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Otavio Salvador March 20, 2012, 8:54 p.m. UTC
This is mainline a copy of README.m28 changing the references to the
mx28 counterpart but it makes easy for people looking for information
about mx28 based boards.

Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>
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Fabio Estevam March 20, 2012, 11:14 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Otavio,

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Otavio Salvador
<otavio@ossystems.com.br> wrote:
> This is mainline a copy of README.m28 changing the references to the
> mx28 counterpart but it makes easy for people looking for information
> about mx28 based boards.
>
> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>
> ---
>  doc/README.mx28 |  224 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 224 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 doc/README.mx28

Thanks for working on this. This README is an item that has been for a
long time on my todo list.

> diff --git a/doc/README.mx28 b/doc/README.mx28
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..0e6114c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/README.mx28
> @@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
> +Freescale MX28EVK
> +================
> +
> +This document describes the Freescale MX28/MX28EVK U-Boot port. This document mostly

Only "MX28EVK" is enough. I would also add "Only the latest revision
of MX28EVK (rev D) is supported"

...
> +
> +0) Files of the MX28/MX28EVK port

Keep only "MX28EVK"

> +1) Prerequisites
> +2) Compiling U-Boot for MX28

for "MX28EVK"

> +3) Installation of U-Boot for MX28EVK to SD card
> +4) Installation of U-Boot for MX28 to NAND flash

Please remove item 4). We have not added NAND support to mx28evk yet.

This can be added later after we add NAND support.

> +
> +0) Files of the MX28/MX28EVK port

Keep only "MX28EVK

...

> +2) Compiling U-Boot for MX28

for "MX28EVK"

...

> +3) Installation of U-Boot for MX28EVK to SD card
> +------------------------------------------------
> +
> +To boot an MX28 from SD, set the boot mode DIP switches according to i.MX28
> +manual chapter 12.2.1 (Table 12-2), PORT=SSP0, SD/MMC master on SSP0, 3.3V.

Please add the jumper settings below for the mx28evk:

"- Boot Mode Select: 1 0 0 1 (Boot from SD card Slot 0 - U42)

- JTAG PSWITCH RESET: To the left (reset enabled)

- Battery Source: Down

- Wall 5V: Up

- VDD 5V: To the left (off)

- Hold Button: Down (off)"

> +
> +An SD card the i.MX28 CPU can use to boot U-Boot must contain a DOS partition

"An SD card that can be used to boot U-Boot on a i.MX28 CPU must contain"

...

> +4) Installation of U-Boot for MX28 to NAND flash

Please remove this section for now.
Marek Vasut March 21, 2012, 7:21 p.m. UTC | #2
Dear Otavio Salvador,

> This is mainline a copy of README.m28 changing the references to the
> mx28 counterpart but it makes easy for people looking for information
> about mx28 based boards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>

This is copy-paste schizzle, can you please separate the CPU specific parts into 
one file and put only the different parts into their particular readmes?

Thanks!

Best regards,
Marek Vasut
Otavio Salvador March 21, 2012, 7:24 p.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 16:21, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is copy-paste schizzle, can you please separate the CPU specific parts into
> one file and put only the different parts into their particular readmes?

If you compare the v3 against the m28 one it is not a copy-paste
anymore; it does has specific information and remove the
not-applicable one. The v3 seems fine to me as is and makes easier to
new users to find the desired information.
Marek Vasut March 21, 2012, 7:27 p.m. UTC | #4
Dear Otavio Salvador,

> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 16:21, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is copy-paste schizzle, can you please separate the CPU specific
> > parts into one file and put only the different parts into their
> > particular readmes?
> 
> If you compare the v3 against the m28 one it is not a copy-paste
> anymore; it does has specific information and remove the
> not-applicable one. The v3 seems fine to me as is and makes easier to
> new users to find the desired information.

See my response, also next time please bother to Cc me, your chances of review 
of the patch rise a lot by doing so ... thanks ;-)

Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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diff --git a/doc/README.mx28 b/doc/README.mx28
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+Freescale MX28EVK
+================
+
+This document describes the Freescale MX28/MX28EVK U-Boot port. This document mostly
+covers topics related to making the module/board bootable.
+
+Terminology
+-----------
+
+The dollar symbol ($) introduces a snipped of shell code. This shall be typed
+into the unix command prompt in U-Boot source code root directory.
+
+The (=>) introduces a snipped of code that should by typed into U-Boot command
+prompt.
+
+Contents
+--------
+
+0) Files of the MX28/MX28EVK port
+1) Prerequisites
+2) Compiling U-Boot for MX28
+3) Installation of U-Boot for MX28EVK to SD card
+4) Installation of U-Boot for MX28 to NAND flash
+
+0) Files of the MX28/MX28EVK port
+---------------------------------
+
+arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mx28/	- The CPU support code for the Freescale i.MX28
+arch/arm/include/asm/arch-mx28/	- Header files for the Freescale i.MX28
+board/denx/mx28evk/		- MX28EVK board specific files
+include/configs/mx28evk.h	- MX28EVK configuration file
+
+1) Prerequisites
+----------------
+
+To make the MX28 module or the MX28 module or MX28EVK board bootable, some tools
+are necessary. The first one is the "elftosb" tool distributed by Freescale
+Semiconductor. The other tool is the "mxsboot" tool found in U-Boot source tree.
+
+Firstly, obtain the elftosb archive from the following location:
+
+	http://foss.doredevelopment.dk/mirrors/imx/elftosb-10.12.01.tar.gz
+
+We use a $VER variable here to denote the current version. At the time of
+writing of this document, that is "10.12.01". To obtain the file from command
+line, use:
+
+	$ VER="10.12.01"
+	$ wget http://foss.doredevelopment.dk/mirrors/imx/elftosb-${VER}.tar.gz
+
+Extract the file:
+
+	$ tar xzf elftosb-${VER}.tar.gz
+
+Compile the file. We need to manually tell the linker to use also libm:
+
+	$ cd elftosb-${VER}/
+	$ make LIBS="-lstdc++ -lm" elftosb
+
+Optionally, remove debugging symbols from elftosb:
+
+	$ strip bld/linux/elftosb
+
+Finally, install the "elftosb" binary. The "install" target is missing, so just
+copy the binary by hand:
+
+	$ sudo cp bld/linux/elftosb /usr/local/bin/
+
+Make sure the "elftosb" binary can be found in your $PATH, in this case this
+means "/usr/local/bin/" has to be in your $PATH.
+
+2) Compiling U-Boot for MX28
+----------------------------
+
+Compiling the U-Boot for MX28 is straightforward and done as compiling U-Boot
+for any other ARM device. For cross-compiler setup, please refer to ELDK5.0
+documentation. First, clean up the source code:
+
+	$ make mrproper
+
+Next, configure U-Boot for MX28EVK:
+
+	$ make mx28evk_config
+
+Lastly, compile U-Boot and prepare a "BootStream". The "BootStream" is a special
+type of file, which the i.MX28 CPU can boot. This is handled by the following
+command:
+
+	$ make u-boot.sb
+
+HINT: To speed-up the build process, you can add -j<N>, where N is number of
+      compiler instances that'll run in parallel.
+
+The code produces "u-boot.sb" file. This file needs to be augmented with a
+proper header to allow successful boot from SD or NAND. Adding the header is
+discussed in the following chapters.
+
+3) Installation of U-Boot for MX28EVK to SD card
+------------------------------------------------
+
+To boot an MX28 from SD, set the boot mode DIP switches according to i.MX28
+manual chapter 12.2.1 (Table 12-2), PORT=SSP0, SD/MMC master on SSP0, 3.3V.
+
+An SD card the i.MX28 CPU can use to boot U-Boot must contain a DOS partition
+table, which in turn carries a partition of special type and which contains a
+special header. The rest of partitions in the DOS partition table can be used
+by the user.
+
+To prepare such partition, use your favourite partitioning tool. The partition
+must have the following parameters:
+
+	* Start sector .......... sector 2048
+	* Partition size ........ at least 1024 kb
+	* Partition type ........ 0x53 (sometimes "OnTrack DM6 Aux3")
+
+For example in Linux fdisk, the sequence for a clear card follows. Be sure to
+run fdisk with the option "-u=sectors" to set units to sectors:
+
+	* o ..................... create a clear partition table
+	* n ..................... create new partition
+		* p ............. primary partition
+		* 1 ............. first partition
+		* 2048 .......... first sector is 2048
+		* +1M ........... make the partition 1Mb big
+	* t 1 ................... change first partition ID
+		* 53 ............ change the ID to 0x53 (OnTrack DM6 Aux3)
+	* <create other partitions>
+	* w ..................... write partition table to disk
+
+The partition layout is ready, next the special partition must be filled with
+proper contents. The contents is generated by running the following command (see
+chapter 2)):
+
+	$ ./tools/mxsboot sd u-boot.sb u-boot.sd
+
+The resulting file, "u-boot.sd", shall then be written to the partition. In this
+case, we assume the first partition of the SD card is /dev/mmcblk0p1:
+
+	$ dd if=u-boot.sd of=/dev/mmcblk0p1
+
+Last step is to insert the card into MX28EVK and boot.
+
+NOTE: If the user needs to adjust the start sector, the "mxsboot" tool contains
+      a "-p" switch for that purpose. The "-p" switch takes the sector number as
+      an argument.
+
+4) Installation of U-Boot for MX28 to NAND flash
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+To boot an MX28 from NAND, set the boot mode DIP switches according to i.MX28
+manual chapter 12.2.1 (Table 12-2), PORT=GPMI, NAND 1.8 V.
+
+There are two possibilities when preparing an image writable to NAND flash.
+
+	I) The NAND wasn't written at all yet or the BCB is broken
+	----------------------------------------------------------
+	   In this case, both BCB (FCB and DBBT) and firmware needs to be
+	   written to NAND. To generate NAND image containing all these,
+	   there is a tool called "mxsboot" in the "tools/" directory. The tool
+	   is invoked on "u-boot.sb" file from chapter 2):
+
+		 $ ./tools/mxsboot nand u-boot.sb u-boot.nand
+
+	   NOTE: The above invokation works for NAND flash with geometry of
+		 2048b per page, 64b OOB data, 128kb erase size. If your chip
+		 has a different geometry, please use:
+
+		 -w <size>	change page size (default 2048 b)
+		 -o <size>	change oob size (default 64 b)
+		 -e <size>	change erase size (default 131072 b)
+
+		 The geometry information can be obtained from running U-Boot
+		 on MX28 by issuing the "nand info" command.
+
+	   The resulting file, "u-boot.nand" can be written directly to NAND
+	   from the U-Boot prompt. To simplify the process, the U-Boot default
+	   environment contains script "update_nand_full" to update the system.
+
+	   This script expects a working TFTP server containing the file
+	   "u-boot.nand" in it's root directory. This can be changed by
+	   adjusting the "update_nand_full_filename" varible.
+
+	   To update the system, run the following in U-Boot prompt:
+
+		 => run update_nand_full
+
+	   In case you would only need to update the bootloader in future,
+	   see II) below.
+
+	II) The NAND was already written with a good BCB
+	------------------------------------------------
+	   This part applies after the part I) above was done at least once.
+
+	   If part I) above was done correctly already, there is no need to
+	   write the FCB and DBBT parts of NAND again. It's possible to upgrade
+	   only the bootloader image.
+
+	   To simplify the process of firmware update, the U-Boot default
+	   environment contains script "update_nand_firmware" to update only
+	   the firmware, without rewriting FCB and DBBT.
+
+	   This script expects a working TFTP server containing the file
+	   "u-boot.sb" in it's root directory. This can be changed by
+	   adjusting the "update_nand_firmware_filename" varible.
+
+	   To update the system, run the following in U-Boot prompt:
+
+		 => run update_nand_firmware
+
+	III) Special settings for the update scripts
+	--------------------------------------------
+	   There is a slight possibility of the user wanting to adjust the
+	   STRIDE and COUNT options of the NAND boot. For description of these,
+	   see i.MX28 manual section 12.12.1.2 and 12.12.1.3.
+
+	   The update scripts take this possibility into account. In case the
+	   user changes STRIDE by blowing fuses, the user also has to change
+	   "update_nand_stride" variable. In case the user changes COUNT by
+	   blowing fuses, the user also has to change "update_nand_count"
+	   variable for the update scripts to work correctly.
+
+	   In case the user needs to boot a firmware image bigger than 1Mb, the
+	   user has to adjust the "update_nand_firmware_maxsz" variable for the
+	   update scripts to work properly.