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iMX7 Relocating M4 Code to DDR

Duracell — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 12:58:56 GMT

I currently have a board with iMX7d. The M4 is running from TCM. I already have units in field but I am not able to remotely update uBoot. I can update Linux remotely.

I now want to run the M4 code from DDR. Can this be done with only changing the Linux image and not changing uBoot?

Thanks in advance

Re: iMX7 Relocating M4 Code to DDR

igorpadykov — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:54:04 GMT

Hi Sean

one can try procedures described in below documents

AN5317 Loading Code on Cortex-M4 from Linux for the i.MX 6SoloX and i.MX 7Dual/7Solo Application Processors
https://github.com/NXPmicro/imx-m4fwloader

Best regards
igor

Re: iMX7 Relocating M4 Code to DDR

Duracell — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:46:04 GMT

Hi Igor

Thanks for your response. The AN talks about OCR and TCM and loading a new image at run time. Unfortunately it still does not help me understand the following:

My M4 code is currently running from TCM. I will modify my M4 code to run from DDR. Do I also need to rebuild my make change to my Yocto Linux image or will it work without a change to the Linux image?

Thanks in advance

Re: iMX7 Relocating M4 Code to DDR

Duracell — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:54:20 GMT

eg. does the Linux memory map need to be adjusted and Linux therefore needs to be rebuilt?

Re: iMX7 Relocating M4 Code to DDR

Duracell — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:59:05 GMT

also, does uBoot need to be recompiled to accommodate this change?

Re: iMX7 Relocating M4 Code to DDR

igorpadykov — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 00:33:50 GMT

may be useful to look at below link

https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Kernel-when-relocated-outside-of-first-2MB-of-RAM/m-p/685575

Best regards
igor

Re: iMX7 Relocating M4 Code to DDR

BiyongSUN — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 08:09:06 GMT

It is related to M4. Please search i.MX6SX_M4_MPU_Settings_For_RPMSG_08102018.pdf in the below link.

Although it is i.MX6SX, it is the same knowledge.

i.MX Development Miscellanea(i.MX 开发杂记)
https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors-Knowledge-Base/i-MX-Development-Miscellanea-i-MX-%E5%BC%80%E5%8F%91%E6%9D%82%E8%AE%B0/ta-p/1104265