[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/9] spl : socfpga: Implement fpga bitstream loading with socfpga loadfs

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Mon Nov 26 11:20:22 UTC 2018


On 11/26/2018 11:10 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-11-23 at 13:31 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> On 11/23/2018 10:51 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2018-11-21 at 15:19 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 11/21/2018 11:41 AM, tien.fong.chee at intel.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Tien Fong Chee <tien.fong.chee at intel.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Add support for loading FPGA bitstream to get DDR up running
>>>>> before
>>>>> U-Boot is loaded into DDR. Boot device initialization, generic
>>>>> firmware
>>>>> loader and SPL FAT support are required for this whole
>>>>> mechanism to
>>>>> work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Tien Fong Chee <tien.fong.chee at intel.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl_a10.c |   49
>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>  common/spl/spl_mmc.c            |    2 +-
>>>>>  include/mmc.h                   |    1 +
>>>>>  3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl_a10.c b/arch/arm/mach-
>>>>> socfpga/spl_a10.c
>>>>> index 3ea64f7..67a4fac 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl_a10.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl_a10.c
>>>>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>>>>>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
>>>>>  /*
>>>>> - *  Copyright (C) 2012 Altera Corporation <www.altera.com>
>>>>> + *  Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Altera Corporation <www.altera.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>   */
>>>>>  
>>>>>  #include <common.h>
>>>>> @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
>>>>>  #include <fdtdec.h>
>>>>>  #include <watchdog.h>
>>>>>  #include <asm/arch/pinmux.h>
>>>>> +#include <asm/arch/fpga_manager.h>
>>>>> +#include <mmc.h>
>>>>> +
>>>>> +#define RBF	0
>>>>>  
>>>>>  DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
>>>>>  
>>>>> @@ -73,6 +77,49 @@ void spl_board_init(void)
>>>>>  	WATCHDOG_RESET();
>>>>>  
>>>>>  	arch_early_init_r();
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	/* If the full FPGA is already loaded, ie.from EPCQ,
>>>>> config fpga pins */
>>>>> +	if (is_fpgamgr_user_mode()) {
>>>>> +		config_pins(gd->fdt_blob, "shared");
>>>>> +		config_pins(gd->fdt_blob, "fpga");
>>>>> +	} else if (!is_fpgamgr_early_user_mode()) {
>>>>> +		/* Program IOSSM(early IO release) or full
>>>>> FPGA */
>>>>> +		fpga_fs_info fpga_fsinfo;
>>>>> +		char buf[16 * 1024]
>>>>> __aligned(ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN);
>>>>> +		struct spl_boot_device bootdev;
>>>>> +		int len = 0;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +		bootdev.boot_device = spl_boot_device();
>>>>> +
>>>>> +		/* Init MMC driver before reading FPGA
>>>>> bitstream
>>>>> from flash */
>>>>> +		if (bootdev.boot_device == BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1) {
>>>>> +			struct mmc *mmc = NULL;
>>>>> +			int err = 0;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +			err = spl_mmc_find_device(&mmc,
>>>>> bootdev.boot_device);
>>>>> +			if (err)
>>>>> +				return;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +			err = mmc_init(mmc);
>>>> I thought all this backend specific stuff would be hidden in the
>>>> FW
>>>> loader.
>>> The backend supported by FW loader is up to generic file system
>>> interface layer. flash driver init is expected done by SPL/U-Boot
>>> common init sequence framwork or user. Unfortunately, fw loader
>>> need to
>>> access flash before init sequence.
>> This is actually accessing eMMC though , not flash . If we need this
>> huge boilerplate code every time we use the FW loader, than the FW
>> loader needs fixing. I can understand the spl_boot_device() being
>> outside of the FW loader, but not the mmc_init() and co.
> I can explore the posibility of adding the flash int mechanism into the
> fm loader probe function.

What do you mean by "flash int" ? Note that we're talking about eMMC
here, not flash. Unless you mean "backend init" by all that, in which
case that'd only make sense, thanks.

-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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