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== LX60 and LX200 U-Boot Installation ==


[http://www.denx.de/wiki/UBoot U-Boot] is a very popular boot loader; especially within the [http://elinux.org/Bootloader Embedded Linux community]. A preliminary port to the Xtensa architecture is now available.  See [http://git.linux-xtensa.org/cgi-bin/git.cgi?p=u-boot/u-boot-xtensa.git;a=summary U-Boot Sources (GIT Summary)].  Or, to access this tree using <tt>git</tt> directly, use something like:
  $ '''git clone git://git.linux-xtensa.org/git/u-boot/u-boot-xtensa.git u-boot'''
''('''Note:'''  This path is subject to change.)''
Before you can build U-Boot you must have built the Buildroot toolchain for XTensa core.
An exception currently are the hifi cores that can use the snapshot made for
the XL200 [[SMP HiFi 2 Development Board]]. In this case you can just check
out the snapshot_2+SMP branch and the binaries discussed below are pre-built:
  $ '''git clone git://git.linux-xtensa.org/git/u-boot/u-boot-xtensa.git u-boot'''
  $ '''cd u-boot'''
  $ '''git branch --track snapshot_2+SMP origin/snapshot_2+SMP'''
  $ '''git checkout snapshot_2+SMP'''
  $ '''ls -l u-boot u-boot.bin tools/mkimage'''
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 piet tensilica  45016 2009-12-07 19:40 tools/mkimage                                [
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 piet tensilica 635339 2009-12-07 19:40 u-boot
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 piet tensilica 144944 2009-12-07 19:40 u-boot.bin
  $
Set your PATH to point to the toolchain built using buildroot. For example:
  $ '''export PATH="''<workdir>''/buildroot/build_xtensa_''<cname>''/staging_dir/usr/bin:$PATH"'''
where '''<cname>''' is the name of the Xtensa core variant you wish to build for (e.g., <tt>dc232b</tt>).
To build U-Boot, use the cloned git tree pulled above, change to the top level of the tree, '''u-boot',  then configure it for your board and Xtensa core variant as follows:
cd u-boot
make <cname>'''_<board>_'''config
This should only take a few seconds. For example, to build U-boot for the 'xtav60' board and 'dc232b' core, type:
  $ '''cd u-boot'''
  $ '''make dc232b_xtav60_config'''
or for a 'xtav200' board type
  $ '''make dc232b_xtav200_config'''
Only boards and core variants currently supported in the tree can be built out of the box. Headers for supported cores can be found in the tree under <tt>include/asm-xtensa/variant-<cname></tt>. The core specific headers are described in the <tt>doc/README.xtensa</tt> file. To support a new core, these headers must be copied from the overlay in the same way as for the linux kernel.
After the configuration step, to actually build U-Boot, simply:
  $ '''make all'''
This will take a quite a few minutes.
Next, start xt-gdb and load u-boot from the top of the git repository:
 
  $ '''cd u-boot-xtensa'''
  $ '''xt-gdb -n'''
  (xt-gdb) '''file u-boot'''
  (xt-gdb) '''target remote localhost:20000 0'''
  (xt-gdb) '''reset'''
  (xt-gdb) '''load'''
  (xt-gdb) '''break panic'''
  (xt-gdb) '''continue'''
Hopefully U-Boot will start, and display on the LCD in the case of a LX60.
  U-Boot 50.00 Mhz
Often you will be starting with the boards flash in an unknown state and it's best to unprotect and erase the entire flash. Just type '''protect off all''' followed by '''erase all''':
    U-Boot> '''protect off all'''
    Un-Protect Flash Bank # 1
    ................................................................................................................................... done
    U-Boot>  '''erase all'''
    Erase Flash Bank # 1
    ..........................................................................................................
    Flash erase timeout at address f8d40000 da0
    Flash erase error at address f8d40000
    ........................ done
    U-Boot>
The timeout and error messages are likley just warning messages and you board has been errased. You can see that with the flash info command '''flinfo'''. Below is an example with a LX200 board, which has a much larger flash than the smaller LX60:
  U-Boot> '''flinfo'''
    Bank # 1: CFI conformant FLASH (16 x 16)  Size: 16 MB in 131 Sectors
      Intel Extended command set, Manufacturer ID: 0x89, Device ID: 0x18
      Erase timeout: 4096 ms, write timeout: 1 ms
      Buffer write timeout: 2 ms, buffer size: 64 bytes
      Sector Start Addresses:
      F8000000 E      F8020000 E      F8040000 E      F8060000 E      F8080000 E
      F80A0000 E      F80C0000 E      F80E0000 E      F8100000 E      F8120000 E
      F8140000 E      F8160000 E      F8180000 E      F81A0000 E      F81C0000 E
      F81E0000 E      F8200000 E      F8220000 E      F8240000 E      F8260000 E
      F8280000 E      F82A0000 E      F82C0000 E      F82E0000 E      F8300000 E
      F8320000 E      F8340000 E      F8360000 E      F8380000 E      F83A0000 E
      F83C0000 E      F83E0000 E      F8400000 E      F8420000 E      F8440000 E
      F8460000 E      F8480000 E      F84A0000 E      F84C0000 E      F84E0000 E
      F8500000 E      F8520000 E      F8540000 E      F8560000 E      F8580000 E
      F85A0000 E      F85C0000 E      F85E0000 E      F8600000 E      F8620000 E
      F8640000 E      F8660000 E      F8680000 E      F86A0000 E      F86C0000 E
      F86E0000 E      F8700000 E      F8720000 E      F8740000 E      F8760000 E
      F8780000 E      F87A0000 E      F87C0000 E      F87E0000 E      F8800000 E
      F8820000 E      F8840000 E      F8860000 E      F8880000 E      F88A0000 E
      F88C0000 E      F88E0000 E      F8900000 E      F8920000 E      F8940000 E
      F8960000 E      F8980000 E      F89A0000 E      F89C0000 E      F89E0000 E
      F8A00000 E      F8A20000 E      F8A40000 E      F8A60000 E      F8A80000 E
      F8AA0000 E      F8AC0000 E      F8AE0000 E      F8B00000 E      F8B20000 E
      F8B40000 E      F8B60000 E      F8B80000 E      F8BA0000 E      F8BC0000 E
      F8BE0000 E      F8C00000 E      F8C20000 E      F8C40000 E      F8C60000 E
      F8C80000 E      F8CA0000 E      F8CC0000 E      F8CE0000 E      F8D00000 E
      F8D20000 E      F8D40000 E      F8D60000 E      F8D80000 E      F8DA0000 E
      F8DC0000 E      F8DE0000 E      F8E00000 E      F8E20000 E      F8E40000 E
      F8E60000 E      F8E80000 E      F8EA0000 E      F8EC0000 E      F8EE0000 E
      F8F00000 E      F8F20000 E      F8F40000 E      F8F60000 E      F8F80000 E
      F8FA0000 E      F8FC0000 E      F8FE0000 E      F8FE8000 E      F8FF0000 E
      F8FF8000 E
    U-Boot>
Now set your preliminary U-Boot environment variables to point to your DHCP and TFTP server so we can download yet another copy of U-Boot. At Tensilica we use a machine in the RTOS group called rtos-lab2:
    U-Boot> '''setenv serverip 192.168.11.78'''          rtos-lab2
    U-Boot> '''setenv ipaddr 192.168.11.95'''            I/P address of host running on the LX60/LX200
    U-Boot> '''setenv bootfile u-boot.bin'''
    U-Boot> '''saveenv'''
    Saving Environment to Flash...
    .... done
    Un-Protected 4 sectors
    Erasing Flash...
    .... done
    Erased 4 sectors
    Writing to Flash... done
    .... done
    Protected 4 sectors
    U-Boot>
Next, download '''u-boot.bin''' from the tftp server using the info we just entered into U-Boot's enviroment variables.
    U-Boot> '''tftpboot'''
    TFTP from server 192.168.11.78; our IP address is 192.168.11.95
    Filename 'u-boot.bin'.
    Load address: 0xd2000000
    Loading: T ########
    done
    Bytes transferred = 107592 (1a448 hex)
On a LX200 we have much more space and can easily fit a version of U-boot that has been compiled without optimization, make debugging much easier.
So in this case the image is a bit larger, but relatively similar to the LX60 (2 sectors):
    U-Boot> '''tftpboot'''
    Using open_ethernet device
    TFTP from server 192.168.11.78; our IP address is 192.168.11.95
    Filename 'u-boot.bin'.
    Load address: 0xd2000000
    Loading: ###############
    done
    Bytes transferred = 205852 (3241c hex)
    U-Boot>
Note that for both the LX200 and the LX60 that the image size, '''(3241c hex)''' in this case, is a bit less than 2 sectors, so turn off protection on the 1st two sectors and
erase the current contents.
For the '''LX60''' you do this:
  U-Boot> '''protect off F8000000 F801FFFF'''
  ... done
  Un-Protected 2 sectors
  U-Boot> '''erase F8000000 F801FFFF'''
        erase F8000000 F801FFFF
        ... done
For the '''LX200''' the starting address '''(F8000000)''' is the same as with the LX60 but the last addesss '''(F803FFFF)''' is 'twice' as high:
  U-Boot> '''protect off F8000000 F803FFFF'''
  ... done
  Un-Protected 2 sectors
  U-Boot> '''erase F8000000 F803FFFF'''
  Erased 2 sectors
  U-Boot>
Now copy the the image of u-boot.bin in memory to the flash. For the XL60 you copy 0x20000
bytes from 0xd2000000 to 0XF8000000:
  U-Boot> '''cp.b d2000000 F8000000 20000'''
  Copy to Flash... done
For the LX200 you copy 0x40000 bytes from 0xd2000000 to 0XF8000000...0XF803FFFF:
  U-Boot> '''cp.b d2000000 F8000000 40000'''
  Copy to Flash... done
Finally we protect these first two sectors so that U-Boot isn't easily errased by accident.
Below is what it looks like on a LX200 with a subsequent display of the flash info:
  U-Boot> '''protect on F8000000 F803FFFF'''
    .. done
    Protected 2 sectors
    U-Boot> '''flinfo'''
    Bank # 1: CFI conformant FLASH (16 x 16)  Size: 16 MB in 131 Sectors
      Intel Extended command set, Manufacturer ID: 0x89, Device ID: 0x18
      Erase timeout: 4096 ms, write timeout: 1 ms
      Buffer write timeout: 2 ms, buffer size: 64 bytes
      Sector Start Addresses:
      '''F8000000  RO  F8020000  RO'''  F8040000 E      F8060000 E      F8080000 E
      F80A0000 E      F80C0000 E      F80E0000 E      F8100000 E      F8120000 E
      F8140000 E      F8160000 E      F8180000 E      F81A0000 E      F81C0000 E
      F81E0000 E      F8200000 E      F8220000 E      F8240000 E      F8260000 E
      F8280000 E      F82A0000 E      F82C0000 E      F82E0000 E      F8300000 E
      F8320000 E      F8340000 E      F8360000 E      F8380000 E      F83A0000 E
      F83C0000 E      F83E0000 E      F8400000 E      F8420000 E      F8440000 E
      F8460000 E      F8480000 E      F84A0000 E      F84C0000 E      F84E0000 E
      F8500000 E      F8520000 E      F8540000 E      F8560000 E      F8580000 E
      F85A0000 E      F85C0000 E      F85E0000 E      F8600000 E      F8620000 E
      F8640000 E      F8660000 E      F8680000 E      F86A0000 E      F86C0000 E
      F86E0000 E      F8700000 E      F8720000 E      F8740000 E      F8760000 E
      F8780000 E      F87A0000 E      F87C0000 E      F87E0000 E      F8800000 E
      F8820000 E      F8840000 E      F8860000 E      F8880000 E      F88A0000 E
      F88C0000 E      F88E0000 E      F8900000 E      F8920000 E      F8940000 E
      F8960000 E      F8980000 E      F89A0000 E      F89C0000 E      F89E0000 E
      F8A00000 E      F8A20000 E      F8A40000 E      F8A60000 E      F8A80000 E
      F8AA0000 E      F8AC0000 E      F8AE0000 E      F8B00000 E      F8B20000 E
      F8B40000 E      F8B60000 E      F8B80000 E      F8BA0000 E      F8BC0000 E
      F8BE0000 E      F8C00000 E      F8C20000 E      F8C40000 E      F8C60000 E
      F8C80000 E      F8CA0000 E      F8CC0000 E      F8CE0000 E      F8D00000 E
      F8D20000 E      F8D40000 E      F8D60000 E      F8D80000 E      F8DA0000 E
      F8DC0000 E      F8DE0000 E      F8E00000 E      F8E20000 E      F8E40000 E
      F8E60000 E      F8E80000 E      F8EA0000 E      F8EC0000 E      F8EE0000 E
      F8F00000 E      F8F20000 E      F8F40000 E      F8F60000 E      F8F80000 E
      F8FA0000 E      F8FC0000 E      '''F8FE0000  RO  F8FE8000  RO  F8FF0000  RO'''
      '''F8FF8000  RO'''
    U-Boot>
Note that the U-Boot '''saveenv''' command Erassed and protected the last four sectors
of this LX200.
On both the LX60 and the LX200 now move DIP switch 8 to the ON position, power cycle the board. On the LX60 you should see U-boot in the LCD display.
On the '''LX60''' the serial console should print something like the following:
 
  U-Boot 1.3.2 (Aug 27 2009 - 18:23:04)
 
  CPU:    Xtensa dc232b at 50.00 MHz
  Board:  XT-AV60: Avnet board + Xilinx LX60 FPGA + Tensilica bitstream
  SysRAM: 64 MB
  Flash:  4 MB
  In:    serial
  Out:  serial
  Err:  serial
  MAC:
  U-Boot>
On the '''LX200''' you should see something like the following. In this case we also show the flash info command, '''flinfo''', being envoked just after booting U-Boot:
  CPU:    Xtensa test_mmuhifi_c3 at 41.6777 MHz
    Board:  XT-AV200: Avnet board + Xilinx LX200 FPGA + Tensilica bitstream
    SysRAM: 96 MB
    Flash: 16 MB
    In:    serial
    Out:  serial
    Err:  serial
    MAC:
    IP:    192.168.11.95
    U-Boot>
    U-Boot> '''flinfo'''
    Bank # 1: CFI conformant FLASH (16 x 16)  Size: 16 MB in 131 Sectors
      Intel Extended command set, Manufacturer ID: 0x89, Device ID: 0x18
      Erase timeout: 4096 ms, write timeout: 1 ms
      Buffer write timeout: 2 ms, buffer size: 64 bytes
      Sector Start Addresses:
      '''F8000000  RO  F8020000  RO'''  F8040000 E RO  F8060000 E RO  F8080000 E RO
      F80A0000 E RO  F80C0000 E RO  F80E0000 E RO  F8100000 E RO  F8120000 E RO
      F8140000 E RO  F8160000 E RO  F8180000 E RO  F81A0000 E RO  F81C0000 E RO
      F81E0000 E RO  F8200000 E RO  F8220000 E RO  F8240000 E RO  F8260000 E RO
      F8280000 E RO  F82A0000 E RO  F82C0000 E RO  F82E0000 E RO  F8300000 E RO
      F8320000 E RO  F8340000 E RO  F8360000 E RO  F8380000 E RO  F83A0000 E RO
      F83C0000 E RO  F83E0000 E RO  F8400000 E RO  F8420000 E RO  F8440000 E RO
      F8460000 E RO  F8480000 E RO  F84A0000 E RO  F84C0000 E RO  F84E0000 E RO
      F8500000 E RO  F8520000 E RO  F8540000 E RO  F8560000 E RO  F8580000 E RO
      F85A0000 E RO  F85C0000 E RO  F85E0000 E RO  F8600000 E RO  F8620000 E RO
      F8640000 E RO  F8660000 E RO  F8680000 E RO  F86A0000 E RO  F86C0000 E RO
      F86E0000 E RO  F8700000 E RO  F8720000 E RO  F8740000 E RO  F8760000 E RO
      F8780000 E RO  F87A0000 E RO  F87C0000 E RO  F87E0000 E RO  F8800000 E RO
      F8820000 E RO  F8840000 E RO  F8860000 E RO  F8880000 E RO  F88A0000 E RO
      F88C0000 E RO  F88E0000 E RO  F8900000 E RO  F8920000 E RO  F8940000 E RO
      F8960000 E RO  F8980000 E RO  F89A0000 E RO  F89C0000 E RO  F89E0000 E RO
      F8A00000 E RO  F8A20000 E RO  F8A40000 E RO  F8A60000 E RO  F8A80000 E RO
      F8AA0000 E RO  F8AC0000 E RO  F8AE0000 E RO  F8B00000 E RO  F8B20000 E RO
      F8B40000 E RO  F8B60000 E RO  F8B80000 E RO  F8BA0000 E RO  F8BC0000 E RO
      F8BE0000 E RO  F8C00000 E RO  F8C20000 E RO  F8C40000 E RO  F8C60000 E RO
      F8C80000 E RO  F8CA0000 E RO  F8CC0000 E RO  F8CE0000 E RO  F8D00000 E RO
      F8D20000 E RO  F8D40000 E RO  F8D60000 E RO  F8D80000 E RO  F8DA0000 E RO
      F8DC0000 E RO  F8DE0000 E RO  F8E00000 E RO  F8E20000 E RO  F8E40000 E RO
      F8E60000 E RO  F8E80000 E RO  F8EA0000 E RO  F8EC0000 E RO  F8EE0000 E RO
      F8F00000 E RO  F8F20000 E RO  F8F40000 E RO  F8F60000 E RO  F8F80000 E RO
      F8FA0000 E RO  F8FC0000 E RO  '''F8FE0000  RO  F8FE8000  RO  F8FF0000  RO'''
      '''F8FF8000  RO'''
    U-Boot>
Note that the 1st two sectors with U-Boot saved in them came up as not being errased ('''E''') but that all sectors came up Read Only ('''RO''').
Same with the last four sectors that the U-Boot '''saveenv''' command Errased. This is likely a '''bug''' that we have been investigating and will be discussing with the U-Boot developers sometime in the future prior to pushing our U-boot changes upstream.
Further details on U-Boot in general are in the generic <tt>README</tt> at the top of the U-Boot tree. Details specific to the Xtensa architecture are in <tt>doc/README.xtensa</tt>. Details specific to a board are in <tt>board[/<family>]/<board>/README</tt> (for example <tt>board/avnet/xtav60/README</tt>).

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