STM32MP13 RAM mapping

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This article describes how the STM32 MPU Embedded Software distribution maps the various software memory needs in internal and external volatile memories.

1. Overview[edit source]

This article shows the default memory mapping defined by STMicroelectronics in STM32MPU Embedded Software. It uses a subset of all memory regions that are exposed at hardware level: customers may use other memory regions or aliases that are not shown here but are described in the STM32MP13 reference manuals.

2. Arm core characteristics[edit source]

The integration of Arm^® Cortex^® cores sets some constraints on the device memory mapping: the main ones are listed in this article.

2.1. Reset address[edit source]

Arm^® Cortex^® cores start running from address 0x00000000 on reset, which is why this address respectively points to:

The ROM code on the Arm^® Cortex^® side. This read-only memory embeds the boot code that is executed when the platform boots (and executes the boot chain) or wakes up from low power STANDBY mode.

3. Memory mapping[edit source]

3.1. Overall memory mapping[edit source]

The memory mapping below is a subset of all regions that are exposed at hardware level: it shows the default configuration used in OpenSTLinux but the customer may choose a different mapping to take advantage of other address ranges defined in STM32MP13 reference manuals.

STM32MP13 memory mapping

4. Internal RAM mapping[edit source]

4.1. Overview[edit source]

SYSRAM and SRAM can be used by secure and non-secure Arm^® Cortex^® contexts as described in SYSRAM internal memory and STM32MP13 SRAM internal memory articles.

SYSRAM is split in two parts:

124kB Secure region dedicated to OP-TEE mainly for secure monitor services.
4kB non-secure region dedicated to SCMI shared memory for message exchange between OP-TEE and non-secure firmware

4.2. How to configure Internal RAM mapping[edit source]

The memory usage is defined in both Arm^® Cortex^® contexts:

on secure Arm^® Cortex^®-A7: in OP-TEE device tree, using Reserved_memory mechanism
on non-secure Arm^® Cortex^®-A7: in Linux^® device tree, using Reserved_memory mechanism

To ensure the consistency of the system, both memory declarations have to be updated according to the expected configuration.

4.2.1. SRAM[edit source]

By default part of the SRAM is reserved for DMA chaining for Linux^® features. It can be freed for some other purposes by removing the following declarations in Linux^® device tree :

&sram {
    dma_pool: dma_pool@0 {
    reg = <0x0 0x4000>;
    pool;
};

&dma1 {
	sram = <&dma_pool>;
};

&dma2 {
	sram = <&dma_pool>;
};

5. DDR mapping[edit source]

Coming soon