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Enable and Disable SHARC Cores

Introduction

This document introduces two kind of core control solutions which support ADSP-SC573, SC584, SC589 EZ-Kits and SC589-MINI. One method is to control SHARC Cores with u-boot ICC command. Other way includes a kernel device driver and a command-line utility, for enabling and disabling the SHARC cores (Core 1 & 2) from the ARM core (Core 0), which have been added to the Yocto Linux distribution for ADSP-SC573, SC584, SC589 and SHARC AUDIO MODULE.


Method 1: Enable SHARC cores with u-boot ICC command

Configure u-boot to Enable Slave Cores

The slave SHARC core 0 and 1 in SC5xx silicon can be enabled and disabled in u-boot command console. In order to include this ICC command into u-boot, you need to select it in u-boot configuration. 

$ bitbake u-boot-adi -c menuconfig
ARM architecture  --->
    [*] ICC command to enable and disable slave cores

After saving the configuration in u-boot, rebuild the u-boot ldr image for sc5xx boards. 

$ bitbake u-boot-adi -C compile

Finally, flash the u-boot LDR image into the SPI flash of SC5xx.

U-boot ICC command usage

The ICC command can enable or disable a specific slave core. The SHARC core ids accepted by this command for SC5xx are 1 and 2, any other id value is ignored. The ICC message queue at the beginning of L2 SRAM is reset before enabling the SHARC cores. 

sc # icc
icc - Inter core communication interface
Usage:
icc icc enable <coreid>
 - enable coreid
icc disable <coreid>
 - disable coreid


Method 2: Enable SHARC Cores with corecontrol Utility in Linux

Linux Core Control Driver

The corectrl Device

Enable the core control driver by using the below command: 

$ bitbake linux-adi -c menuconfig
CONFIG_CORE_CONTROL:
   ICC core control, control the DSP devices at the side of ARM Core, which 
   provides some commands e.g. Start, Stop, and Set the vector value  
   Symbol: CORE_CONTROL [=y] 
   Type  : bool  
   Prompt: icc core control 
      Location:  
        -> Device Drivers
          -> Staging drivers (STAGING [=y]) 
            -> icc driver (ICC [=y])

A new corectrl device would be created to allow Linux user to enable and disable the SHARC cores. See icc.h for macro values. The device, /dev/corectrl, supports the following ioctl requests:

Request Description Format
CMD_CORE_START Start the specified core running from the programmed SVECT address. int ioctl(<FD>,CMD_CORE_START, <COREID>);
CMD_CORE_STOP Stop the specified core by putting it back in reset. int ioctl(<FD>, CMD_CORE_STOP, <COREID>);

Both requests return 0 on success and -1 on failure.

<FD>
File descriptor of /dev/corectrl
<COREID>
The number of the core to start or stop. Values accepted are CCTRL_CORE1 and CCTRL_CORE2.

Example: Use corectrl device from source code

An example to enable both cores is as follows: 

#include <icc.h>
...
int fd = open("/dev/corectrl", O_RDWR);
if (fd < 0) {
  perror("Unable to open /dev/corectrl");
  exit(1);
}
...
if (ioctl(fd, CMD_CORE_START, CCTRL_CORE1)) {
  perror("Unable to start Core 1");
  exit(2);
}
if (ioctl(fd, CMD_CORE_START, CCTRL_CORE2)) {
  perror("Unable to start Core 2");
  exit(3);
}


Package Configuration

The SHARC cores can be controlled from the Linux command line using the corecontrol utility. To use corecontrol, first add the package in local.conf: 

$ vim /build/conf/local.conf
IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " sc5xx-corecontrol"

With the corecontrol utility, sharc cores can be controlled to start or stop.


Example: Use corecontrol from user space

# corecontrol -h
Valid options
--start CORE_NUM
--stop CORE_NUM
# corecontrol --start 1
# corecontrol --stop 1


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resources/tools-software/linuxdsp/docs/linux-kernel-and-drivers/mcapi/control_sharc_cores.txt · Last modified: 10 Dec 2020 10:46 by Sunny Feng

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