[U-Boot] FSBBP: uboot Programming on to the flash for MPC8548 for bootup

[U-Boot] FSBBP: uboot Programming on to the flash for MPC8548 for bootup

[Ajeesh Kumar]

hi sir/madam,
 
I'm using a MPC8548E processor(power pc) also, i've interfaced a nor flash
of 128 MB to the processor.
i've read few documents and got to know that the uboot.bin should be
programmed at 0xfff80000. 
Also, when i saw the uboot.bin size it was 512K. so, it could fit between
0xfff80000 - 0xffffffff.
I 'M USING ABATRON BDI2000/BDI3000 FOR THIS. 
Now my question is:
1) If i'm making changes(addition/deletion of code) to the bootloader(uboot
1.2) and re compile it, i believe that the size of the uboot.bin will get
changed i.e >/< 512K. NOW AT WHICH LOCATION I SHOULD FLASH THE
UBOOT.BIN(SIZE IS NOT EQUAL TO 512)
FOR Eg.  If my uboot.bin size is >512K ?????
 
Please help me out in this.
 
Regards,
   AJEESH KUMAR
 

 

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[U-Boot] FSBBP: uboot Programming on to the flash for MPC8548 for bootup

[Andy Fleming]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Ajeesh Kumar <ajeesh@tataelxsi.co.in> wrote:
> hi sir/madam,
>
> I'm using a MPC8548E processor(power pc) also, i've interfaced a nor flash
> of 128 MB to the processor.
> i've read few documents and got to know that the uboot.bin should be
> programmed at 0xfff80000.
> Also, when i saw the uboot.bin size it was 512K. so, it could fit between
> 0xfff80000 - 0xffffffff.
> I 'M USING ABATRON BDI2000/BDI3000 FOR THIS.
> Now my question is:
> 1) If i'm making changes(addition/deletion of code) to the bootloader(uboot
> 1.2) and re compile it, i believe that the size of the uboot.bin will get
> changed i.e >/< 512K. NOW AT WHICH LOCATION I SHOULD FLASH THE
> UBOOT.BIN(SIZE IS NOT EQUAL TO 512)
> FOR Eg.  If my uboot.bin size is >512K ?????


Well, it's not likely you will change the size of the binary.  You
see, the 512K size is a result of a quirk of the 85xx platform.  The
reset vector is at 0xfffffffc, but we define the base address to be
0xfff80000, so we fill in the space between, and it's 512K.

The result is, you don't need to mind the size, unless you grow the
compiled output by over 200K.  Try to avoid that ;)

Andy

[U-Boot] FSBBP: uboot Programming on to the flash for MPC8548 for bootup

[Ajeesh Kumar]

Hi Andy,

Thank you for your Info, so if my compiled output is <200k, my .bin file
will easily fit into the boundary?

Regards,
   AJEESH KUMAR


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Fleming [mailto:afleming at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:16 AM
To: ajeesh at tataelxsi.co.in
Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
Subject: Re: [U-Boot] FSBBP: uboot Programming on to the flash for MPC8548
for bootup

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Ajeesh Kumar <ajeesh@tataelxsi.co.in>
wrote:
> hi sir/madam,
>
> I'm using a MPC8548E processor(power pc) also, i've interfaced a nor 
> flash of 128 MB to the processor.
> i've read few documents and got to know that the uboot.bin should be 
> programmed at 0xfff80000.
> Also, when i saw the uboot.bin size it was 512K. so, it could fit 
> between 0xfff80000 - 0xffffffff.
> I 'M USING ABATRON BDI2000/BDI3000 FOR THIS.
> Now my question is:
> 1) If i'm making changes(addition/deletion of code) to the 
> bootloader(uboot
> 1.2) and re compile it, i believe that the size of the uboot.bin will 
> get changed i.e >/< 512K. NOW AT WHICH LOCATION I SHOULD FLASH THE 
> UBOOT.BIN(SIZE IS NOT EQUAL TO 512) FOR Eg.  If my uboot.bin size is 
> >512K ?????


Well, it's not likely you will change the size of the binary.  You see, the
512K size is a result of a quirk of the 85xx platform.  The reset vector is
at 0xfffffffc, but we define the base address to be 0xfff80000, so we fill
in the space between, and it's 512K.

The result is, you don't need to mind the size, unless you grow the compiled
output by over 200K.  Try to avoid that ;)

Andy


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[U-Boot] FSBBP: uboot Programming on to the flash for MPC8548 for bootup

[JerryVanBaren]

Andy Fleming wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Ajeesh Kumar <ajeesh@tataelxsi.co.in> wrote:
>> hi sir/madam,
>>
>> I'm using a MPC8548E processor(power pc) also, i've interfaced a nor flash
>> of 128 MB to the processor.
>> i've read few documents and got to know that the uboot.bin should be
>> programmed at 0xfff80000.
>> Also, when i saw the uboot.bin size it was 512K. so, it could fit between
>> 0xfff80000 - 0xffffffff.
>> I 'M USING ABATRON BDI2000/BDI3000 FOR THIS.
>> Now my question is:
>> 1) If i'm making changes(addition/deletion of code) to the bootloader(uboot
>> 1.2) and re compile it, i believe that the size of the uboot.bin will get
>> changed i.e >/< 512K. NOW AT WHICH LOCATION I SHOULD FLASH THE
>> UBOOT.BIN(SIZE IS NOT EQUAL TO 512)
>> FOR Eg.  If my uboot.bin size is >512K ?????
> 
> 
> Well, it's not likely you will change the size of the binary.  You
> see, the 512K size is a result of a quirk of the 85xx platform.  The
> reset vector is at 0xfffffffc, but we define the base address to be
> 0xfff80000, so we fill in the space between, and it's 512K.
> 
> The result is, you don't need to mind the size, unless you grow the
> compiled output by over 200K.  Try to avoid that ;)
> 
> Andy

Hi Andy,

I was looking at the MPC8548CDS config.  The memory map is:
   0xFFF80000 256K - u-boot
   0xFFFC0000 128K - env
   0xFFFE0000 128K - reset vector & bootpage (only one 4K page used!)

Putting the env between u-boot and the reset vector is a horrible thing 
to do.  As a result, the top page of flash is almost entirely unused and 
is very difficult to use.

I have a EP8548 config (whose origins was the MPC8548CDS config) that I 
modified to use this memory map:
   0xFFFA0000 128K - env
   0xFFFC0000 256K - incl reset vector & bootpage

Is there any reason *not* to do this?  (The only downside I can think of 
is that existing boards with the CDS-style map would get their env 
erased when reprogrammed with a revised memory map u-boot, but that is 
easy enough to recover from.)

Best regards,
gvb