[PATCH v2 12/12] doc: Add documentation for STM32 MCUs
Patrice CHOTARD
patrice.chotard at foss.st.com
Tue May 10 10:49:53 CEST 2022
On 4/27/22 13:54, Patrice Chotard wrote:
> Add documentation for STM32 MCUs (F4, F7 and H7 series).
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at foss.st.com>
>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - fix documentation file stm32_MCU.rst
>
> board/st/stm32f429-discovery/MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> board/st/stm32f429-evaluation/MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> board/st/stm32f469-discovery/MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> board/st/stm32f746-disco/MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> board/st/stm32h743-disco/MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> board/st/stm32h743-eval/MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> board/st/stm32h750-art-pi/MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> doc/board/st/index.rst | 1 +
> doc/board/st/stm32_MCU.rst | 186 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 9 files changed, 194 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 doc/board/st/stm32_MCU.rst
>
> diff --git a/board/st/stm32f429-discovery/MAINTAINERS b/board/st/stm32f429-discovery/MAINTAINERS
> index fdb62e98e8..7661a15fdd 100644
> --- a/board/st/stm32f429-discovery/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/board/st/stm32f429-discovery/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> STM32F429-DISCOVERY BOARD
> M: Kamil Lulko <kamil.lulko at gmail.com>
> S: Maintained
> +F: doc/board/st/
> F: board/st/stm32f429-discovery/
> F: include/configs/stm32f429-discovery.h
> F: configs/stm32f429-discovery_defconfig
> diff --git a/board/st/stm32f429-evaluation/MAINTAINERS b/board/st/stm32f429-evaluation/MAINTAINERS
> index 29d00ef27e..b272893ef7 100644
> --- a/board/st/stm32f429-evaluation/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/board/st/stm32f429-evaluation/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> STM32F429-EVALUATION BOARD
> M: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at foss.st.com>
> S: Maintained
> +F: doc/board/st/
> F: board/st/stm32f429-evaluation/
> F: include/configs/stm32f429-evaluation.h
> F: configs/stm32f429-evaluation_defconfig
> diff --git a/board/st/stm32f469-discovery/MAINTAINERS b/board/st/stm32f469-discovery/MAINTAINERS
> index 5a6a78b39e..a95f93f6f6 100644
> --- a/board/st/stm32f469-discovery/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/board/st/stm32f469-discovery/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> STM32F469-DISCOVERY BOARD
> M: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at foss.st.com>
> S: Maintained
> +F: doc/board/st/
> F: board/st/stm32f469-discovery/
> F: include/configs/stm32f469-discovery.h
> F: configs/stm32f469-discovery_defconfig
> diff --git a/board/st/stm32f746-disco/MAINTAINERS b/board/st/stm32f746-disco/MAINTAINERS
> index bc0952c563..18e4c99c4f 100644
> --- a/board/st/stm32f746-disco/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/board/st/stm32f746-disco/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> STM32F746 DISCOVERY BOARD
> M: Vikas Manocha <vikas.manocha at st.com>
> S: Maintained
> +F: doc/board/st/
> F: board/st/stm32f746-disco
> F: include/configs/stm32f746-disco.h
> F: configs/stm32f746-disco_defconfig
> diff --git a/board/st/stm32h743-disco/MAINTAINERS b/board/st/stm32h743-disco/MAINTAINERS
> index 60fbe344f8..f4ecef3aa5 100644
> --- a/board/st/stm32h743-disco/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/board/st/stm32h743-disco/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> STM32H743 DISCOVERY BOARD
> M: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at foss.st.com>
> S: Maintained
> +F: doc/board/st/
> F: board/st/stm32h743-disco
> F: include/configs/stm32h743-disco.h
> F: configs/stm32h743-disco_defconfig
> diff --git a/board/st/stm32h743-eval/MAINTAINERS b/board/st/stm32h743-eval/MAINTAINERS
> index fda93db777..b69e0d4abb 100644
> --- a/board/st/stm32h743-eval/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/board/st/stm32h743-eval/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> STM32H743 EVALUATION BOARD
> M: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at foss.st.com>
> S: Maintained
> +F: doc/board/st/
> F: board/st/stm32h743-eval
> F: include/configs/stm32h743-eval.h
> F: configs/stm32h743-eval_defconfig
> diff --git a/board/st/stm32h750-art-pi/MAINTAINERS b/board/st/stm32h750-art-pi/MAINTAINERS
> index 9578833068..2fd69e6d1c 100644
> --- a/board/st/stm32h750-art-pi/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/board/st/stm32h750-art-pi/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> STM32H750 ART PI BOARD
> M: Dillon Min <dillon.minfei at gmail.com>
> S: Maintained
> +F: doc/board/st/
> F: board/st/stm32h750-art-pi
> F: include/configs/stm32h750-art-pi.h
> F: configs/stm32h750-art-pi_defconfig
> diff --git a/doc/board/st/index.rst b/doc/board/st/index.rst
> index 9bba42f1da..2a8a4ef3b8 100644
> --- a/doc/board/st/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/board/st/index.rst
> @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ STMicroelectronics
>
> st-dt
> stm32mp1
> + stm32_MCU
> diff --git a/doc/board/st/stm32_MCU.rst b/doc/board/st/stm32_MCU.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..7ff7c730fa
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/board/st/stm32_MCU.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ OR BSD-3-Clause
> +.. sectionauthor:: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotardy at foss.st.com>
> +
> +STM32 MCU boards
> +=================
> +
> +This is a quick instruction for setup STM32 MCU boards.
> +
> +Supported devices
> +-----------------
> +
> +U-Boot supports the following STMP32 MCU SoCs:
> +
> + - STM32F429
> + - STM32F469
> + - STM32F746
> + - STM32F769
> + - STM32H743
> + - STM32H750
> +
> +SoCs information:
> +-----------------
> +STM32F4 series are Cortex-M4 MCU.
> +STM32F7 and STM32H7 series are Cortex-M7 MCU.
> +
> + + STM32F4 series: https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32f4-series.html
> + + STM32F7 series: https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32f7-series.html
> + + STM32H7 series: https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32h7-series.html
> +
> +Currently the following boards are supported:
> +
> + + stm32f429-discovery
> + + stm32f469-discovery
> + + stm32746g-evaluation
> + + stm32f746-discovery
> + + stm32f769-discovery
> + + stm32h743i-discovery
> + + stm32h743i-evaluation
> + + stm32h750i-art-pi
> +
> +Boot Sequences
> +--------------
> +
> +For STM32F7 series, 2 boot configurations are supported with and without SPL
> +
> ++------------------------+-------------------------+--------------+
> +| **FSBL** | **SSBL** | **OS** |
> ++------------------------+-------------------------+--------------+
> +| First Stage Bootloader | Second Stage Bootloader | Linux Kernel |
> ++------------------------+-------------------------+--------------+
> +| embedded Flash | DDR |
> ++------------------------+-------------------------+--------------+
> +
> +The boot chain with SPL
> +```````````````````````
> +
> +defconfig_file :
> + + **stm32746g-eval_spl_defconfig**
> + + **stm32f746-disco_spl_defconfig**
> + + **stm32f769-disco_spl_defconfig**
> +
> ++------------+------------+-------+
> +| FSBL | SSBL | OS |
> ++------------+------------+-------+
> +|U-Boot SPL | U-Boot | Linux |
> ++------------+------------+-------+
> +
> +The boot chain without SPL
> +``````````````````````````
> +
> +defconfig_file :
> + + **stm32f429-discovery_defconfig**
> + + **stm32f429-evaluation_defconfig**
> + + **stm32f469-discovery_defconfig**
> + + **stm32746g-eval_defconfig**
> + + **stm32f746-disco_defconfig**
> + + **stm32f769-disco_defconfig**
> + + **stm32h743-disco_defconfig**
> + + **stm32h743-eval_defconfig**
> + + **stm32h750-art-pi_defconfig**
> +
> ++-----------+-------+
> +| FSBL | OS |
> ++-----------+-------+
> +|U-Boot | Linux |
> ++-----------+-------+
> +
> +Build Procedure
> +---------------
> +
> +1. Install the required tools for U-Boot
> +
> + * install package needed in U-Boot makefile
> + (libssl-dev, swig, libpython-dev...)
> +
> + * install ARMv7 toolchain for 32bit Cortex-A (from Linaro,
> + from SDK for STM32MP15x, or any crosstoolchains from your distribution)
> + (you can use any gcc cross compiler compatible with U-Boot)
> +
> +2. Set the cross compiler::
> +
> + # export CROSS_COMPILE=/path/to/toolchain/arm-linux-gnueabi-
> +
> +3. Select the output directory (optional)::
> +
> + # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/path/to/output
> +
> + for example: use one output directory for each configuration::
> +
> + # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=stm32f4
> + # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=stm32f7
> + # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=stm32h7
> +
> + you can build outside of code directory::
> +
> + # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=../build/stm32f4
> +
> +4. Configure U-Boot::
> +
> + # make <defconfig_file>
> +
> + For example with <defconfig_file>:
> +
> + - For **stm32f429 discovery** board : **stm32f429-discovery_defconfig**
> + - For **stm32f769 discovery** board with SPL: **stm32f769-disco_spl_defconfig**
> + - For **stm32f769 discovery** board without SPL: **stm32f769-disco_defconfig**
> +
> +5. Configure the device-tree and build the U-Boot image::
> +
> + # make DEVICE_TREE=<name> all
> +
> + Examples:
> +
> + a) boot with SPL on stm32f746 discovery board::
> +
> + # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=stm32f746-disco
> + # make stm32f746-disco_spl_defconfig
> + # make all
> +
> + b) boot without SPL on stm32f746 discovery board::
> +
> + # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=stm32f746-disco
> + # make stm32f746-disco_defconfig
> + # make all
> +
> + c) boot on stm32h743 discovery board::
> +
> + # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=stm32h743-disco
> + # make stm32h743-disco_defconfig
> + # make all
> +
> + d) boot on stm32h743 evaluation board::
> +
> + # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=stm32h743-disco
> + # make stm32h743-eval_defconfig
> + # make all
> +
> +6. U-Boot Output files
> +
> + So in the output directory (selected by KBUILD_OUTPUT),
> + you can found the needed U-Boot files, for example::
> +
> + - stm32f746-disco_defconfig = **u-boot-dtb.bin** and **u-boot.dtb**
> +
> + - FSBL = u-boot-dtb.bin
> +
> + - stm32f746-disco_spl_defconfig = **u-boot-dtb.bin**, **u-boot.dtb** and **u-boot-with-spl.bin**
> +
> + - FSBL + SSBL = u-boot-with-spl.bin
> + - SSBL = u-boot-dtb.bin
> +
> +7. Flash U-Boot files
> +
> +Plug STM32 MCUs board using the USB ST-Link connector, hence it will expose
> +the flash area as a mass-storage. In this mass-storage you will find the
> +following files:
> +
> +- DETAILS.TXT: give the bootrom version and build
> +- MBED.HTM: shortcul to the hardware board description web page from st.com.
> +
> +Copy/paste the u-boot.bin or u-boot-with-spl.bin (in case of bootchain with SPL)
> +to this mass-storage. The "COM" LED will blink alternatively red and green during
> +the flash process. When done the board will reboot automatically.
> +
> +In case of boot with SPL, by default SPL will try to load either a Linux
> +kernel (falcon mode) or, if the key "c" is maintained pressed, the main U-Boot.
Applied to u-boot-stm32
Thanks
Patrice
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