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diff --git a/doc/README.440-DDR-performance b/doc/README.440-DDR-performance new file mode 100644 index 0000000..17bc747 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README.440-DDR-performance @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +AMCC suggested to set the PMU bit to 0 for best performace on the +PPC440 DDR controller. The 440er common DDR setup files (sdram.c & +spd_sdram.c) are changed accordingly. So all 440er boards using +these setup routines will automatically receive this performance +increase. + +Please see below some benchmarks done by AMCC to demonstrate this +performance changes: + + +---------------------------------------- +SDRAM0_CFG0[PMU] = 1 (U-boot default for Bamboo, Yosemite and Yellowstone) +---------------------------------------- +Stream benchmark results +------------------------------------------------------------- +This system uses 8 bytes per DOUBLE PRECISION word. +------------------------------------------------------------- +Array size = 2000000, Offset = 0 +Total memory required = 45.8 MB. +Each test is run 10 times, but only +the *best* time for each is used. +------------------------------------------------------------- +Your clock granularity/precision appears to be 1 microseconds. +Each test below will take on the order of 112345 microseconds. + (= 112345 clock ticks) +Increase the size of the arrays if this shows that you are not getting +at least 20 clock ticks per test. +------------------------------------------------------------- +WARNING -- The above is only a rough guideline. +For best results, please be sure you know the precision of your system +timer. +------------------------------------------------------------- +Function Rate (MB/s) RMS time Min time Max time +Copy: 256.7683 0.1248 0.1246 0.1250 +Scale: 246.0157 0.1302 0.1301 0.1302 +Add: 255.0316 0.1883 0.1882 0.1885 +Triad: 253.1245 0.1897 0.1896 0.1899 + + +TTCP Benchmark Results +ttcp-t: socket +ttcp-t: connect +ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5000 tcp -> +localhost +ttcp-t: 16777216 bytes in 0.28 real seconds = 454.29 Mbit/sec +++ +ttcp-t: 2048 I/O calls, msec/call = 0.14, calls/sec = 7268.57 +ttcp-t: 0.0user 0.1sys 0:00real 60% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+2pf 3+1506csw + +---------------------------------------- +SDRAM0_CFG0[PMU] = 0 (Suggested modification) +Setting PMU = 0 provides a noticeable performance improvement *2% to +5% improvement in memory performance. +*Improves the Mbit/sec for TTCP benchmark by almost 76%. +---------------------------------------- +Stream benchmark results +------------------------------------------------------------- +This system uses 8 bytes per DOUBLE PRECISION word. +------------------------------------------------------------- +Array size = 2000000, Offset = 0 +Total memory required = 45.8 MB. +Each test is run 10 times, but only +the *best* time for each is used. +------------------------------------------------------------- +Your clock granularity/precision appears to be 1 microseconds. +Each test below will take on the order of 120066 microseconds. + (= 120066 clock ticks) +Increase the size of the arrays if this shows that you are not getting +at least 20 clock ticks per test. +------------------------------------------------------------- +WARNING -- The above is only a rough guideline. +For best results, please be sure you know the precision of your system +timer. +------------------------------------------------------------- +Function Rate (MB/s) RMS time Min time Max time +Copy: 262.5167 0.1221 0.1219 0.1223 +Scale: 258.4856 0.1238 0.1238 0.1240 +Add: 262.5404 0.1829 0.1828 0.1831 +Triad: 266.8594 0.1800 0.1799 0.1802 + +TTCP Benchmark Results +ttcp-t: socket +ttcp-t: connect +ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5000 tcp -> +localhost +ttcp-t: 16777216 bytes in 0.16 real seconds = 804.06 Mbit/sec +++ +ttcp-t: 2048 I/O calls, msec/call = 0.08, calls/sec = 12864.89 +ttcp-t: 0.0user 0.0sys 0:00real 46% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+2pf 120+1csw + + +2006-07-28, Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de> diff --git a/doc/README.bamboo b/doc/README.bamboo new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b50be01 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README.bamboo @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The configuration for the AMCC 440EP eval board "Bamboo" was changed +to only use 384 kbytes of FLASH for the U-Boot image. This way the +redundant environment can be saved in the remaining 2 sectors of the +same flash chip. + +Caution: With an upgrade from an earlier U-Boot version the current +environment will be erased since the environment is now saved in +different sectors. By using the following command the environment can +be saved after upgrading the U-Boot image and *before* resetting the +board: + +setenv recover_env 'prot off FFF80000 FFF9FFFF;era FFF80000 FFF9FFFF;' \ + 'cp.b FFF60000 FFF80000 20000' + +2006-07-27, Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de> diff --git a/doc/README.mpc8641hpcn b/doc/README.mpc8641hpcn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8ea0b1e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README.mpc8641hpcn @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +Freescale MPC8641HPCN board +=========================== + +Created 05/24/2006 Haiying Wang +------------------------------- + +1. Building U-Boot +------------------ +The 86xx HPCN code base is known to compile using: + Binutils 2.15, Gcc 3.4.3, Glibc 2.3.3 + + $ make MPC8641HPCN_config + Configuring for MPC8641HPCN board... + + $ make + + +2. Switch and Jumper Setting +---------------------------- +Jumpers: + J14 Pins 1-2 (near plcc32 socket) + +Switches: + SW1(1-5) = 01100 CFG_COREPLL = 01000 :: CORE = 2:1 + 01100 :: CORE = 2.5:1 + 10000 :: CORE = 3:1 + 11100 :: CORE = 3.5:1 + 10100 :: CORE = 4:1 + 01110 :: CORE = 4.5:1 + SW1(6-8) = 001 CFG_SYSCLK = 000 :: SYSCLK = 33MHz + 001 :: SYSCLK = 40MHz + + SW2(1-4) = 1100 CFG_CCBPLL = 0010 :: 2X + 0100 :: 4X + 0110 :: 6X + 1000 :: 8X + 1010 :: 10X + 1100 :: 12X + 1110 :: 14X + 0000 :: 16X + SW2(5-8) = 1110 CFG_BOOTLOC = 1110 :: boot 16-bit localbus + + SW3(1-7) = 0011000 CFG_VID = 0011000 :: VCORE = 1.2V + 0100000 :: VCORE = 1.11V + SW3(8) = 0 VCC_PLAT = 0 :: VCC_PLAT = 1.2V + 1 :: VCC_PLAT = 1.0V + + SW4(1-2) = 11 CFG_HOSTMODE = 11 :: both prots host/root + SW4(3-4) = 11 CFG_BOOTSEQ = 11 :: no boot seq + SW4(5-8) = 0011 CFG_IOPORT = 0011 :: both PEX + + SW5(1) = 1 CFG_FLASHMAP = 1 :: boot from flash + 0 :: boot from PromJet + SW5(2) = 1 CFG_FLASHBANK = 1 :: swap upper/lower + halves (virtual banks) + 0 :: normal + SW5(3) = 0 CFG_FLASHWP = 0 :: not protected + SW5(4) = 0 CFG_PORTDIV = 1 :: 2:1 for PD4 + 1:1 for PD6 + SW5(5-6) = 11 CFG_PIXISOPT = 11 :: s/w determined + SW5(7-8) = 11 CFG_LADOPT = 11 :: s/w determined + + SW6(1) = 1 CFG_CPUBOOT = 1 :: no boot holdoff + SW6(2) = 1 CFG_BOOTADDR = 1 :: no traslation + SW6(3-5) = 000 CFG_REFCLKSEL = 000 :: 100MHZ + SW6(6) = 1 CFG_SERROM_ADDR= 1 :: + SW6(7) = 1 CFG_MEMDEBUG = 1 :: + SW6(8) = 1 CFG_DDRDEBUG = 1 :: + + SW8(1) = 1 ACZ_SYNC = 1 :: 48MHz on TP49 + SW8(2) = 1 ACB_SYNC = 1 :: THRMTRIP disabled + SW8(3) = 1 ACZ_SDOUT = 1 :: p4 mode + SW8(4) = 1 ACB_SDOUT = 1 :: PATA freq. = 133MHz + SW8(5) = 0 SUSLED = 0 :: SouthBridge Mode + SW8(6) = 0 SPREAD = 0 :: REFCLK SSCG Disabled + SW8(7) = 1 ACPWR = 1 :: non-battery + SW8(8) = 0 CFG_IDWP = 0 :: write enable + + +3. Flash U-Boot +--------------- +The flash range 0xFF800000 to 0xFFFFFFFF can be divided into 2 halves. +It is possible to use either half to boot using u-boot. Switch 5 bit 2 +is used for this purpose. + +0xFF800000 to 0xFFBFFFFF - 4MB +0xFFC00000 to 0xFFFFFFFF - 4MB +When this bit is 0, U-Boot is at 0xFFF00000. +When this bit is 1, U-Boot is at 0xFFB00000. + +Use the above mentioned flash commands to program the other half, and +use switch 5, bit 2 to alternate between the halves. Note: The booting +version of U-Boot will always be at 0xFFF00000. + +To Flash U-Boot into the booting bank (0xFFC00000 - 0xFFFFFFFF): + + tftp 1000000 u-boot.bin + protect off all + erase fff00000 ffffffff + cp.b 1000000 fff00100 80000 + +To Flash U-boot into the alternative bank (0xFF800000 - 0xFFBFFFFF): + + tftp 1000000 u-boot.bin + erase ffb00000 ffbfffff + cp.b 1000000 ffb00100 80000 + + +4. Memory Map +------------- + + Memory Range Device Size + ------------ ------ ---- + 0x0000_0000 0x7fff_ffff DDR 2G + 0x8000_0000 0x9fff_ffff PCI1/PEX1 MEM 512M + 0xa000_0000 0xafff_ffff PCI2/PEX2 MEM 512M + 0xf800_0000 0xf80f_ffff CCSR 1M + 0xf810_0000 0xf81f_ffff PIXIS 1M + 0xf840_0000 0xf840_3fff Stack space 32K + 0xe200_0000 0xe2ff_ffff PCI1/PEX1 IO 16M + 0xe300_0000 0xe3ff_ffff PCI2/PEX2 IO 16M + 0xfe00_0000 0xfeff_ffff Flash(alternate)16M + 0xff00_0000 0xffff_ffff Flash(boot bank)16M |