1. Article purpose[edit source]
The purpose of this article is to:
- briefly introduce the SYSCFG peripheral and its main features
- indicate the level of security supported by this hardware block
- explain how it can be allocated to the three runtime contexts and linked to the corresponding software components
- explain, when necessary, how to configure the SYSCFG peripheral.
2. Peripheral overview[edit source]
The SYSCFG peripheral is used to configure various system aspects like IOs compensation, Ethernet clocking path, …
2.1. Features[edit source]
Refer to the STM32MP15 reference manuals for the complete list of features, and to the software components, introduced below, to see which features are really implemented in ST software.
2.2. Security support[edit source]
The SYSCFG is a non secure peripheral.
3. Peripheral usage and associated software[edit source]
3.1. Boot time[edit source]
The SYSCFG peripheral is configured by TF-A and U-Boot at boot time.
3.2. Runtime[edit source]
3.2.1. Overview[edit source]
Linux and STM32Cube can directly change the SYSCFG at runtime from various drivers.
For instance, I2C fast mode plus (FM+) can be enabled for each instance in the SYSCFG so:
- Linux I2C driver uses syscon [1] to enable this mode in the SYSCFG for the instances allocated to itself
- STM32Cube I2C HAL driver uses its SYSCFG HAL driver to do the same on the instances allocated to itself
3.2.2. Software frameworks[edit source]
| Domain | Peripheral | Software frameworks | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortex-A7 secure (OP-TEE) |
Cortex-A7 non-secure (Linux) |
Cortex-M4 (STM32Cube) | |||
| Core | SYSCFG | Linux syscon framework[1] | STM32Cube SYSCFG driver | ||
3.2.3. Peripheral configuration[edit source]
The configuration is applied by the firmware running in the context to which the peripheral is assigned. The configuration can be done alone via the STM32CubeMX tool for all internal peripherals, and then manually completed (particularly for external peripherals), according to the information given in the corresponding software framework article.
3.2.4. Peripheral assignment[edit source]
Check boxes illustrate the possible peripheral allocations supported by STM32 MPU Embedded Software:
- ☐ means that the peripheral can be assigned (☑) to the given runtime context.
- ✓ is used for system peripherals that cannot be unchecked because they are statically connected in the device.
Refer to How to assign an internal peripheral to a runtime context for more information on how to assign peripherals manually or via STM32CubeMX.
The present chapter describes STMicroelectronics recommendations or choice of implementation. Additional possiblities might be described in STM32MP15 reference manuals.
| Domain | Peripheral | Runtime allocation | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instance | Cortex-A7 secure (OP-TEE) |
Cortex-A7 non-secure (Linux) |
Cortex-M4 (STM32Cube) | |||
| Core | SYSCFG | SYSCFG | ✓ | ✓ | ||
4. References[edit source]