[PATCH next] board: amediatech: Add X96Q support

Sat Jan 3 18:34:28 CET 2026

Hi J.,

On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 08:45:03PM +0100, J. Neuschäfer via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: "J. Neuschäfer" <j.ne at posteo.net>
> 
> The X96Q is a set-top box with an H313 SoC, AXP305 PMIC, 1 or 2 GiB RAM,
> 8 or 16 GiB eMMC flash, 2x USB A, Micro-SD, HDMI, Ethernet, audio/video
> output, and infrared input.
> 
>   https://x96mini.com/products/x96q-tv-box-android-10-set-top-box
> 
> This commit adds a defconfig and some documentation. The devicetree is
> already in dts/upstream.
> 
> The CONFIG_DRAM_SUNXI_* settings are chosen such that the register
> values in the DRAM PHY's MMIO space are as close as possible to those
> observed when booting with the preinstalled vendor U-Boot.
> 
> ---

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Regards,
Kuan-Wei

> Signed-off-by: J. Neuschäfer <j.ne at posteo.net>
> ---
>  configs/x96q_defconfig         | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/board/amediatech/index.rst |  9 +++++++
>  doc/board/amediatech/x96q.rst  | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/board/index.rst            |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 113 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/configs/x96q_defconfig b/configs/x96q_defconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..650fecca624
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/configs/x96q_defconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
> +CONFIG_ARM=y
> +CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI=y
> +CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="allwinner/sun50i-h313-x96q"
> +CONFIG_SPL=y
> +
> +CONFIG_DRAM_CLK=600
> +CONFIG_DRAM_SUNXI_DX_ODT=0x03030303
> +CONFIG_DRAM_SUNXI_DX_DRI=0x0e0e0e0e
> +CONFIG_DRAM_SUNXI_CA_DRI=0x1f12
> +CONFIG_DRAM_SUNXI_TPR0=0xc0001002
> +CONFIG_DRAM_SUNXI_TPR2=0x00000100
> +CONFIG_DRAM_SUNXI_TPR10=0x002f0107
> +CONFIG_DRAM_SUNXI_TPR11=0xddddcccc
> +CONFIG_DRAM_SUNXI_TPR12=0xeddc7665
> +
> +CONFIG_MACH_SUN50I_H616=y
> +CONFIG_SUNXI_DRAM_H616_DDR3_1333=y    # DDR3 is correct, but vendor uboot mentions 600 MHz DRAM CLK
> +#CONFIG_MMC_SUNXI_SLOT_EXTRA=2
> +CONFIG_R_I2C_ENABLE=y
> +# CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT is not set
> +CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
> +CONFIG_SPL_SYS_I2C_LEGACY=y
> +CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MVTWSI=y
> +CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE=0x7f
> +CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED=400000
> +CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT=y
> +CONFIG_AXP305_POWER=y
> +CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
> +CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y
> +
> +CONFIG_SPL_USE_TINY_PRINTF_POINTER_SUPPORT=y
> +CONFIG_CMD_UFETCH=y
> +#CONFIG_SPL_PAYLOAD="u-boot.img"
> +#CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x60
> +
> +CONFIG_CMD_CAT=y
> +
> +#CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=60   # os = 0, uboot not detected
> +#CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=61   # e59f002c e5810000 f57ff04f f57ff06f (4a0000cc)
> +#CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=62   # a9431e66 a9442668 a9452e6a a946366c (4a0002cc)
> +#CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=64   # 52800000 91008081 79400025 34000080 (4a0006cc)
> +#CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=96   # 340007c0 f9401673 eb1302ff 54000760 (4a006acc)
> +#CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=112  # f9003fe0 f94047e0 6b1c001f 54fffcc0 (4a0162cc)
> +
> +CONFIG_SUN8I_EMAC=y
> +CONFIG_FIT_BEST_MATCH=y
> diff --git a/doc/board/amediatech/index.rst b/doc/board/amediatech/index.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..7bc42833ec0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/board/amediatech/index.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +
> +Amediatech
> +==========
> +
> +.. toctree::
> +   :maxdepth: 2
> +
> +   x96q
> diff --git a/doc/board/amediatech/x96q.rst b/doc/board/amediatech/x96q.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..27485c1b363
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/board/amediatech/x96q.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +
> +U-Boot for the Amediatech X96Q set-top box
> +==========================================
> +
> +Quick Start
> +-----------
> +
> +- Get and Build the ARM Trusted Firmware (TF-A)
> +- Build U-Boot
> +- Write U-Boot to a microSD card
> +- Boot
> +
> +Get and Build the ARM Trusted Firmware (TF-A)
> +---------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. code-block:: bash
> +
> +    $ echo "Downloading and building TF-A..."
> +    $ git clone https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git
> +    $ cd trusted-firmware-a
> +
> +Then build TF-A:
> +
> +.. code-block:: bash
> +
> +    $ export CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
> +    $ make PLAT=sun50i_h616 bl31
> +    $ cp build/sun50i_h616/release/bl31.bin ../
> +
> +Build U-Boot
> +------------
> +
> +.. code-block:: bash
> +
> +    $ export CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf-
> +    $ make x96q_defconfig
> +    $ make
> +
> +After the build succeeds, you will obtain the final ``u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin``
> +image, which you can then write to a microSD card.
> +
> +Write U-Boot to a microSD card
> +------------------------------
> +
> +You can then flash U-Boot to the microSD card (replace ``/dev/sdX`` with the
> +card's device file):
> +
> +.. code-block:: bash
> +
> +    $ dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=8k seek=1
> +
> +Boot
> +----
> +
> +When the X96Q is booted with the prepared microSD card inserted, it should boot
> +into the freshly installed U-Boot.
> diff --git a/doc/board/index.rst b/doc/board/index.rst
> index 7870f1bc246..767e1831912 100644
> --- a/doc/board/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/board/index.rst
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Board-specific doc
>     acer/index
>     actions/index
>     advantech/index
> +   amediatech/index
>     andestech/index
>     allwinner/index
>     amlogic/index
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 8f520c0d5656196ec4912c837cc156a399350c33
> change-id: 20251231-x96q-998c1376ebbf
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> J. Neuschäfer <j.ne at posteo.net>
> 
> 
> 