[U-Boot-Users] the question about the Flat Device Tree on MPC8360?

[Jerry Van Baren <gvb.uboot@gmail.com>]

?? wrote:
> HI, friends.
> 
>   I want to update my linux version from 2.6.11 to 2.6.22 on MPC8360 board, I
> always fail when the linux version is about 2.6.11. Someone told me that I need to
> build the Flat Device Tree. I see that the U-boot-1.2.0 has one FDT command, but I
> did not know how to use this command and how to use the Flat Device Tree.
>   I once see a document from freescale that the FDT file need tftp download to DDR
> memory first then bootm the linux. What's that FDT file? how can i get it? which
> DDR address that I need to tftp download? 
>   What is the FDT? Could someone teach me? Thanks.

Hi ??,

u-boot 1.2.0's support of FDT is crude.  Upgrade to the tip o' the tree 
(1.3.2rc3), or at least to 1.3.1.

The flattened device tree (FDT) is a method of passing hardware 
configuration information to the kernel.  It is described in the kernel 
documentation directory/file:
   ./Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt

You need a recent kernel, 2.6.22 probably is OK.  I'm running 2.6.25rc3 
(tip 'o the tree as of a week or so ago).

I have a mpc8360emds eval board, so I configure the kernel:
   $ make mpc836x_mds_defconfig
and build it
   $ make

You can find example device tree source (.dts) files for the device 
trees in the kernel directory:
   ./arch/powerpc/boot/dts

You need to compile your .dts (source) file into a .dtb (binary) using 
the dtc (device tree compiler).  After building the kernel, you will 
find dtc in:
   ./arch/powerpc/boot/dtc

Copy your kernel, *.dtb, and ramdisk (as appropriate).  I'm using the 
ramdisk from ELDK
   eldk/ppc_6xx/images/uRamdisk
...and boot away.  Addresses are fairly arbitrary, just have to make 
sure you don't overwrite things.

Boot log:
---------
=> set serverip 192.168.47.8 ; set ipaddr 192.168.47.214

=> setenv fdtaddr 400000 ; setenv fdtfile mpc8360emds/mpc836x_mds.dtb ; 
setenv loadaddr 200000 ; setenv uboot mpc8360emds/u-boot.bin ; setenv 
bootfile mpc8360emds/uImage ; setenv ramdiskaddr 1000000 ; setenv 
ramdiskfile mpc8360emds/uRamdisk

=> tftp $ramdiskaddr $ramdiskfile ; tftp $fdtaddr $fdtfile ; tftp 
$loadaddr $bootfile

UEC: PHY is Marvell 88E11x1 (1410cc2)
FSL UEC0: Full Duplex
switching to rgmii 100
FSL UEC0: Speed 100BT
FSL UEC0: Link is up
Using FSL UEC0 device
TFTP from server 192.168.47.8; our IP address is 192.168.47.214
Filename 'mpc8360emds/uRamdisk'.
Load address: 0x1000000
Loading: T #################################################################
          #####################################################
done
Bytes transferred = 1731966 (1a6d7e hex)
Using FSL UEC0 device
TFTP from server 192.168.47.8; our IP address is 192.168.47.214
Filename 'mpc8360emds/mpc836x_mds.dtb'.
Load address: 0x400000
Loading: #
done
Bytes transferred = 12288 (3000 hex)
Using FSL UEC0 device
TFTP from server 192.168.47.8; our IP address is 192.168.47.214
Filename 'mpc8360emds/uImage'.
Load address: 0x200000
Loading: #################################################################
          ##########################
done
Bytes transferred = 1329289 (144889 hex)
=> bootm $loadaddr $ramdiskaddr $fdtaddr
## Booting image at 00200000 ...
    Image Name:   Linux-2.6.25-rc3-00001-g5fb74e4-
    Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
    Data Size:    1329225 Bytes =  1.3 MB
    Load Address: 00000000
    Entry Point:  00000000
    Verifying Checksum ... OK
    Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
## Loading RAMDisk Image at 01000000 ...
    Image Name:   Simple Embedded Linux Framework
    Image Type:   PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
    Data Size:    1731902 Bytes =  1.7 MB
    Load Address: 00000000
    Entry Point:  00000000
    Verifying Checksum ... OK
    Booting using the fdt at 0x400000
    Loading Ramdisk to 0fdfa000, end 0ffa0d3e ... OK
Using MPC836x MDS machine description
Linux version 2.6.25-rc3-00001-g5fb74e4-dirty (vanbaren at dellserver) (gcc 
version
  4.0.0 (DENX ELDK 4.1 4.0.0)) #1 Mon Feb 25 20:38:46 EST 2008
Found initrd at 0xcfdfa000:0xcffa0d3e
console [udbg0] enabled
setup_arch: bootmem
mpc836x_mds_setup_arch()
Found MPC83xx PCI host bridge at 0x00000000e0008500. Firmware bus 
number: 0->0
PCI host bridge /pci at e0008500 (primary) ranges:
  MEM 0x00000000a0000000..0x00000000afffffff -> 0x00000000a0000000
  MEM 0x0000000080000000..0x000000008fffffff -> 0x0000000080000000 Prefetch
   IO 0x00000000e2000000..0x00000000e20fffff -> 0x0000000000000000
arch: exit
Zone PFN ranges:
   DMA             0 ->    65536
   Normal      65536 ->    65536
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
     0:        0 ->    65536
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 65024
Kernel command line:
IPIC (128 IRQ sources) at fddf3700
PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 10, 4096 bytes)
clocksource: timebase mult[3c9b26d] shift[22] registered
Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Memory: 254968k/262144k available (2628k kernel code, 6832k reserved, 
116k data,
  92k bss, 148k init)
SLUB: Genslabs=12, HWalign=32, Order=0-1, MinObjects=4, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
net_namespace: 156 bytes
NET: Registered protocol family 16

PCI: Probing PCI hardware
SCSI subsystem initialized
NET: Registered protocol family 2
Time: timebase clocksource has been installed.
IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an 
initrd
Freeing initrd memory: 1691k freed
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered (default)
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered
Generic RTC Driver v1.07
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xe0004500 (irq = 18) is a 16550A
                                                              console 
handover: b
oot [udbg0] -> real [ttyS0]
serial8250.0: ttyS1 at MMIO 0xe0004600 (irq = 19) is a 16550A
brd: module loaded
loop: module loaded
UCC Ethernet Controller MII Bus: probed
ucc_geth: QE UCC Gigabit Ethernet Controller
ucc_geth: UCC1 at 0xe0102000 (irq = 22)
ucc_geth: UCC2 at 0xe0103000 (irq = 23)
i2c /dev entries driver
proc_dir_entry 'rtc' already registered
Call Trace:
[snip a traceback]
rtc-ds1374 0-0068: rtc core: registered rtc-ds1374 as rtc0
WDT driver for MPC83xx initialized. mode:reset timeout=65535 (16 seconds)
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
rtc-ds1374 0-0068: setting system clock to 1971-09-14 13:42:23 UTC 
(53703743)
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 148k init
init started: BusyBox v1.7.1 (2008-02-21 07:55:43 CET)
starting pid 732, tty '': '/etc/rc.sh'
/etc/rc.sh: line 5: cannot create /etc/mtab: Read-only file system
starting pid 737, tty '': '/bin/application'
### Application running ...
starting pid 739, tty '': '/bin/sh'
~ #

HTH,
gvb