From: Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: add IPL support
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:30:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131210143051.GE420@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK65tU7Y+wDUqfPf=qhoxKYdowgAtqOvSWNRn=cT_V2ApqmOPw@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 04:07:29PM +0800, Kuo-Jung Su wrote:
> 2013/12/6 Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>:
> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 11:50:48AM +0800, Kuo-Jung Su wrote:
> >
> >> Initial Program Loader (IPL) usually runs with .text and .rodata
> >> in ROM, while .data and .bss reside in RAM.
> >>
> >> This patch uses the AT keyword to specify load address,
> >> and a small code snippet in crt0.S to restore .data section
> >> at runtime.
> >>
> >> Example usage:
> >> Assume the target device has a 4KB ROM at 0x00000000 and a
> >> 4KB SRAM at 0xA0000000, the IPL/SPL config could be:
> >>
> >> #define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE 0x1000 /* text + data, no bss */
> >> #define CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE 0x00000000
> >> #define CONFIG_SPL_DATA_BASE 0xA0000000
> >> #define CONFIG_SPL_STACK 0xA0001000
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Kuo-Jung Su <dantesu@gmail.com>
> >> Cc: Albert Aribaud <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
> >
> > Can you provide an example user of this functionality? Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Tom
>
> If you're looking for a real device, unfortunately there is no such
> device right now,
> it's a shiny new design which just came out last week.
>
> If you're looking for a way for verification:
>
> 1. A real device with a NOR flash for ROM emulation. (e.g., Faraday A369 EVB)
>
> 2. A virtual device emulator. (e.g., Qemu)
>
> This is the best option for you, the Qemu model for Faraday A369 is
> available at my github account.
> Please use the command bellow to grab the source tree if necessary.
>
> $ git clone -b qemu-1.5.1 https://github.com/dantesu1218/qemu.git
> $ cd qemu
> $ ./configure --target-list=arm-softmmu
> $ make
>
> The example IPL code for the up-coming Faraday A369 U-boot is also available:
>
> $ git clone -b u-boot-2014.01 https://github.com/dantesu1218/u-boot.git
> $ cd u-boot
> $ make a369evb_ipl_config
> $ make
>
> You could also directly grab the pre-built binaries for quick verification.
>
> $ wget https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwfiewvSmUgAMlBnUkZQb3FMVkE/edit?usp=sharing
> $ tar xf u-boot-a369-ipl.tar.bz2
> $ cd u-boot-a369-ipl
> $ make
What I'm asking for, is can you upstream the a369evb board? In the
README in board/... you should just document how to use it via QEMU.
Thanks!
--
Tom
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-04 3:50 [U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: add IPL support Kuo-Jung Su
2013-12-05 21:37 ` Tom Rini
2013-12-09 8:07 ` Kuo-Jung Su
2013-12-10 14:30 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2013-12-11 2:43 ` Kuo-Jung Su
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