By real world I mean a real world useful example. Not some BS spit 100
"hello" messages out into dmesg.

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 4:19 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:

> OK, so show us a real world example of rpmsg.
>
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 3:53 PM, John Syne <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> OK, so maybe you can explain why you think there is a difference between
>> writing PRU firmware targeting PRUSS vs PRU firmware targeting remoteproc?
>> The only difference is the API. You can build the firmware for each in the
>> same way. The only reference to CCSV6 is the examples TI created for
>> remoteproc. Someone updated those examples to build with GCC. So I don’t
>> understand what you mean by forced to use “close source tools”. Nothing in
>> remoteproc is closed source. All remoteproc does is load the firmware on
>> the PRU and then start the code. virtio_rpmsg_bus handles the
>> communications between ARM and the PRU.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 13, 2015, at 12:43 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> We're not talking about the X15 in this post, and personally, I probably
>> won't be using an X15 for a long, long time. Too much board, for too much
>> money.
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 1:30 PM, John Syne <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Remoteproc/RPMSG is a standard in mainline for interfacing ARM to other
>>> processors on the same SOC. On the x15, this will be the only way you can
>>> interface to the DSP, M4’s, etc. Other vendors have adopted this solutions
>>> as well.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 13, 2015, at 12:25 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> So, not to argue, but my point of view. I have no problem with people
>>> using remoteproc, *if* that's what they want to do. At the same time, I
>>> feel that it should not be "forced down our throats", because right now, it
>>> is not ready for prime time. uio_pruss is a known quantity, lots of people
>>> have documented their use of it, and remoteproc is barely documented at
>>> all. Passed that, from what I've seen so far, only closed source tools can
>>> be used with remoteproc, on the beaglebones.
>>>
>>> I did see someone post a gcc "port" of one of Jason Reeders guides . . .
>>> but no mention of toolchain setup, or anything else.
>>>
>>> So until documentation is up to snuff, and we're not forced to use close
>>> source tools. I'll always consider remoteproc as something not to be used
>>> seriously. I'm sure I'm also not alone.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 1:17 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> *With newer kernels, you need to use the standard Linux remote-proc*
>>>>> * interface, rather than the legacy UIO driver.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not exactly. Only if you're using the *TI kernels. The *bone kernels
>>>> have uio_pruss enabled.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> william@beaglebone:~$ *uname -r*
>>>> 4.1.12-bone-rt-r16
>>>> william@beaglebone:~$ *sudo sh -c "echo 'pru_enable' >
>>>> /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots"*
>>>> william@beaglebone:~$ *./ti/lsuio-0.2.0/lsuio*
>>>> uio7: name=pruss_evt7, version=1.0, events=0
>>>>         map[0]: addr=0x4A300000, size=524288
>>>>         map[1]: addr=0x9E880000, size=262144
>>>> uio6: name=pruss_evt6, version=1.0, events=0
>>>>         map[0]: addr=0x4A300000, size=524288
>>>>         map[1]: addr=0x9E880000, size=262144
>>>> uio5: name=pruss_evt5, version=1.0, events=0
>>>>         map[0]: addr=0x4A300000, size=524288
>>>>         map[1]: addr=0x9E880000, size=262144
>>>> uio4: name=pruss_evt4, version=1.0, events=0
>>>>         map[0]: addr=0x4A300000, size=524288
>>>>         map[1]: addr=0x9E880000, size=262144
>>>> uio3: name=pruss_evt3, version=1.0, events=0
>>>>         map[0]: addr=0x4A300000, size=524288
>>>>         map[1]: addr=0x9E880000, size=262144
>>>> uio2: name=pruss_evt2, version=1.0, events=0
>>>>         map[0]: addr=0x4A300000, size=524288
>>>>         map[1]: addr=0x9E880000, size=262144
>>>> uio1: name=pruss_evt1, version=1.0, events=0
>>>>         map[0]: addr=0x4A300000, size=524288
>>>>         map[1]: addr=0x9E880000, size=262144
>>>> uio0: name=pruss_evt0, version=1.0, events=0
>>>>         map[0]: addr=0x4A300000, size=524288
>>>>         map[1]: addr=0x9E880000, size=262144
>>>>
>>>> The pru_enable  device tree file is pretty simple too:
>>>>
>>>> /dts-v1/;
>>>> /plugin/;
>>>>
>>>> / {
>>>>     compatible = "ti,beaglebone", "ti,beaglebone-black";
>>>>
>>>>     /* identification */
>>>>     part-number = "pruss_enable";
>>>>     version = "00A0";
>>>>
>>>>      fragment@0 {
>>>>              target = <&pruss>;
>>>>            __overlay__ {
>>>>                       status = "okay";
>>>>
>>>>                    };
>>>>         };
>>>>
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>> Also, yes, everything works fine. I've tested various PRU git projects,
>>>> and they all seem to work fine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Charles Steinkuehler <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 12/13/2015 4:37 AM, Strawson wrote:
>>>>> > Sadly I'm running into the same missing uio directories now that I'm
>>>>> trying
>>>>> > to get my beaglebone code that was stable on the 3.8 kernel and
>>>>> Wheezy
>>>>> > image. My old compiled dtbo wouldn't load with a 4.1 kernel until it
>>>>> was
>>>>> > recompiled. Even with it loaded, the following modules don't load:
>>>>> PRU,
>>>>> > eQEP, PWM, and GPIO_buttons. I spent today hacking together
>>>>> workarounds for
>>>>> > the latter 3, but the PRU still has me stumped.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Looking closely, the am335x-boneblack.dtb file has changed quite a
>>>>> bit.
>>>>> > Once decompiled I have the following entries for the PRUSS:
>>>>>
>>>>> With newer kernels, you need to use the standard Linux remote-proc
>>>>> interface, rather than the legacy UIO driver.
>>>>>
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>>>>> [email protected]
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