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author | Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> | 2016-05-23 18:32:47 -0400 |
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committer | Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> | 2016-05-23 18:32:47 -0400 |
commit | 6d54868eeb2697c9a905c4d3521efbacc44c5258 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/README.x86 b/doc/README.x86 index c5c3010..4d50feb 100644 --- a/doc/README.x86 +++ b/doc/README.x86 @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ In this case, known as bare mode, from the fact that it runs on the 'bare metal', U-Boot acts like a BIOS replacement. The following platforms are supported: - - Bayley Bay + - Bayley Bay CRB + - Congatec QEVAL 2.0 & conga-QA3/E3845 - Cougar Canyon 2 CRB - Crown Bay CRB - Galileo @@ -303,12 +304,12 @@ Offset Description Controlling config 000000 descriptor.bin Hard-coded to 0 in ifdtool 001000 me.bin Set by the descriptor 500000 <spare> +6ef000 Environment CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET 6f0000 MRC cache CONFIG_ENABLE_MRC_CACHE 700000 u-boot-dtb.bin CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE 790000 vga.bin CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_ADDR 7c0000 fsp.bin CONFIG_FSP_ADDR 7f8000 <spare> (depends on size of fsp.bin) -7fe000 Environment CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET 7ff800 U-Boot 16-bit boot CONFIG_SYS_X86_START16 Overall ROM image size is controlled by CONFIG_ROM_SIZE. @@ -412,18 +413,19 @@ If you want to check both consoles, use '-serial stdio'. Multicore is also supported by QEMU via '-smp n' where n is the number of cores to instantiate. Note, the maximum supported CPU number in QEMU is 255. -The fw_cfg interface in QEMU also provides information about kernel data, initrd, -command-line arguments and more. U-Boot supports directly accessing these informtion -from fw_cfg interface, this saves the time of loading them from hard disk or -network again, through emulated devices. To use it , simply providing them in -QEMU command line: +The fw_cfg interface in QEMU also provides information about kernel data, +initrd, command-line arguments and more. U-Boot supports directly accessing +these informtion from fw_cfg interface, which saves the time of loading them +from hard disk or network again, through emulated devices. To use it , simply +providing them in QEMU command line: $ qemu-system-i386 -nographic -bios path/to/u-boot.rom -m 1024 -kernel /path/to/bzImage -append 'root=/dev/ram console=ttyS0' -initrd /path/to/initrd -smp 8 Note: -initrd and -smp are both optional -Then start QEMU, in U-Boot command line use the following U-Boot command to setup kernel: +Then start QEMU, in U-Boot command line use the following U-Boot command to +setup kernel: => qfw qfw - QEMU firmware interface @@ -437,8 +439,8 @@ qfw <command> => qfw load loading kernel to address 01000000 size 5d9d30 initrd 04000000 size 1b1ab50 -Here the kernel (bzImage) is loaded to 01000000 and initrd is to 04000000. Then, 'zboot' -can be used to boot the kernel: +Here the kernel (bzImage) is loaded to 01000000 and initrd is to 04000000. Then, +'zboot' can be used to boot the kernel: => zboot 02000000 - 04000000 1b1ab50 @@ -490,8 +492,8 @@ Booting Ubuntu -------------- As an example of how to set up your boot flow with U-Boot, here are instructions for starting Ubuntu from U-Boot. These instructions have been -tested on Minnowboard MAX with a SATA driver but are equally applicable on -other platforms and other media. There are really only four steps and its a +tested on Minnowboard MAX with a SATA drive but are equally applicable on +other platforms and other media. There are really only four steps and it's a very simple script, but a more detailed explanation is provided here for completeness. @@ -499,7 +501,7 @@ Note: It is possible to set up U-Boot to boot automatically using syslinux. It could also use the grub.cfg file (/efi/ubuntu/grub.cfg) to obtain the GUID. If you figure these out, please post patches to this README. -Firstly, you will need Ubunutu installed on an available disk. It should be +Firstly, you will need Ubuntu installed on an available disk. It should be possible to make U-Boot start a USB start-up disk but for now let's assume that you used another boot loader to install Ubuntu. @@ -659,7 +661,7 @@ U-Boot: Loading bzImage at address 100000 (5805728 bytes) Magic signature found Initial RAM disk at linear address 0x04000000, size 19215259 bytes - Kernel command line: "console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/disk/by-partuuid/965c59ee-1822-4326-90d2-b02446050059 ro" + Kernel command line: "root=/dev/disk/by-partuuid/965c59ee-1822-4326-90d2-b02446050059 ro" Starting kernel ... @@ -679,13 +681,14 @@ above commands into a script since then it will be faster. 240,329 ahci 1,422,704 vesa display -Now the kernel actually starts: +Now the kernel actually starts: (if you want to examine kernel boot up message +on the serial console, append "console=ttyS0,115200" to the kernel command line) [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.13.0-58-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ) #97-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 8 02:56:15 UTC 2015 (Ubuntu 3.13.0-58.97-generic 3.13.11-ckt22) - [ 0.000000] Command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/disk/by-partuuid/965c59ee-1822-4326-90d2-b02446050059 ro + [ 0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/disk/by-partuuid/965c59ee-1822-4326-90d2-b02446050059 ro console=ttyS0,115200 It continues for a long time. Along the way you will see it pick up your ramdisk: @@ -736,14 +739,6 @@ If you want to put this in a script you can use something like this: The \ is to tell the shell not to evaluate ${filesize} as part of the setenv command. -You will also need to add this to your board configuration file, e.g. -include/configs/minnowmax.h: - - #define CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 2 - -Now when you reset your board it wait a few seconds (in case you want to -interrupt) and then should boot straight into Ubuntu. - You can also bake this behaviour into your build by hard-coding the environment variables if you add this to minnowmax.h: @@ -812,6 +807,30 @@ to install/boot a Windows XP OS (below for example command to install Windows). This is also tested on Intel Crown Bay board with a PCIe graphics card, booting SeaBIOS then chain-loading a GRUB on a USB drive, then Linux kernel finally. +If you are using Intel Integrated Graphics Device (IGD) as the primary display +device on your board, SeaBIOS needs to be patched manually to get its VGA ROM +loaded and run by SeaBIOS. SeaBIOS locates VGA ROM via the PCI expansion ROM +register, but IGD device does not have its VGA ROM mapped by this register. +Its VGA ROM is packaged as part of u-boot.rom at a configurable flash address +which is unknown to SeaBIOS. An example patch is needed for SeaBIOS below: + +diff --git a/src/optionroms.c b/src/optionroms.c +index 65f7fe0..c7b6f5e 100644 +--- a/src/optionroms.c ++++ b/src/optionroms.c +@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ init_pcirom(struct pci_device *pci, int isvga, u64 *sources) + rom = deploy_romfile(file); + else if (RunPCIroms > 1 || (RunPCIroms == 1 && isvga)) + rom = map_pcirom(pci); ++ if (pci->bdf == pci_to_bdf(0, 2, 0)) ++ rom = (struct rom_header *)0xfff90000; + if (! rom) + // No ROM present. + return; + +Note: the patch above expects IGD device is at PCI b.d.f 0.2.0 and its VGA ROM +is at 0xfff90000 which corresponds to CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_ADDR on Minnowboard MAX. +Change these two accordingly if this is not the case on your board. Development Flow ---------------- @@ -963,12 +982,62 @@ transformations. Remember to add attribution to coreboot for new files added to U-Boot. This should go at the top of each file and list the coreboot filename where the code originated. +Debugging ACPI issues with Windows: + +Windows might cache system information and only detect ACPI changes if you +modify the ACPI table versions. So tweak them liberally when debugging ACPI +issues with Windows. + +ACPI Support Status +------------------- +Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) [16] aims to establish +industry-standard interfaces enabling OS-directed configuration, power +management, and thermal management of mobile, desktop, and server platforms. + +Linux can boot without ACPI with "acpi=off" command line parameter, but +with ACPI the kernel gains the capabilities to handle power management. +For Windows, ACPI is a must-have firmware feature since Windows Vista. +CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE is the config option to turn on ACPI support in +U-Boot. This requires Intel ACPI compiler to be installed on your host to +compile ACPI DSDT table written in ASL format to AML format. You can get +the compiler via "apt-get install iasl" if you are on Ubuntu or download +the source from [17] to compile one by yourself. + +Current ACPI support in U-Boot is not complete. More features will be added +in the future. The status as of today is: + + * Support generating RSDT, XSDT, FACS, FADT, MADT, MCFG tables. + * Support one static DSDT table only, compiled by Intel ACPI compiler. + * Support S0/S5, reboot and shutdown from OS. + * Support booting a pre-installed Ubuntu distribution via 'zboot' command. + * Support installing and booting Ubuntu 14.04 (or above) from U-Boot with + the help of SeaBIOS using legacy interface (non-UEFI mode). + * Support installing and booting Windows 8.1/10 from U-Boot with the help + of SeaBIOS using legacy interface (non-UEFI mode). + * Support ACPI interrupts with SCI only. + +Features not supported so far (to make it a complete ACPI solution): + * S3 (Suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to Disk). + +Features that are optional: + * ACPI global NVS support. We may need it to simplify ASL code logic if + utilizing NVS variables. Most likely we will need this sooner or later. + * Dynamic AML bytecodes insertion at run-time. We may need this to support + SSDT table generation and DSDT fix up. + * SMI support. Since U-Boot is a modern bootloader, we don't want to bring + those legacy stuff into U-Boot. ACPI spec allows a system that does not + support SMI (a legacy-free system). + +So far ACPI is enabled on BayTrail based boards. Testing was done by booting +a pre-installed Ubuntu 14.04 from a SATA drive. Installing Ubuntu 14.04 and +Windows 8.1/10 to a SATA drive and booting from there is also tested. Most +devices seem to work correctly and the board can respond a reboot/shutdown +command from the OS. TODO List --------- - Audio - Chrome OS verified boot -- SMI and ACPI support, to provide platform info and facilities to Linux References ---------- @@ -987,3 +1056,5 @@ References [13] http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/elce-2014.pdf [14] http://www.seabios.org/SeaBIOS [15] doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/intel,irq-router.txt +[16] http://www.acpi.info +[17] https://www.acpica.org/downloads diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/intel,irq-router.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/intel,irq-router.txt index e4d8ead..04ad346 100644 --- a/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/intel,irq-router.txt +++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/misc/intel,irq-router.txt @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Required properties : "ibase": IRQ routing is in the memory-mapped IBASE register block - intel,ibase-offset : IBASE register offset in the interrupt router's PCI configuration space, required only if intel,pirq-config = "ibase". +- intel,actl-8bit : If ACTL (ACPI control) register width is 8-bit, this must + be specified. The 8-bit ACTL register is seen on ICH series chipset, like + ICH9/Panther Point/etc. On Atom chipset it is a 32-bit register. +- intel,actl-addr : ACTL (ACPI control) register offset. ACTL can be either + in the interrupt router's PCI configuration space, or IBASE. - intel,pirq-link : Specifies the PIRQ link information with two cells. The first cell is the register offset that controls the first PIRQ link routing. The second cell is the total number of PIRQ links the router supports. |