Re: [PATCH] doc: board: bcm7xxx: Convert to reStructuredText format
On 2/11/23 01:24, Thomas Fitzsimmons wrote: Convert the documentation for the Broadcom BCM7445 and BCM7260 boards to reStructuredText format and add the new filename to doc/board/broadcom/index.rst. --- doc/README.bcm7xxx | 156 --- doc/board/broadcom/bcm7xxx.rst | 186 + doc/board/broadcom/index.rst | 1 + 3 files changed, 187 insertions(+), 156 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/README.bcm7xxx create mode 100644 doc/board/broadcom/bcm7xxx.rst diff --git a/doc/README.bcm7xxx b/doc/README.bcm7xxx deleted file mode 100644 index 6839da5f97..00 --- a/doc/README.bcm7xxx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,156 +0,0 @@ -Summary -=== - -This document describes how to use U-Boot on the Broadcom 7445 SoC, as -a third stage bootloader loaded by Broadcom's BOLT bootloader. - -BOLT loads U-Boot as a generic ELF binary. Some U-Boot features such -as networking are not yet available but other important features are, -including: - - - ext4 file system traversal - - - support for loading FIT images - - - advanced scripting - - - support for FIT-provided DTBs instead of relying on the - BOLT-provided DTB - -A customized version of this port has been used in production. The -same approach may work on other BCM7xxx boards, with some -configuration adjustments and memory layout experimentation. - -Build -= - -make bcm7445_defconfig -make -${CROSS_COMPILE}strip u-boot - -Run -=== - -To tell U-Boot which serial port to use for its console, set the -"stdout-path" property in the "/chosen" node of the BOLT-generated -device tree. For example: - -BOLT> dt add prop chosen stdout-path s serial0:115200n8 - -Flash the u-boot binary into board storage, then invoke it from BOLT. -For example: - -BOLT> boot -bsu -elf flash0.u-boot1 - -This port assumes that I-cache and D-cache are already enabled when -U-Boot is entered. - -Flattened Image Tree Support - - -What follows is an example FIT image source file. Build it with: - -mkimage -f image.its image.itb - -Booting the resulting image.itb was tested on BOLT v1.20, with the -following kernels: - -https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-3.14 -https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-4.1 -https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-4.9 - -and with a generic ARMv7 root file system. - -image.its: -/dts-v1/; -/ { - description = "BCM7445 FIT"; - images { - kernel@1 { - description = "Linux kernel"; - /* -* This kernel image output format can be -* generated with: -* -* make vmlinux -* ${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy -O binary -S vmlinux vmlinux.bin -* gzip -9 vmlinux.bin -* -* For stblinux-3.14, the specific Broadcom -* board type should be configured in the -* kernel, for example CONFIG_BCM7445D0=y. -*/ - data = /incbin/(""); - type = "kernel"; - arch = "arm"; - os = "linux"; - compression = "gzip"; - load = <0x8000>; - entry = <0x8000>; - hash@1 { - algo = "sha256"; - }; - }; - ramdisk@1 { - description = "Initramfs root file system"; - data = /incbin/(""); - type = "ramdisk"; - arch = "arm"; - os = "linux"; - compression = "gzip"; - /* -* Set the environment variable initrd_high to -* 0x, and set "load" and "entry" here -* to 0x0 to keep initramfs in-place and to -* accommodate stblinux bmem/CMA reservations. -*/ - load = <0x0>; - entry = <0x0>; - hash@1 { - algo = "sha256"; - }; - }; - fdt@1 { - description = "Device tree dumped from BOLT"; - /* -* This DTB should be similar to the -* BOLT-generated device tree, after BOLT has -* done its runtime modifications to it. For -* example, it can be dumped from within -* U-Boot (at ${fdtcontroladdr}), after BOLT -* has loaded U-Boot. The result can be added -* to the Linux source tree as a .dts file. -* -
[PATCH] doc: board: bcm7xxx: Convert to reStructuredText format
Convert the documentation for the Broadcom BCM7445 and BCM7260 boards to reStructuredText format and add the new filename to doc/board/broadcom/index.rst. --- doc/README.bcm7xxx | 156 --- doc/board/broadcom/bcm7xxx.rst | 186 + doc/board/broadcom/index.rst | 1 + 3 files changed, 187 insertions(+), 156 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/README.bcm7xxx create mode 100644 doc/board/broadcom/bcm7xxx.rst diff --git a/doc/README.bcm7xxx b/doc/README.bcm7xxx deleted file mode 100644 index 6839da5f97..00 --- a/doc/README.bcm7xxx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,156 +0,0 @@ -Summary -=== - -This document describes how to use U-Boot on the Broadcom 7445 SoC, as -a third stage bootloader loaded by Broadcom's BOLT bootloader. - -BOLT loads U-Boot as a generic ELF binary. Some U-Boot features such -as networking are not yet available but other important features are, -including: - - - ext4 file system traversal - - - support for loading FIT images - - - advanced scripting - - - support for FIT-provided DTBs instead of relying on the - BOLT-provided DTB - -A customized version of this port has been used in production. The -same approach may work on other BCM7xxx boards, with some -configuration adjustments and memory layout experimentation. - -Build -= - -make bcm7445_defconfig -make -${CROSS_COMPILE}strip u-boot - -Run -=== - -To tell U-Boot which serial port to use for its console, set the -"stdout-path" property in the "/chosen" node of the BOLT-generated -device tree. For example: - -BOLT> dt add prop chosen stdout-path s serial0:115200n8 - -Flash the u-boot binary into board storage, then invoke it from BOLT. -For example: - -BOLT> boot -bsu -elf flash0.u-boot1 - -This port assumes that I-cache and D-cache are already enabled when -U-Boot is entered. - -Flattened Image Tree Support - - -What follows is an example FIT image source file. Build it with: - -mkimage -f image.its image.itb - -Booting the resulting image.itb was tested on BOLT v1.20, with the -following kernels: - -https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-3.14 -https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-4.1 -https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux-4.9 - -and with a generic ARMv7 root file system. - -image.its: -/dts-v1/; -/ { - description = "BCM7445 FIT"; - images { - kernel@1 { - description = "Linux kernel"; - /* -* This kernel image output format can be -* generated with: -* -* make vmlinux -* ${CROSS_COMPILE}objcopy -O binary -S vmlinux vmlinux.bin -* gzip -9 vmlinux.bin -* -* For stblinux-3.14, the specific Broadcom -* board type should be configured in the -* kernel, for example CONFIG_BCM7445D0=y. -*/ - data = /incbin/(""); - type = "kernel"; - arch = "arm"; - os = "linux"; - compression = "gzip"; - load = <0x8000>; - entry = <0x8000>; - hash@1 { - algo = "sha256"; - }; - }; - ramdisk@1 { - description = "Initramfs root file system"; - data = /incbin/(""); - type = "ramdisk"; - arch = "arm"; - os = "linux"; - compression = "gzip"; - /* -* Set the environment variable initrd_high to -* 0x, and set "load" and "entry" here -* to 0x0 to keep initramfs in-place and to -* accommodate stblinux bmem/CMA reservations. -*/ - load = <0x0>; - entry = <0x0>; - hash@1 { - algo = "sha256"; - }; - }; - fdt@1 { - description = "Device tree dumped from BOLT"; - /* -* This DTB should be similar to the -* BOLT-generated device tree, after BOLT has -* done its runtime modifications to it. For -* example, it can be dumped from within -* U-Boot (at ${fdtcontroladdr}), after BOLT -* has loaded U-Boot. The result can be added -* to the Linux source tree as a .dts file. -* -* To support modifications to