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diff --git a/doc/board/socionext/developerbox.rst b/doc/board/socionext/developerbox.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2d943c23be --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/board/socionext/developerbox.rst @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ + +Introduction +============ + +DeveloperBox is a certified 96boards Enterprise Edition board. The board/SoC has: - + +* Socionext SC2A11 24-cores ARM Cortex-A53 on tbe Mini-ATX form factor motherboard +* 4 DIMM slots (4GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM shipped by default) +* 1 4xPCIe Gen2 slot and 2 1xPCIe Gen2 slots + (1x slots are connected via PCIe bridge chip) +* 4 USB-3.0 ports +* 2 SATA ports +* 1 GbE network port +* 1 USB-UART serial port (micro USB) +* 64MB SPI NOR Flash +* 8GB eMMC Flash Storage +* 96boards LS connector + +The DeveloperBox schematic can be found here: - +https://www.96boards.org/documentation/enterprise/developerbox/hardware-docs/mzsc2am_v03_20180115_a.pdf + +And the other documents can be found here: - +https://www.96boards.org/documentation/enterprise/developerbox/ + + +Currently, the U-Boot port supports: - + +* USB +* eMMC +* SPI-NOR +* SATA +* GbE + +The DeveloperBox boots the TF-A and EDK2 as a main bootloader by default. +The DeveloperBox U-Boot port will replace the EDK2 and boot from TF-A as +BL33, but no need to combine with it. + +Compile from source +=================== + +You can build U-Boot without any additinal source code.:: + + cd u-boot + export ARCH=arm64 + export CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- + make SynQuacer_defconfig + make -j `noproc` + +Then, expand the binary to 1MB for preparing flash.:: + + cp u-boot.bin SPI_NOR_UBOOT.fd + truncate -s 1M SPI_NOR_UBOOT.fd + +Installation +============ + +You can install the SNI_NOR_UBOOT.fd via NOR flash writer. + +Flashing the U-Boot image on DeveloperBox requires a 96boards UART mezzanine or other mezzanine which can connect to LS-UART0 port. +Connect USB cable from host to the LS-UART0 and set DSW2-7 to ON, and turn the board on again. The flash writer program will be started automatically; don’t forget to turn the DSW2-7 off again after flashing. + +*!!CAUTION!! If you failed to write the U-Boot image on wrong address, the board can be bricked. See below page if you need to recover the bricked board. See the following page for more detail* + +https://www.96boards.org/documentation/enterprise/developerbox/installation/board-recovery.md.html + +When the serial flasher is running correctly is will show the following boot messages shown via LS-UART0:: + + + /*------------------------------------------*/ + /* SC2A11 "SynQuacer" series Flash writer */ + /* */ + /* Version: cd254ac */ + /* Build: 12/15/17 11:25:45 */ + /*------------------------------------------*/ + + Command Input > + +Once the flasher tool is running we are ready flash the UEFI image:: + + flash rawwrite 200000 100000 + >> Send SPI_NOR_UBOOT.fd via XMODEM (Control-A S in minicom) << + +*!!NOTE!! The flasher command parameter is different from the command for board recovery. U-Boot uses the offset 200000 (2-five-0, 2M in hex) and the size 100000 (1-five-0, 1M in hex).* + +After transferring the SPI_NOR_UBOOT.fd, turn off the DSW2-7 and reset the board. + |