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diff --git a/doc/README.b4860qds b/doc/README.b4860qds new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f6c5ff8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README.b4860qds @@ -0,0 +1,330 @@ +Overview +-------- +The B4860QDS is a Freescale reference board that hosts the B4860 SoC (and variants). + +B4860 Overview +------------- +The B4860 QorIQ Qonverge device is a Freescale high-end, multicore SoC based on +StarCore and Power Architecture® cores. It targets the broadband wireless +infrastructure and builds upon the proven success of the existing multicore +DSPs and Power CPUs. It is designed to bolster the rapidly changing and +expanding wireless markets, such as 3GLTE (FDD and TDD), LTE-Advanced, and UMTS. + +The B4860 is a highly-integrated StarCore and Power Architecture processor that +contains: +. Six fully-programmable StarCore SC3900 FVP subsystems, divided into three +clusters-each core runs up to 1.2 GHz, with an architecture highly optimized for +wireless base station applications +. Four dual-thread e6500 Power Architecture processors organized in one cluster-each +core runs up to 1.8 GHz +. Two DDR3/3L controllers for high-speed, industry-standard memory interface each +runs at up to 1866.67 MHz +. MAPLE-B3 hardware acceleration-for forward error correction schemes including +Turbo or Viterbi decoding, Turbo encoding and rate matching, MIMO MMSE +equalization scheme, matrix operations, CRC insertion and check, DFT/iDFT and +FFT/iFFT calculations, PUSCH/PDSCH acceleration, and UMTS chip rate +acceleration +. CoreNet fabric that fully supports coherency using MESI protocol between the + e6500 cores, SC3900 FVP cores, memories and external interfaces. + CoreNet fabric interconnect runs at 667 MHz and supports coherent and + non-coherent out of order transactions with prioritization and bandwidth + allocation amongst CoreNet endpoints. +. Data Path Acceleration Architecture, which includes the following: +. Frame Manager (FMan), which supports in-line packet parsing and general + classification to enable policing and QoS-based packet distribution +. Queue Manager (QMan) and Buffer Manager (BMan), which allow offloading + of queue management, task management, load distribution, flow ordering, buffer + management, and allocation tasks from the cores +. Security engine (SEC 5.3)-crypto-acceleration for protocols such as IPsec, + SSL, and 802.16 +. RapidIO manager (RMAN) - Support SRIO types 8, 9, 10, and 11 (inbound and + outbound). Supports types 5, 6 (outbound only) +. Large internal cache memory with snooping and stashing capabilities for + bandwidth saving and high utilization of processor elements. The 9856-Kbyte + internal memory space includes the following: +. 32 Kbyte L1 ICache per e6500/SC3900 core +. 32 Kbyte L1 DCache per e6500/SC3900 core +. 2048 Kbyte unified L2 cache for each SC3900 FVP cluster +. 2048 Kbyte unified L2 cache for the e6500 cluster +. Two 512 Kbyte shared L3 CoreNet platform caches (CPC) +. Sixteen 10-GHz SerDes lanes serving: +. Two Serial RapidIO interfaces. + - Each supports up to 4 lanes and a total of up to 8 lanes +. Up to 8-lanes Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) controller for glue-less + antenna connection +. Two 10-Gbit Ethernet controllers (10GEC) +. Six 1G/2.5-Gbit Ethernet controllers for network communications +. PCI Express controller +. Debug (Aurora) +. Two OCeaN DMAs +. Various system peripherals +. 182 32-bit timers + +B4860QDS Overview +------------------ +- DDRC1: Ten separate DDR3 parts of 16-bit to support 72-bit (ECC) at 1866MT/s, ECC, 4 GB + of memory in two ranks of 2 GB. +- DDRC2: Five separate DDR3 parts of 16-bit to support 72-bit (ECC) at 1866MT/s, ECC, 2 GB + of memory. Single rank. +- SerDes 1 multiplexing: Two Vitesse (transmit and receive path) cross-point 16x16 switch + VSC3316 +- SerDes 2 multiplexing: Two Vitesse (transmit and receive path) cross-point 8x8 switch VSC3308 +- USB 2.0 ULPI PHY USB3315 by SMSC supports USB port in host mode. + B4860 UART port is available over USB-to-UART translator USB2SER or over RS232 flat cable. +- A Vitesse dual SGMII phy VSC8662 links the B4860 SGMII lines to 2xRJ-45 copper connectors + for Stand-alone mode and to the 1000Base-X over AMC MicroTCA connector ports 0 and 2 for + AMC mode. +- The B4860 configuration may be loaded from nine bits coded reset configuration reset source. The + RCW source is set by appropriate DIP-switches: +- 16-bit NOR Flash / PROMJet +- QIXIS 8-bit NOR Flash Emulator +- 8-bit NAND Flash +- 24-bit SPI Flash +- Long address I2C EEPROM +- Available debug interfaces are: + - On-board eCWTAP controller with ETH and USB I/F + - JTAG/COP 16-pin header for any external TAP controller + - External JTAG source over AMC to support B2B configuration + - 70-pin Aurora debug connector +- QIXIS (FPGA) logic: + - 2 KB internal memory space including +- IDT840NT4 clock synthesizer provides B4860 essential clocks : SYSCLK, DDRCLK1,2 and + RTCCLK. +- Two 8T49N222A SerDes ref clock devices support two SerDes port clock frequency - total four + refclk, including CPRI clock scheme. + +B4420 Personality +-------------------- + +B4420 Personality +-------------------- +B4420 is a reduced personality of B4860 with less core/clusters(both SC3900 and e6500), less DDR +controllers, less serdes lanes, less SGMII interfaces and reduced target frequencies. + +Key differences between B4860 and B4420 +---------------------------------------- + +B4420 has: +1. Less e6500 cores: 1 cluster with 2 e6500 cores +2. Less SC3900 cores/clusters: 1 cluster with 2 SC3900 cores per cluster. +3. Single DDRC +4. 2X 4 lane serdes +5. 3 SGMII interfaces +6. no sRIO +7. no 10G + +B4860QDS Default Settings +------------------------- + +Switch Settings +---------------- + +SW1 OFF [0] OFF [1] OFF [1] OFF [0] OFF [1] OFF [0] OFF [1] OFF [1] +SW2 ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF +SW3 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF +SW5 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON + +Note: PCIe slots modes: All the PCIe devices work as Root Complex. +Note: Boot location: NOR flash. + +SysClk/Core(e6500)/CCB/DDR/FMan/DDRCLK/StarCore/CPRI-Maple/eTVPE-Maple/ULB-Maple +66MHz/1.6GHz/667MHz/1.6GHz data rate/667MHz/133MHz/1200MHz/500MHz/800MHz/667MHz + +a) NAND boot + SW1 [1.1] = 0 + SW2 [1.1] = 1 + SW3 [1:4] = 0001 +b) NOR boot + SW1 [1.1] = 1 + SW2 [1.1] = 0 + SW3 [1:4] = 1000. + +B4420QDS Default Settings +------------------------- + +Switch Settings +---------------- +SW1 OFF[0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] +SW2 ON OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF +SW3 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF +SW5 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON + +Note: PCIe slots modes: All the PCIe devices work as Root Complex. +Note: Boot location: NOR flash. + +SysClk/Core(e6500)/CCB/DDR/FMan/DDRCLK/StarCore/CPRI-Maple/eTVPE-Maple/ULB-Maple +66MHz/1.6GHz/667MHz/1.6GHz data rate/667MHz/133MHz/1200MHz/500MHz/800MHz/667MHz + +a) NAND boot + SW1 [1.1] = 0 + SW2 [1.1] = 1 + SW3 [1:4] = 0001 +b) NOR boot + SW1 [1.1] = 1 + SW2 [1.1] = 0 + SW3 [1:4] = 1000. + +Memory map on B4860QDS +---------------------- +The addresses in brackets are physical addresses. + +Start Address End Address Description Size +0xF_FFDF_1000 0xF_FFFF_FFFF Free 2 MB +0xF_FFDF_0000 0xF_FFDF_0FFF IFC - FPGA 4 KB +0xF_FF81_0000 0xF_FFDE_FFFF Free 5 MB +0xF_FF80_0000 0xF_FF80_FFFF IFC NAND Flash 64 KB +0xF_FF00_0000 0xF_FF7F_FFFF Free 8 MB +0xF_FE00_0000 0xF_FEFF_FFFF CCSRBAR 16 MB +0xF_F801_0000 0xF_FDFF_FFFF Free 95 MB +0xF_F800_0000 0xF_F800_FFFF PCIe I/O Space 64 KB +0xF_F600_0000 0xF_F7FF_FFFF QMAN s/w portal 32 MB +0xF_F400_0000 0xF_F5FF_FFFF BMAN s/w portal 32 MB +0xF_F000_0000 0xF_F3FF_FFFF Free 64 MB +0xF_E800_0000 0xF_EFFF_FFFF IFC NOR Flash 128 MB +0xF_E000_0000 0xF_E7FF_FFFF Promjet 128 MB +0xF_A0C0_0000 0xF_DFFF_FFFF Free 1012 MB +0xF_A000_0000 0xF_A0BF_FFFF MAPLE0/1/2 12 MB +0xF_0040_0000 0xF_9FFF_FFFF Free 12 GB +0xF_0000_0000 0xF_003F_FFFF DCSR 4 MB +0xC_4000_0000 0xE_FFFF_FFFF Free 11 GB +0xC_3000_0000 0xC_3FFF_FFFF sRIO-2 I/O 256 MB +0xC_2000_0000 0xC_2FFF_FFFF sRIO-1 I/O 256 MB +0xC_0000_0000 0xC_1FFF_FFFF PCIe Mem Space 512 MB +0x1_0000_0000 0xB_FFFF_FFFF Free 44 GB +0x0_8000_0000 0x0_FFFF_FFFF DDRC1 2 GB +0x0_0000_0000 0x0_7FFF_FFFF DDRC2 2 GB + +Memory map on B4420QDS +---------------------- +The addresses in brackets are physical addresses. + +Start Address End Address Description Size +0xF_FFDF_1000 0xF_FFFF_FFFF Free 2 MB +0xF_FFDF_0000 0xF_FFDF_0FFF IFC - FPGA 4 KB +0xF_FF81_0000 0xF_FFDE_FFFF Free 5 MB +0xF_FF80_0000 0xF_FF80_FFFF IFC NAND Flash 64 KB +0xF_FF00_0000 0xF_FF7F_FFFF Free 8 MB +0xF_FE00_0000 0xF_FEFF_FFFF CCSRBAR 16 MB +0xF_F801_0000 0xF_FDFF_FFFF Free 95 MB +0xF_F800_0000 0xF_F800_FFFF PCIe I/O Space 64 KB +0xF_F600_0000 0xF_F7FF_FFFF QMAN s/w portal 32 MB +0xF_F400_0000 0xF_F5FF_FFFF BMAN s/w portal 32 MB +0xF_F000_0000 0xF_F3FF_FFFF Free 64 MB +0xF_E800_0000 0xF_EFFF_FFFF IFC NOR Flash 128 MB +0xF_E000_0000 0xF_E7FF_FFFF Promjet 128 MB +0xF_A0C0_0000 0xF_DFFF_FFFF Free 1012 MB +0xF_A000_0000 0xF_A0BF_FFFF MAPLE0/1/2 12 MB +0xF_0040_0000 0xF_9FFF_FFFF Free 12 GB +0xF_0000_0000 0xF_003F_FFFF DCSR 4 MB +0xC_4000_0000 0xE_FFFF_FFFF Free 11 GB +0xC_3000_0000 0xC_3FFF_FFFF sRIO-2 I/O 256 MB +0xC_2000_0000 0xC_2FFF_FFFF sRIO-1 I/O 256 MB +0xC_0000_0000 0xC_1FFF_FFFF PCIe Mem Space 512 MB +0x1_0000_0000 0xB_FFFF_FFFF Free 44 GB +0x0_0000_0000 0x0_FFFF_FFFF DDRC1 4 GB + + +NOR Flash memory Map on B4860 and B4420QDS +------------------------------------------ + Start End Definition Size +0xEFF80000 0xEFFFFFFF u-boot (current bank) 512KB +0xEFF60000 0xEFF7FFFF u-boot env (current bank) 128KB +0xEFF40000 0xEFF5FFFF FMAN Ucode (current bank) 128KB +0xEF300000 0xEFF3FFFF rootfs (alternate bank) 12MB + 256KB +0xEE800000 0xEE8FFFFF device tree (alternate bank) 1MB +0xEE020000 0xEE6FFFFF Linux.uImage (alternate bank) 6MB+896KB +0xEE000000 0xEE01FFFF RCW (alternate bank) 128KB +0xEDF80000 0xEDFFFFFF u-boot (alternate bank) 512KB +0xEDF60000 0xEDF7FFFF u-boot env (alternate bank) 128KB +0xEDF40000 0xEDF5FFFF FMAN ucode (alternate bank) 128KB +0xED300000 0xEDF3FFFF rootfs (current bank) 12MB+256MB +0xEC800000 0xEC8FFFFF device tree (current bank) 1MB +0xEC020000 0xEC6FFFFF Linux.uImage (current bank) 6MB+896KB +0xEC000000 0xEC01FFFF RCW (current bank) 128KB + +Various Software configurations/environment variables/commands +-------------------------------------------------------------- +The below commands apply to both B4860QDS and B4420QDS. + +1. U-boot environment variable hwconfig + The default hwconfig is: + hwconfig=fsl_ddr:ctlr_intlv=null,bank_intlv=cs0_cs1;usb1: + dr_mode=host,phy_type=ulpi + Note: For USB gadget set "dr_mode=peripheral" + +2. FMAN Ucode versions + fsl_fman_ucode_B4860_106_3_6.bin + +3. Switching to alternate bank + Commands for switching to alternate bank. + + 1. To change from vbank0 to vbank2 + => qixis_reset altbank (it will boot using vbank2) + + 2.To change from vbank2 to vbank0 + => qixis reset (it will boot using vbank0) + +4. To change personality of board + For changing personality from B4860 to B4420 + 1)Boot from vbank0 + 2)Flash vbank2 with b4420 rcw and u-boot + 3)Give following commands to uboot prompt + => mw.b ffdf0040 0x30; + => mw.b ffdf0010 0x00; + => mw.b ffdf0062 0x02; + => mw.b ffdf0050 0x02; + => mw.b ffdf0010 0x30; + => reset + + Note: Power off cycle will lead to default switch settings. + Note: 0xffdf0000 is the address of the QIXIS FPGA. + +5. Switching between NOR and NAND boot(RCW src changed from NOR <-> NAND) + + To change from NOR to NAND boot give following command on uboot prompt + => mw.b ffdf0040 0x30 + => mw.b ffdf0010 0x00 + => mw.b 0xffdf0050 0x08 + => mw.b 0xffdf0060 0x82 + => mw.b ffdf0061 0x00 + => mw.b ffdf0010 0x30 + => reset + + To change from NAND to NOR boot give following command on uboot prompt: + => mw.b ffdf0040 0x30 + => mw.b ffdf0010 0x00 + => mw.b 0xffdf0050 0x00(for vbank0) or (mw.b 0xffdf0050 0x02 for vbank2) + => mw.b 0xffdf0060 0x12 + => mw.b ffdf0061 0x01 + => mw.b ffdf0010 0x30 + => reset + + Note: Power off cycle will lead to default switch settings. + Note: 0xffdf0000 is the address of the QIXIS FPGA. + +6. Ethernet interfaces for B4860QDS + Serdes protocosl tested: + 0x2a, 0x8d (serdes1, serdes2) [DEFAULT] + 0x2a, 0xb2 (serdes1, serdes2) + + When using [DEFAULT] RCW, which including 2 * 1G SGMII on board and 2 * 1G + SGMII on SGMII riser card. + Under U-boot these network interfaces are recognized as: + FM1@DTSEC3, FM1@DTSEC4, FM1@DTSEC5 and FM1@DTSEC6. + + On Linux the interfaces are renamed as: + . eth2 -> fm1-gb2 + . eth3 -> fm1-gb3 + . eth4 -> fm1-gb4 + . eth5 -> fm1-gb5 + +7. RCW and Ethernet interfaces for B4420QDS + Serdes protocosl tested: + 0x18, 0x9e (serdes1, serdes2) + + Under U-boot these network interfaces are recognized as: + FM1@DTSEC3, FM1@DTSEC4 and e1000#0. + + On Linux the interfaces are renamed as: + . eth2 -> fm1-gb2 + . eth3 -> fm1-gb3 |