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_CMP	0x002
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_CMP_PAIR0	0x003
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_CMP_PAIR1	0x004
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_SEL	0x005
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_SEL_PAIR0	0x006
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_SEL_PAIR1	0x007
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_SEQ	0x008
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_TS		0x009
+#define ETM4_CFG_RES_MASK	0x00F
+
 /* ETMv4 specific config functions */
 int etm4_cscfg_register(struct coresight_device *csdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c
index 4e9804875a9b..a029e49e799c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c
@@ -734,8 +734,17 @@ int __init cscfg_init(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cscfg_mgr->config_desc_list);
 	atomic_set(&cscfg_mgr->sys_active_cnt, 0);
 
+	/* preload built-in configurations */
+	err = cscfg_preload();
+	if (err)
+		goto exit_err;
+
 	dev_info(cscfg_device(), "CoreSight Configuration manager initialised");
 	return 0;
+
+exit_err:
+	cscfg_clear_device();
+	return err;
 }
 
 void cscfg_exit(void)
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.h
index a52775890670..7bb8c8e497ba 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct cscfg_registered_csdev {
 /* internal core operations for cscfg */
 int __init cscfg_init(void);
 void cscfg_exit(void);
+int cscfg_preload(void);
 
 /* syscfg manager external API */
 int cscfg_load_config_sets(struct cscfg_config_desc **cfg_descs,
