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authorStephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>2021-08-07 16:07:23 +0300
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board: stemmy: Update documentation
Over the time, the "stemmy" U-Boot board was tested on several other Samsung smartphones based on ST-Ericsson NovaThor Ux500. Convert the documentation to reStructuredText at doc/board/ste/stemmy.rst and make the device list complete. Also note that the board now boots into USB Fastboot instead of just ending up at the U-Boot prompt. The device table is mostly taken from the postmarketOS wiki article (https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/ST-Ericsson_NovaThor_U8500). All the newly added devices were tested by Linus Walleij. Signed-off-by: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+ST-Ericsson
+===========
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ stemmy
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+.. sectionauthor:: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>
+
+ST-Ericsson U8500 Samsung "stemmy" board
+========================================
+
+The "stemmy" board supports Samsung smartphones released with
+the ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 SoC, e.g.
+
+ +---------------------------+----------+--------------+----------------+
+ | Device | Model | Codename | U-Boot |
+ +===========================+==========+==============+================+
+ | Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 | GT-I8160 | codina | ``u-boot.bin`` |
+ +---------------------------+----------+--------------+----------------+
+ | Samsung Galaxy Amp | SGH-I407 | kyle | ``u-boot.img`` |
+ +---------------------------+----------+--------------+----------------+
+ | Samsung Galaxy Beam | GT-I8530 | gavini | ``u-boot.bin`` |
+ +---------------------------+----------+--------------+----------------+
+ | Samsung Galaxy Exhibit | SGH-T599 | codina (TMO) | ``u-boot.bin`` |
+ +---------------------------+----------+--------------+----------------+
+ | Samsung Galaxy S Advance | GT-I9070 | janice | ``u-boot.bin`` |
+ +---------------------------+----------+--------------+----------------+
+ | Samsung Galaxy S III mini | GT-I8190 | golden | ``u-boot.img`` |
+ +---------------------------+----------+--------------+----------------+
+ | Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 | GT-S7710 | skomer | ``u-boot.img`` |
+ +---------------------------+----------+--------------+----------------+
+
+At the moment, U-Boot is intended to be chain-loaded from
+the original Samsung bootloader, not replacing it entirely.
+
+Installation
+------------
+First, setup ``CROSS_COMPILE`` for ARMv7. Then, build U-Boot for ``stemmy``::
+
+ $ export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-eabi-
+ $ make stemmy_defconfig
+ $ make
+
+This will build ``u-boot.bin`` in the configured output directory.
+
+For newer devices (check ``u-boot.img`` in the table above), the U-Boot binary
+has to be packed into an Android boot image. Devices with ``u-boot.bin`` boot
+the raw U-Boot binary from the boot partition. You can build the Android boot
+image with ``mkbootimg``, e.g. from from android-7.1.2_r37_::
+
+ $ mkbootimg \
+ --kernel=u-boot.bin \
+ --base=0x00000000 \
+ --kernel_offset=0x00100000 \
+ --ramdisk_offset=0x02000000 \
+ --tags_offset=0x00000100 \
+ --output=u-boot.img
+
+.. _android-7.1.2_r37: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/refs/tags/android-7.1.2_r37/mkbootimg/mkbootimg
+
+To flash the U-Boot binary, enter the Samsung download mode
+(press Power + Home + Volume Down). Use Heimdall_ to flash the U-Boot image to
+the Android boot partition::
+
+ $ heimdall flash --Kernel u-boot.(bin|img)
+
+If this is not working but there are messages like ``Android recovery image`` in
+the UART console, you can try flashing to the recovery partition instead::
+
+ $ heimdall flash --Kernel2 u-boot.(bin|img)
+
+.. _Heimdall: https://gitlab.com/BenjaminDobell/Heimdall
+
+After a reboot the U-Boot prompt should appear via UART. Unless interrupted it
+automatically boots to USB Fastboot mode where Android boot images can be booted
+via ``fastboot boot boot.img``. It is mainly intended to boot mainline Linux,
+but booting original Samsung Android boot images is also supported (e.g. for
+charging).
+
+UART
+----
+UART is available through the micro USB port, similar to the Carkit standard.
+With a ~619kOhm resistor between ID and GND, 1.8V RX/TX is available at D+/D-.
+
+.. note::
+ Make sure to connect the UART cable **before** turning on the phone.