Re: [PATCH 0/8] Introduce initial TI's am62a support

Andrew Davis
2022-11-04T15:02:43Z

On 11/4/22 8:08 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 11:49:39AM +0000, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> Hi Bryan,
>>
>>> This series will introduce basic support (SD and UART) support for Texas
>>> Instruments AM62Ax SK EVM.
>>>
>>> The am62ax shares many of the same features as the am62x however it uses
>>> a new 32bit controller and therefore depends on the patch I sent last
>>> week updating the macros used by the k3-ddrss ram driver[0].
>>>
>>> Here is some proof of life & more documentation if you're interested :)
>>>
>>> Bootlog:https://paste.sr.ht/~bryanb/e0a418ba7dd452749d2dd1efb5e91b2875a01708
>>> Technical Reference Manual:https://www.ti.com/lit/zip/spruj16
>>> Schematics:https://www.ti.com/lit/zip/sprr459
>>
>> Does this board need a readme for how to build the firmware, these
>> days there generally needs to be ATF and probably a slew of other
>> firmwares linked into a FIT image or similar to build the entire
>> firmware bundle, a readme would likely be a useful addition for people
>> getting started if there's not a generic TI 64 bit build doc, and if
>> there is that likely needs an update to include this SoC/board. I
>> didn't see anything that looked like that in the file list below.
>
> Agreed, something under doc/board/ti/ is needed as well for the series,
> thanks!
>

I see we do have some files at board/ti/{j721e,j721s2}/README with some
good info on all this firmware source/building. Much of that info is
common and could be factored out into a "generic TI 64 bit build doc".

Andrew