This adds build and flash steps for Actions S700 based Cubieboard7 board.
Signed-off-by: Amit Singh Tomar amittomer25@gmail.com --- Changes since v9: * Updated the heading to CUBIEBOARD7 to ACTIONS. * Added shorthand for mkimage command. Changes since v8: * No changes. Changes since v7: * No changes. Changes since v6: * No changes. Changes since v5: * No changes. Changes since v4: * No changes. Changes since v3: * Convert plain text documentation to reStructuredText format. Changes since v2: * No Change. Changes since v1: * No Change. --- doc/board/actions/cubieboard7.rst | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/board/actions/index.rst | 10 ++++ doc/board/index.rst | 1 + 3 files changed, 125 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/board/actions/cubieboard7.rst create mode 100644 doc/board/actions/index.rst
diff --git a/doc/board/actions/cubieboard7.rst b/doc/board/actions/cubieboard7.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e01d2d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/board/actions/cubieboard7.rst @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ +.. Copyright (C) 2020 Amit Singh Tomar amittomer25@gmail.com + +CUBIEBOARD7 +=========== + +About this +---------- + +This document describes build and flash steps for Actions S700 SoC based Cubieboard7 +board. + +Cubieboard7 initial configuration +--------------------------------- + +Default Cubieboard7 comes with pre-installed Android where U-Boot is configured with +a bootdelay of 0, entering a prompt by pressing keys does not seem to work. + +Though, one can enter ADFU mode and flash debian image(from host machine) where +getting into u-boot prompt is easy. + +Enter ADFU Mode +---------------- + +Before write the firmware, let the development board entering the ADFU mode: insert +one end of the USB cable to the PC, press and hold the ADFU button, and then connect +the other end of the USB cable to the Mini USB port of the development board, release +the ADFU button, after connecting it will enter the ADFU mode. + +Check whether entered ADFU Mode +-------------------------------- + +The user needs to run the following command on the PC side to check if the ADFU +device is detected. ID realted to "Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd" means that +the PC side has been correctly detected ADFU device, the development board +also enter into the ADFU mode. + +.. code-block:: none + + $ lsusb + Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b2eb Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd + Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] + Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver + Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub + Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub + Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub + Bus 003 Device 013: ID 10d6:10d6 Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd + Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub + +Flashing debian image +--------------------- + +.. code-block:: none + + $ sudo ./ActionsFWU.py --fw=debian-stretch-desktop-cb7-emmc-v2.0.fw + ActionsFWU.py : 1.0.150828.0830 + libScript.so : 2.3.150825.0951 + libFileSystem.so: 2.3.150825.0952 + libProduction.so: 2.3.150915.1527 + =====burn all partition==== + FW_VER: 3.10.37.180608 + 3% DOWNLOAD ADFUDEC ... + 5% DOWNLOAD BOOT PARA ... + 7% SWITCH ADFUDEC ... + 12% DOWNLOAD BL31 ... + 13% DOWNLOAD BL32 ... + 15% DOWNLOAD VMLINUX ... + 20% DOWNLOAD INITRD ... + 24% DOWNLOAD FDT ... + 27% DOWNLOAD ADFUS ... + 30% SWITCH ADFUS ... + 32% DOWNLOAD MBR ... + 35% DOWNLOAD PARTITIONS ... + WRITE_MBRC_PARTITION + 35% write p0 size = 2048 : ok + WRITE_BOOT_PARTITION + 35% write p1 size = 2048 : ok + WRITE_MISC_PARTITION + 36% write p2 size = 98304 : ok + WRITE_SYSTEM_PARTITION + 94% write p3 size = 4608000 : ok + FORMAT_SWAP_PARTITION + 94% write p4 size = 20480 : ok + 95% TRANSFER OVER ... + Firmware upgrade successfully! + +Debian image can be downloaded from here[1]. + +Once debian image is flashed, one can get into u-boot prompt by pressing any key and from +there run ums command(make sure, usb cable is connected between host and target): + +.. code-block:: none + + owl> ums 0 mmc 1 + +Above command would mount debian image partition on host machine. + +Building U-BOOT proper image +---------------------------- + +.. code-block:: none + + $ make clean + $ export CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- + $ make ARCH=arm cubieboard7_defconfig + $ make u-boot-dtb.img -j16 + +u-boot-dtb.img can now be flashed to debian image partition mounted on host machine. + +.. code-block:: none + + $ sudo dd if=u-boot-dtb.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1024 seek=3072 + +[1]: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1uawPr0Jao2HgWFLZCLzHAg#list/path=%2FCubieBoard_Down... diff --git a/doc/board/actions/index.rst b/doc/board/actions/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c596879 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/board/actions/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ +.. Copyright (C) 2020 Amit Singh Tomar amittomer25@gmail.com + +Actions +======== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + cubieboard7 diff --git a/doc/board/index.rst b/doc/board/index.rst index 51a2ae6..01b233f 100644 --- a/doc/board/index.rst +++ b/doc/board/index.rst @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Board-specific doc .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2
+ actions/index AndesTech/index atmel/index coreboot/index