[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] zynq: document how to use custom ps7_init files
Alistair Francis
alistair23 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 5 16:43:45 UTC 2016
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Matt Weber
<matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com> wrote:
> From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
>
> Since U-Boot supported SPL for Zynq boards at v2014.04 release, it
> became much easier to build a system. At that time, however, users
> still needed to manually copy ps7_init.c/h to the U-Boot source tree
> to generate a working SPL image because ps7_init.c/h output from
> Xilinx tools are not compatible with GPL.
>
> Later, the license problem was solved when Xilinx tools became able
> to output the GPL-compatible variants (ps7_init_gpl.c/h) as well.
> U-Boot v2015.07 or later includes ps7_init_gpl.c/h for major Zynq
> boards so that users can build a boot image straight away.
>
> Now Buildroot supports 3 boards (Zedboard, MicroZed, ZC706) without
> any manual intervention. This is a good thing itself, but commit
> b9cd72cdbfe3 ("zynq_zc706: bump U-Boot to xilinx-v2016.2") entirely
> dropped the information about custom ps7_init files.
>
> This commit provides up-to-date guidance for how to customize the
> ps7_init files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Weber <matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com>
This looks good to me. If you want me to look at future Xilinx related
patches just CC me and I'll comment/help where I can.
Acked-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis at xilinx.com>
Thanks,
Alistair
>
> ---
> v2 -> v3
> [Arnout
> - Moved notice of good build but bad images to top
> - Updated wording when refering to files
> - Removed redundant comment on overriding files
> - Added suggested note on file copy and make clean's affect
>
> v1 -> v2
> - Updated readme wording discussed in
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/654309/
>
> ---
> board/zynq/readme.txt | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/board/zynq/readme.txt b/board/zynq/readme.txt
> index 51e28b6..24c12dd 100644
> --- a/board/zynq/readme.txt
> +++ b/board/zynq/readme.txt
> @@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ Currently, three boards are natively supported by Buildroot:
> - Avnet ZedBoard (zynq_zed_defconfig)
> - Avnet MicroZed (zynq_microzed_defconfig)
>
> -The following build procedure focuses on them, but you can adjust it to your
> -board even if it is not listed above. Major Zynq-based boards are supported by
> -U-Boot, and their Device Trees are merged in Linux Kernel. If your board is the
> -case, booting the kernel is a piece of cake. All you need to do is to change:
> - - Kernel Device Tree file name (BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME)
> - - U-Boot board defconfig (BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_KCONFIG)
> -
> Steps to create a working system for a Zynq board:
>
> 1) Configuration (do one of the following)
> @@ -50,3 +43,42 @@ References:
>
> - Zedboard/Microzed information including schematics, reference designs, and
> manuals are available from http://www.zedboard.org .
> +
> +Support for other boards:
> +
> +If you want to build a system for other boards (for ex. Digilent Zybo board).
> +Most major Zynq-based boards have U-Boot and Kernel support. If your
> +board happens to be supported, booting the kernel and using U-Boot
> +just requires the following Buildroot updates:
> + - Kernel Device Tree file name (BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME)
> + - U-Boot board defconfig (BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG)
> +
> +Custom ps7_init_gpl.c/h support:
> +
> +To generate a working boot.bin image, ps7_init_gpl.c/h are required in the
> +U-Boot source tree. Without those files, boot.bin will be built successfully
> +but it will not be functional at all. Those files are output from the Xilinx
> +tools, but for convenience, U-Boot includes the default ps7_init_gpl.c/h of
> +popular boards. Those files may need to be updated for any programmable
> +logic customizations which impact ps7_init (clock/pin setup & mapping/AXI
> +bridge setup/etc). See board/xilinx/zynq/ directory of U-Boot for natively
> +supported ps7_init files. If the ps7_init files for your board are not found
> +in U-Boot, you need to add them by yourself.
> +
> +1) Start with a defconfig supported by Buildroot (e.g. Zedboard)
> + make zynq_zed_defconfig
> +
> +2) make uboot-menuconfig
> + Visit the following menu and enable CONFIG_ZYNQ_CUSTOM_INIT.
> +
> + ARM architecture --->
> + [*] Use custom ps7_init provided by Xilinx tool
> +
> +3) Copy ps7_init_gpl.c/h generated by the Xilinx tools into
> + output/build/uboot-xilinx-<pkg version>/board/xilinx/zynq/custom_hw_platform/
> +
> +4) make
> +
> +Note: The files in step 3 will need to be re-copied after cleaning the output
> +directory and at this time, there is no way to save them as part of the buildroot
> +configuration, except as a U-Boot patch.
> --
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