BFE EngineeringandClaude Opus 4.8
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MAILBOX (fully open A7<->RISC-V SCR1 round-trip, 5/5 exact echoes on c8a3):
- rockchip-mailbox.c: rv1106 has 1 shared IRQ, not 4/channel -> added
rv1106_drv_data{num_chans=1} + compatible (rk3368 fallback assumed 4 -> probe
failed 'IRQ index 1 not found').
- clk-rv1106.c: CLK_CORE_MCU (SCR1 core clock) marked CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED -
6.18's clk_disable_unused() was switching off the coprocessor clock so a
loaded firmware never ran (5.10 left it on).
- Open SCR1 echo firmware (scr1-echo/, 154B RV32IMC) + load/test scripts;
A2B_INTEN on the MCU side + CMD-then-DAT (DAT=doorbell) order. Loaded via the
proven hpmcu.rs SRAM path; do NOT kill warden-flared (dw-wdt). mailbox/VERIFIED.md.
NPU (open GPL rknpu 0.9.2 kernel driver on 6.18):
- DT fix: base npu node lacks interrupt-names, driver requests IRQ byname
'npu_irq' -> probe bailed -ENXIO. Added interrupt-names='npu_irq'.
- Verified: [drm] Initialized rknpu 0.9.2 on minor 1; /dev/dri/card1;
rknpu_version_test PASS (0.9.2 + hw version, full power/clock/reset path).
- Honest ceiling: open compute (regcmd compiler) is a from-scratch ~person-year
RE project, no RV1106 prior art; ship the driver, no blob. npu/VERIFIED.md.
DRIVER-PARITY + CAPABILITIES-AUDIT updated; dts snapshot refreshed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017wB8KB3MMQztRDXCMCkPrf
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NPU (rknpu) open kernel driver — ✅ VERIFIED on warden-c8a3 (2026-08-25)
The open GPL rknpu kernel driver runs on our self-built Linux 6.18.46. This is the
achievable open end state (Tier A in OPEN-NPU-PLAN.md); open compute remains a
from-scratch RE project (see the ceiling note below).
Evidence (serial, _b slot = our 6.18)
[drm] Initialized rknpu 0.9.2 for ff660000.npu on minor 1
/dev/dri/ -> card0 (VOP display) card1 (rknpu) renderD128
$ rknpu_version_test
/dev/dri/card0: not an rknpu node (version ioctl: Invalid argument)
opened /dev/dri/card1 (fd=3)
driver version: 0.9.2 (raw code 902)
hw version: 0x54524548 (raw)
PASS: /dev/dri/card1 answered both version-query ioctls -- probe,
power-get/put, and clock/reset all exercised.
The RKNPU_GET_DRV_VERSION/RKNPU_GET_HW_VERSION ioctls exercise the full
dispatch → power-domain get/put → clock/reset path, so a clean answer confirms the
whole driver bring-up, not just registration.
The fix that took it from probe-fail to PASS
The base dtsi npu@ff660000 node declares its interrupt but has no
interrupt-names; the rknpu driver requests its IRQ by name ("npu_irq"), so
probe bailed error -ENXIO: IRQ npu_irq not found and never registered its DRM
device. Board DTS override adds interrupt-names = "npu_irq"; (+ status="okay").
(The rest of the port — GPL source, 4 compat-shim headers for dead-code vendor
headers, 10 mechanical 6.18 API deltas — is in PORT-PROGRESS.md.)
Also: the version test must iterate DRM cards and keep the one that ANSWERS the
ioctl — the display card (card0) opens fine but returns EINVAL. Fixed in
rknpu_version_test.c.
The honest ceiling (why "100% open NPU" stops at the driver)
The kernel driver only DMAs an opaque userspace-authored regcmd blob into the PC
registers and pulses go — it never inspects the compute stream. The compute-engine
register map (TRM Part 2) is not public for RV1106, there is zero open RE prior
art for this NPU generation, and only the closed RKNN-Toolkit2 compiler emits
valid regcmd. Mainline accel/rocket + Mesa Teflon are RK3588-only (64-bit). So an
open compiler/runtime is a from-scratch, ~person-year register-RE project, scoped
(not staffed) in OPEN-NPU-PLAN.md (M-NPU-2 spike / M-NPU-3). We ship the open
driver; we do NOT ship any closed blob.