[U-Boot-Users] Configure the wait states

[U-Boot-Users] Configure the wait states

[JOAKIM NORDELL]

Hello.

I'm working with a Atmel AT91RM9200 board and I would like to set the memory timing. I think that the board can be faster, the read from and write to memory can be done faster than now. So, I would like to laborate with the wait state register. Is that possible to do inside of u-boot or within the source code?

Greetings
---
Joakim Nordell

[U-Boot-Users] Configure the wait states

[Ulf Samuelsson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOAKIM NORDELL" <TDE02003@stud.mah.se>
To: <u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:57 AM
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Configure the wait states


> Hello.
> 
> I'm working with a Atmel AT91RM9200 board and I would like to set the memory timing. I think that the board can be faster, the read from and write to memory can be done faster than now. So, I would like to laborate with the wait state register. Is that possible to do inside of u-boot or within the source code?
> 
> Greetings
> ---
> Joakim Nordell
> 

It is possible to change anything in U-Boot source, but
I am not sure U-boot supports writing to the EBI while you are executing
from SDRAM

The bus will run the internal/external bus at a fraction of the CPU speed.
I believe you should be able to run the bus at 80 Mhz or so, but
that means that you have to reduce the CPU speed to 160 MHz
from 180 MHz, and I am not sure you gain anything in the process.
The AT91SAM9260 has about the same functionality but can
run the bus at 100 MHz.



Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson

[U-Boot-Users] ntohl and others

[madcat at takaisin.fi]

Hi,

Now that the previous problem is solved, I have the new one. :)

I have integrated part of the program to u-boot that uses ntohl and
others when communicating to network. It seems that u-boot doesn't have
implementation for those functions. I tried to took the libc with the
u-boot, but the size of the u-boot doubled. I didn't even try if that
worked, because I had to make some changed to U-boot to get it link
right.

I'm using ixp425 if that's any help. Should I take those functions from
libc or does the u-boot have that functionality, but I have missed it
somehow?

I'm running the processor in big-endian mode so the dirty way would be
to hardcode those functions if nothing else comes up.

- Teemu K.

[U-Boot-Users] Configure the wait states

[JOAKIM NORDELL]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ulf Samuelsson [mailto:ulf at atmel.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 9:02 AM
> It is possible to change anything in U-Boot source, but
> I am not sure U-boot supports writing to the EBI while you are executing
> from SDRAM
> 
> The bus will run the internal/external bus at a fraction of the CPU speed.
> I believe you should be able to run the bus at 80 Mhz or so, but
> that means that you have to reduce the CPU speed to 160 MHz
> from 180 MHz, and I am not sure you gain anything in the process.

Ok, my application runs at 45 MHz. Therefore I guess it's possible to laborate with the wait states value and gain speed.

Greetings
Joakim Nordell

[U-Boot-Users] ntohl and others

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20070302091249.GD10206@takaisin.fi> you wrote:
> 
> I have integrated part of the program to u-boot that uses ntohl and
> others when communicating to network. It seems that u-boot doesn't have
> implementation for those functions. I tried to took the libc with the

U-Boot provides these functions.
And linking against external libraries like libc (shudder!) is
defininnitely bound to fail.

> I'm using ixp425 if that's any help. Should I take those functions from
> libc or does the u-boot have that functionality, but I have missed it
> somehow?

You missed it.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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[U-Boot-Users] ntohl and others

[madcat at takaisin.fi]

Hi,

Yes, I missed it. I found it too, when I dug deeper, but I was unable to 
figure out what is the right way to get it working. So as a quick and 
dirty 'fix' I copied the macros to place where I'm using them since I'm 
running at big-endian mode the macros don't do anything.

But I'd like to make the things in right way so how do I get them in use 
properly? The target is ixp425.

- Teemu K.

[U-Boot-Users] ntohl and others

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20070302164612.GF10206@takaisin.fi> you wrote:
> 
> Yes, I missed it. I found it too, when I dug deeper, but I was unable to 
> figure out what is the right way to get it working. So as a quick and 
> dirty 'fix' I copied the macros to place where I'm using them since I'm 
> running at big-endian mode the macros don't do anything.
> 
> But I'd like to make the things in right way so how do I get them in use 
> properly? The target is ixp425.

Just read the existing code. The network code is full of these.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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DENX Software Engineering GmbH, HRB 165235 Munich, CEO: Wolfgang Denk
Office:  Kirchenstr. 5,       D-82194 Groebenzell,            Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
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[U-Boot-Users] Configure the wait states

[Ulf Samuelsson]

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ulf Samuelsson [mailto:ulf at atmel.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 9:02 AM
>> It is possible to change anything in U-Boot source, but
>> I am not sure U-boot supports writing to the EBI while you are executing
>> from SDRAM
>> 
>> The bus will run the internal/external bus at a fraction of the CPU speed.
>> I believe you should be able to run the bus at 80 Mhz or so, but
>> that means that you have to reduce the CPU speed to 160 MHz
>> from 180 MHz, and I am not sure you gain anything in the process.
> 
> Ok, my application runs at 45 MHz. Therefore I guess it's possible to laborate with the wait states value and gain speed.
> 
> Greetings
> Joakim Nordell


IMHO , If you are booting from dataflash, the correct place  
to fix this is in the dataflashboot.bin


Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson