[PATCH v5 3/3] board: Add new Broadcom Northstar board
Heinrich Schuchardt
xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Mon Apr 24 10:34:46 CEST 2023
On 4/24/23 09:38, Linus Walleij wrote:
> This adds a simple Northstar "BRCMNS" board to be used with
> the BCM4708x and BCM5301x chips.
>
> The main intention is to use this with the D-Link DIR-890L
> and DIR-885L routers for loading the kernel into RAM from
> NAND memory using the BCH-1 ECC and using the separately
> submitted SEAMA load command, so we are currently not adding
> support for things such as networking.
>
> The DTS file is a multiplatform NorthStar board, designed to
> be usable with several NorthStar designs by avoiding any
> particulars not related to the operation of U-Boot.
>
> If other board need other ECC for example, they need to
> create a separate DTS file and augment the code, but I don't
> know if any other users will turn up.
>
> Cc: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> ---
> ChangeLog v4->v5:
> - Rebase on the U-Boot master branch
> - Add some documentation
> ChangeLog v3->v4:
> - No changes
> ChangeLog v1->v3:
> - Bundle with the iproc nand and algo select patches
> ---
> arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/arm/dts/Makefile | 2 ++
> arch/arm/dts/ns-board.dts | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> board/broadcom/bcmns/Kconfig | 12 +++++++
> board/broadcom/bcmns/MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++
> board/broadcom/bcmns/Makefile | 2 ++
> board/broadcom/bcmns/ns.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> configs/bcmns_defconfig | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> doc/board/broadcom/index.rst | 1 +
> doc/board/broadcom/northstar.rst | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/configs/bcmns.h | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 11 files changed, 275 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 arch/arm/dts/ns-board.dts
> create mode 100644 board/broadcom/bcmns/Kconfig
> create mode 100644 board/broadcom/bcmns/MAINTAINERS
> create mode 100644 board/broadcom/bcmns/Makefile
> create mode 100644 board/broadcom/bcmns/ns.c
> create mode 100644 configs/bcmns_defconfig
> create mode 100644 doc/board/broadcom/northstar.rst
> create mode 100644 include/configs/bcmns.h
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 098f654e4bdd..3f4c708c1a57 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -2287,6 +2287,7 @@ source "board/Marvell/octeontx2/Kconfig"
> source "board/armltd/vexpress/Kconfig"
> source "board/armltd/vexpress64/Kconfig"
> source "board/cortina/presidio-asic/Kconfig"
> +source "board/broadcom/bcmns/Kconfig"
> source "board/broadcom/bcmns3/Kconfig"
> source "board/cavium/thunderx/Kconfig"
> source "board/eets/pdu001/Kconfig"
> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/dts/Makefile
> index 3385948d22cd..ca03a96156c6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/dts/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/Makefile
> @@ -1200,6 +1200,8 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_BCM283X) += \
> bcm2837-rpi-cm3-io3.dtb \
> bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dtb
>
> +dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_BCMNS) += ns-board.dtb
> +
> dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_BCMNS3) += ns3-board.dtb
>
> dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_BCMSTB) += bcm7xxx.dtb
> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/ns-board.dts b/arch/arm/dts/ns-board.dts
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..bc2a0dd1c961
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/ns-board.dts
> @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +
> +/dts-v1/;
> +
> +#include "bcm5301x.dtsi"
> +
> +/ {
> + /*
> + * The Northstar does not have a proper fallback compatible, but
> + * these basic chips will suffice.
> + */
> + model = "Northstar model";
> + compatible = "brcm,bcm47094", "brcm,bcm4708";
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <1>;
> + interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
> +
> + memory {
> + device_type = "memory";
> + reg = <0x00000000 0x08000000>,
> + <0x88000000 0x08000000>;
> + };
> +
> + aliases {
> + serial0 = &uart0;
> + };
> +
> + chosen {
> + stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
> + };
> +
> + nand-controller at 18028000 {
> + nandcs: nand at 0 {
> + compatible = "brcm,nandcs";
> + reg = <0>;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <1>;
> +
> + /*
> + * Same as using the bcm5301x-nand-cs0-bch1.dtsi
> + * include from the Linux kernel.
> + */
> + nand-ecc-algo = "bch";
> + nand-ecc-strength = <1>;
> + nand-ecc-step-size = <512>;
> +
> + partitions {
> + compatible = "brcm,bcm947xx-cfe-partitions";
> + };
> + };
> + };
> +};
> +
> +&uart0 {
> + clock-frequency = <125000000>;
> + status = "okay";
> +};
> diff --git a/board/broadcom/bcmns/Kconfig b/board/broadcom/bcmns/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..82f4709e2d2d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/board/broadcom/bcmns/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> +if TARGET_BCMNS
> +
> +config SYS_BOARD
> + default "bcmns"
> +
> +config SYS_VENDOR
> + default "broadcom"
> +
> +config SYS_CONFIG_NAME
> + default "bcmns"
> +
> +endif
> diff --git a/board/broadcom/bcmns/MAINTAINERS b/board/broadcom/bcmns/MAINTAINERS
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..fd37c334a5b1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/board/broadcom/bcmns/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
> +BCMNS BOARD
> +M: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> +S: Maintained
> +F: board/broadcom/bcmnsp/
> +F: configs/bcmnsp_defconfig
> +F: include/configs/bcmnsp.h
> diff --git a/board/broadcom/bcmns/Makefile b/board/broadcom/bcmns/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8a6a8543a90b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/board/broadcom/bcmns/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +obj-y := ns.o
> diff --git a/board/broadcom/bcmns/ns.c b/board/broadcom/bcmns/ns.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..1249e45af036
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/board/broadcom/bcmns/ns.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +/*
> + * Broadcom Northstar generic board set-up code
> + * Copyright (C) 2023 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> + */
> +
> +#include <common.h>
> +#include <dm.h>
> +#include <init.h>
> +#include <log.h>
> +#include <ram.h>
> +#include <serial.h>
> +#include <asm/global_data.h>
> +#include <asm/io.h>
> +#include <asm/armv7m.h>
> +
> +DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
> +
> +int dram_init(void)
> +{
> + return fdtdec_setup_mem_size_base();
> +}
> +
> +int dram_init_banksize(void)
> +{
> + return fdtdec_setup_memory_banksize();
> +}
> +
> +int board_late_init(void)
> +{
> + /* LEDs etc can be initialized here */
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +int board_init(void)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +void reset_cpu(void)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +int print_cpuinfo(void)
> +{
> + printf("BCMNS Northstar SoC\n");
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +int misc_init_r(void)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +int ft_board_setup(void *fdt, struct bd_info *bd)
> +{
> + printf("Northstar board setup: DTB at 0x%08lx\n", (ulong)fdt);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> diff --git a/configs/bcmns_defconfig b/configs/bcmns_defconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..02e2fbe3db28
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/configs/bcmns_defconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> +CONFIG_ARM=y
> +CONFIG_TARGET_BCMNS=y
> +CONFIG_TEXT_BASE=0x00008000
> +CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x2000000
> +CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x8000
> +CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=2
> +CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="ns-board"
> +CONFIG_IDENT_STRING="Broadcom Northstar"
> +CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x00008000
> +CONFIG_HAS_CUSTOM_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR=y
> +CONFIG_CUSTOM_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR=0x00100000
> +# CONFIG_BOOTSTD is not set
> +CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED=y
> +CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT="Boot Northstar system in %d seconds\n"
> +CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
> +CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
> +CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="run bootcmd_dlink_dir8xxl"
> +CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="northstar> "
> +CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG=y
> +CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP=y
> +CONFIG_OF_STDOUT_VIA_ALIAS=y
> +CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
> +CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
> +CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS=64
> +CONFIG_CMD_SEAMA=y
> +CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
> +CONFIG_CMD_CACHE=y
> +CONFIG_OF_EMBED=y
> +CONFIG_USE_HOSTNAME=y
> +CONFIG_HOSTNAME="NS"
> +CONFIG_CLK=y
> +CONFIG_MTD=y
> +CONFIG_DM_MTD=y
> +CONFIG_MTD_RAW_NAND=y
> +CONFIG_NAND_BRCMNAND=y
> +CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION=y
> +CONFIG_CMD_NAND=y
> +CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
> +CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
> +# CONFIG_NET is not set
> +# CONFIG_EFI_LOADER is not set
> diff --git a/doc/board/broadcom/index.rst b/doc/board/broadcom/index.rst
> index a56bd1f0692a..ca34afc82be4 100644
> --- a/doc/board/broadcom/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/board/broadcom/index.rst
> @@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Broadcom
>
> bcm7xxx
> raspberrypi
> + northstar
Let's keep this list alphabetically ordered.
> diff --git a/doc/board/broadcom/northstar.rst b/doc/board/broadcom/northstar.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f4bc0acd0101
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/board/broadcom/northstar.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +.. Copyright (C) 2023 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> +
> +Broadcom Northstar Boards
> +=========================
> +
> +This document describes how to use U-Boot on the Broadcom Northstar
> +boards, comprised of the Cortex A9 ARM-based BCM470x and BCM5301x SoCs. These
> +were introduced in 2012-2013 and some of them are also called StrataGX.
> +
> +Northstar is part of the iProc SoC family.
> +
> +A good overview of these boards can be found in Jon Mason's presentation
> +"Enabling New Hardware in U-Boot" where the difference between Northstar
> +and Northstar Plus and Northstar 2 (Aarch64) is addressed.
> +
> +The ROM in the Northstar SoC will typically look into NOR flash memory
> +for a boot loader, and the way this works is undocumented. It should be
> +possible to execute U-Boot as the first binary from the NOR flash but
> +this usage path is unexplored. Please add information if you know more.
> +
> +D-Link Boards
> +-------------
> +
> +When we use U-Boot with D-Link routers, the NOR flash has a boot loader
> +and web server that can re-flash the bigger NAND flash memory for object
> +code in the SEAMA format, so on these platforms U-Boot is converted into
> +a SEAMA binary and installed in the SoC using the flash tool resident in
> +the NOR flash. Details can be found in the OpenWrt project codebase.
Should this information be in an 'Install' section after the 'Build'
section?
The OpenWrt project is large. Please, provide a link the exact document
you are referring to.
> +
> +Configure
> +---------
If 'Configure' and 'Build' refer to 'D-Link Boards' these should be H3
and not H2 captions:
Configure
~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> + $ make CROSS_COMPILE=${CROSS_COMPILE} bcmns_defconfig
> +
> +Build
> +-----
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> + $ make CROSS_COMPILE=${CROSS_COMPILE}
> + $ ${CROSS_COMPILE}strip u-boo'
Please, consider adding an 'Install' section.
Best regards
Heinrich
> diff --git a/include/configs/bcmns.h b/include/configs/bcmns.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..6f5f2b7ccf23
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/configs/bcmns.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
> +
> +#ifndef __BCM_NS_H
> +#define __BCM_NS_H
> +
> +#include <linux/sizes.h>
> +
> +/* Physical Memory Map */
> +#define V2M_BASE 0x00000000
> +#define PHYS_SDRAM_1 V2M_BASE
> +
> +#define CFG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE PHYS_SDRAM_1
> +
> +/* Called "periph_clk" in Linux, used by the global timer */
> +#define CFG_SYS_HZ_CLOCK 500000000
> +
> +/* Called "iprocslow" in Linux */
> +#define CFG_SYS_NS16550_CLK 125000000
> +
> +/* console configuration */
> +#define CONSOLE_ARGS "console_args=console=ttyS0,115200n8\0"
> +#define MAX_CPUS "max_cpus=maxcpus=2\0"
> +#define EXTRA_ARGS "extra_args=earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x18000300\0"
> +
> +#define BASE_ARGS "${console_args} ${extra_args} ${pcie_args}" \
> + " ${max_cpus} ${log_level} ${reserved_mem}"
> +#define SETBOOTARGS "setbootargs=setenv bootargs " BASE_ARGS "\0"
> +
> +#define KERNEL_LOADADDR_CFG \
> + "loadaddr=0x01000000\0" \
> + "dtb_loadaddr=0x02000000\0"
> +
> +/*
> + * Hardcoded for the only boards we support, if you add more
> + * boards, add a more clever bootcmd!
> + */
> +#define NS_BOOTCMD "bootcmd_dlink_dir8xxl=seama 0x00fe0000; go 0x01000000"
> +
> +#define ARCH_ENV_SETTINGS \
> + CONSOLE_ARGS \
> + MAX_CPUS \
> + EXTRA_ARGS \
> + KERNEL_LOADADDR_CFG \
> + NS_BOOTCMD
> +
> +#define CFG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
> + ARCH_ENV_SETTINGS
> +
> +#endif /* __BCM_NS_H */
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