Author: Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@ti.com>
-This README has information on the u-boot port for K2HK, K2E, and K2L EVM boards.
+This README has information on the U-Boot port for K2HK, K2E, and K2L EVM boards.
Documentation for this board can be found at
http://www.advantech.com/Support/TI-EVM/EVMK2HX_sd.aspx
https://www.einfochips.com/index.php/partnerships/texas-instruments/k2e-evm.html
The K2L SoC details are available at
http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tci6630k2l.pdf
+The K2G SoC details are available at
+ http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/66ak2g02.pdf
+
Board configuration:
====================
-Some of the peripherals that are configured by u-boot
+Some of the peripherals that are configured by U-Boot
+------+-------+-------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------+----+
| |DDR3 |NAND |MSM SRAM |ETH ports |UART |I2C |SPI |
+------+-------+-------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------+----+
|K2HK |2 |512MB |6MB |4(2) |2 |3 |3 |
|K2E |4 |512MB |2MB |8(2) |2 |3 |3 |
|K2L |2 |512MB |2MB |4(2) |4 |3 |3 |
+|K2G |2 |256MB |1MB |1 |1 |1 |1 |
+------+-------+-------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------+----+
There are only 2 eth port installed on the boards.
There are separate PLLs to drive clocks to Tetris ARM and Peripherals.
To bring up SMP Linux on this board, there is a boot monitor
code that will be installed in MSMC SRAM. There is command available
-to install this image from u-boot.
+to install this image from U-Boot.
The port related files can be found at following folders
keystone2 SoC related files: arch/arm/cpu/armv7/keystone/
include/configs/k2hk_evm.h
include/configs/k2e_evm.h
include/configs/k2l_evm.h
-include/configs/k2l_evm.h
+include/configs/k2g_evm.h
-As u-boot is migrating to Kconfig there is also board defconfig files
+As U-Boot is migrating to Kconfig there is also board defconfig files
configs/k2e_evm_defconfig
configs/k2hk_evm_defconfig
configs/k2l_evm_defconfig
+configs/k2g_evm_defconfig
Supported boot modes:
- SPI NOR boot
- - AEMIF NAND boot
+ - AEMIF NAND boot (K2E, K2L and K2HK)
+ - UART boot
+ - MMC boot (Only on K2G)
Supported image formats:
- - u-boot.bin: for loading and running u-boot.bin through Texas instruments
- code composure studio (CCS)
+ - u-boot.bin: for loading and running u-boot.bin through
+ Texas Instruments code composure studio (CCS) and for UART boot.
- u-boot-spi.gph: gpimage for programming SPI NOR flash for SPI NOR boot
- - u-boot-nand.gph: gpimage for programming AEMIF NAND flash for NAND boot
+ - MLO: gpimage for programming NAND flash for NAND boot, MMC boot.
Build instructions:
===================
-Examples for k2hk, for k2e and k2l just replace k2hk prefix accordingly.
+Examples for k2hk, for k2e, k2l and k2g just replace k2hk prefix accordingly.
Don't forget to add ARCH=arm and CROSS_COMPILE.
-To build u-boot.bin
- >make k2hk_evm_defconfig
- >make u-boot-spi.gph
-
-To build u-boot-spi.gph
+To build u-boot.bin, u-boot-spi.gph, MLO:
>make k2hk_evm_defconfig
- >make u-boot-spi.gph
-
-To build u-boot-nand.gph
- >make k2hk_evm_defconfig
- >make u-boot-nand.gph
+ >make
Load and Run U-Boot on keystone EVMs using CCS
=========================================
on EVM. See instructions at below link for installing CCS on a Windows PC.
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MCSDK_UG_Chapter_Getting_Started#
Installing_Code_Composer_Studio
-Use u-boot.bin from the build folder for loading and running u-boot binary
+Use u-boot.bin from the build folder for loading and running U-Boot binary
on EVM. Follow instructions at
K2HK http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/EVMK2H_Hardware_Setup
K2E http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/EVMK2E_Hardware_Setup
K2L http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/TCIEVMK2L_Hardware_Setup
+K2G http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/66AK2G02_GP_EVM_Hardware_Setup
to configure SW1 dip switch to use "No Boot/JTAG DSP Little Endian Boot Mode"
and Power ON the EVM. Follow instructions to connect serial port of EVM to
configuration as instructed at http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/
MCSDK_UG_Chapter_Exploring#Loading_and_Running_U-Boot_on_EVM_through_CCS.
The instructions provided in the above link uses a script for
-loading the u-boot binary on the target EVM. Instead do the following:-
+loading the U-Boot binary on the target EVM. Instead do the following:-
1. Right click to "Texas Instruments XDS2xx USB Emulator_0/CortexA15_1 core (D
is connected: Unknown)" at the debug window (This is created once Target
2. Once target connect is successful, choose Tools->Load Memory option from the
top level menu. At the Load Memory window, choose the file u-boot.bin
through "Browse" button and click "next >" button. In the next window, enter
- Start address as 0xc001000, choose Type-size "32 bits" and click "Finish"
+ Start address as 0xc000000, choose Type-size "32 bits" and click "Finish"
button.
3. Click View -> Registers from the top level menu to view registers window.
4. From Registers, window expand "Core Registers" to view PC. Edit PC value
- to be 0xc001000. From the "Run" top level menu, select "Free Run"
+ to be 0xc000000. From the "Run" top level menu, select "Free Run"
5. The U-Boot prompt is shown at the Tera Term/ Hyper terminal console as
below and type any key to stop autoboot as instructed :=
U-Boot image can be flashed to first 512KB of the NOR flash using following
instructions:
-1. Start CCS and run U-boot as described above.
+1. Start CCS and run U-Boot as described above.
2. Suspend Target. Select Run -> Suspend from top level menu
CortexA15_1 (Free Running)"
3. Load u-boot-spi.gph binary from build folder on to DDR address 0x87000000
through CCS as described in step 2 of "Load and Run U-Boot on K2HK/K2E/K2L
EVM using CCS", but using address 0x87000000.
-4. Free Run the target as described earlier (step 4) to get u-boot prompt
-5. At the U-Boot console type following to setup u-boot environment variables.
+4. Free Run the target as described earlier (step 4) to get U-Boot prompt
+5. At the U-Boot console type following to setup U-Boot environment variables.
setenv addr_uboot 0x87000000
setenv filesize <size in hex of u-boot-spi.gph rounded to hex 0x10000>
run burn_uboot_spi
- Once u-boot prompt is available, Power OFF the EVM. Set the SW1 dip switch
+ Once U-Boot prompt is available, Power OFF the EVM. Set the SW1 dip switch
to "SPI Little Endian Boot mode" as per instruction at
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/*_Hardware_Setup.
-6. Power ON the EVM. The EVM now boots with u-boot image on the NOR flash.
+6. Power ON the EVM. The EVM now boots with U-Boot image on the NOR flash.
AEMIF NAND Flash programming instructions
======================================
U-Boot image can be flashed to first 1024KB of the NAND flash using following
instructions:
-1. Start CCS and run U-boot as described above.
+1. Start CCS and run U-Boot as described above.
2. Suspend Target. Select Run -> Suspend from top level menu
CortexA15_1 (Free Running)"
-3. Load u-boot-nand.gph binary from build folder on to DDR address 0x87000000
+3. Load MLO binary from build folder on to DDR address 0x87000000
through CCS as described in step 2 of "Load and Run U-Boot on K2HK EVM
using CCS", but using address 0x87000000.
-4. Free Run the target as described earlier (step 4) to get u-boot prompt
-5. At the U-Boot console type following to setup u-boot environment variables.
- setenv filesize <size in hex of u-boot-nand.gph rounded to hex 0x10000>
+4. Free Run the target as described earlier (step 4) to get U-Boot prompt
+5. At the U-Boot console type following to setup U-Boot environment variables.
+ setenv filesize <size in hex of MLO rounded to hex 0x10000>
run burn_uboot_nand
- Once u-boot prompt is available, Power OFF the EVM. Set the SW1 dip switch
+ Once U-Boot prompt is available, Power OFF the EVM. Set the SW1 dip switch
to "ARM NAND Boot mode" as per instruction at
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/*_Hardware_Setup.
-6. Power ON the EVM. The EVM now boots with u-boot image on the NAND flash.
+6. Power ON the EVM. The EVM now boots with U-Boot image on the NAND flash.
+
+Load and Run U-Boot on keystone EVMs using UART download
+========================================================
+
+Open BMC and regular UART terminals.
+
+1. On the regular UART port start xmodem transfer of the u-boot.bin
+2. Using BMC terminal set the ARM-UART bootmode and reboot the EVM
+ BMC> bootmode #4
+ MBC> reboot
+3. When xmodem is complete you should see the U-Boot starts on the UART port
+
+Load and Run U-Boot on K2G EVMs using MMC
+========================================================
+
+Open BMC and regular UART terminals.
+
+1. Set the SW3 dip switch to "ARM MMC Boot mode" as per instruction at
+ http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/66AK2G02_GP_EVM_Hardware_Setup
+2. Create SD card partitions as per steps given in Hardware Setup Guide.
+3. Copy MLO to Boot Partition.
+4. Insert SD card and Power on the EVM.
+ The EVM now boots with U-Boot image from SD card.