The i.MX7 SoC is a Hybrid multi-core processor composed by Single/Dual
Cortex A7 core and Single Cortex M4 core.
Zephyr was ported to run on the M4 core. In a later release, it will
also communicate with the A7 core (running Linux) via RPmsg.
The low level drivers come from NXP FreeRTOS BSP and are located at
ext/hal/nxp/imx. More details can be found at ext/hal/nxp/imx/README
The A7 core is responsible to load the M4 binary application into the
RAM, put the M4 in reset, set the M4 Program Counter and Stack Pointer,
and get the M4 out of reset.
The A7 can perform these steps at bootloader level after the Linux
system has booted.
The M4 can use up to 5 different RAMs. These are the memory mapping for
A7 and M4:
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------------+
| Memory Name | Start Address | Size |
+===============+=================+===========================+
| TCML | 0x007F8000 | 32KB |
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------------+
| TCMU | 0x20000000 | 32KB |
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------------+
| OCRAM_S | 0x20180000 | 32KB |
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------------+
| OCRAM | 0x00900000 | 128KB |
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------------+
| DDR | 0x10000000 | 256MB |
+---------------+-----------------+---------------------------+
Signed-off-by: Diego Sueiro <diego.sueiro@gmail.com>
Clean up Kconfig so each SoC just selects the specific Cortex-M
implementaiton rather than having to select both CORTEX_M and
CORTEX_{M0, M3, M4, etc.}.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@linaro.org>
Move common SoC dts.fixup defines into arch/arm/soc/nxp_imx/rt/dts.fixup
so we remove duplication in the boards and only have board specific
defines in boards/arm/<FOO>/dts.fixup.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@linaro.org>
Unlike other NXP SoCs currently in Zephyr, the mimxrt1052 has the ARM
MPU rather than the NXP MPU. Start out by enabling it with a simple set
of memory regions for "flash" (ITCM), "ram" (DTCM), and the peripheral
buses. More regions will need to be added when we implement support for
external memories.
Tested with:
- samples/mpu/mpu_stack_guard_test
- tests/kernel/mem_protect/protection
Signed-off-by: Maureen Helm <maureen.helm@nxp.com>
Adds the mimxrt1052 SoC, which belongs to a new family (nxp_imx) and
series (rt) of SoCs. The mimxrt1052 integrates an Arm Cortex-M7 core,
512 KB TCM, and many peripherals including 2D graphics, an LCD display
controller, camera interface, SPDIF and I2S. Unlike other SoCs in
Zephyr, the mimxrt1052 has no internal flash.
This initial port to mimxrt1052 configures the system clock to operate
at 528 MHz, and enables the serial/uart and gpio interfaces to support
the hello_world and blinky samples. Support for additional Zephyr driver
interfaces will come later.
Signed-off-by: Maureen Helm <maureen.helm@nxp.com>
Diego Sueiro