> On Apr 9, 2020, at 12:54 PM, John Allwine <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> The PRU code for hal_pru_generic is here: 
> https://github.com/machinekit/machinekit-hal/tree/master/src/hal/drivers/hal_pru_generic
> 
> You'll see a number of .p files and they are assembled using pasm, the source 
> code for which is also in the machinekit repository: 
> https://github.com/machinekit/machinekit-hal/tree/master/src/hal/support/pasm
> 
> The copyrights at the top of the pasm source are by TI, so I imagine this was 
> copied from somewhere else. I don't see a way to compile the pru code down to 
> elf format using pasm, which is what it appears I need in order to use 
> remoteproc. Is there another tool I can use to compile/assemble the .p files? 
> Alternatively, is there another tool I can use to convert the compiled .bin 
> file to an elf file?

You’ll likely need to convert the syntax to get elf. You can use pru-gcc or 
clpru (TI).

 I’d recommend giving pru-gcc a shot. It is available to run on BeagleBone AI 
in the Debian package feed. 

I’d further recommend just switching to C with inline assembly. 


> 
>> On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 1:23:48 PM UTC-6, John Allwine wrote:
>> The hal_pru_generic PRU code is all written in assembly and is compiled down 
>> to a .bin file. Copying that bin file to the firmware doesn't work. On the 
>> Beaglebone Black the contents of the bin file are copied to the appropriate 
>> address in memory in order to load it onto the PRU. What do I have to do to 
>> this bin file in order to be able to copy it to 
>> /lib/firmare/am57xx-pru1_1-fw (or one of the other 3 pru options) and then 
>> start it with remoteproc?
>> 
>>> On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 12:45:33 AM UTC-6, Jason Kridner wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 12:28 AM John Allwine <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote: 
>>> > 
>>> > Thanks Jason! I’ve found enough info on the pinmux to get me by for now. 
>>> > hal_pru_generic and the PRUs seem to be the big blocker at this point. I 
>>> > still need to get my head around the details of hal_pru_generic to know 
>>> > if using remoteproc would work. How do I use remoteproc to run code on 
>>> > the PRU? 
>>> 
>>> Check out 
>>> https://github.com/beagleboard/cloud9-examples/tree/v2020.01/BeagleBone/AI/pru
>>>  
>>> 
>>> PRU start script in the Makefile is at 
>>> https://github.com/beagleboard/cloud9-examples/blob/v2020.01/common/Makefile#L164-L167
>>>  
>>> 
>>> > 
>>> > > On Apr 7, 2020, at 9:57 PM, Jason Kridner <[email protected]> 
>>> > > wrote: 
>>> > > 
>>> > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 11:27 PM John Allwine 
>>> > > <[email protected]> wrote: 
>>> > >> 
>>> > >> Is there a UIO PRU driver for the Beaglebone AI? How do I enable it? 
>>> > >> I'm trying to be able to talk to the PRUs using hal_pru_generic on the 
>>> > >> the Beaglebone AI, which does so on the BBB using the uio_pruss 
>>> > >> module. On the AI I see a uio_pruss_shmem module loaded when looking 
>>> > >> at /proc/modules, is that the same thing? 
>>> > > 
>>> > > This custom little uio_pruss_shmem driver will go away as a different 
>>> > > existing uio driver can be configured to provide uio shared memory 
>>> > > access without interfering with the remoteproc driver's ability to 
>>> > > load the PRU code. 
>>> > > 
>>> > > It is largely the same as the uio_pruss module, but the memory region 
>>> > > shared does not include the control registers needed to load code and 
>>> > > start/stop the processor. That can be done with the remoteproc 
>>> > > mechanisms. 
>>> > > 
>>> > > Will this work for you? 
>>> > > 
>>> > > BTW, sorry I never got back to you on the pinmux stuff. It keeps 
>>> > > dropping from my plate as I seem to always have something more urgent 
>>> > > to do at any given moment. Can you throw a meeting time on my calendar 
>>> > > if you still need this and we can make it a live working session? The 
>>> > > pinmux thing isn't complicated, but I have to look around in a bunch 
>>> > > of places to gather the right bits. 
>>> > > 
>>> > >> 
>>> > >> I can run the following commands on the AI: 
>>> > >> 
>>> > >> cat /sys/class/uio/uio0/maps/map0/addr 
>>> > >> 0x4b200000 
>>> > >> 
>>> > >> cat /sys/class/uio/uio0/maps/map0/size 
>>> > >> 0x00020000 
>>> > >> 
>>> > >> cat /sys/class/uio/uio1/maps/map0/addr 
>>> > >> 0x4b280000 
>>> > >> 
>>> > >> cat /sys/class/uio/uio1/maps/map0/size
>>> > >> 0x00020000 
>>> > >> 
>>> > >> The size on both of those seem small as the PRUSS_INTC region starts 
>>> > >> at 0x00020000 according to the AM572x Technical Reference Manual on 
>>> > >> page 418 (and on the Beaglebone Black the PRU uio size is 0x00080000). 
>>> > >> 
>>> > >> Anyway, I'm not very familiar with things at this level, so I may not 
>>> > >> be phrasing my questions well, but any help is appreciated! 
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