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diff --git a/doc/kwboot.1 b/doc/kwboot.1 index acdea891d9..bda049bde5 100644 --- a/doc/kwboot.1 +++ b/doc/kwboot.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH KWBOOT 1 "2021-08-25" +.TH KWBOOT 1 "2022-03-02" .SH NAME kwboot \- Boot Marvell Kirkwood (and others 32-bit) SoCs over a serial link. @@ -48,6 +48,48 @@ example U-Boot SPL does this). In such a case, this output is also written to stdout after the header is sent. .TP +.B "\-b" +Do only handshake on \fITTY\fP without uploading any file. File upload +could be done later via option \fB\-D\fP or via any other Xmodem +application, like \fBsx\fP(1). + +.TP +.B "\-d" +Do special handshake on \fITTY\fP for console debug mode. + +This will instruct BootROM to enter builtin simple console debug mode. +Should be combined with option \fB\-t\fP. + +To get a BootROM help, type this command followed by ENTER key: + +.RS 1.2i +.TP +.B ? +.RE +.IP + +Armada 38x BootROM has a bug which cause that BootROM's standard output +is turned off on UART when SPI-NOR contains valid boot image. Nevertheless +BootROM's standard input and BootROM's terminal echo are active and working +fine. To workaround this BootROM bug with standard output, it is possible +to manually overwrite BootROM variables stored in SRAM which BootROM use +for checking if standard output is enabled or not. To enable BootROM +standard output on UART, type this command folled by ENTER key: + +.RS 1.2i +.TP +.B w 0x40034100 1 +.RE + +.TP +.BI "\-D" " image" +Upload file \fIimage\fP over \fITTY\fP without initial handshake. + +This method is used primary on Dove platforms, where BootROM does +not support initial handshake for entering UART upload mode and +strapping pins (exported via e.g. buttons) are used instead. + +.TP .BI "\-p" Obsolete. Does nothing. @@ -56,12 +98,32 @@ in the image prior upload, to "UART boot" type. This is now done by default. .TP +.B "\-q" +Obsolete. Does nothing. + +It is unknown whether it did something in the past. + +.TP +.BI "\-s" " response-timeout" +Specify custom response timeout when doing handshake. Default value is 50 ms. +It is the timeout between sending two consecutive handshake patterns, meaning +how long to wait for response from BootROM. Affects only option \fB\-b\fP with +image file and option \fB\-d\fP. + +Option \fB-a\fP specify response timeout suitable for Armada XP BootROM and +currently it is 1000 ms. + +Some testing showed that specifying 24 ms as response timeout make handshake +with Armada 385 BootROM more stable. + +.TP .BI "\-t" Run a terminal program, connecting standard input and output to .RB \fITTY\fP. -If used in combination with \fB-b\fP, terminal mode is entered -immediately following a successful image upload. +If used in combination with \fB\-b\fP, \fB\-D\fP or \fB\-d\fP option, +terminal mode is entered immediately following a successful image upload +or successful handshake (if not doing image upload). If standard I/O streams connect to a console, this mode will terminate after receiving \fBctrl-\e\fP followed by \fBc\fP from console input. @@ -85,9 +147,42 @@ Tested values for \fIbaudrate\fP for Armada 38x include: 115200, 230400, 460800, 500000, 576000, 921600, 1000000, 1152000, 1500000, 2000000, 2500000, 3125000, 4000000 and 5200000. +.SH "EXAMPLES" + +Instruct BootROM to enter boot Xmodem boot mode, send \fIu-boot-spl.kwb\fP +kwbimage file via Xmodem on \fI/dev/ttyUSB0\fP at 115200 Bd and run terminal +program: +.IP +.B kwboot -b u-boot-spl.kwb -t /dev/ttyUSB0 + +.PP +Instruct BootROM to enter boot Xmodem boot mode, send header of +\fIu-boot-spl.kwb\fP kwbimage file via Xmodem at 115200 Bd, then instruct +BootROM to change baudrate to 5200000 Bd, send data part of the kwbimage +file via Xmodem at high speed and finally run terminal program: +.IP +.B kwboot -b u-boot-spl.kwb -B 5200000 -t /dev/ttyUSB0 + +.PP +Only send \fIu-boot-spl.kwb\fP kwbimage file via Xmodem on \fI/dev/ttyUSB0\fP +at 115200 Bd: +.IP +.B kwboot -D u-boot-spl.kwb /dev/ttyUSB0 + +.PP +Instruct BootROM to enter console debug mode and run terminal program on +\fI/dev/ttyUSB0\fP at 115200 Bd: +.IP +.B kwboot -d -t /dev/ttyUSB0 + +.PP +Only run terminal program on \fI/dev/ttyUSB0\fP at 115200 Bd: +.IP +.B kwboot -t /dev/ttyUSB0 + .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP -\fBmkimage\fP(1) +\fBmkimage\fP(1), \fBsx\fP(1) .SH "AUTHORS" |