[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/9] ARM: socfpga: Description on FPGA bitstream type and file name for Arria 10

Marek Vasut
2018-11-27T12:07:07Z

On 11/27/2018 09:45 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-11-26 at 12:15 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> On 11/26/2018 10:44 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 2018-11-23 at 13:23 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 11/23/2018 10:19 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 2018-11-21 at 15:11 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/21/2018 11:41 AM, tien.fong.chee at intel.com wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Tien Fong Chee <tien.fong.chee@intel.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This patch adds description on properties about file name
>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> both
>>>>>>> peripheral bitstream and core bitstream.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Tien Fong Chee <tien.fong.chee@intel.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>  .../fpga/altera-socfpga-a10-fpga-mgr.txt           |    6
>>>>>>> ++++++
>>>>>>>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/fpga/altera-socfpga-
>>>>>>> a10-
>>>>>>> fpga-
>>>>>>> mgr.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/fpga/altera-socfpga-a10-
>>>>>>> fpga-
>>>>>>> mgr.txt
>>>>>>> index 2fd8e7a..010322a 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/doc/device-tree-bindings/fpga/altera-socfpga-a10-
>>>>>>> fpga-
>>>>>>> mgr.txt
>>>>>>> +++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/fpga/altera-socfpga-a10-
>>>>>>> fpga-
>>>>>>> mgr.txt
>>>>>>> @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Required properties:
>>>>>>>                 - The second index is for writing FPGA
>>>>>>> configuration data.
>>>>>>>  - resets     : Phandle and reset specifier for the
>>>>>>> device's
>>>>>>> reset.
>>>>>>>  - clocks     : Clocks used by the device.
>>>>>>> +- altr,bitstream_periph : File name for FPGA peripheral
>>>>>>> raw
>>>>>>> binary
>>>>>>> which is used
>>>>>>> +   to initialize FPGA IOs, PLL,
>>>>>>> IO48
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> DDR.
>>>>>>> +- altr,bitstream_core : File name for core raw binary
>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>> contains FPGA design
>>>>>>> + which is used to program FPGA CRAM
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> ERAM.
>>>>>> bitstream- instead of bitstream_
>>>>> Noted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> btw can we get something that works with full bitstream too ?
>>>>> This patchset actually support the full bitstream too,
>>>>> unfortunately it
>>>>> is blocked by hardware MPFE issue. The patchset for the MPFE
>>>>> workaround
>>>>> would come after this patchset. I would advice to use the early
>>>>> IO
>>>>> release method for the sake of performance.
>>>>>
>>>>> For details of issue, you can read the from the link https://gi
>>>>> thub
>>>>> .com
>>>>> /altera-opensource/u-boot-
>>>>> socfpga/commits/socfpga_v2014.10_arria10_brin
>>>>> gup
>>>>> FogBugz #410989-6: Masking hardware sequenced warm reset for
>>>>> logic
>>>>> in…  …
>>>> Does that work on ES2 ? I don't think so ...
>>> Why you think it doesn't work, using early IO or full rbf? The
>>> bitstream limitation? What you see from the print out?
>> ES2 can only use full RBF, I don't think this is handled in this
>> patchset at all.
> i did testing the full rbf loading, but in the end i removed that
> portion of codes because it stuck in DDR calibration due to MPFE HW
> issue. So, i would put back that portion of codes after MPFE HW
> workaround. My plan is to let early IO release up 1st.

Can you describe that workaround ? The code worked on the A10ES2 kit I
have back around v2018.09, so what's the problem ?

> Actually ES2 board also support early IO release, just you need ACDS
> and SOCEDS version 17.1 onward to rebuild your hardware, and choosing
> the early IO release setting inside the tool. We can discuss this more
> if you need our help for early IO release RBFs.

I do, otherwise I won't be able to test anything, so make sure this is
supported.

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut