On 4/28/26 08:50, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 09:27:02AM -0700, Ben Levinsky wrote:
Describe an AMD BRAM-based soft-core processor subsystem instantiated in
programmable logic and using dual-port BRAM for firmware storage and
execution.
The binding models a soft-core processor subsystem instantiated in AMD
programmable logic and using dual-port BRAM for firmware storage and
execution. The remoteproc device is represented as a child node whose
reg property describes the firmware memory window in the processor-local
address space. The parent bus node provides standard devicetree address
translation through ranges so Linux can access the same BRAM through the
system physical address space.
A clock input feeds the soft-core processor subsystem, and an active-low
reset GPIO holds the processor in reset until firmware loading
completes. The firmware-name property is optional.
Signed-off-by: Ben Levinsky <[email protected]>
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/remoteproc/amd,bram-rproc.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: AMD BRAM-based Remote Processor
+
+maintainers:
+ - Ben Levinsky <[email protected]>
+
+description: |
+ Soft-core processor subsystem instantiated in AMD programmable logic and
+ using dual-port BRAM for firmware storage and execution.
Isn't the soft-core or FPGA still part of some Xilinx SoC? Or is this
completely different thing from SoC and there is a design WITHOUT SoC
using this remote proc?
In 99% case this is going to be used on Xilinx SOC with programmable logic next
to ARM core.
soft core means - means VHDL/Verilog code synthesized to programmable
logic/fpga. It means exact location in chip varies based on build and constraints.
hard core - physical HW location - like ARM cores in our chip.
(ARM is providing RTL/code that even ARM cores in fpga emulated platforms are
actually used as soft cores).
Not sure if you want me to talk about that 1% use cases which are also possible
but don't think anybody will design them.
Thanks,
Michal
