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-rw-r--r--doc/driver-model/spi-howto.txt44
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diff --git a/doc/README.distro b/doc/README.distro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd0f1c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/README.distro
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2014 Red Hat Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+Generic Distro Configuration Concept
+====================================
+
+Linux distributions are faced with supporting a variety of boot mechanisms,
+environments or bootloaders (PC BIOS, EFI, U-Boot, Barebox, ...). This makes
+life complicated. Worse, bootloaders such as U-Boot have a configurable set
+of features, and each board chooses to enable a different set of features.
+Hence, distros typically need to have board-specific knowledge in order to
+set up a bootable system.
+
+This document defines a common set of U-Boot features that are required for
+a distro to support the board in a generic fashion. Any board wishing to
+allow distros to install and boot in an out-of-the-box fashion should enable
+all these features. Linux distros can then create a single set of boot
+support/install logic that targets these features. This will allow distros
+to install on many boards without the need for board-specific logic.
+
+In fact, some of these features can be implemented by any bootloader, thus
+decoupling distro install/boot logic from any knowledge of the bootloader.
+
+This model assumes that boards will load boot configuration files from a
+regular storage mechanism (eMMC, SD card, USB Disk, SATA disk, etc.) with
+a standard partitioning scheme (MBR, GPT). Boards that cannnot support this
+storage model are outside the scope of this document, and may still need
+board-specific installer/boot-configuration support in a distro.
+
+To some extent, this model assumes that a board has a separate boot flash
+that contains U-Boot, and that the user has somehow installed U-Boot to this
+flash before running the distro installer. Even on boards that do not conform
+to this aspect of the model, the extent of the board-specific support in the
+distro installer logic would be to install a board-specific U-Boot package to
+the boot partition partition during installation. This distro-supplied U-Boot
+can still implement the same features as on any other board, and hence the
+distro's boot configuration file generation logic can still be board-agnostic.
+
+Locating Bootable Disks
+-----------------------
+
+Typical desktop/server PCs search all (or a user-defined subset of) attached
+storage devices for a bootable partition, then load the bootloader or boot
+configuration files from there. A U-Boot board port that enables the features
+mentioned in this document will search for boot configuration files in the
+same way.
+
+Thus, distros do not need to manipulate any kind of bootloader-specific
+configuration data to indicate which storage device the system should boot
+from.
+
+Distros simply need to install the boot configuration files (see next
+section) in an ext2/3/4 or FAT partition, mark the partition bootable (via
+the MBR bootable flag, or GPT legacy_bios_bootable attribute), and U-Boot (or
+any other bootloader) will find those boot files and execute them. This is
+conceptually identical to creating a grub2 configuration file on a desktop
+PC.
+
+Note that in the absense of any partition that is explicitly marked bootable,
+U-Boot falls back to searching the first valid partition of a disk for boot
+configuration files. Other bootloaders are recommended to do the same, since
+I believe that partition table bootable flags aren't so commonly used outside
+the realm of x86 PCs.
+
+U-Boot can also search for boot configuration files from a TFTP server.
+
+Boot Configuration Files
+------------------------
+
+The standard format for boot configuration files is that of extlinux.conf, as
+handled by U-Boot's "syslinux" (disk) or "pxe boot" (network). This is roughly
+as specified at:
+
+http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec/
+
+... with the exceptions that the BootLoaderSpec document:
+
+* Prescribes a separate configuration per boot menu option, whereas U-Boot
+ lumps all options into a single extlinux.conf file. Hence, U-Boot searches
+ for /extlinux/extlinux.conf then /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf on disk, or
+ pxelinux.cfg/default over the network.
+
+* Does not document the fdtdir option, which automatically selects the DTB to
+ pass to the kernel.
+
+One example extlinux.conf generated by the Fedora installer is:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+# extlinux.conf generated by anaconda
+
+ui menu.c32
+
+menu autoboot Welcome to Fedora. Automatic boot in # second{,s}. Press a key for options.
+menu title Fedora Boot Options.
+menu hidden
+
+timeout 50
+#totaltimeout 9000
+
+default Fedora (3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae) 22 (Rawhide)
+
+label Fedora (3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl) 22 (Rawhide)
+ kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl
+ append ro root=UUID=8eac677f-8ea8-4270-8479-d5ddbb797450 console=ttyS0,115200n8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 drm.debug=0xf
+ fdtdir /boot/dtb-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl
+ initrd /boot/initramfs-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl.img
+
+label Fedora (3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae) 22 (Rawhide)
+ kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae
+ append ro root=UUID=8eac677f-8ea8-4270-8479-d5ddbb797450 console=ttyS0,115200n8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 drm.debug=0xf
+ fdtdir /boot/dtb-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae
+ initrd /boot/initramfs-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae.img
+
+label Fedora-0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc (0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc)
+ kernel /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc
+ initrd /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc.img
+ append ro root=UUID=8eac677f-8ea8-4270-8479-d5ddbb797450 console=ttyS0,115200n8
+ fdtdir /boot/dtb-3.16.0-0.rc6.git1.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Another hand-crafted network boot configuration file is:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+TIMEOUT 100
+
+MENU TITLE TFTP boot options
+
+LABEL jetson-tk1-emmc
+ MENU LABEL ../zImage root on Jetson TK1 eMMC
+ LINUX ../zImage
+ FDTDIR ../
+ APPEND console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 loglevel=8 rootwait rw earlyprintk root=PARTUUID=80a5a8e9-c744-491a-93c1-4f4194fd690b
+
+LABEL venice2-emmc
+ MENU LABEL ../zImage root on Venice2 eMMC
+ LINUX ../zImage
+ FDTDIR ../
+ APPEND console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 loglevel=8 rootwait rw earlyprintk root=PARTUUID=5f71e06f-be08-48ed-b1ef-ee4800cc860f
+
+LABEL sdcard
+ MENU LABEL ../zImage, root on 2GB sdcard
+ LINUX ../zImage
+ FDTDIR ../
+ APPEND console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 loglevel=8 rootwait rw earlyprintk root=PARTUUID=b2f82cda-2535-4779-b467-094a210fbae7
+
+LABEL fedora-installer-fk
+ MENU LABEL Fedora installer w/ Fedora kernel
+ LINUX fedora-installer/vmlinuz
+ INITRD fedora-installer/initrd.img.orig
+ FDTDIR fedora-installer/dtb
+ APPEND loglevel=8 ip=dhcp inst.repo=http://10.0.0.2/mirrors/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/armhfp/os/ rd.shell cma=64M
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+U-Boot Implementation
+=====================
+
+Enabling the distro options
+---------------------------
+
+In your board configuration file, include the following:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#include <config_distro_defaults.h>
+#include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>
+#endif
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The first of those headers primarily enables a core set of U-Boot features,
+such as support for MBR and GPT partitions, ext* and FAT filesystems, booting
+raw zImage and initrd (rather than FIT- or uImage-wrapped files), etc. Network
+boot support is also enabled here, which is useful in order to boot distro
+installers given that distros do not commonly distribute bootable install
+media for non-PC targets at present.
+
+Finally, a few options that are mostly relevant only when using U-Boot-
+specific boot.scr scripts are enabled. This enables distros to generate a
+U-Boot-specific boot.scr script rather than extlinux.conf as the boot
+configuration file. While doing so is fully supported, and
+<config_distro_defaults.h> exposes enough parameterization to boot.scr to
+allow for board-agnostic boot.scr content, this document recommends that
+distros generate extlinux.conf rather than boot.scr. extlinux.conf is intended
+to work across multiple bootloaders, whereas boot.scr will only work with
+U-Boot. TODO: document the contract between U-Boot and boot.scr re: which
+environment variables a generic boot.scr may rely upon.
+
+The second of those headers sets up the default environment so that $bootcmd
+is defined in a way that searches attached disks for boot configuration files,
+and executes them if found.
+
+Required Environment Variables
+------------------------------
+
+The U-Boot "syslinux" and "pxe boot" commands require a number of environment
+variables be set. Default values for these variables are often hard-coded into
+CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS in the board's U-Boot configuration file, so that
+the user doesn't have to configure them.
+
+fdt_addr:
+
+ Mandatory for any system that provides the DTB in HW (e.g. ROM) and wishes
+ to pass that DTB to Linux, rather than loading a DTB from the boot
+ filesystem. Prohibited for any other system.
+
+ If specified a DTB to boot the system must be available at the given
+ address.
+
+fdt_addr_r:
+
+ Mandatory. The location in RAM where the DTB will be loaded or copied to when
+ processing the fdtdir/devicetreedir or fdt/devicetree options in
+ extlinux.conf.
+
+ This is mandatory even when fdt_addr is provided, since extlinux.conf must
+ always be able to provide a DTB which overrides any copy provided by the HW.
+
+ A size of 1MB for the FDT/DTB seems reasonable.
+
+ramdisk_addr_r:
+
+ Mandatory. The location in RAM where the initial ramdisk will be loaded to
+ when processing the initrd option in extlinux.conf.
+
+ It is recommended that this location be highest in RAM out of fdt_addr_,
+ kernel_addr_r, and ramdisk_addr_r, so that the RAM disk can vary in size
+ and use any available RAM.
+
+kernel_addr_r:
+
+ Mandatory. The location in RAM where the kernel will be loaded to when
+ processing the kernel option in the extlinux.conf.
+
+ The kernel should be located within the first 128M of RAM in order for the
+ kernel CONFIG_AUTO_ZRELADDR option to work, which is likely enabled on any
+ distro kernel. Since the kernel will decompress itself to 0x8000 after the
+ start of RAM, kernel_addr_rshould not overlap that area, or the kernel will
+ have to copy itself somewhere else first before decompression.
+
+ A size of 16MB for the kernel is likely adequate.
+
+pxe_addr_r:
+
+ Mandatory. The location in RAM where extlinux.conf will be loaded to prior
+ to processing.
+
+ A size of 1MB for extlinux.conf is more than adequate.
+
+scriptaddr:
+
+ Mandatory, if the boot script is boot.scr rather than extlinux.conf. The
+ location in RAM where boot.scr will be loaded to prior to execution.
+
+ A size of 1MB for extlinux.conf is more than adequate.
+
+For suggestions on memory locations for ARM systems, you must follow the
+guidelines specified in Documentation/arm/Booting in the Linux kernel tree.
+
+For a commented example of setting these values, please see the definition of
+MEM_LAYOUT_ENV_SETTINGS in include/configs/tegra124-common.h.
+
+Boot Target Configuration
+-------------------------
+
+<config_distro_bootcmd.h> defines $bootcmd and many helper command variables
+that automatically search attached disks for boot configuration files and
+execute them. Boards must provide configure <config_distro_bootcmd.h> so that
+it supports the correct set of possible boot device types. To provide this
+configuration, simply define macro BOOT_TARGET_DEVICES prior to including
+<config_distro_bootcmd.h>. For example:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#define BOOT_TARGET_DEVICES(func) \
+ func(MMC, mmc, 1) \
+ func(MMC, mmc, 0) \
+ func(USB, usb, 0) \
+ func(PXE, pxe, na) \
+ func(DHCP, dhcp, na)
+#include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>
+#endif
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Each entry in the macro defines a single boot device (e.g. a specific eMMC
+device or SD card) or type of boot device (e.g. USB disk). The parameters to
+the func macro (passed in by the internal implementation of the header) are:
+
+- Upper-case disk type (MMC, SATA, SCSI, IDE, USB, DHCP, PXE).
+- Lower-case disk type (same options as above).
+- ID of the specific disk (MMC only) or ignored for other types.
+
+User Configuration
+==================
+
+Once the user has installed U-Boot, it is expected that the environment will
+be reset to the default values in order to enable $bootcmd and friends, as set
+up by <config_distro_bootcmd.h>. After this, various environment variables may
+be altered to influence the boot process:
+
+boot_targets:
+
+ The list of boot locations searched.
+
+ Example: mmc0, mmc1, usb, pxe
+
+ Entries may be removed or re-ordered in this list to affect the boot order.
+
+boot_prefixes:
+
+ For disk-based booting, the list of directories within a partition that are
+ searched for boot configuration files (extlinux.conf, boot.scr).
+
+ Example: / /boot/
+
+ Entries may be removed or re-ordered in this list to affect the set of
+ directories which are searched.
+
+boot_scripts:
+
+ The name of U-Boot style boot.scr files that $bootcmd searches for.
+
+ Example: boot.scr.uimg boot.scr
+
+ (Typically we expect extlinux.conf to be used, but execution of boot.scr is
+ maintained for backwards-compatibility.)
+
+ Entries may be removed or re-ordered in this list to affect the set of
+ filenames which are supported.
+
+scan_dev_for_extlinux:
+
+ If you want to disable extlinux.conf on all disks, set the value to something
+ innocuous, e.g. setenv scan_dev_for_extlinux true.
+
+scan_dev_for_scripts:
+
+ If you want to disable boot.scr on all disks, set the value to something
+ innocuous, e.g. setenv scan_dev_for_scripts true.
diff --git a/doc/README.splashprepare b/doc/README.splashprepare
index 61b4ec5..a0f0f3c 100644
--- a/doc/README.splashprepare
+++ b/doc/README.splashprepare
@@ -6,3 +6,16 @@ common/splash.c. It is called as part of the splash screen display
sequence. It gives the board an opportunity to prepare the splash
image data before it is processed and sent to the frame buffer by
U-Boot. Define your own version to use this feature.
+
+CONFIG_SPLASH_SOURCE
+
+Use the splash_source.c library. This library provides facilities to declare
+board specific splash image locations, routines for loading splash image from
+supported locations, and a way of controlling the selected splash location
+using the "splashsource" environment variable.
+
+splashsource works as follows:
+- If splashsource is set to a supported location name as defined by board code,
+ use that splash location.
+- If splashsource is undefined, use the first splash location as default.
+- If splashsource is set to an unsupported value, do not load a splash screen.
diff --git a/doc/README.standalone b/doc/README.standalone
index e3000ef..659a12f 100644
--- a/doc/README.standalone
+++ b/doc/README.standalone
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ Design Notes on Exporting U-Boot Functions to Standalone Applications:
table is allocated and initialized in the jumptable_init() routine
(common/exports.c). Other routines may also modify the jump table,
however. The jump table can be accessed as the 'jt' field of the
- 'global_data' structure. The slot numbers for the jump table are
+ 'global_data' structure. The struct members for the jump table are
defined in the <include/exports.h> header. E.g., to substitute the
malloc() and free() functions that will be available to standalone
applications, one should do the following:
DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
- gd->jt[XF_malloc] = my_malloc;
- gd->jt[XF_free] = my_free;
+ gd->jt->malloc = my_malloc;
+ gd->jt->free = my_free;
- Note that the pointers to the functions all have 'void *' type and
- thus the compiler cannot perform type checks on these assignments.
+ Note that the pointers to the functions are real function pointers
+ so the compiler can perform type checks on these assignments.
2. The pointer to the jump table is passed to the application in a
machine-dependent way. PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, Blackfin and Nios II
@@ -65,27 +65,46 @@ Design Notes on Exporting U-Boot Functions to Standalone Applications:
=> tftp 0x40000 hello_world.bin
=> go 0x40004
-5. To export some additional function foobar(), the following steps
+5. To export some additional function long foobar(int i,char c), the following steps
should be undertaken:
- Append the following line at the end of the include/_exports.h
file:
- EXPORT_FUNC(foobar)
+ EXPORT_FUNC(foobar, long, foobar, int, char)
+
+ Parameters to EXPORT_FUNC:
+ - the first parameter is the function that is exported (default implementation)
+ - the second parameter is the return value type
+ - the third parameter is the name of the member in struct jt_funcs
+ this is also the name that the standalone application will used.
+ the rest of the parameters are the function arguments
- Add the prototype for this function to the include/exports.h
file:
- void foobar(void);
+ long foobar(int i, char c);
+
+ Initialization with the default implementation is done in jumptable_init()
+
+ You can override the default implementation using:
- - Add the initialization of the jump table slot wherever
- appropriate (most likely, to the jumptable_init() function):
+ gd->jt->foobar = another_foobar;
- gd->jt[XF_foobar] = foobar;
+ The signature of another_foobar must then match the declaration of foobar.
- Increase the XF_VERSION value by one in the include/exports.h
file
+ - If you want to export a function which depends on a CONFIG_XXX
+ use 2 lines like this:
+ #ifdef CONFIG_FOOBAR
+ EXPORT_FUNC(foobar, long, foobar, int, char)
+ #else
+ EXPORT_FUNC(dummy, void, foobar, void)
+ #endif
+
+
6. The code for exporting the U-Boot functions to applications is
mostly machine-independent. The only places written in assembly
language are stub functions that perform the jump through the jump
diff --git a/doc/README.uniphier b/doc/README.uniphier
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaeb50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/README.uniphier
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+U-Boot for UniPhier SoC family
+==============================
+
+
+Tested toolchains
+-----------------
+
+ (a) Ubuntu packages (CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-)
+
+ If you are building U-Boot on Ubuntu, its standard package is recommended.
+ You can install it as follows:
+
+ $ sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi-
+
+ (b) Linaro compilers (CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-)
+
+ You can download pre-built toolchains from:
+
+ http://www.linaro.org/downloads/
+
+ (c) kernel.org compilers (CROSS_COMPILE=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-)
+
+ You can download pre-built toolchains from:
+
+ ftp://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/
+
+
+Compile the source
+------------------
+
+PH1-Pro4:
+ $ make ph1_pro4_defconfig
+ $ make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-
+
+PH1-LD4:
+ $ make ph1_ld4_defconfig
+ $ make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-
+
+PH1-sLD8:
+ $ make ph1_sld8_defconfig
+ $ make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-
+
+You may wish to change the "CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-"
+to use your favorite compiler.
+
+
+Burn U-Boot images to NAND
+--------------------------
+
+Write two files to the NAND device as follows:
+ - spl/u-boot-spl.bin at the offset address 0x00000000
+ - u-boot-dtb.img at the offset address 0x00010000
+
+If a TFTP server is available, the images can be easily updated.
+Just copy the u-boot-spl.bin and u-boot-dtb.img to the TFTP public directory,
+and then run the following command at the U-Boot command line:
+
+ => run nandupdate
+
+
+UniPhier specific commands
+--------------------------
+
+ - pinmon (enabled by CONFIG_CMD_PINMON)
+ shows the boot mode pins that has been latched at the power-on reset
+
+ - ddrphy (enabled by CONFIG_CMD_DDRPHY_DUMP)
+ shows the DDR PHY parameters set by the PHY training
+
+
+Supported devices
+-----------------
+
+ - UART (on-chip)
+ - NAND
+ - USB (2.0)
+ - LAN (on-board SMSC9118)
+ - I2C
+ - EEPROM (connected to the on-board I2C bus)
+ - Support card (SRAM, NOR flash, some peripherals)
+
+
+--
+Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com>
+Feb. 2015
diff --git a/doc/README.x86 b/doc/README.x86
index 7df8cc5..fb87682 100644
--- a/doc/README.x86
+++ b/doc/README.x86
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ U-Boot supports running as a coreboot [1] payload on x86. So far only Link
on other x86 boards since coreboot deals with most of the low-level details.
U-Boot also supports booting directly from x86 reset vector without coreboot,
-aka raw support or bare support. Currently Link and Intel Crown Bay board
-support running U-Boot 'bare metal'.
+aka raw support or bare support. Currently Link, Intel Crown Bay, Intel
+Minnowboard Max and Intel Galileo support running U-Boot 'bare metal'.
-As for loading OS, U-Boot supports directly booting a 32-bit or 64-bit Linux
-kernel as part of a FIT image. It also supports a compressed zImage.
+As for loading an OS, U-Boot supports directly booting a 32-bit or 64-bit
+Linux kernel as part of a FIT image. It also supports a compressed zImage.
Build Instructions
------------------
@@ -47,13 +47,15 @@ Change the 'Board configuration file' and 'Board Device Tree Source (dts) file'
to point to a new board. You can also change the Cache-As-RAM (CAR) related
settings here if the default values do not fit your new board.
-Building ROM version of U-Boot (hereafter referred to as u-boot.rom) is a
+Building a ROM version of U-Boot (hereafter referred to as u-boot.rom) is a
little bit tricky, as generally it requires several binary blobs which are not
shipped in the U-Boot source tree. Due to this reason, the u-boot.rom build is
not turned on by default in the U-Boot source tree. Firstly, you need turn it
-on by uncommenting the following line in the main U-Boot Makefile:
+on by enabling the ROM build:
-# ALL-$(CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR) += u-boot.rom
+$ export BUILD_ROM=y
+
+This tells the Makefile to build u-boot.rom as a target.
Link-specific instructions:
@@ -108,6 +110,50 @@ Now you can build U-Boot and obtain u-boot.rom
$ make crownbay_defconfig
$ make all
+Intel Minnowboard Max instructions:
+
+This uses as FSP as with Crown Bay, except it is for the Atom E3800 series.
+Download this and get the .fd file (BAYTRAIL_FSP_GOLD_003_16-SEP-2014.fd at
+the time of writing). Put it in the board directory:
+board/intel/minnowmax/fsp.bin
+
+Obtain the VGA RAM (Vga.dat at the time of writing) and put it into the same
+directory: board/intel/minnowmax/vga.bin
+
+You still need two more binary blobs. These come from the sample SPI image
+provided in the FSP (SPI.bin at the time of writing).
+
+Use ifdtool in the U-Boot tools directory to extract the images from that
+file, for example:
+
+ $ ./tools/ifdtool -x BayleyBay/SPI.bin
+ $ cp flashregion_2_intel_me.bin board/intel/minnowmax/me.bin
+ $ cp flashregion_0_flashdescriptor.bin board/intel/minnowmax/descriptor.bin
+
+Now you can build U-Boot and obtain u-boot.rom
+
+$ make minnowmax_defconfig
+$ make all
+
+Intel Galileo instructions:
+
+Only one binary blob is needed for Remote Management Unit (RMU) within Intel
+Quark SoC. Not like FSP, U-Boot does not call into the binary. The binary is
+needed by the Quark SoC itself.
+
+You can get the binary blob from Quark Board Support Package from Intel website:
+
+* ./QuarkSocPkg/QuarkNorthCluster/Binary/QuarkMicrocode/RMU.bin
+
+Rename the file and put it to the board directory by:
+
+ $ cp RMU.bin board/intel/galileo/rmu.bin
+
+Now you can build U-Boot and obtain u-boot.rom
+
+$ make galileo_defconfig
+$ make all
+
Test with coreboot
------------------
For testing U-Boot as the coreboot payload, there are things that need be paid
@@ -126,11 +172,21 @@ Make sure 0x1110000 matches CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE and 0x1110015 matches the
symbol address of _start (in arch/x86/cpu/start.S).
If you want to use ELF as the coreboot payload, change U-Boot configuration to
-use CONFIG_OF_EMBED.
+use CONFIG_OF_EMBED instead of CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE.
+
+To enable video you must enable these options in coreboot:
+
+ - Set framebuffer graphics resolution (1280x1024 32k-color (1:5:5))
+ - Keep VESA framebuffer
+
+At present it seems that for Minnowboard Max, coreboot does not pass through
+the video information correctly (it always says the resolution is 0x0). This
+works correctly for link though.
+
CPU Microcode
-------------
-Modern CPU usually requires a special bit stream called microcode [5] to be
+Modern CPUs usually require a special bit stream called microcode [5] to be
loaded on the processor after power up in order to function properly. U-Boot
has already integrated these as hex dumps in the source tree.
@@ -162,6 +218,69 @@ mtrr - List and set the Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR). These are used to
mode to use. U-Boot sets up some reasonable values but you can
adjust then with this command.
+Development Flow
+----------------
+These notes are for those who want to port U-Boot to a new x86 platform.
+
+Since x86 CPUs boot from SPI flash, a SPI flash emulator is a good investment.
+The Dediprog em100 can be used on Linux. The em100 tool is available here:
+
+ http://review.coreboot.org/p/em100.git
+
+On Minnowboard Max the following command line can be used:
+
+ sudo em100 -s -p LOW -d u-boot.rom -c W25Q64DW -r
+
+A suitable clip for connecting over the SPI flash chip is here:
+
+ http://www.dediprog.com/pd/programmer-accessories/EM-TC-8
+
+This allows you to override the SPI flash contents for development purposes.
+Typically you can write to the em100 in around 1200ms, considerably faster
+than programming the real flash device each time. The only important
+limitation of the em100 is that it only supports SPI bus speeds up to 20MHz.
+This means that images must be set to boot with that speed. This is an
+Intel-specific feature - e.g. tools/ifttool has an option to set the SPI
+speed in the SPI descriptor region.
+
+If your chip/board uses an Intel Firmware Support Package (FSP) it is fairly
+easy to fit it in. You can follow the Minnowboard Max implementation, for
+example. Hopefully you will just need to create new files similar to those
+in arch/x86/cpu/baytrail which provide Bay Trail support.
+
+If you are not using an FSP you have more freedom and more responsibility.
+The ivybridge support works this way, although it still uses a ROM for
+graphics and still has binary blobs containing Intel code. You should aim to
+support all important peripherals on your platform including video and storage.
+Use the device tree for configuration where possible.
+
+For the microcode you can create a suitable device tree file using the
+microcode tool:
+
+ ./tools/microcode-tool -d microcode.dat create <model>
+
+or if you only have header files and not the full Intel microcode.dat database:
+
+ ./tools/microcode-tool -H BAY_TRAIL_FSP_KIT/Microcode/M0130673322.h \
+ -H BAY_TRAIL_FSP_KIT/Microcode/M0130679901.h \
+ create all
+
+These are written to arch/x86/dts/microcode/ by default.
+
+Note that it is possible to just add the micrcode for your CPU if you know its
+model. U-Boot prints this information when it starts
+
+ CPU: x86_64, vendor Intel, device 30673h
+
+so here we can use the M0130673322 file.
+
+If you platform can display POST codes on two little 7-segment displays on
+the board, then you can use post_code() calls from C or assembler to monitor
+boot progress. This can be good for debugging.
+
+If not, you can try to get serial working as early as possible. The early
+debug serial port may be useful here. See setup_early_uart() for an example.
+
TODO List
---------
- Audio
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/exynos/emmc-reset.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/exynos/emmc-reset.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e7ba26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/exynos/emmc-reset.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+* Samsung eMMC reset
+
+Some exynos boards require special handling of nRESET_OUT line for eMMC memory
+to perform complete reboot.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: should be "samsung,emmc-reset"
+- reset-gpio: gpio chip for eMMC reset.
+
+Example:
+
+emmc-reset {
+ compatible = "samsung,emmc-reset";
+ reset-gpio = <&gpk1 2 0>;
+};
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/gpio/gpio-samsung.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/gpio/gpio-samsung.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5375625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/gpio/gpio-samsung.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Samsung Exynos4 GPIO Controller
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: Compatible property value should be "samsung,exynos4-gpio>".
+
+- reg: Physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped
+ region.
+
+- #gpio-cells: Should be 4. The syntax of the gpio specifier used by client nodes
+ should be the following with values derived from the SoC user manual.
+ <[phandle of the gpio controller node]
+ [pin number within the gpio controller]
+ [mux function]
+ [flags and pull up/down]
+ [drive strength]>
+
+ Values for gpio specifier:
+ - Pin number: is a value between 0 to 7.
+ - Flags and Pull Up/Down: 0 - Pull Up/Down Disabled.
+ 1 - Pull Down Enabled.
+ 3 - Pull Up Enabled.
+ Bit 16 (0x00010000) - Input is active low.
+ - Drive Strength: 0 - 1x,
+ 1 - 3x,
+ 2 - 2x,
+ 3 - 4x
+
+- gpio-controller: Specifies that the node is a gpio controller.
+- #address-cells: should be 1.
+- #size-cells: should be 1.
+
+Example:
+
+ gpa0: gpio-controller@11400000 {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "samsung,exynos4-gpio";
+ reg = <0x11400000 0x20>;
+ #gpio-cells = <4>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ };
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7a158d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+Specifying GPIO information for devices
+============================================
+
+1) gpios property
+-----------------
+
+Nodes that makes use of GPIOs should specify them using one or more
+properties, each containing a 'gpio-list':
+
+ gpio-list ::= <single-gpio> [gpio-list]
+ single-gpio ::= <gpio-phandle> <gpio-specifier>
+ gpio-phandle : phandle to gpio controller node
+ gpio-specifier : Array of #gpio-cells specifying specific gpio
+ (controller specific)
+
+GPIO properties should be named "[<name>-]gpios", with <name> being the purpose
+of this GPIO for the device. While a non-existent <name> is considered valid
+for compatibility reasons (resolving to the "gpios" property), it is not allowed
+for new bindings.
+
+GPIO properties can contain one or more GPIO phandles, but only in exceptional
+cases should they contain more than one. If your device uses several GPIOs with
+distinct functions, reference each of them under its own property, giving it a
+meaningful name. The only case where an array of GPIOs is accepted is when
+several GPIOs serve the same function (e.g. a parallel data line).
+
+The exact purpose of each gpios property must be documented in the device tree
+binding of the device.
+
+The following example could be used to describe GPIO pins used as device enable
+and bit-banged data signals:
+
+ gpio1: gpio1 {
+ gpio-controller
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ };
+ gpio2: gpio2 {
+ gpio-controller
+ #gpio-cells = <1>;
+ };
+ [...]
+
+ enable-gpios = <&gpio2 2>;
+ data-gpios = <&gpio1 12 0>,
+ <&gpio1 13 0>,
+ <&gpio1 14 0>,
+ <&gpio1 15 0>;
+
+Note that gpio-specifier length is controller dependent. In the
+above example, &gpio1 uses 2 cells to specify a gpio, while &gpio2
+only uses one.
+
+gpio-specifier may encode: bank, pin position inside the bank,
+whether pin is open-drain and whether pin is logically inverted.
+Exact meaning of each specifier cell is controller specific, and must
+be documented in the device tree binding for the device. Use the macros
+defined in include/dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h whenever possible:
+
+Example of a node using GPIOs:
+
+ node {
+ enable-gpios = <&qe_pio_e 18 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ };
+
+GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH is 0, so in this example gpio-specifier is "18 0" and encodes
+GPIO pin number, and GPIO flags as accepted by the "qe_pio_e" gpio-controller.
+
+1.1) GPIO specifier best practices
+----------------------------------
+
+A gpio-specifier should contain a flag indicating the GPIO polarity; active-
+high or active-low. If it does, the following best practices should be
+followed:
+
+The gpio-specifier's polarity flag should represent the physical level at the
+GPIO controller that achieves (or represents, for inputs) a logically asserted
+value at the device. The exact definition of logically asserted should be
+defined by the binding for the device. If the board inverts the signal between
+the GPIO controller and the device, then the gpio-specifier will represent the
+opposite physical level than the signal at the device's pin.
+
+When the device's signal polarity is configurable, the binding for the
+device must either:
+
+a) Define a single static polarity for the signal, with the expectation that
+any software using that binding would statically program the device to use
+that signal polarity.
+
+The static choice of polarity may be either:
+
+a1) (Preferred) Dictated by a binding-specific DT property.
+
+or:
+
+a2) Defined statically by the DT binding itself.
+
+In particular, the polarity cannot be derived from the gpio-specifier, since
+that would prevent the DT from separately representing the two orthogonal
+concepts of configurable signal polarity in the device, and possible board-
+level signal inversion.
+
+or:
+
+b) Pick a single option for device signal polarity, and document this choice
+in the binding. The gpio-specifier should represent the polarity of the signal
+(at the GPIO controller) assuming that the device is configured for this
+particular signal polarity choice. If software chooses to program the device
+to generate or receive a signal of the opposite polarity, software will be
+responsible for correctly interpreting (inverting) the GPIO signal at the GPIO
+controller.
+
+2) gpio-controller nodes
+------------------------
+
+Every GPIO controller node must contain both an empty "gpio-controller"
+property, and a #gpio-cells integer property, which indicates the number of
+cells in a gpio-specifier.
+
+Example of two SOC GPIO banks defined as gpio-controller nodes:
+
+ qe_pio_a: gpio-controller@1400 {
+ compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-a", "fsl,qe-pario-bank";
+ reg = <0x1400 0x18>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ };
+
+ qe_pio_e: gpio-controller@1460 {
+ compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-e", "fsl,qe-pario-bank";
+ reg = <0x1460 0x18>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ };
+
+2.1) gpio- and pin-controller interaction
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Some or all of the GPIOs provided by a GPIO controller may be routed to pins
+on the package via a pin controller. This allows muxing those pins between
+GPIO and other functions.
+
+It is useful to represent which GPIOs correspond to which pins on which pin
+controllers. The gpio-ranges property described below represents this, and
+contains information structures as follows:
+
+ gpio-range-list ::= <single-gpio-range> [gpio-range-list]
+ single-gpio-range ::= <numeric-gpio-range> | <named-gpio-range>
+ numeric-gpio-range ::=
+ <pinctrl-phandle> <gpio-base> <pinctrl-base> <count>
+ named-gpio-range ::= <pinctrl-phandle> <gpio-base> '<0 0>'
+ pinctrl-phandle : phandle to pin controller node
+ gpio-base : Base GPIO ID in the GPIO controller
+ pinctrl-base : Base pinctrl pin ID in the pin controller
+ count : The number of GPIOs/pins in this range
+
+The "pin controller node" mentioned above must conform to the bindings
+described in ../pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt.
+
+In case named gpio ranges are used (ranges with both <pinctrl-base> and
+<count> set to 0), the property gpio-ranges-group-names contains one string
+for every single-gpio-range in gpio-ranges:
+ gpiorange-names-list ::= <gpiorange-name> [gpiorange-names-list]
+ gpiorange-name : Name of the pingroup associated to the GPIO range in
+ the respective pin controller.
+
+Elements of gpiorange-names-list corresponding to numeric ranges contain
+the empty string. Elements of gpiorange-names-list corresponding to named
+ranges contain the name of a pin group defined in the respective pin
+controller. The number of pins/GPIOs in the range is the number of pins in
+that pin group.
+
+Previous versions of this binding required all pin controller nodes that
+were referenced by any gpio-ranges property to contain a property named
+#gpio-range-cells with value <3>. This requirement is now deprecated.
+However, that property may still exist in older device trees for
+compatibility reasons, and would still be required even in new device
+trees that need to be compatible with older software.
+
+Example 1:
+
+ qe_pio_e: gpio-controller@1460 {
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-e", "fsl,qe-pario-bank";
+ reg = <0x1460 0x18>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ gpio-ranges = <&pinctrl1 0 20 10>, <&pinctrl2 10 50 20>;
+ };
+
+Here, a single GPIO controller has GPIOs 0..9 routed to pin controller
+pinctrl1's pins 20..29, and GPIOs 10..19 routed to pin controller pinctrl2's
+pins 50..59.
+
+Example 2:
+
+ gpio_pio_i: gpio-controller@14B0 {
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-e", "fsl,qe-pario-bank";
+ reg = <0x1480 0x18>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ gpio-ranges = <&pinctrl1 0 20 10>,
+ <&pinctrl2 10 0 0>,
+ <&pinctrl1 15 0 10>,
+ <&pinctrl2 25 0 0>;
+ gpio-ranges-group-names = "",
+ "foo",
+ "",
+ "bar";
+ };
+
+Here, three GPIO ranges are defined wrt. two pin controllers. pinctrl1 GPIO
+ranges are defined using pin numbers whereas the GPIO ranges wrt. pinctrl2
+are named "foo" and "bar".
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/gpio/nvidia,tegra20-gpio.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/gpio/nvidia,tegra20-gpio.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..023c952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/gpio/nvidia,tegra20-gpio.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+NVIDIA Tegra GPIO controller
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : "nvidia,tegra<chip>-gpio"
+- reg : Physical base address and length of the controller's registers.
+- interrupts : The interrupt outputs from the controller. For Tegra20,
+ there should be 7 interrupts specified, and for Tegra30, there should
+ be 8 interrupts specified.
+- #gpio-cells : Should be two. The first cell is the pin number and the
+ second cell is used to specify optional parameters:
+ - bit 0 specifies polarity (0 for normal, 1 for inverted)
+- gpio-controller : Marks the device node as a GPIO controller.
+- #interrupt-cells : Should be 2.
+ The first cell is the GPIO number.
+ The second cell is used to specify flags:
+ bits[3:0] trigger type and level flags:
+ 1 = low-to-high edge triggered.
+ 2 = high-to-low edge triggered.
+ 4 = active high level-sensitive.
+ 8 = active low level-sensitive.
+ Valid combinations are 1, 2, 3, 4, 8.
+- interrupt-controller : Marks the device node as an interrupt controller.
+
+Example:
+
+gpio: gpio@6000d000 {
+ compatible = "nvidia,tegra20-gpio";
+ reg = < 0x6000d000 0x1000 >;
+ interrupts = < 0 32 0x04
+ 0 33 0x04
+ 0 34 0x04
+ 0 35 0x04
+ 0 55 0x04
+ 0 87 0x04
+ 0 89 0x04 >;
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ #interrupt-cells = <2>;
+ interrupt-controller;
+};
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/i2c/i2c.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/i2c/i2c.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea918dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/i2c/i2c.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+U-Boot I2C
+----------
+
+U-Boot's I2C model has the concept of an offset within a chip (I2C target
+device). The offset can be up to 4 bytes long, but is normally 1 byte,
+meaning that offsets from 0 to 255 are supported by the chip. This often
+corresponds to register numbers.
+
+Apart from the controller-specific I2C bindings, U-Boot supports a special
+property which allows the chip offset length to be selected.
+
+Optional properties:
+- u-boot,i2c-offset-len - length of chip offset in bytes. If omitted the
+ default value of 1 is used.
+
+
+Example
+-------
+
+i2c4: i2c@12ca0000 {
+ cros-ec@1e {
+ reg = <0x1e>;
+ compatible = "google,cros-ec";
+ i2c-max-frequency = <100000>;
+ u-boot,i2c-offset-len = <0>;
+ ec-interrupt = <&gpx1 6 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ };
+};
diff --git a/doc/driver-model/README.txt b/doc/driver-model/README.txt
index eafa825..f83264d 100644
--- a/doc/driver-model/README.txt
+++ b/doc/driver-model/README.txt
@@ -363,6 +363,10 @@ can leave out platdata_auto_alloc_size. In this case you can use malloc
in your ofdata_to_platdata (or probe) method to allocate the required memory,
and you should free it in the remove method.
+The driver model tree is intended to mirror that of the device tree. The
+root driver is at device tree offset 0 (the root node, '/'), and its
+children are the children of the root node.
+
Declaring Uclasses
------------------
@@ -384,12 +388,12 @@ Device Sequence Numbers
U-Boot numbers devices from 0 in many situations, such as in the command
line for I2C and SPI buses, and the device names for serial ports (serial0,
serial1, ...). Driver model supports this numbering and permits devices
-to be locating by their 'sequence'. This numbering unique identifies a
+to be locating by their 'sequence'. This numbering uniquely identifies a
device in its uclass, so no two devices within a particular uclass can have
the same sequence number.
Sequence numbers start from 0 but gaps are permitted. For example, a board
-may have I2C buses 0, 1, 4, 5 but no 2 or 3. The choice of how devices are
+may have I2C buses 1, 4, 5 but no 0, 2 or 3. The choice of how devices are
numbered is up to a particular board, and may be set by the SoC in some
cases. While it might be tempting to automatically renumber the devices
where there are gaps in the sequence, this can lead to confusion and is
@@ -399,7 +403,7 @@ Each device can request a sequence number. If none is required then the
device will be automatically allocated the next available sequence number.
To specify the sequence number in the device tree an alias is typically
-used.
+used. Make sure that the uclass has the DM_UC_FLAG_SEQ_ALIAS flag set.
aliases {
serial2 = "/serial@22230000";
@@ -409,43 +413,18 @@ This indicates that in the uclass called "serial", the named node
("/serial@22230000") will be given sequence number 2. Any command or driver
which requests serial device 2 will obtain this device.
-Some devices represent buses where the devices on the bus are numbered or
-addressed. For example, SPI typically numbers its slaves from 0, and I2C
-uses a 7-bit address. In these cases the 'reg' property of the subnode is
-used, for example:
-
-{
- aliases {
- spi2 = "/spi@22300000";
- };
-
- spi@22300000 {
- #address-cells = <1>;
- #size-cells = <1>;
- spi-flash@0 {
- reg = <0>;
- ...
- }
- eeprom@1 {
- reg = <1>;
- };
- };
-
-In this case we have a SPI bus with two slaves at 0 and 1. The SPI bus
-itself is numbered 2. So we might access the SPI flash with:
-
- sf probe 2:0
+More commonly you can use node references, which expand to the full path:
-and the eeprom with
-
- sspi 2:1 32 ef
-
-These commands simply need to look up the 2nd device in the SPI uclass to
-find the right SPI bus. Then, they look at the children of that bus for the
-right sequence number (0 or 1 in this case).
+aliases {
+ serial2 = &serial_2;
+};
+...
+serial_2: serial@22230000 {
+...
+};
-Typically the alias method is used for top-level nodes and the 'reg' method
-is used only for buses.
+The alias resolves to the same string in this case, but this version is
+easier to read.
Device sequence numbers are resolved when a device is probed. Before then
the sequence number is only a request which may or may not be honoured,
@@ -462,11 +441,18 @@ access to other devices. Example of buses include SPI and I2C. Typically
the bus provides some sort of transport or translation that makes it
possible to talk to the devices on the bus.
-Driver model provides a few useful features to help with implementing
-buses. Firstly, a bus can request that its children store some 'parent
-data' which can be used to keep track of child state. Secondly, the bus can
-define methods which are called when a child is probed or removed. This is
-similar to the methods the uclass driver provides.
+Driver model provides some useful features to help with implementing buses.
+Firstly, a bus can request that its children store some 'parent data' which
+can be used to keep track of child state. Secondly, the bus can define
+methods which are called when a child is probed or removed. This is similar
+to the methods the uclass driver provides. Thirdly, per-child platform data
+can be provided to specify things like the child's address on the bus. This
+persists across child probe()/remove() cycles.
+
+For consistency and ease of implementation, the bus uclass can specify the
+per-child platform data, so that it can be the same for all children of buses
+in that uclass. There are also uclass methods which can be called when
+children are bound and probed.
Here an explanation of how a bus fits with a uclass may be useful. Consider
a USB bus with several devices attached to it, each from a different (made
@@ -481,15 +467,23 @@ Each of the devices is connected to a different address on the USB bus.
The bus device wants to store this address and some other information such
as the bus speed for each device.
-To achieve this, the bus device can use dev->parent_priv in each of its
-three children. This can be auto-allocated if the bus driver has a non-zero
-value for per_child_auto_alloc_size. If not, then the bus device can
-allocate the space itself before the child device is probed.
+To achieve this, the bus device can use dev->parent_platdata in each of its
+three children. This can be auto-allocated if the bus driver (or bus uclass)
+has a non-zero value for per_child_platdata_auto_alloc_size. If not, then
+the bus device or uclass can allocate the space itself before the child
+device is probed.
Also the bus driver can define the child_pre_probe() and child_post_remove()
methods to allow it to do some processing before the child is activated or
after it is deactivated.
+Similarly the bus uclass can define the child_post_bind() method to obtain
+the per-child platform data from the device tree and set it up for the child.
+The bus uclass can also provide a child_pre_probe() method. Very often it is
+the bus uclass that controls these features, since it avoids each driver
+having to do the same processing. Of course the driver can still tweak and
+override these activities.
+
Note that the information that controls this behaviour is in the bus's
driver, not the child's. In fact it is possible that child has no knowledge
that it is connected to a bus. The same child device may even be used on two
@@ -516,7 +510,8 @@ bus device, regardless of its own views on the matter.
The uclass for the device can also contain data private to that uclass.
But note that each device on the bus may be a memeber of a different
uclass, and this data has nothing to do with the child data for each child
-on the bus.
+on the bus. It is the bus' uclass that controls the child with respect to
+the bus.
Driver Lifecycle
diff --git a/doc/driver-model/spi-howto.txt b/doc/driver-model/spi-howto.txt
index 719dbd5..ee4abf4 100644
--- a/doc/driver-model/spi-howto.txt
+++ b/doc/driver-model/spi-howto.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ How to port a SPI driver to driver model
Here is a rough step-by-step guide. It is based around converting the
exynos SPI driver to driver model (DM) and the example code is based
-around U-Boot v2014.10-rc2 (commit be9f643).
+around U-Boot v2014.10-rc2 (commit be9f643). This has been updated for
+v2015.04.
It is quite long since it includes actual code examples.
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ with only minor changes:
Add these to your board config:
-#define CONFIG_DM_SPI
-#define CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH
+CONFIG_DM_SPI
+CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH
2. Add the skeleton
@@ -262,8 +263,8 @@ U_BOOT_DEVICE(board_spi0) = {
.platdata = &platdata_spi0,
};
-You will unfortunately need to put the struct into a header file in this
-case so that your board file can use it.
+You will unfortunately need to put the struct definition into a header file
+in this case so that your board file can use it.
9. Add the device private data
@@ -592,3 +593,36 @@ board.
You can use 'tools/patman/patman' to prepare, check and send patches for
your work. See the README for details.
+
+20. A little note about SPI uclass features:
+
+The SPI uclass keeps some information about each device 'dev' on the bus:
+
+ struct dm_spi_slave_platdata - this is device_get_parent_platdata(dev)
+ This is where the chip select number is stored, along with
+ the default bus speed and mode. It is automatically read
+ from the device tree in spi_child_post_bind(). It must not
+ be changed at run-time after being set up because platform
+ data is supposed to be immutable at run-time.
+ struct spi_slave - this is device_get_parentdata(dev)
+ Already mentioned above. It holds run-time information about
+ the device.
+
+There are also some SPI uclass methods that get called behind the scenes:
+
+ spi_post_bind() - called when a new bus is bound
+ This scans the device tree for devices on the bus, and binds
+ each one. This in turn causes spi_child_post_bind() to be
+ called for each, which reads the device tree information
+ into the parent (per-child) platform data.
+ spi_child_post_bind() - called when a new child is bound
+ As mentioned above this reads the device tree information
+ into the per-child platform data
+ spi_child_pre_probe() - called before a new child is probed
+ This sets up the mode and speed in struct spi_slave by
+ copying it from the parent's platform data for this child.
+ It also sets the 'dev' pointer, needed to permit passing
+ 'struct spi_slave' around the place without needing a
+ separate 'struct udevice' pointer.
+
+The above housekeeping makes it easier to write your SPI driver.
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
index b47ce73..427ea49 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
@@ -159,17 +159,17 @@ the '/images' node should have the following layout:
- description : Textual description of the component sub-image
- type : Name of component sub-image type, supported types are:
"standalone", "kernel", "ramdisk", "firmware", "script", "filesystem",
- "flat_dt" and others (see uimage_type in common/images.c).
+ "flat_dt" and others (see uimage_type in common/image.c).
- data : Path to the external file which contains this node's binary data.
- compression : Compression used by included data. Supported compressions
are "gzip" and "bzip2". If no compression is used compression property
should be set to "none".
Conditionally mandatory property:
- - os : OS name, mandatory for type="kernel", valid OS names are: "openbsd",
- "netbsd", "freebsd", "4_4bsd", "linux", "svr4", "esix", "solaris", "irix",
- "sco", "dell", "ncr", "lynxos", "vxworks", "psos", "qnx", "u_boot",
- "rtems", "unity", "integrity".
+ - os : OS name, mandatory for types "kernel" and "ramdisk". Valid OS names
+ are: "openbsd", "netbsd", "freebsd", "4_4bsd", "linux", "svr4", "esix",
+ "solaris", "irix", "sco", "dell", "ncr", "lynxos", "vxworks", "psos", "qnx",
+ "u_boot", "rtems", "unity", "integrity".
- arch : Architecture name, mandatory for types: "standalone", "kernel",
"firmware", "ramdisk" and "fdt". Valid architecture names are: "alpha",
"arm", "i386", "ia64", "mips", "mips64", "ppc", "s390", "sh", "sparc",
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/verified-boot.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/verified-boot.txt
index 3c83fbc..e639e7a 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/verified-boot.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/verified-boot.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ software from updatable memory.
It is critical that the public key be secure and cannot be tampered with.
It can be stored in read-only memory, or perhaps protected by other on-chip
-crypto provided by some modern SOCs. If the public key can ben changed, then
+crypto provided by some modern SOCs. If the public key can be changed, then
the verification is worthless.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ affect the whole change.
Flattened Image Tree (FIT)
--------------------------
-The FIT format is alreay widely used in U-Boot. It is a flattened device
+The FIT format is already widely used in U-Boot. It is a flattened device
tree (FDT) in a particular format, with images contained within. FITs
include hashes to verify images, so it is relatively straightforward to
add signatures as well.