[PATCH v2 05/11] doc: board: renesas: Document Renesas R-Car Gen3 M3Le Geist board
Marek Vasut
marek.vasut+renesas at mailbox.org
Tue Jun 23 03:38:31 CEST 2026
Add document which clarifies how to build and install U-Boot on
Renesas R-Car Gen3 M3Le Geist board.
Include Renesas R-Car Gen3 SPI NOR installation procedure document.
Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas at mailbox.org>
---
Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
Cc: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu at nigauri.org>
Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
---
V2: No change
---
doc/board/renesas/index.rst | 2 +
doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-geist.rst | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install-sf.rst | 29 ++++++++++++++
doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install.rst | 4 ++
doc/board/renesas/renesas.rst | 2 +-
5 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-geist.rst
create mode 100644 doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install-sf.rst
diff --git a/doc/board/renesas/index.rst b/doc/board/renesas/index.rst
index b9bbe1f82f6..a75c9f08a4c 100644
--- a/doc/board/renesas/index.rst
+++ b/doc/board/renesas/index.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Renesas
build-env-aarch64
rcar-gen3-salvator-x
rcar-gen3-ulcb
+ rcar-gen3-geist
rcar-gen3-install
rcar-gen3-install-hf
+ rcar-gen3-install-sf
rzn1
diff --git a/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-geist.rst b/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-geist.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7bedb3a79cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-geist.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+Renesas R-Car Gen3 M3Le Geist board
+===================================
+
+Build U-Boot
+------------
+
+Please follow :doc:`Renesas 64-bit ARM SoC build environment setup <build-env-aarch64>`
+to correctly set up the build environment before attempting to build U-Boot.
+
+Clone up to date U-Boot source code and change directory into the
+newly cloned source directory:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ git clone https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git/
+ $ cd u-boot
+
+Configure U-Boot:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ make r8a779md_geist_defconfig
+
+Compile U-Boot:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ make
+
+To speed up build process, -jN option can be passed to make to start
+multiple jobs at the same time, this is beneficial especially on SMP
+systems. The following example starts up to number of CPUs in the
+system jobs, which is the recommended amount:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ make -j$(nproc)
+
+Install U-Boot
+--------------
+
+Please follow :doc:`Renesas R-Car Gen3 U-Boot installation <rcar-gen3-install>`
+to install U-Boot into SPI NOR.
diff --git a/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install-sf.rst b/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install-sf.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e8667e1b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install-sf.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+Renesas R-Car Gen3 U-Boot SPI NOR installation
+==============================================
+
+U-Boot can be installed on R-Car Gen3 systems into SPI NOR from U-Boot.
+
+.. note::
+
+ This update mechanism is only available in case the TFA has been built
+ with `RCAR_RPC_HYPERFLASH_LOCKED=0 SPD=none`.
+
+Install U-Boot into SPI NOR using write from U-Boot
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+In order to install U-Boot using write into SPI NOR, first build U-Boot
+for this target and collect ``u-boot.bin`` build artifact. Then start the
+target, drop into U-Boot shell, and load the build artifact into DRAM at
+well known address:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ => tftp 0x50000000 u-boot.bin
+
+Finally, write U-Boot into SPI NOR:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ => sf probe && sf update 0x50000000 0x640000 $filesize
diff --git a/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install.rst b/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install.rst
index b53978edbf9..33189d9227b 100644
--- a/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install.rst
+++ b/doc/board/renesas/rcar-gen3-install.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Installation into the HyperFlash can be performed from U-Boot, please
refer to :doc:`Renesas R-Car Gen3 U-Boot HyperFlash installation <rcar-gen3-install-hf>`
for details.
+Installation into the SPI NOR can be performed from U-Boot, please
+refer to :doc:`Renesas R-Car Gen3 U-Boot SPI NOR installation <rcar-gen3-install-sf>`
+for details.
+
.. note::
The maximum u-boot.bin size for this target is 1 MiB or 0x100000 Bytes
diff --git a/doc/board/renesas/renesas.rst b/doc/board/renesas/renesas.rst
index 7fcd0e455b3..e0c09798dbd 100644
--- a/doc/board/renesas/renesas.rst
+++ b/doc/board/renesas/renesas.rst
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Renesas is a SoC solutions provider for automotive and industrial applications.
- rcar3_ulcb_defconfig
* -
- - Geist
+ - :doc:`Geist <rcar-gen3-geist>`
- R8A779MD (M3Le)
- :doc:`arm64 <build-env-aarch64>`
- r8a779md_geist_defconfig
--
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