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

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Tue Nov 27 12:08:43 UTC 2018


On 11/27/2018 09:55 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-11-26 at 12:20 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> 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.
> I means backend init such as MMC, and NAND driver init.

Right, backend init, that should be part of the FW loader.

-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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