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+The Linux Remoteproc subsystem Driver Core kernel API
+=====================================================
+
+anish kumar <yesanishhere@gmail.com>
+
+Introduction
+------------
+This document does not describe what a Remote processor subsystem
+(RPROC) Driver or Device is. It also does not describe the API
+which can be used by user space to communicate with a RPROC driver.
+If you want to know this then please read the following
+file: Documentation/remoteproc/rproc-api.rst .
+
+So what does this document describe? It describes the API that can be used by
+remote processor Drivers that want to use the remote processor Driver Core
+Framework. This framework provides all interfacing towards user space so that
+the same code does not have to be reproduced each time. This also means that
+a remote processor driver then only needs to provide the different routines
+(operations) that control the remote processor.
+
+The API
+-------
+Each remote processor driver that wants to use the remote processor Driver Core
+must #include <linux/remoteproc.h> (you would have to do this anyway when
+writing a rproc device driver). This include file contains following
+register routine::
+
+ int devm_rproc_add(struct device *dev, struct rproc *rproc)
+
+The devm_rproc_add routine registers a remote processor device.
+The parameter of this routine is a pointer to a rproc device structure.
+This routine returns zero on success and a negative errno code for failure.
+
+The rproc device structure looks like this::
+
+ struct rproc {
+ struct list_head node;
+ struct iommu_domain *domain;
+ const char *name;
+ const char *firmware;
+ void *priv;
+ struct rproc_ops *ops;
+ struct device dev;
+ atomic_t power;
+ unsigned int state;
+ enum rproc_dump_mechanism dump_conf;
+ struct mutex lock;
+ struct dentry *dbg_dir;
+ struct list_head traces;
+ int num_traces;
+ struct list_head carveouts;
+ struct list_head mappings;
+ u64 bootaddr;
+ struct list_head rvdevs;
+ struct list_head subdevs;
+ struct idr notifyids;
+ int index;
+ struct work_struct crash_handler;
+ unsigned int crash_cnt;
+ bool recovery_disabled;
+ int max_notifyid;
+ struct resource_table *table_ptr;
+ struct resource_table *clean_table;
+ struct resource_table *cached_table;
+ size_t table_sz;
+ bool has_iommu;
+ bool auto_boot;
+ bool sysfs_read_only;
+ struct list_head dump_segments;
+ int nb_vdev;
+ u8 elf_class;
+ u16 elf_machine;
+ struct cdev cdev;
+ bool cdev_put_on_release;
+ DECLARE_BITMAP(features, RPROC_MAX_FEATURES);
+ };
+
+It contains following fields:
+
+* node: list node of this rproc object
+* domain: iommu domain
+* name: human readable name of the rproc
+* firmware: name of firmware file to be loaded
+* priv: private data which belongs to the platform-specific rproc module
+* ops: platform-specific start/stop rproc handlers
+* dev: virtual device for refcounting and common remoteproc behavior
+* power: refcount of users who need this rproc powered up
+* state: state of the device
+* dump_conf: Currently selected coredump configuration
+* lock: lock which protects concurrent manipulations of the rproc
+* dbg_dir: debugfs directory of this rproc device
+* traces: list of trace buffers
+* num_traces: number of trace buffers
+* carveouts: list of physically contiguous memory allocations
+* mappings: list of iommu mappings we initiated, needed on shutdown
+* bootaddr: address of first instruction to boot rproc with (optional)
+* rvdevs: list of remote virtio devices
+* subdevs: list of subdevices, to following the running state
+* notifyids: idr for dynamically assigning rproc-wide unique notify ids
+* index: index of this rproc device
+* crash_handler: workqueue for handling a crash
+* crash_cnt: crash counter
+* recovery_disabled: flag that state if recovery was disabled
+* max_notifyid: largest allocated notify id.
+* table_ptr: pointer to the resource table in effect
+* clean_table: copy of the resource table without modifications. Used
+* when a remote processor is attached or detached from the core
+* cached_table: copy of the resource table
+* table_sz: size of @cached_table
+* has_iommu: flag to indicate if remote processor is behind an MMU
+* auto_boot: flag to indicate if remote processor should be auto-started
+* sysfs_read_only: flag to make remoteproc sysfs files read only
+* dump_segments: list of segments in the firmware
+* nb_vdev: number of vdev currently handled by rproc
+* elf_class: firmware ELF class
+* elf_machine: firmware ELF machine
+* cdev: character device of the rproc
+* cdev_put_on_release: flag to indicate if remoteproc should be shutdown on @char_dev release
+* features: indicate remoteproc features
+
+The list of rproc operations is defined as::
+
+ struct rproc_ops {
+ int (*prepare)(struct rproc *rproc);
+ int (*unprepare)(struct rproc *rproc);
+ int (*start)(struct rproc *rproc);
+ int (*stop)(struct rproc *rproc);
+ int (*attach)(struct rproc *rproc);
+ int (*detach)(struct rproc *rproc);
+ void (*kick)(struct rproc *rproc, int vqid);
+ void * (*da_to_va)(struct rproc *rproc, u64 da, size_t len, bool *is_iomem);
+ int (*parse_fw)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
+ int (*handle_rsc)(struct rproc *rproc, u32 rsc_type, void *rsc,
+ int offset, int avail);
+ struct resource_table *(*find_loaded_rsc_table)(
+ struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
+ struct resource_table *(*get_loaded_rsc_table)(
+ struct rproc *rproc, size_t *size);
+ int (*load)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
+ int (*sanity_check)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
+ u64 (*get_boot_addr)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
+ unsigned long (*panic)(struct rproc *rproc);
+ void (*coredump)(struct rproc *rproc);
+ };
+
+Most of the operations are optional. Currently in the implementation
+there are no mandatory operations, however from the practical standpoint
+minimum ops are:
+
+* start: this is a pointer to the routine that starts the remote processor
+ device.
+ The routine needs a pointer to the remote processor device structure as a
+ parameter. It returns zero on success or a negative errno code for failure.
+
+* stop: with this routine the remote processor device is being stopped.
+
+ The routine needs a pointer to the remote processor device structure as a
+ parameter. It returns zero on success or a negative errno code for failure.
+
+* da_to_va: this is the routine that needs to translate device address to
+ application processor virtual address that it can copy code to.
+
+ The routine needs a pointer to the remote processor device structure as a
+ parameter. It returns zero on success or a negative errno code for failure.
+
+ The routine provides the device address it finds in the ELF firmware and asks
+ the driver to convert that to virtual address.
+
+All other callbacks are optional in case of ELF provided firmware.
+
+* load: this is to load the firmware on to the remote device.
+
+ The routine needs firmware file that it needs to load on to the remote processor.
+ If the driver overrides this callback then default ELF loader will not get used.
+ Otherwise default framework provided loader gets used.
+
+ load = rproc_elf_load_segments;
+ parse_fw = rproc_elf_load_rsc_table;
+ find_loaded_rsc_table = rproc_elf_find_loaded_rsc_table;
+ sanity_check = rproc_elf_sanity_check;
+ get_boot_addr = rproc_elf_get_boot_addr;
+
+* parse_fw: this routing parses the provided firmware. In case of ELF format,
+ framework provided rproc_elf_load_rsc_table function can be used.
+
+* sanity_check: Check the format of the firmware.
+
+* coredump: If the driver prefers to manage coredumps independently, it can
+ implement its own coredump handling. However, the framework offers a default
+ implementation for the ELF format by assigning this callback to
+ rproc_coredump, unless the driver has overridden it.
+
+* get_boot_addr: In case the bootaddr defined in ELF firmware is different, driver
+ can use this callback to set a different boot address for remote processor to
+ starts its reset vector from.
+
+* find_loaded_rsc_table: this routine gets the loaded resource table from the firmware.
+
+ resource table should have a section named (.resource_table) for the framework
+ to understand and interpret its content. Resource table is a way for remote
+ processor to ask for resources such as memory for dumping and logging. Look
+ at core documentation to know how to create the ELF section for the same.
+
+* get_loaded_rsc_table: Driver can customize passing the resource table by overriding
+ this callback. Framework doesn't provide any default implementation for the same.
+
+
+The rproc_report_crash function allows you to report a crash when crash is
+detected by the driver.
+
+::
+
+ void rproc_report_crash(struct rproc *rproc, enum rproc_crash_type type);
+
+To add a subdev corresponding driver can call::
+
+ void rproc_add_subdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct rproc_subdev *subdev);
+
+To remove a subdev, driver can call.
+
+::
+
+ void rproc_remove_subdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct rproc_subdev *subdev);
+
+To work with ELF coredump below function can be called::
+
+ void rproc_coredump_cleanup(struct rproc *rproc);
+ void rproc_coredump(struct rproc *rproc);
+ void rproc_coredump_using_sections(struct rproc *rproc);
+ int rproc_coredump_add_segment(struct rproc *rproc, dma_addr_t da, size_t size);
+ int rproc_coredump_add_custom_segment(struct rproc *rproc,
+ dma_addr_t da, size_t size,
+ void (*dumpfn)(struct rproc *rproc,
+ struct rproc_dump_segment *segment,
+ void *dest, size_t offset,
+ size_t size),
+
+Remember that coredump functions provided by the framework only works with ELF format.
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