[PATCH][v4 6/6] board: tbs2910: add documentation

Soeren Moch smoch at web.de
Thu May 7 20:12:19 CEST 2020


Denis,

do you plan to re-send a fixed version of this series?

Thanks,
Soeren


On 01.03.20 14:59, Soeren Moch wrote:
> On 27.02.20 01:37, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
>> This documents the u-boot installation procedure and the
>> hardware in order to get started.
> Thanks for adding this documentation!
>
> Since you added SYSBOOT support in this series, it also might be good to
> mention this (and maybe how to use it) in the documentation.
> Sorry for again bringing up new wishes here, but due to the corrections
> below unfortunately we need a new version of this patch anyway.
>> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo at cyberdimension.org>
> To ease the review process it is good style to add a patch revision
> history below the sign-off after a "---" separator. This would look like
> ---
> changes in v4:
>  - bla
>
> This is not a problem for this particular patch, just as hint for future
> patch submissions.
>> ---
>>  doc/board/index.rst       |   1 +
>>  doc/board/tbs/index.rst   |   9 ++
>>  doc/board/tbs/tbs2910.rst | 179 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 189 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 doc/board/tbs/index.rst
>>  create mode 100644 doc/board/tbs/tbs2910.rst
> This new board specific documentation should be added to the
> board/tbs/tbs2910/MAINTAINERS file.
>> diff --git a/doc/board/index.rst b/doc/board/index.rst
>> index b8b956d730..4564c8245f 100644
>> --- a/doc/board/index.rst
>> +++ b/doc/board/index.rst
>> @@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ Board-specific doc
>>     renesas/index
>>     rockchip/index
>>     sifive/index
>> +   tbs/index
>>     xilinx/index
>> diff --git a/doc/board/tbs/index.rst b/doc/board/tbs/index.rst
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..b677bc624f
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/doc/board/tbs/index.rst
>> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
>> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
>> +
>> +TBS
>> +===
>> +
>> +.. toctree::
>> +   :maxdepth: 2
>> +
>> +   tbs2910
>> diff --git a/doc/board/tbs/tbs2910.rst b/doc/board/tbs/tbs2910.rst
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..2fc84c66ec
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/doc/board/tbs/tbs2910.rst
>> @@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
>> +TBS2910 Matrix ARM miniPC
>> +=========================
>> +
>> +Building
>> +--------
>> +To build u-boot for the TBS2910 Matrix ARM miniPC, you can use the following
>> +procedure:
>> +
>> +First add the ARM toolchain to your PATH
>> +
>> +Then setup the ARCH and cross compilation environment variables.
>> +
>> +When this is done you can then build u-boot for the TBS2910 Matrix ARM miniPC
>> +with the following commands:
>> +
>> +.. code-block:: none
>> +
>> +   make mrproper
>> +   make tbs2910_defconfig
>> +   make
>> +
>> +Once the build is complete, you can find the resulting image as u-boot.imx in
>> +the current directory.
>> +
>> +UART
>> +----
>> +The UART voltage is at 3.3V and its settings are 115200bps 8N1
>> +
>> +BOOT/UPDATE boot switch:
>> +------------------------
>> +The BOOT/UPDATE switch (SW11) is connected to the BOOT_MODE0 and
>> +BOOT_MODE1 SoC pins. It has "BOOT" and "UPDATE" markings both on
>> +the PCB and on the plastic case.
>> +
>> +When set to the "UPDATE" position, the SoC will use the "Boot From Fuses"
>> +configuration, and since BT_FUSE_SEL is 0, this makes the SOC jump to serial
>> +downloader.
>> +
>> +When set in the "BOOT" position, the SoC will use the "Internal boot"
>> +configuration, and since BT_FUSE_SEL is 0, it will then use the GPIO pins
>> +for the boot configuration.
>> +
>> +SW6 binary DIP switch array on the PCB revision 2.1:
>> +----------------------------------------------------
>> +On that PCB revision, SW6 has 8 positions.
>> +
>> +Switching a position to ON sets the corresponding
>> +register to 1.
>> +
>> +See the following table for a correspondence between the switch positions and
>> +registers:
>> +
>> +===============    ============
>> +Switch position    Register
>> +===============    ============
>> +1                  BOOT_CFG2[3]
>> +2                  BOOT_CFG2[4]
>> +3                  BOOT_CFG2[5]
>> +4                  BOOT_CFG2[6]
>> +5                  BOOT_CFG1[4]
>> +6                  BOOT_CFG1[5]
>> +7                  BOOT_CFG1[6]
>> +8                  BOOT_CFG1[7]
>> +===============    ============
>> +
>> +For example:
>> +
>> +  - To boot from the eMMC: 1:ON , 2:ON, 3:ON, 4:OFF, 5:OFF, 6:ON, 7:ON, 8:ON
> Due to the schematic we need 8:OFF.
>> +  - To boot from the microSD slot: 1: ON, 2: OFF, 3: OFF, 4: OFF, 5:OFF, 6:OFF,
>> +    7:ON, 8:OFF
>> +  - To boot from the SD slot: 1: OFF, 2: ON, 3: OFF, 4: OFF, 5:OFF, 6:OFF, 7:ON,
>> +    8:OFF
>> +  - To boot from SATA: 5:OFF, 6:ON, 7:OFF, 8:OFF
> Again due to the schematic we need 1:OFF in addition. Probably also a
> good idea to set 2,3,4 OFF.
>
> Thanks for improving tbs2910 support and documentation,
> Soeren
>> +
>> +You can refer to the BOOT_CFG registers in the I.MX6Q reference manual for
>> +additional details.
>> +
>> +SW6 binary DIP switch array on the PCB revision 2.3:
>> +----------------------------------------------------
>> +On that PCB revision, SW6 has only 4 positions.
>> +
>> +Switching a position to ON sets the corresponding
>> +register to 1.
>> +
>> +See the following table for a correspondence between the switch positions and
>> +registers:
>> +
>> +===============    ============
>> +Switch position    Register
>> +===============    ============
>> +1                  BOOT_CFG2[3]
>> +2                  BOOT_CFG2[4]
>> +3                  BOOT_CFG2[5]
>> +4                  BOOT_CFG1[5]
>> +===============    ============
>> +
>> +For example:
>> +
>> +- To boot from the eMMC: 1:ON, 2:ON, 3:ON, 4:ON
>> +- To boot from the microSD slot: 1:ON, 2:OFF, 3:OFF, 4:OFF
>> +- To boot from the SD slot: 1:OFF, 2:ON, 3:OFF, 4:OFF
>> +
>> +You can refer to the BOOT_CFG registers in the I.MX6Q reference manual for
>> +additional details.
>> +
>> +Loading u-boot from USB:
>> +------------------------
>> +If you need to load u-boot from USB, you can use the following instructions:
>> +
>> +First build imx_usb_loader, as we will need it to load u-boot from USB. This
>> +can be done with the following commands:
>> +
>> +.. code-block:: none
>> +
>> +   git clone git://github.com/boundarydevices/imx_usb_loader.git
>> +   cd imx_usb_loader
>> +   make
>> +
>> +This will create the resulting imx_usb binary.
>> +
>> +When this is done, you can copy the u-boot.imx image that you built earlier
>> +in in the imx_usb_loader directory.
>> +
>> +You will then need to power off the TBS2910 Matrix ARM miniPC and make sure that
>> +the boot switch is set to "UPDATE"
>> +
>> +Once this is done you can connect an USB cable between the computer that will
>> +run imx_usb and the TBS2910 Matrix ARM miniPC.
>> +
>> +If you also need to access the u-boot console, you will also need to connect an
>> +UART cable between the computer running imx_usb and the TBS2910 Matrix ARM
>> +miniPC.
>> +
>> +Once everything is connected you can finally power on the TBS2910 Matrix ARM
>> +miniPC. The SoC will then jump to the serial download and wait for you.
>> +
>> +Finlay, you can load u-boot through USB with with the following command:
>> +
>> +.. code-block:: none
>> +
>> +   sudo ./imx_usb -v u-boot.imx
>> +
>> +The u-boot boot messages will then appear in the serial console.
>> +
>> +Install u-boot on the eMMC:
>> +---------------------------
>> +To install u-boot on the eMMC, you first need to boot the TBS2910 Matrix ARM
>> +miniPC.
>> +
>> +Once booted, you can flash u-boot.imx to mmcblk0boot0 with the
>> +following commands:
>> +
>> +.. code-block:: none
>> +
>> +   sudo echo 0 >/sys/block/mmcblk0boot0/force_ro
>> +   sudo dd if=u-boot.imx of=/dev/mmcblk0boot0 bs=1k seek=1; sync
>> +
>> +Note that the eMMC card node may vary, so adjust this as needed.
>> +
>> +Once the new u-boot version is installed, to boot on it you then need to power
>> +off the TBS2910 Matrix ARM miniPC.
>> +
>> +Once it is off, you need make sure that the boot switch is set to "BOOT" and
>> +that the SW6 switch is set to boot on the eMMC as described in the previous
>> +sections.
>> +
>> +If you also need to access the u-boot console, you will also need to connect an
>> +UART cable between the computer running imx_usb and the TBS2910 Matrix ARM
>> +miniPC.
>> +
>> +You can then power up the TBS2910 Matrix ARM miniPC and U-Boot messages will
>> +appear in the serial console.
>> +
>> +Links:
>> +------
>> +  - https://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/tbs2910/TBS2910-Matrix-ARM-mini-PC-SCH_rev2.1.pdf
>> +    - The schematics for the revision 2.1 of the TBS2910 Matrix ARM miniPC.
>> +  - https://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/ref_manual/IMX6DQRM.pdf - The
>> +    SoC reference manual for additional details on the BOOT_CFG registers.



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