[U-Boot] socfpga, spl, status

[Marek Vasut]

On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 05:21:08 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 03:49:46 PM, Jan Viktorin wrote:
> > Hello Marek and U-Boot community,
> 
> Hi, ahoj,
> 
> > I am trying to build the U-Boot 2015.10 with SPL for the EBV SoCrates
> > board (Altera SoC FPGA, Cyclone V). It builds, however, I am unable to
> > boot. It does not print any output. I can boot the SoCrates board with
> > an older bootloader generated by the Altera tools.
> 
> The SoCrates was always a bit of an orphan, but I'm submitting a patch to
> fix it now, since I have one.
> 
> > I am able to build & run U-Boot for Altera SoC Development Kit (NOT
> > SoCKit), the SPL works however U-Boot freezes...
> > 
> > U-Boot 2015.10 (Nov 20 2015 - 15:43:36 +0100)
> > 
> > CPU:   Altera SoCFPGA Platform
> > FPGA:  Altera Cyclone V, SE/A6 or SX/C6 or ST/D6, version 0x0
> > BOOT:  SD/MMC Internal Transceiver (3.0V)
> > 
> >        Watchdog enabled
> > 
> > I2C:   ready
> > DRAM:  1 GiB
> > MMC:   SOCFPGA DWMMC: 0
> > *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
> > 
> > In:    serial
> > Out:   serial
> > Err:   serial
> > Model: Altera SOCFPGA Cyclone V SoC Development Kit
> > Autoboot in 3 seconds
> > [...frozen here...]
> > 
> > So, what is the status of the SPL for SoCFPGA in upstream? Does anybody
> > test all the claimed socfpga platforms?
> 
> I'm testing mostly MCVEVK and SoCkit and ArriaV SoCDK. Dinh, you wanna look
> at the CV SoCDK issue ? I might be able to set it up later this weekend,
> but don't hold your breath, I am pretty overloaded.

Update, my SoCdk boots just fine:

U-Boot SPL 2016.01-rc1-00116-g75dfe33 (Nov 20 2015 - 17:24:50)
drivers/ddr/altera/sequencer.c: Preparing to start memory calibration
drivers/ddr/altera/sequencer.c: CALIBRATION PASSED
drivers/ddr/altera/sequencer.c: Calibration complete
Trying to boot from MMC


U-Boot 2016.01-rc1-00116-g75dfe33 (Nov 20 2015 - 17:24:50 +0100)

CPU:   Altera SoCFPGA Platform
FPGA:  Altera Cyclone V, SE/A6 or SX/C6 or ST/D6, version 0x0
BOOT:  SD/MMC External Transceiver (1.8V)
       Watchdog enabled
I2C:   ready
DRAM:  1 GiB
MMC:   SOCFPGA DWMMC: 0
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Model: Altera SOCFPGA Cyclone V SoC Development Kit
Net:   No ethernet found.
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
=>

Best regards,
Marek Vasut