[U-Boot] [PATCH v1 0/2] mtd: nand: omap: booting from NAND using u-boot

[Stefan Roese]

Hi Pekon,

On 06.01.2014 08:40, Gupta, Pekon wrote:
> Hello Enric, Nikita, and other OMAP3 users,
> 
>>
>> As there were parallel set of patches running between u-boot and kernel.
>> hence, some patch-sets caused regression for OMAP3x platforms when booting
>> using u-boot specifically for ecc-schemes (like BCH4_SW).
>>
>> Hence this patch series fixes those regressions, and tests complete
>> NAND boot sequence for multiple ecc-schemes on AM335x-EVM board.
>> (following configurations are required for building u-boot driver which is
>> compatible to kernel ecclayout for selected ecc-scheme)
>>
>>
>>    (BCH8_HW)      (HAM1_HW)         (HAM1_HW)         (HAM1_HW)  (UBIFS)
>> ROM ---------> SPL ---------> U-Boot ---------> Kernel ---------> File-System
>>
>>    (BCH8_HW)      (BCH8_SW)         (BCH8_SW)         (BCH8_SW)  (UBIFS)
>> ROM ---------> SPL ---------> U-Boot ---------> Kernel ---------> File-System
>>
>>    (BCH8_HW)      (BCH8_HW)         (BCH8_HW)         (BCH8_HW)  (UBIFS)
>> ROM ---------> SPL ---------> U-Boot ---------> Kernel ---------> File-System
>>
>> *Configurations used to build u-boot and kernel for end-to-end NAND boot*
>> +------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------+
>> | ecc-scheme |  u-boot/SPL configs                        | kernel DTS       |
>> +------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------+
>> |            |                                            |                  |
>> | HAM1_HW    | #define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME     \   |ti,nand-ecc-opts= |
>> |            |         OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW              |    "ham1"        |
>> | (1-bit     | #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES       3   |                  |
>> | Hamming    | #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS \           |                  |
>> | using h/w) |      { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, \        |                  |
>> |            |        10, 11, 12 }                        |                  |
>> |            | (for NAND page-size=2048)                  |                  |
>> |            |                                            |                  |
>> +------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------+
>> |            |                                            |                  |
>> | BCH8_SW    | #define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME    \    |ti,nand-ecc-opts= |
>> |            |         OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW |    "bch8"        |
>> |(8-bit BCH  | #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES       13  |(without ELM node)|
>> | using s/w  | #define CONFIG_BCH                         |                  |
>> |library for | #undef CONFIG_SPL_NAND_AM33XX_BCH          |                  |
>> |for ECC     | #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE             |                  |
>> | error      | #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS \           |                  |
>> |correction) |     {2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10, \  |                  |
>> |            |     11, 12, 13, 14, \                      |                  |
>> |            |     16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, \  |                  |
>> |            |     25, 26, 27, 28, \                      |                  |
>> |            |     30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, \  |                  |
>> |            |     39, 40, 41, 42, \                      |                  |
>> |            |     44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, \  |                  |
>> |            |     53, 54, 55, 56, }                      |                  |
>> |            | (for NAND page-size=2048)                  |                  |
>> |            | #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE       512  |                  |
>> |            |                                            |                  |
>> +------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------+
>> |            |                                            |                  |
>> | BCH8_HW    | #define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME    \    |ti,nand-ecc-opts= |
>> |            |         OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW              |    "bch8"        |
>> |(8-bit BCH  | #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES       14  |                  |
>> | using ELM  | #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_AM33XX_BCH         |(with ELM node)   |
>> | h/w engine | #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS  \          |ti,elm-id=<&elm>  |
>> |for ECC     |       {2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, \    |                  |
>> | error      |       10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, \    |                  |
>> |correction) |       18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, \    |                  |
>> |            |       26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, \    |                  |
>> |            |       34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, \    |                  |
>> |            |       42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, \    |                  |
>> |            |       50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, }    |                  |
>> |            | (for NAND page-size=2048)                  |                  |
>> |            | #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE       512  |                  |
>> |            |                                            |                  |
>> +------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------+
>>
>> #* In addition following patches need to be pulled for u-boot:
>>   http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2013-December/168506.html
>>   http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2013-December/169021.html
>>
>>
>> Test1: flash ubi image from u-boot and boot the kernel
>>   U-boot> mw 0x82000000 0xff <u-boot.img size aligned to NAND block boundary>
>>   U-boot> fatload mmc 0 0x82000000 u-boot.img
>>   U-boot> nand erase <u-boot_offset> <u-boot.img size>
>>   U-boot> nand write 0x82000000  <u-boot_offset> <u-boot.img size>
>>   U-boot> setenv bootargs 'console=ttyO0,115200n8 noinitrd mem=256M \
>>                root=ubi0 rw rootfstype=ubifs ubi.mtd=<mtdpart-of-rootfs>,\
>>                <page-size> ip=off init=/init'
>>   U-boot> bootm <kernel_offset>
>>
>> Test2: update u-boot.img from kernel and re-boot
>>   Kernel> flash_erase /dev/<mtdpart-of-u-boot>  0 0
>>   Kernel> nandwrite -s 0  /dev/<mtdpart-of-u-boot>   u-boot.img
>>   Kernel> reboot
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pekon Gupta <pekon at ti.com>
>> ---
> 
> Though I have done initial level of testing on AM335x as mentioned above,
> But will it be possible for you to test and confirm if these set of patches
> solve regressions on your OMAP3 boards ?

Those patches work fine on our custom AM335x board. So:

Tested-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>

Thanks,
Stefan