From: Yuan Yao yao.yuan@nxp.com

Signed-off-by: Yuan Yao yao.yuan@nxp.com --- Changed in v3: Rename README.deploy to README.qspi Changed in v2: Move the readme for QSPI deploy out of only for ls2080aqds. --- arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/doc/README.qspi | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/doc/README.qspi

diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/doc/README.qspi b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/doc/README.qspi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de86f4b --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/doc/README.qspi @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +QSPI Boot source support Overview +------------------- + 1. LS1043A + LS1043AQDS + 2. LS2080A + LS2080AQDS + 3. LS1012A + LS1012AQDS + LS1012ARDB + 4. LS1046A + LS1046AQDS + LS1046ARDB + +Booting from QSPI +------------------- +Booting from QSPI requires two images, RCW and u-boot-dtb.bin. +The difference between QSPI boot RCW image and NOR boot image is the PBI +command sequence for setting the boot location pointer. It's should point +to the address for u-boot in QSPI flash. + +RCW image should be written to the beginning of QSPI flash device. +Example of using u-boot command + +=> sf probe 0:0 +SF: Detected S25FL256S_64K with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 64 KiB, total 32 MiB +=> sf erase 0 +<size of rcw image> +SF: 65536 bytes @ 0x0 Erased: OK +=> sf write <rcw image in memory> 0 <size of rcw image> +SF: 164 bytes @ 0x0 Written: OK + +To get the QSPI image, build u-boot with QSPI config, for example, +<board_name>_qspi_defconfig. The image needed is u-boot-dtb.bin. +The u-boot image should be written to 0x10000(but 0x1000 for LS1043A, LS2080A). + +=> sf probe 0:0 +SF: Detected S25FL256S_64K with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 64 KiB, total 32 MiB +=> sf erase 10000 +<size of u-boot image> +SF: 589824 bytes @ 0x10000 Erased: OK +=> sf write <u-boot image in memory> 10000 <size of u-boot image> +SF: 580966 bytes @ 0x10000 Written: OK + +With these two images in QSPI flash device, the board can boot from QSPI.