imx_common: check for Serial Downloader in spl_boot_device

Check for bmode before reading the boot device
to check if a serial downloader is started,
and returns UART if the serial downloader is set,
letting SPL to wait for an image if
CONFIG_SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT is set.

This allows to load again a SPL based board
with imx_usb_loader together with a tool
such as kermit.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
CC: Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com>
CC: Fabio Estevam <Fabio.Estevam@freescale.com>
CC: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Nelson <eric@nelint.com>
Tested-by: Eric Nelson <eric@nelint.com>
master
Stefano Babic 9 years ago
parent fe21eaf92d
commit 40f4839ce1
  1. 8
      arch/arm/imx-common/spl.c
  2. 51
      doc/README.imx6

@ -20,7 +20,15 @@ u32 spl_boot_device(void)
struct src *psrc = (struct src *)SRC_BASE_ADDR;
unsigned int gpr10_boot = readl(&psrc->gpr10) & (1 << 28);
unsigned reg = gpr10_boot ? readl(&psrc->gpr9) : readl(&psrc->sbmr1);
unsigned int bmode = readl(&psrc->sbmr2);
/*
* Check for BMODE if serial downloader is enabled
* BOOT_MODE - see IMX6DQRM Table 8-1
*/
if ((((bmode >> 24) & 0x03) == 0x01) || /* Serial Downloader */
(gpr10_boot && (reg == 1)))
return BOOT_DEVICE_UART;
/* BOOT_CFG1[7:4] - see IMX6DQRM Table 8-8 */
switch ((reg & 0x000000FF) >> 4) {
/* EIM: See 8.5.1, Table 8-9 */

@ -84,3 +84,54 @@ Address:
Reading bank 4:
Word 0x00000002: 9f027772 00000004
2. Using imx_usb_loader for first install with SPL
--------------------------------------------------
imx_usb_loader is a very nice tool by BoundaryDevice that
allow to install U-Boot without a JTAG debugger, using
the USB boot mode as described in the manual. It is
a replacement for Freescale's MFGTOOLS.
The sources can be found here:
https://github.com/boundarydevices/imx_usb_loader.git
Booting in USB mode, the i.MX6 announces itself to the Linux Host as:
Bus 001 Device 111: ID 15a2:0061 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
imx_usb_loader is able to download a single file (u-boot.imx)
to the board. For boards without SPL support, it is enough to
issue the command:
sudo ../imx_usb_loader/imx_usb -v u-boot.imx
Getting U-Boot when SPL support is active, it requires
two downloads. imx_usb_loader downloads the SPL into
OCRAM and starts it. SPL will check for a valid u-boot.img, and
because it is not found, it will wait for it using the y-modem
protocol via the console.
A first install is then possible by combining imx_usb_loader with
another tool such as kermit.
sudo ../imx_usb_loader/imx_usb -v SPL
kermit kermit_uboot
and kermit_uboot contains something like this (set line should be adjusted):
set line /dev/ttyUSB1
set speed 115200
SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF
set flow-control none
set handshake none
set prefixing all
set file type bin
set protocol ymodem
send u-boot.img
c
The last "c" command tells kermit (from ckermit package in most distros)
to switch from command line mode to communication mode, and when the
script is finished, the U-Boot prompt is shown in the same shell.

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