[PATCH v2 u-boot-mvebu 4/4] arm: mvebu: clearfog: Update eMMC/SD/SATA instructions

Eugen Hristev eugen.hristev at collabora.com
Wed May 3 12:01:05 CEST 2023


On 5/3/23 12:57, Stefan Roese wrote:
> Hi Eugen,
> 
> On 5/3/23 11:43, Eugen Hristev wrote:
>> On 5/3/23 12:17, Stefan Roese wrote:
>>> On 4/29/23 13:08, Pali Rohár wrote:
>>>> On Thursday 27 April 2023 10:56:17 Stefan Roese wrote:
>>>>> Hi Pali,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/27/23 01:44, Pali Rohár wrote:
>>>>>> On Thursday 13 April 2023 22:43:25 Martin Rowe wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 at 20:58, Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BootROM and neither SPL does not use eMMC boot acknowledgement 
>>>>>>>> or boot
>>>>>>>> enable bits in EXT_CSD_PART_CONF eMMC register. And also fixed 
>>>>>>>> SATA disk
>>>>>>>> sector 0x141 is not used at all.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SPL successfully loads u-boot from the same partition as SPL. SD 
>>>>>>> card
>>>>>>> and UART continue to boot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks Pali!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tested-by: Martin Rowe <martin.p.rowe at gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, is something more needed for this patch series?
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately yes. As at least this board breaks with this patchset
>>>>> added:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ make sama5d2_icp_mmc_defconfig
>>>>> $ make -sj
>>>>> /opt/kernel.org/gcc-12.2.0-nolibc/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld.bfd:
>>>>> u-boot-spl section `__u_boot_list' will not fit in region `.sram'
>>>>> /opt/kernel.org/gcc-12.2.0-nolibc/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld.bfd:
>>>>> region `.sram' overflowed by 32 bytes
>>>>> make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.spl:527: spl/u-boot-spl] Error 1
>>>>> make: *** [Makefile:2049: spl/u-boot-spl] Error 2
>>>>>
>>>>> So CI build fails and I can't send a pull request. I'm sending a patch
>>>>> though, to fix this image overflow by enabling LTO. Stay tuned...
>>>>
>>>> I see... LTO helped. So can be this patch series now applied?
>>>
>>> No problems with this series now in master, so:
>>>
>>> Applied to u-boot-marvell/master
>>
>> Hi Stefan,
>>
>> This patch is still pending as it was not tested by anyone yet :
>>
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20230427085945.475619-1-sr@denx.de/
>>
>> so , this series still breaks the sama5d2_icp board ?
> 
> No. Azure CI build has run w/o any problems. Otherwise I would not have
> been able to send a pull request for these patches.

Nice, but, how was the SRAM problem solved ? Anything changed in the 
patches ?

> 
> Thanks,
> Stefan
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Eugen
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Stefan
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>    board/solidrun/clearfog/README | 20 ++++++++++----------
>>>>>>>>    1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/board/solidrun/clearfog/README 
>>>>>>>> b/board/solidrun/clearfog/README
>>>>>>>> index ed4a712c5aa2..c86b37061a30 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/board/solidrun/clearfog/README
>>>>>>>> +++ b/board/solidrun/clearfog/README
>>>>>>>> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>>>>>>>>    Update from original Marvell U-Boot to mainline U-Boot:
>>>>>>>>    -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Generate the U-Boot image with these commands:
>>>>>>>> +Generate the U-Boot image for eMMC/SD with these commands:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    $ make clearfog_defconfig
>>>>>>>>    $ make
>>>>>>>> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $ make
>>>>>>>>    The resulting image including the SPL binary with the
>>>>>>>>    full DDR setup is "u-boot-with-spl.kwb".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Now all you need to do is copy this image on a SD card.
>>>>>>>> +Now all you need to do is copy this image on a SD card's sector 1.
>>>>>>>>    For example with this command:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    $ sudo dd if=u-boot-with-spl.kwb of=/dev/sdX bs=512 seek=1
>>>>>>>> @@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ of "/dev/sdX" here!
>>>>>>>>    Install U-Boot on eMMC:
>>>>>>>>    -----------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -To make SPL load the main U-Boot image from the eMMC boot 
>>>>>>>> partition enable
>>>>>>>> -eMMC boot acknowledgement and boot partition with the following 
>>>>>>>> U-Boot
>>>>>>>> -command:
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>> -  mmc partconf 0 1 1 0
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>    Install U-Boot on eMMC boot partition from Linux running on 
>>>>>>>> Clearfog:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk0boot0/force_ro
>>>>>>>> @@ -37,8 +31,14 @@ Consider initial boot from UART (see below).
>>>>>>>>    Install U-Boot on SATA:
>>>>>>>>    -----------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -When loading the main U-Boot image from raw SATA sector, set
>>>>>>>> -CONFIG_SPL_SATA_RAW_U_BOOT_SECTOR to 0x141.
>>>>>>>> +Generate the U-Boot image for SATA with these commands:
>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>> +$ make clearfog_sata_defconfig
>>>>>>>> +$ make
>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>> +Copy image on a SATA disk's sector 1:
>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>> +$ sudo dd if=u-boot-with-spl.kwb of=/dev/sdX bs=512 seek=1
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Boot selection:
>>>>>>>>    ---------------
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> 2.20.1
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Viele Grüße,
>>>>> Stefan Roese
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
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>>>
>>> Viele Grüße,
>>> Stefan Roese
>>>
>>
> 
> Viele Grüße,
> Stefan Roese
> 



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