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2SOCFPGA Documentation for U-Boot and SPL
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4
5This README is about U-Boot and SPL support for Altera's ARM Cortex-A9MPCore
6based SOCFPGA. To know more about the hardware itself, please refer to
7www.altera.com.
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10socfpga_dw_mmc
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12
13Here are macro and detailed configuration required to enable DesignWare SDMMC
14controller support within SOCFPGA
15
16#define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_MAX_BLK_COUNT	256
17-> Using smaller max blk cnt to avoid flooding the limited stack in OCRAM
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20Generating the handoff header files for U-Boot SPL
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22
23This text is assuming quartus 16.1, but newer versions will probably work just fine too;
24verified with DE1_SOC_Linux_FB demo project (https://github.com/VCTLabs/DE1_SOC_Linux_FB).
25Updated/working projects should build using either process below.
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27Note: it *should* work from Quartus 14.0.200 onwards, however, the current vendor demo
28projects must have the IP cores updated as shown below.
29
30Rebuilding your Quartus project
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32
33Choose one of the follwing methods, either command line or GUI.
34
35Using the comaand line
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37
38First run the embedded command shell, using your path to the Quartus install:
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40  $ /path/to/intelFPGA/16.1/embedded/embedded_command_shell.sh
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42Then (if necessary) update the IP cores in the project, generate HDL code, and
43build the project:
44
45  $ cd path/to/project/dir
46  $ qsys-generate soc_system.qsys --upgrade-ip-cores
47  $ qsys-generate soc_system.qsys --synthesis=[VERILOG|VHDL]
48  $ quartus_sh --flow compile <project name>
49
50Convert the resulting .sof file (SRAM object file) to .rbf file (Raw bit file):
51
52  $ quartus_cpf -c <project_name>.sof soc_system.rbf
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54
55Generate BSP handoff files
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57
58You can run the bsp editor GUI below, or run the following command from the
59project directory:
60
61  $ /path/to/bsb/tools/bsp-create-settings --type spl --bsp-dir build \
62      --preloader-settings-dir hps_isw_handoff/soc_system_hps_0/ \
63      --settings build/settings.bsp
64
65You should use the bsp "build" directory above (ie, where the settings.bsp file is)
66in the following u-boot command to update the board headers.  Once these headers
67are updated for a given project build, u-boot should be configured for the
68project board (eg, de0-nano-sockit) and then build the normal spl build.
69
70Now you can skip the GUI section.
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72
73Using the Qsys GUI
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75
761. Navigate to your project directory
772. Run Quartus II
783. Open Project (Ctrl+J), select <project_name>.qpf
794. Run QSys [Tools->QSys]
80  4.1 In the Open dialog, select '<project_name>.qsys'
81  4.2 In the Open System dialog, wait until completion and press 'Close'
82  4.3 In the Qsys window, click on 'Generate HDL...' in bottom right corner
83     4.3.1 In the 'Generation' window, click 'Generate'
84     4.3.2 In the 'Generate' dialog, wait until completion and click 'Close'
85  4.4 In the QSys window, click 'Finish'
86     4.4.1 In the 'Quartus II' pop up window, click 'OK'
875. Back in Quartus II main window, do the following
88  5.1 Use Processing -> Start -> Start Analysis & Synthesis (Ctrl+K)
89  5.2 Use Processing -> Start Compilation (Ctrl+L)
90
91    ... this may take some time, have patience ...
92
936. Start the embedded command shell as shown in the previous section
94  6.1 Change directory to 'software/spl_bsp'
95  6.2 Prepare BSP by launching the BSP editor from ECS
96       => bsp-editor
97  6.3 In BSP editor
98      6.3.1 Use File -> Open
99      6.3.2 Select 'settings.bsp' file
100      6.3.3 Click Generate
101      6.3.4 Click Exit
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103
104Post handoff generation
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106
107Now that the handoff files are generated, U-Boot can be used to process
108the handoff files generated by the bsp-editor. For this, please use the
109following script from the u-boot source tree:
110
111  $ ./arch/arm/mach-socfpga/qts-filter.sh \
112        <soc_type> \
113        <input_qts_dir> \
114        <input_bsp_dir> \
115        <output_dir>
116
117Process QTS-generated files into U-Boot compatible ones.
118
119    soc_type      - Type of SoC, either 'cyclone5' or 'arria5'.
120    input_qts_dir - Directory with compiled Quartus project
121                    and containing the Quartus project file (QPF).
122    input_bsp_dir - Directory with generated bsp containing
123                    the settings.bsp file.
124    output_dir    - Directory to store the U-Boot compatible
125                    headers.
126
127This will generate (or update) the following 4 files:
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129  iocsr_config.h
130  pinmux_config.h
131  pll_config.h
132  sdram_config.h
133
134These files should be copied into "qts" directory in the board directory
135(see output argument of qts-filter.sh command above).
136
137Here is an example for the DE-0 Nano SoC after the above rebuild process:
138
139  $ ll board/terasic/de0-nano-soc/qts/
140  total 36
141  -rw-r--r-- 1 sarnold sarnold 8826 Mar 21 18:11 iocsr_config.h
142  -rw-r--r-- 1 sarnold sarnold 4398 Mar 21 18:11 pinmux_config.h
143  -rw-r--r-- 1 sarnold sarnold 3190 Mar 21 18:11 pll_config.h
144  -rw-r--r-- 1 sarnold sarnold 9022 Mar 21 18:11 sdram_config.h
145
146Note: file sizes will differ slightly depending on the selected board.
147
148Now your board is ready for full mainline support including U-Boot SPL.
149The Preloader will not be needed any more.
150