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Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP?
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Val Kondratenko
I recently got tasked with upgrading linux kernel (which we get from freescale), to fix some vulnerabilities. I am new to this, with all engineers with previous experience in this area no longer with company. To fix the vulnerabilities, will need to upgrade to kernel rev 5.12. Noticed that only a community branch of this (5.12.x+fslc) is available. Latest freescale (imx) releases/branches are still at 5.4. I do so, my organization has previously used on freescale/imx releases. Is it generally safe to use the community releases? Have their problems with bugs/instabilities with them?
Thanks in advance, Val |
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Otavio Salvador
Hello Val,
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The 5.12.x is based on mainline. It is totally safe and include very small set of changes on top of upstream. Em qui., 10 de jun. de 2021 às 09:34, Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> escreveu:
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Fabio Estevam
Hi Val,
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 9:34 AM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: I recently got tasked with upgrading linux kernel (which we get from freescale), to fix some vulnerabilities.Yes, it is a good approach to move to a mainline kernel. One important aspect to consider is what is the i.MX SoC that you are using. imx28/imx5/imx6/imx7 have decent support in the upstream kernel. imx8m/imx8mm are getting better. imx8qxp has a minimum support upstream in 5.12. |
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Val Kondratenko
OK thanks.
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Next question - does it have full support for imx7d? I noticed (as I am attempting to apply patches we use), that /arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx7d.c exists in the 5.4.X.imx version we are currently using, but is not present in 5.12. But mach-imx7d.c is. Will I have to add files (via patches) to fully support imx7d? Thanks a ton, Val -----Original Message-----
From: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 3:43 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? Hello Val, The 5.12.x is based on mainline. It is totally safe and include very small set of changes on top of upstream. Em qui., 10 de jun. de 2021 às 09:34, Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> escreveu:
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Val Kondratenko
Just, also sent an e-mail in response to Otavio on this.
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Thanks for quick responses!!! Using imx7d: I noticed (as I am attempting to apply patches we use), that /arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx7d.c exists in the 5.4.X.imx version we are currently using, but is not present in 5.12. But mach-imx7d.c is. Will I have to add files (via patches) to fully support imx7d vs. what we had in the freescale 5.4.X.imx release? Thanks a ton, Val -----Original Message-----
From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 4:14 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? Hi Val, On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 9:34 AM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: I recently got tasked with upgrading linux kernel (which we get from freescale), to fix some vulnerabilities.Yes, it is a good approach to move to a mainline kernel. One important aspect to consider is what is the i.MX SoC that you are using. imx28/imx5/imx6/imx7 have decent support in the upstream kernel. imx8m/imx8mm are getting better. imx8qxp has a minimum support upstream in 5.12. |
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Fabio Estevam
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:19 PM Val Kondratenko
<valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: Yes, imx7d is well supported in the mainline kernel. I noticed (as I am attempting to apply patches we use), that /arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx7d.c exists in the 5.4.X.imx version we are currently using, but is not present in 5.12. But mach-imx7d.c is.cpuidle is supported via PSCI implementation in U-Boot. I suggest you to use U-Boot mainline too. |
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Val Kondratenko
One other thing I see missing in 5.12, that was in freeescale 5.4, is the rpmsg (Remote Processor Messaging) functionality.
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Thanks again!!! Val -----Original Message-----
From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 5:12 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:19 PM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: Yes, imx7d is well supported in the mainline kernel. I noticed (as I am attempting to apply patches we use), that /arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx7d.c exists in the 5.4.X.imx version we are currently using, but is not present in 5.12. But mach-imx7d.c is.cpuidle is supported via PSCI implementation in U-Boot. I suggest you to use U-Boot mainline too. |
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Fabio Estevam
Hi Val,
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:12 PM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: In mainline, this is handled by the drivers/remoteproc/imx_rproc.c driver. Regards, Fabio Estevam |
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Val Kondratenko
Thanks!!!
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From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 12:19 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? Hi Val, On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:12 PM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: In mainline, this is handled by the drivers/remoteproc/imx_rproc.c driver. Regards, Fabio Estevam |
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Val Kondratenko
.. will probably be going to mainline uboot as well.
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Are there any similar things (like cpuidle moving from kernel to uboot), that I would have to worry about? Thanks in advance, Val -----Original Message-----
From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 5:12 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:19 PM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: Yes, imx7d is well supported in the mainline kernel. I noticed (as I am attempting to apply patches we use), that /arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx7d.c exists in the 5.4.X.imx version we are currently using, but is not present in 5.12. But mach-imx7d.c is.cpuidle is supported via PSCI implementation in U-Boot. I suggest you to use U-Boot mainline too. |
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Fabio Estevam
On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 2:48 PM Val Kondratenko
<valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: No, you should be good with tha mainline U-Boot and kernel combination. |
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Fabio Estevam
On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 2:53 PM Val Kondratenko
<valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: Yes, that's a good one. U-Boot 2021.07 should be available on July, 5th. The cpuidle functionality would be in?The PSCI mechanism in U-Boot will take care of it. No extra action is required. |
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Val Kondratenko
Is the following a recommended upstream u-boot?
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u-boot-v2021.04 from https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/ The cpuidle functionality would be in? arch/arm/mach-imx/mx7/psci-mx7.c From when/which release U-boot started support cpuidle? Is there any documentation on how to move the cpuidle functionality from kernel to u-boot? What is involved there? Thanks in advance, Val -----Original Message-----
From: meta-freescale@... <meta-freescale@...> On Behalf Of Val Kondratenko via lists.yoctoproject.org Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 11:12 AM To: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? One other thing I see missing in 5.12, that was in freeescale 5.4, is the rpmsg (Remote Processor Messaging) functionality. Thanks again!!! Val -----Original Message----- From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 5:12 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:19 PM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: Yes, imx7d is well supported in the mainline kernel. I noticed (as I am attempting to apply patches we use), that /arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx7d.c exists in the 5.4.X.imx version we are currently using, but is not present in 5.12. But mach-imx7d.c is.cpuidle is supported via PSCI implementation in U-Boot. I suggest you to use U-Boot mainline too. |
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Val Kondratenko
Oops, sorry for duplicate (ignore), meant to send to someone else.
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And thanks (again) for quick response, Val -----Original Message-----
From: meta-freescale@... <meta-freescale@...> On Behalf Of Val Kondratenko via lists.yoctoproject.org Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 1:54 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...>; Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? Is the following a recommended upstream u-boot? u-boot-v2021.04 from https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsource.denx.de%2Fu-boot%2Fu-boot%2F&;data=04%7C01%7Cvaleriy.kondratenko%40jci.com%7C9d81ccfd81c14c0c3f5c08d93806c619%7Ca1f1e2147ded45b681a19e8ae3459641%7C0%7C0%7C637602424008919863%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=W7VRDmOAXNwxGNXX4kRgOvSij%2BOFq6k5I%2Fy%2FaBVnpiA%3D&reserved=0 The cpuidle functionality would be in? arch/arm/mach-imx/mx7/psci-mx7.c From when/which release U-boot started support cpuidle? Is there any documentation on how to move the cpuidle functionality from kernel to u-boot? What is involved there? Thanks in advance, Val -----Original Message----- From: meta-freescale@... <meta-freescale@...> On Behalf Of Val Kondratenko via lists.yoctoproject.org Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 11:12 AM To: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? One other thing I see missing in 5.12, that was in freeescale 5.4, is the rpmsg (Remote Processor Messaging) functionality. Thanks again!!! Val -----Original Message----- From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 5:12 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:19 PM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: Yes, imx7d is well supported in the mainline kernel. I noticed (as I am attempting to apply patches we use), that /arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx7d.c exists in the 5.4.X.imx version we are currently using, but is not present in 5.12. But mach-imx7d.c is.cpuidle is supported via PSCI implementation in U-Boot. I suggest you to use U-Boot mainline too. |
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Val Kondratenko
Trying to compile the new kernel (and applying our patches from 5.4/modified).
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Getting this error: DEBUG: Executing shell function do_shared_workdir cp: cannot stat 'Module.symvers': No such file or directory WARNING: exit code 1 from a shell command. ERROR: Function failed: do_shared_workdir That is coming from attached patch file in: ./meta-freescale/recipes-kernel/kernel-modules/kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv Does anyone know what that could be (looks like some type of symbol file)? Will the meta-freescale area be something that has to be modified for kernel 5.12? Thanks in advance, Val -----Original Message-----
From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 2:11 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 2:53 PM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: Yes, that's a good one. U-Boot 2021.07 should be available on July, 5th. The cpuidle functionality would be in?The PSCI mechanism in U-Boot will take care of it. No extra action is required. |
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Val Kondratenko
.. resending, back to this, still seeing the error below.
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Does anyone have any ideas of why "Module.symvers" would not be present in my 5.12 build, and how to get it there (or at least avoid the error). Thanks, Val -----Original Message-----
From: Val Kondratenko Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 4:03 PM To: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: RE: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? Trying to compile the new kernel (and applying our patches from 5.4/modified). Getting this error: DEBUG: Executing shell function do_shared_workdir cp: cannot stat 'Module.symvers': No such file or directory WARNING: exit code 1 from a shell command. ERROR: Function failed: do_shared_workdir That is coming from attached patch file in: ./meta-freescale/recipes-kernel/kernel-modules/kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv Does anyone know what that could be (looks like some type of symbol file)? Will the meta-freescale area be something that has to be modified for kernel 5.12? Thanks in advance, Val -----Original Message----- From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 2:11 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 2:53 PM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: Yes, that's a good one. U-Boot 2021.07 should be available on July, 5th. The cpuidle functionality would be in?The PSCI mechanism in U-Boot will take care of it. No extra action is required. |
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Val Kondratenko
Is there any need to update to a newer meta-freescale version with upgrade from 5.4 to 5.12 kernel.
Thanks, Val
From: Val Kondratenko
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 8:34 AM To: meta-freescale@... Subject: Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP?
I recently got tasked with upgrading linux kernel (which we get from freescale), to fix some vulnerabilities. I am new to this, with all engineers with previous experience in this area no longer with company. To fix the vulnerabilities, will need to upgrade to kernel rev 5.12. Noticed that only a community branch of this (5.12.x+fslc) is available. Latest freescale (imx) releases/branches are still at 5.4. I do so, my organization has previously used on freescale/imx releases. Is it generally safe to use the community releases? Have their problems with bugs/instabilities with them?
Thanks in advance, Val |
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Val Kondratenko
Does anyone know when meta-freescale plans on releasing a new version of their kernel (i.e.-imx)?
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Or where that information could be available? Thanks, Val -----Original Message-----
From: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 3:43 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? Hello Val, The 5.12.x is based on mainline. It is totally safe and include very small set of changes on top of upstream. Em qui., 10 de jun. de 2021 às 09:34, Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> escreveu:
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Val Kondratenko
As is, in the 5.12 upstream branch, RPM (specifically imx7D to M4) should just work?
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Amount of code in this area seems minimal compared to meta-freescale 5.4 releases. With most of the functionality that used to be in /drivers/rpmsg/imx_rpmsg.c no longer present. Thanks in advance, Val -----Original Message-----
From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@...> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 12:19 PM To: Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio.salvador@...>; meta-freescale@... Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Safe to upgrade to a Community BSP? Hi Val, On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:12 PM Val Kondratenko <valeriy.kondratenko@...> wrote: In mainline, this is handled by the drivers/remoteproc/imx_rproc.c driver. Regards, Fabio Estevam |
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