[PATCHv5][ 7/7] board: tbs2910: add documentation
Soeren Moch
smoch at web.de
Sat May 30 19:18:33 CEST 2020
On 30.05.20 05:24, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
> This documents the u-boot installation procedure and the
> hardware in order to get started.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo at cyberdimension.org>
> ---
> Changelog since v4:
> -------------------
> - Added dded information about SYSBOOT boot support as requested.
> - Fixed the switch positions as suggested.
> ---
> doc/board/index.rst | 1 +
> doc/board/tbs/index.rst | 9 ++
> doc/board/tbs/tbs2910.rst | 191 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 201 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 doc/board/tbs/index.rst
> create mode 100644 doc/board/tbs/tbs2910.rst
Denis,
thanks for providing this documentation. 2 remarks below.
Since this already is v5, do you want to resend a fixed version of this
series, or should we fix this later in a separate patch?
If you want to send a new version of this patch, please also add
---8<---
diff --git a/board/tbs/tbs2910/MAINTAINERS b/board/tbs/tbs2910/MAINTAINERS
index a3ad2f712a..1e3c0d0ece 100644
--- a/board/tbs/tbs2910/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/board/tbs/tbs2910/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ S: Maintained
F: arch/arm/dts/imx6q-tbs2910.dts
F: board/tbs/tbs2910/
F: configs/tbs2910_defconfig
+F: doc/board/tbs/
F: include/configs/tbs2910.h
---8<---
(whitespace may be broken in this snippet)
Thanks,
Soeren
>
> diff --git a/doc/board/index.rst b/doc/board/index.rst
> index 01b233f737..bb4473152a 100644
> --- a/doc/board/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/board/index.rst
> @@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ Board-specific doc
> rockchip/index
> sifive/index
> st/index
> + tbs/index
> toradex/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..e97f2b6e61
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/board/tbs/tbs2910.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
> +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: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: 1: OFF, 2: OFF, 3: OFF, 4: OFF, 5:OFF, 6:ON, 7:OFF, 8:OFF
> +
> +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:
Typo:
s/Finlay/Finally/
> +
> +.. 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.
> +
> +Booting a distribution:
> +-----------------------
> +When booting on the TBS2910 Matrix ARM miniPC, by default U-Boot will first try
> +to boot from hardcoded offsets from the start of the eMMC. This is for
> +compatibility with the stock GNU/Linux distribution.
> +
> +If that fails it will then try to boot from several interfaces using
> +'distro_bootcmd': It will first try to boot from the microSD slot, then the
> +SD slot, then the internal eMMC, then the SATA interface and finally the USB
> +interface. For more information on how to configure your distribution to boot,
> +see 'README.distro'.
> +
> +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.
Unfortunately this link does not work for me. Is some sort of login
required? Or was this moved away?
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