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author | Pali Rohár | 2022-01-24 20:45:54 +0100 |
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committer | Heinrich Schuchardt | 2022-01-29 10:23:40 +0100 |
commit | 92a09407967bfe9ed2d402db782b18450ff783b3 (patch) | |
tree | 9a1e562ed4e595ca75c0bfdeb167cf346387f90b /doc | |
parent | 41c3ef4858aac82bf994e0de335e680d80ad51ee (diff) |
Nokia RX-51: Convert documentation to rst format
Convert documentation to rst format
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/README.nokia_rx51 | 140 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/board/index.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/board/nokia/index.rst | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/board/nokia/rx51.rst | 162 |
4 files changed, 172 insertions, 140 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.nokia_rx51 b/doc/README.nokia_rx51 deleted file mode 100644 index e739b02088e..00000000000 --- a/doc/README.nokia_rx51 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,140 +0,0 @@ -Board: Nokia RX-51 aka N900 - -This board definition results in a u-boot.bin which can be chainloaded -from NOLO in qemu or on a real N900. It does very little hardware config -because NOLO has already configured the board. Only needed is enabling -internal eMMC memory via twl4030 regulator which is not enabled by NOLO. - -NOLO is expecting a kernel image and will treat any image it finds in -onenand as such. This u-boot is intended to be flashed to the N900 like -a kernel. In order to transparently boot the original kernel, it will be -appended to u-boot.bin at 0x40000. NOLO will load the entire image into -(random) memory and execute u-boot, which saves hw revision, boot reason -and boot mode ATAGs set by NOLO. Then the bootscripts will attempt to load -uImage, zImage or boot.scr from a fat or ext2/3/4 filesystem on external -SD card or internal eMMC memory. If this fails or keyboard is closed then -the appended kernel image will be booted using some generated and some -stored ATAGs (see boot order). - -For generating combined image of u-boot and kernel (either in uImage or zImage -format) there is a simple script called u-boot-gen-combined. It is available in -following repository: - - https://github.com/pali/u-boot-maemo - -To generate combined.bin image from u-boot.bin and kernel.bin (either uImage -or zImage) use: - - sh u-boot-gen-combined u-boot.bin kernel.bin combined.bin - -Original Maemo Fremantle PR1.3 zImage kernel binary is available at: - - http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo5.0/free/k/kernel/kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5_armel.deb - -To unpack it (from DEB/AR, TAR and FIASCO) call commands: - - ar x kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5_armel.deb data.tar.gz - tar -O -xf data.tar.gz ./boot/zImage-2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco > kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco - 0xFFFF -M kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco -u - -Flashed image must start with 2 kB "NOLO!img" header which contains size of -the image. Header consist of bytes "NOLO!img\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" -followed by 4 byte little endian size of the image and rest of the 2 kB header -are just zero bytes. - -Nokia proprietary flasher and also open source 0xFFFF flasher automatically -prepend required "NOLO!img" header and both applications expect that image -does not contain "NOLO!img" header. Adding "NOLO!img" header is required -only in case using "nandwrite" tool for flashing. - -Open source 0xFFFF flasher is available in following repository: - - https://github.com/pali/0xFFFF - -It is possible to load u-boot.bin via USB to N900 RAM and boot it without -need to flashing it. Via 0xFFFF running at host PC it is done: - - 0xFFFF -m u-boot.bin -l -b - -0xFFFF support also flashing kernel image either via USB or directly on -N900 device. Flashing u-boot/kernel/combined image is done as: - - 0xFFFF -m combined.bin -f - -Via 0xFFFF is possible to generate also standard flashable image in Nokia -FIASCO format which contains metadata information like device identification -(RX-51) and version string (v2021.04): - - 0xFFFF -m RX-51:v2021.04:kernel:u-boot.bin -g u-boot.fiasco - -There is support for hardware watchdog. Hardware watchdog is started by -NOLO so u-boot must kick watchdog to prevent reboot device (but not very -often, max every 2 seconds). There is also support for framebuffer display -output with ANSI escape codes and the N900 HW keyboard input. - -When U-Boot is starting it enable IBE bit in Auxiliary Control Register, -which is needed for Thumb-2 ISA support. It is workaround for errata 430973. - -Default boot order: - - * 0. if keyboard is closed boot automatically attached kernel image - * 1. try boot from external SD card - * 2. try boot from internal eMMC memory - * 3. try boot from attached kernel image - -Boot from SD or eMMC in this order: - - * 1. - * 1.1 find boot.scr on first fat partition - * 1.2 find uImage on first fat partition - * 1.3 find zImage on first fat partition - * 1.4 same order for 2. - 4. fat partition - * 2. same as 1. but for ext2/3/4 partition - - -Available additional commands/variables: - - * run sdboot - Boot from external SD card (see boot order) - * run emmcboot - Boot from internal eMMC memory (see boot order) - * run attachboot - Boot attached kernel image (attached to U-Boot binary) - - * run scriptload - Load boot script ${mmcscriptfile} - * run scriptboot - Run loaded boot script - * run kernload - Load kernel image ${mmckernfile} - * run initrdload - Load initrd image ${mmcinitrdfile} - * run kernboot - Boot loaded kernel image - * run kerninitrdboot - Boot loaded kernel image with loaded initrd image - - * run trymmcscriptboot - Try to load and boot script ${mmcscriptfile} - * run trymmckernboot - Try to load and boot kernel image ${mmckernfile} - * run trymmckerninitrdboot - Try to load and boot kernel image ${mmckernfile} - with initrd image ${mmcinitrdfile} - -Additional variables for loading files from mmc: - - * mmc ${mmcnum} (0 - external, 1 - internal) - * partition number ${mmcpart} (1 - 4) - * partition type ${mmctype} (fat, ext2, ext4; ext2 is just alias for ext4) - -Additional variables for booting kernel: - - * setup_omap_atag - Add OMAP table into atags structure (needs maemo kernel) - * setup_console_atag - Enable serial console in OMAP table - * setup_boot_reason_atag - Change boot reason in OMAP table - * setup_boot_mode_atag - Change boot mode in OMAP table - - Variable setup_omap_atag is automatically set when booting attached kernel. - When variable setup_omap_atag is set, variable setup_console_atag is unset - and u-boot standard output is set to serial then setup_console_atag is - automatically set to 1. So output from Maemo kernel would go to serial port. - -UBIFS support: - - UBIFS support is disabled, because U-Boot image is too big and cannot be - flashed with attached zImage to RX-51 kernel nand area. For enabling UBIFS - support add following lines into file configs/nokia_rx51_defconfig - - CONFIG_CMD_UBI=y - CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS=y - CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP=y - CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT=1 diff --git a/doc/board/index.rst b/doc/board/index.rst index 5607e1f9463..75c34c4a999 100644 --- a/doc/board/index.rst +++ b/doc/board/index.rst @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Board-specific doc intel/index kontron/index microchip/index + nokia/index nxp/index openpiton/index qualcomm/index diff --git a/doc/board/nokia/index.rst b/doc/board/nokia/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b68c3c61316 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/board/nokia/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ + +Nokia +===== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + rx51 diff --git a/doc/board/nokia/rx51.rst b/doc/board/nokia/rx51.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..941f78e777e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/board/nokia/rx51.rst @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ + +Nokia RX-51 aka N900 +==================== + +The ``nokia_rx51_defconfig`` configuration file results in a ``u-boot.bin`` +which can be chainloaded by the Nokia second stage bootloader (NOLO) in QEMU or +on a real N900. It does very little hardware configuration because NOLO has +already configured the board. It is only needed to enable the internal eMMC +memory via the twl4030 regulator which is not enabled by NOLO. + +NOLO is expecting a kernel image and will treat any image it finds in +OneNAND as such. This u-boot is intended to be flashed to the N900 like +a kernel. In order to transparently boot the original kernel, it will be +appended to ``u-boot.bin`` at 0x40000. NOLO will load the entire image into +(random) memory and execute U-Boot, which saves hardware revision, boot reason +and boot mode ATAGs set by NOLO. Then the bootscripts will attempt to load +``uImage``, ``zImage`` or ``boot.scr`` file from a FAT or ext2/3/4 filesystem +on external SD card or internal eMMC memory. If this fails or keyboard is +closed then the appended kernel image will be booted using some generated +and some stored ATAGs (see boot order). + +For generating combined image of U-Boot and kernel (either in uImage or zImage +format) there is a simple script called ``u-boot-gen-combined``. It is available +in following repository: https://github.com/pali/u-boot-maemo. + +To generate the ``combined.bin`` image from ``u-boot.bin`` and ``kernel.bin`` +(in either uImage or zImage format) use: + +.. code-block:: bash + + sh u-boot-gen-combined u-boot.bin kernel.bin combined.bin + +The original Maemo Fremantle PR1.3 zImage kernel binary is available at: +http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo5.0/free/k/kernel/kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5_armel.deb + +To unpack it (from DEB/AR, TAR and FIASCO) execute the following commands: + +.. code-block:: bash + + ar x kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5_armel.deb data.tar.gz + tar -O -xf data.tar.gz ./boot/zImage-2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco > kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco + 0xFFFF -M kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco -u + +The flashed image must start with a 2 KiB ``NOLO!img`` header which contains +size of the image. The header consists of the bytes +``NOLO!img\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00`` followed by the 4 byte little +endian size of the image. The rest of the 2 KiB header just contains zero bytes. + +The Nokia proprietary flasher and also the open source 0xFFFF flasher +automatically prepend the required ``NOLO!img`` header and both applications +expect that the image does not contain a ``NOLO!img`` header. Adding a +``NOLO!img`` header is required only in case of using the ``nandwrite`` tool for +flashing. + +The open source 0xFFFF flasher is available in the following repository: +https://github.com/pali/0xFFFF + +It is possible to load ``u-boot.bin`` via USB to the N900 RAM and boot it +without needing to flash it. This is done via 0xFFFF running on the host PC: + +.. code-block:: bash + + 0xFFFF -m u-boot.bin -l -b + +0xFFFF also supports flashing a kernel image either via USB or directly on +N900 device. Flashing u-boot/kernel/combined image is done as: + +.. code-block:: bash + + 0xFFFF -m combined.bin -f + +Via 0xFFFF it is also possible to generate a standard flashable image in +Nokia FIASCO format which contains metadata information like device +identification (RX-51) and version string (v2021.04): + +.. code-block:: bash + + 0xFFFF -m RX-51:v2021.04:kernel:u-boot.bin -g u-boot.fiasco + +There is support for the hardware watchdog. The hardware watchdog is started by +NOLO so U-Boot must reset the watchdog to prevent rebooting the device (but not +very often, max every 2 seconds). There is also support for framebuffer display +output with ANSI escape codes and the N900 hardware keyboard input. + +When U-Boot is starting it sets the IBE bit in the Auxiliary Control Register, +which is needed for Thumb-2 ISA support. This is a workaround for erratum +430973. + +Default boot order +------------------ + +0. if keyboard is closed boot automatically attached kernel image +1. try boot from external SD card +2. try boot from internal eMMC memory +3. try boot from attached kernel image + +Boot from SD or eMMC in this order: + +1. boot from FAT partition + + a. find ``boot.scr`` on first FAT partition + b. find ``uImage`` on first FAT partition + c. find ``zImage`` on first FAT partition + d. same order for 2nd - 4th FAT partition + +2. same as 1. but for ext2/3/4 partition + +Available additional commands/variables +--------------------------------------- + +* run sdboot - Boot from external SD card (see boot order) +* run emmcboot - Boot from internal eMMC memory (see boot order) +* run attachboot - Boot attached kernel image (attached to U-Boot binary) + +\ + +* run scriptload - Load boot script ``${mmcscriptfile}`` +* run scriptboot - Run loaded boot script +* run kernload - Load kernel image ``${mmckernfile}`` +* run initrdload - Load initrd image ``${mmcinitrdfile}`` +* run kernboot - Boot loaded kernel image +* run kerninitrdboot - Boot loaded kernel image with loaded initrd image + +\ + +* run trymmcscriptboot - Try to load and boot script ``${mmcscriptfile}`` +* run trymmckernboot - Try to load and boot kernel image ``${mmckernfile}`` +* run trymmckerninitrdboot - Try to load and boot kernel image ``${mmckernfile}`` + with initrd image ``${mmcinitrdfile}`` + +Additional variables for loading files from mmc +----------------------------------------------- + +* mmc ``${mmcnum}`` (0 - external, 1 - internal) +* partition number ``${mmcpart}`` (1 - 4) +* partition type ``${mmctype}`` (fat, ext2, ext4; ext2 is just alias for ext4) + +Additional variables for booting a kernel +----------------------------------------- + +* ``setup_omap_atag`` - Add OMAP table into atags structure (needed for maemo kernel) +* ``setup_console_atag`` - Enable serial console in OMAP table +* ``setup_boot_reason_atag`` - Change boot reason in OMAP table +* ``setup_boot_mode_atag`` - Change boot mode in OMAP table + +Variable ``setup_omap_atag`` is automatically set when booting attached kernel. +When variable ``setup_omap_atag`` is set, variable ``setup_console_atag`` is unset +and u-boot standard output is set to serial then ``setup_console_atag`` is +automatically set to 1. So output from Maemo kernel would go to serial port. + +UBIFS support +------------- + +UBIFS support is disabled, because U-Boot image is too big and cannot be +flashed with attached kernel image to RX-51 kernel nand area. For enabling +UBIFS support add following lines into file ``configs/nokia_rx51_defconfig``:: + + CONFIG_CMD_UBI=y + CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS=y + CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP=y + CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT=1 |