[U-Boot-Users] " Configuring Flash on PPC405ep board"
Hi All,
I need to know how to configure 8MB Flash on PPC405ep board. I already have 4MB flash on PPC405ep board working fine . I am using u-boot as my bootloader.
Can anybody tell me what are the registers to be configured at Processor side(i am new to this register settings) or memory controller side.
Please tell me the steps that i need to follow to write my own dirver(i may take existing driver as reference).
Thanks in Advance, --Nagi
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 nreddy@netenrich.com wrote:
I need to know how to configure 8MB Flash on PPC405ep board.
To detect the new flash, You have add the Manufacture and Device ID (check the data sheet) of the new flash in the following function:
File : ./board/bubinga405ep/flash.c Func : flash_get_size()
Bye :)
Hi Nagi,
On Friday 23 September 2005 12:09, nreddy@netenrich.com wrote:
I need to know how to configure 8MB Flash on PPC405ep board. I already have 4MB flash on PPC405ep board working fine . I am using u-boot as my bootloader.
That's good. If not, your mail would be pretty wrong here in this list! ;-)
Can anybody tell me what are the registers to be configured at Processor side(i am new to this register settings) or memory controller side.
If you are lucky, you "only" have to change the EBC (external bus controller) setup for the corresponding CS (chip select). Please see e.g. below some lines from the bubinga (AMCC 405EP eval board) config file (include/configs/bubinga.h):
/* Memory Bank 0 (Flash/SRAM) initialization */ #define CFG_EBC_PB0AP 0x04006000 #define CFG_EBC_PB0CR 0xFFF18000 /* BAS=0xFFF,BS=1MB,BU=R/W,BW=8bit */
To change the size of this CS0 setup, you need to change the BAS field and the BS field. E.g. to something like this:
#define CFG_EBC_PB0CR 0xFF8E8000 /* BAS=0xFF8,BS=8MB,BU=R/W,BW=8bit
But I would suggest that you take a look at the 405EP user's manual to check yourself. It's not that complicated.
Now you (hopefully) have the CS setup correctly, but you also have to configure/change your flash driver to support this new flash. Do you use the common CFI driver? Or a board specific version?
Please tell me the steps that i need to follow to write my own dirver(i may take existing driver as reference).
Best regards, Stefan
Hi Stefan,
Thanks for your suggestion.
I enabled 8MB flash on my board. It started working now. Still i need to check thoroughly.
I have taken reference driver from /board/walnut405 .
Thanks once again.
Thanks, --Nagi
Hi Nagi,
On Friday 23 September 2005 12:09, nreddy@netenrich.com wrote:
I need to know how to configure 8MB Flash on PPC405ep board. I already have 4MB flash on PPC405ep board working fine . I am using u-boot as my bootloader.
That's good. If not, your mail would be pretty wrong here in this list! ;-)
Can anybody tell me what are the registers to be configured at Processor side(i am new to this register settings) or memory controller side.
If you are lucky, you "only" have to change the EBC (external bus controller) setup for the corresponding CS (chip select). Please see e.g. below some lines from the bubinga (AMCC 405EP eval board) config file (include/configs/bubinga.h):
/* Memory Bank 0 (Flash/SRAM) initialization */ #define CFG_EBC_PB0AP 0x04006000 #define CFG_EBC_PB0CR 0xFFF18000 /* BAS=0xFFF,BS=1MB,BU=R/W,BW=8bit */
To change the size of this CS0 setup, you need to change the BAS field and the BS field. E.g. to something like this:
#define CFG_EBC_PB0CR 0xFF8E8000 /* BAS=0xFF8,BS=8MB,BU=R/W,BW=8bit
But I would suggest that you take a look at the 405EP user's manual to check yourself. It's not that complicated.
Now you (hopefully) have the CS setup correctly, but you also have to configure/change your flash driver to support this new flash. Do you use the common CFI driver? Or a board specific version?
Please tell me the steps that i need to follow to write my own dirver(i may take existing driver as reference).
Best regards, Stefan
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Stefan Roese