Boot Flow Diagram - Boot Flow Diagram - 2026.1 English - UG1186

Libmetal and OpenAMP User Guide (UG1186)

Document ID
UG1186
Release Date
2026-06-24
Version
2026.1 English
Power-On
   │
   ├─► PMC (Platform Management Controller)
   │      └─► Loads PLM (Platform Loader & Manager)
   │
   ├─► APU Cortex-A78
   │      ├─► U-Boot
   │      └─► Linux Kernel
   │             ├─► Parse Device Tree
   │             ├─► Initialize remoteproc driver
   │             ├─► Reserve memory regions (rsctbl, vrings, buffers)
   │             └─► Wait for user command
   │
   └─► User triggers: echo start > /sys/class/remoteproc/remoteproc0/state
          │
          ├─► RemoteProc loads firmware from /lib/firmware/
          ├─► Parses ELF and extracts resource table
          ├─► EEMI calls to PMC:
          │      ├─► Power on R52 domain
          │      ├─► Configure TCMs
          │      └─► Release R52 from reset
          │
          ├─► RPU (Cortex-R52) starts
          │      ├─► Zephyr RTOS boot
          │      ├─► Initialize OpenAMP
          │      ├─► Setup IPI mailbox
          │      ├─► Create RPMsg endpoints
          │      └─► Signal ready to APU
          │
          └─► Linux VirtIO/RPMsg initialization
                 ├─► Detect remote ready
                 ├─► Initialize vrings
                 ├─► Create /dev/ttyRPMSGx, /dev/rpmsgx devices
                 └─► OpenAMP communication active