[PATCH v2] doc: board: bcm7xxx: Convert to reStructuredText format

Thomas Fitzsimmons fitzsim at fitzsim.org
Mon Feb 13 17:21:27 CET 2023


Convert the documentation for the Broadcom BCM7445 and BCM7260 boards
to reStructuredText format and add the new filename to
doc/board/broadcom/index.rst.
---

Changes in v2:
- Remove "About this" heading

 doc/README.bcm7xxx             | 156 ----------------------------
 doc/board/broadcom/bcm7xxx.rst | 183 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/board/broadcom/index.rst   |   1 +
 3 files changed, 184 insertions(+), 156 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 doc/README.bcm7xxx
 create mode 100644 doc/board/broadcom/bcm7xxx.rst

diff --git a/doc/README.bcm7xxx b/doc/README.bcm7xxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 6839da5f97..0000000000
--- a/doc/README.bcm7xxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-Summary
-=======
-
-This document describes how to use U-Boot on the Broadcom 7445 SoC, as
-a third stage bootloader loaded by Broadcom's BOLT bootloader.
-
-BOLT loads U-Boot as a generic ELF binary.  Some U-Boot features such
-as networking are not yet available but other important features are,
-including:
-
-   - ext4 file system traversal
-
-   - support for loading FIT images
-
-   - advanced scripting
-
-   - support for FIT-provided DTBs instead of relying on the
-     BOLT-provided DTB
-
-A customized version of this port has been used in production.  The
-same approach may work on other BCM7xxx boards, with some
-configuration adjustments and memory layout experimentation.
-
-Build
-=====
-
-make bcm7445_defconfig
-make
-${CROSS_COMPILE}strip u-boot
-
-Run
-===
-
-To tell U-Boot which serial port to use for its console, set the
-"stdout-path" property in the "/chosen" node of the BOLT-generated
-device tree.  For example:
-
-BOLT> dt add prop chosen stdout-path s serial0:115200n8
-
-Flash the u-boot binary into board storage, then invoke it from BOLT.
-For example:
-
-BOLT> boot -bsu -elf flash0.u-boot1
-
-This port assumes that I-cache and D-cache are already enabled when
-U-Boot is entered.
-
-Flattened Image Tree Support
-============================
-
-What follows is an example FIT image source file.  Build it with:
-
-mkimage -f image.its image.itb
-
-Booting the resulting image.itb was tested on BOLT v1.20, with the
-following kernels:
-
-https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-3.14
-https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-4.1
-https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-4.9
-
-and with a generic ARMv7 root file system.
-
-image.its:
-/dts-v1/;
-/ {
-	description = "BCM7445 FIT";
-	images {
-		kernel at 1 {
-			description = "Linux kernel";
-			/*
-			 * This kernel image output format can be
-			 * generated with:
-			 *
-			 * make vmlinux
-			 * ${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy -O binary -S vmlinux vmlinux.bin
-			 * gzip -9 vmlinux.bin
-			 *
-			 * For stblinux-3.14, the specific Broadcom
-			 * board type should be configured in the
-			 * kernel, for example CONFIG_BCM7445D0=y.
-			 */
-			data = /incbin/("<vmlinux.bin.gz>");
-			type = "kernel";
-			arch = "arm";
-			os = "linux";
-			compression = "gzip";
-			load = <0x8000>;
-			entry = <0x8000>;
-			hash at 1 {
-				algo = "sha256";
-			};
-		};
-		ramdisk at 1 {
-			description = "Initramfs root file system";
-			data = /incbin/("<initramfs.cpio.gz>");
-			type = "ramdisk";
-			arch = "arm";
-			os = "linux";
-			compression = "gzip";
-			/*
-			 * Set the environment variable initrd_high to
-			 * 0xffffffff, and set "load" and "entry" here
-			 * to 0x0 to keep initramfs in-place and to
-			 * accommodate stblinux bmem/CMA reservations.
-			 */
-			load = <0x0>;
-			entry = <0x0>;
-			hash at 1 {
-				algo = "sha256";
-			};
-		};
-		fdt at 1 {
-			description = "Device tree dumped from BOLT";
-			/*
-			 * This DTB should be similar to the
-			 * BOLT-generated device tree, after BOLT has
-			 * done its runtime modifications to it.  For
-			 * example, it can be dumped from within
-			 * U-Boot (at ${fdtcontroladdr}), after BOLT
-			 * has loaded U-Boot.  The result can be added
-			 * to the Linux source tree as a .dts file.
-			 *
-			 * To support modifications to the device tree
-			 * in-place in U-Boot, add to Linux's
-			 * arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile:
-			 *
-			 * DTC_FLAGS ?= -p 4096
-			 *
-			 * This will leave some padding in the DTB and
-			 * thus reserve room for node additions.
-			 *
-			 * Also, set the environment variable fdt_high
-			 * to 0xffffffff to keep the DTB in-place and
-			 * to accommodate stblinux bmem/CMA
-			 * reservations.
-			 */
-			data = /incbin/("<bolt-<version>.dtb");
-			type = "flat_dt";
-			arch = "arm";
-			compression = "none";
-			hash at 1 {
-				algo = "sha256";
-			};
-		};
-	};
-	configurations {
-		default = "conf at bcm7445";
-		conf at bcm7445 {
-			description = "BCM7445 configuration";
-			kernel = "kernel at 1";
-			ramdisk = "ramdisk at 1";
-			fdt = "fdt at 1";
-		};
-	};
-};
diff --git a/doc/board/broadcom/bcm7xxx.rst b/doc/board/broadcom/bcm7xxx.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1994d9f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/board/broadcom/bcm7xxx.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+.. Copyright (C) 2018, 2023 Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim at fitzsim.org>
+
+BCM7445 and BCM7260
+===================
+
+This document describes how to use U-Boot on the Broadcom 7445 and
+Broadcom 7260 SoC, as a third stage bootloader loaded by Broadcom's
+BOLT bootloader.
+
+BOLT loads U-Boot as a generic ELF binary.  Some U-Boot features such
+as networking are not implemented but other important features are,
+including:
+
+* ext4 file system traversal
+* support for loading FIT images
+* advanced scripting
+* support for FIT-provided DTBs instead of relying on the BOLT-provided DTB
+
+A customized version of this port has been used in production.  The
+same approach may work on other BCM7xxx boards, with some
+configuration adjustments and memory layout experimentation.
+
+Configure
+---------
+
+BCM7445
+^^^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+	$ make bcm7445_defconfig
+
+BCM7260
+^^^^^^^
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+	$ make bcm7260_defconfig
+
+Build
+-----
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+	$ make
+	$ ${CROSS_COMPILE}strip u-boot
+
+Run
+---
+
+To tell U-Boot which serial port to use for its console, set the
+``stdout-path`` property in the ``/chosen`` node of the BOLT-generated
+device tree.  For example:
+
+::
+
+	BOLT> dt add prop chosen stdout-path s serial0:115200n8
+
+Flash the ``u-boot`` binary into board storage, then invoke it from
+BOLT.  For example:
+
+::
+
+	BOLT> boot -bsu -elf flash0.u-boot1
+
+This port assumes that I-cache and D-cache are already enabled when
+U-Boot is entered.
+
+Flattened Image Tree Support
+----------------------------
+
+What follows is an example FIT image source file.  Build it with:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+	$ mkimage -f image.its image.itb
+
+Booting the resulting ``image.itb`` was tested on BOLT v1.20, with the
+following kernels:
+
+* https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-3.14
+* https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-4.1
+* https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-4.9
+
+and with a generic ARMv7 root file system.
+
+**image.its**
+
+::
+
+	/dts-v1/;
+	/ {
+		description = "BCM7445 FIT";
+		images {
+			kernel at 1 {
+				description = "Linux kernel";
+				/*
+				 * This kernel image output format can be
+				 * generated with:
+				 *
+				 * make vmlinux
+				 * ${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy -O binary -S vmlinux vmlinux.bin
+				 * gzip -9 vmlinux.bin
+				 *
+				 * For stblinux-3.14, the specific Broadcom
+				 * board type should be configured in the
+				 * kernel, for example CONFIG_BCM7445D0=y.
+				 */
+				data = /incbin/("<vmlinux.bin.gz>");
+				type = "kernel";
+				arch = "arm";
+				os = "linux";
+				compression = "gzip";
+				load = <0x8000>;
+				entry = <0x8000>;
+				hash at 1 {
+					algo = "sha256";
+				};
+			};
+			ramdisk at 1 {
+				description = "Initramfs root file system";
+				data = /incbin/("<initramfs.cpio.gz>");
+				type = "ramdisk";
+				arch = "arm";
+				os = "linux";
+				compression = "gzip";
+				/*
+				 * Set the environment variable initrd_high to
+				 * 0xffffffff, and set "load" and "entry" here
+				 * to 0x0 to keep initramfs in-place and to
+				 * accommodate stblinux bmem/CMA reservations.
+				 */
+				load = <0x0>;
+				entry = <0x0>;
+				hash at 1 {
+					algo = "sha256";
+				};
+			};
+			fdt at 1 {
+				description = "Device tree dumped from BOLT";
+				/*
+				 * This DTB should be similar to the
+				 * BOLT-generated device tree, after BOLT has
+				 * done its runtime modifications to it.  For
+				 * example, it can be dumped from within
+				 * U-Boot (at ${fdtcontroladdr}), after BOLT
+				 * has loaded U-Boot.  The result can be added
+				 * to the Linux source tree as a .dts file.
+				 *
+				 * To support modifications to the device tree
+				 * in-place in U-Boot, add to Linux's
+				 * arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile:
+				 *
+				 * DTC_FLAGS ?= -p 4096
+				 *
+				 * This will leave some padding in the DTB and
+				 * thus reserve room for node additions.
+				 *
+				 * Also, set the environment variable fdt_high
+				 * to 0xffffffff to keep the DTB in-place and
+				 * to accommodate stblinux bmem/CMA
+				 * reservations.
+				 */
+				data = /incbin/("<bolt-<version>.dtb");
+				type = "flat_dt";
+				arch = "arm";
+				compression = "none";
+				hash at 1 {
+					algo = "sha256";
+				};
+			};
+		};
+		configurations {
+			default = "conf at bcm7445";
+			conf at bcm7445 {
+				description = "BCM7445 configuration";
+				kernel = "kernel at 1";
+				ramdisk = "ramdisk at 1";
+				fdt = "fdt at 1";
+			};
+		};
+	};
diff --git a/doc/board/broadcom/index.rst b/doc/board/broadcom/index.rst
index 4f0e825fef..a56bd1f069 100644
--- a/doc/board/broadcom/index.rst
+++ b/doc/board/broadcom/index.rst
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ Broadcom
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   bcm7xxx
    raspberrypi
-- 
2.33.1



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