SPRADE5 February   2025 TDA4VM , TDA4VM-Q1

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Optimization Methology
    1. 2.1 Bootloader Switch to SBL From OSPI Boot Media
    2. 2.2 Linux Device Tree Optimizations
    3. 2.3 File System Switch to Tiny rootfs
    4. 2.4 Vision_apps Framework Optimizations
    5. 2.5 Imaging Framework Optimizations
    6. 2.6 Vision_apps SRV Application Redesign
  6. 3Detailed Design Procedure
    1. 3.1 Linux Integration (PSDKLA)
    2. 3.2 Imaging Integration(PSDKRA)
    3. 3.3 Vision_apps Integration (PSDKRA)
    4. 3.4 PDK Implementation (PSDKRA)
      1. 3.4.1 Build R5 SBL for OSPI Boot Mode
      2. 3.4.2 Build combined_appImage
      3. 3.4.3 Copy TIFS and phy Tuning Parameters
    5. 3.5 Flashing the Binaries to OSPI
    6. 3.6 Steps to Install vision_apps With tiny-rootfs on SD Card
    7. 3.7 Copy Test Data to SD card (one time only)
    8. 3.8 Init Script
    9. 3.9 Moving File System From SD to eMMC
  7. 4Logs
  8. 5Summary
  9. 6References

2.2 Linux Device Tree Optimizations

The major changes involved in Linux Optimizations are as mentioned below:

  • Add loglevel=0 parameter to bootargs to suppress all the kernel prints
  • Disable all the device tree nodes that are not needed for SRV
  • C6x, C7x are not used for SRV so disable probing them
  • USB, PCIe, UARTs, SPI, Serdes to name a few that are not needed for SRV.
  • Switch the file system from MMC-SD to eMMC
  • MMC-SD probing adds additional 1sec, so disable that as the last step once the file system is switched to eMMC

The above optimizations saved 6-7 Seconds to get to file system.