Check for bmode before reading the boot device to check if a serial downloader is started, and returns UART if the serial downloader is set, letting SPL to wait for an image if CONFIG_SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT is set.
This allows to load again a SPL based board with imx_usb_loader together with a tool such as kermit.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Babic sbabic@denx.de CC: Tim Harvey tharvey@gateworks.com CC: Fabio Estevam Fabio.Estevam@freescale.com CC: Eric Nelson eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com Reviewed-by: Eric Nelson eric@nelint.com Tested-by: Eric Nelson eric@nelint.com ---
Changes in v3: - fix (1 == reg) - rephrase some documentation (E.Nelson)
Changes in v2: - Add documentation (S. Roese) - Check just bits 24-25 because reserved bits are set on some variants (E. Nelson) - Set boot device to UART if USB is set to let bmode working as suggested by Eric
arch/arm/imx-common/spl.c | 8 ++++++++ doc/README.imx6 | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm/imx-common/spl.c b/arch/arm/imx-common/spl.c index ac6e40e..caa45cf 100644 --- a/arch/arm/imx-common/spl.c +++ b/arch/arm/imx-common/spl.c @@ -20,7 +20,15 @@ u32 spl_boot_device(void) struct src *psrc = (struct src *)SRC_BASE_ADDR; unsigned int gpr10_boot = readl(&psrc->gpr10) & (1 << 28); unsigned reg = gpr10_boot ? readl(&psrc->gpr9) : readl(&psrc->sbmr1); + unsigned int bmode = readl(&psrc->sbmr2);
+ /* + * Check for BMODE if serial downloader is enabled + * BOOT_MODE - see IMX6DQRM Table 8-1 + */ + if ((((bmode >> 24) & 0x03) == 0x01) || /* Serial Downloader */ + (gpr10_boot && (reg == 1))) + return BOOT_DEVICE_UART; /* BOOT_CFG1[7:4] - see IMX6DQRM Table 8-8 */ switch ((reg & 0x000000FF) >> 4) { /* EIM: See 8.5.1, Table 8-9 */ diff --git a/doc/README.imx6 b/doc/README.imx6 index 437af2f..e26ab71 100644 --- a/doc/README.imx6 +++ b/doc/README.imx6 @@ -84,3 +84,54 @@ Address: Reading bank 4:
Word 0x00000002: 9f027772 00000004 + +2. Using imx_usb_loader for first install with SPL +-------------------------------------------------- + +imx_usb_loader is a very nice tool by BoundaryDevice that +allow to install U-Boot without a JTAG debugger, using +the USB boot mode as described in the manual. It is +a replacement for Freescale's MFGTOOLS. + +The sources can be found here: + + https://github.com/boundarydevices/imx_usb_loader.git + +Booting in USB mode, the i.MX6 announces itself to the Linux Host as: + +Bus 001 Device 111: ID 15a2:0061 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. + +imx_usb_loader is able to download a single file (u-boot.imx) +to the board. For boards without SPL support, it is enough to +issue the command: + + sudo ../imx_usb_loader/imx_usb -v u-boot.imx + +Getting U-Boot when SPL support is active, it requires +two downloads. imx_usb_loader downloads the SPL into +OCRAM and starts it. SPL will check for a valid u-boot.img, and +because it is not found, it will wait for it using the y-modem +protocol via the console. + +A first install is then possible by combining imx_usb_loader with +another tool such as kermit. + +sudo ../imx_usb_loader/imx_usb -v SPL +kermit kermit_uboot + +and kermit_uboot contains something like this (set line should be adjusted): + +set line /dev/ttyUSB1 +set speed 115200 +SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF +set flow-control none +set handshake none +set prefixing all +set file type bin +set protocol ymodem +send u-boot.img +c + +The last "c" command tells kermit (from ckermit package in most distros) +to switch from command line mode to communication mode, and when the +script is finished, the U-Boot prompt is shown in the same shell.