x86: Add a README.x86 for U-Boot on x86 support
Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> (Use 'Link' as the name for the Chromebook Pixel consistently) Change-Id: I158c88653978ff212334f6d4ffeaf49fa81baefe
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# Copyright (C) 2014, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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# Copyright (C) 2014, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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#
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U-Boot on x86
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=============
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This document describes the information about U-Boot running on x86 targets,
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including supported boards, build instructions, todo list, etc.
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Status
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U-Boot supports running as a coreboot [1] payload on x86. So far only Link
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(Chromebook Pixel) has been tested, but it should work with minimal adjustments
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on other x86 boards since coreboot deals with most of the low-level details.
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U-Boot also supports booting directly from x86 reset vector without coreboot,
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aka raw support or bare support. Currently Link and Intel Crown Bay board
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support running U-Boot 'bare metal'.
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As for loading OS, U-Boot supports directly booting a 32-bit or 64-bit Linux
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kernel as part of a FIT image. It also supports a compressed zImage.
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Build Instructions
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Building U-Boot as a coreboot payload is just like building U-Boot for targets
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on other architectures, like below:
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$ make coreboot-x86_defconfig
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$ make all
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Building ROM version of U-Boot (hereafter referred to as u-boot.rom) is a
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little bit tricky, as generally it requires several binary blobs which are not
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shipped in the U-Boot source tree. Due to this reason, the u-boot.rom build is
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not turned on by default in the U-Boot source tree. Firstly, you need turn it
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on by uncommenting the following line in the main U-Boot Makefile:
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# ALL-$(CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR) += u-boot.rom
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Link-specific instructions:
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First, you need the following binary blobs:
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* descriptor.bin - Intel flash descriptor
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* me.bin - Intel Management Engine
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* mrc.bin - Memory Reference Code, which sets up SDRAM
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* video ROM - sets up the display
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You can get these binary blobs by:
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$ git clone http://review.coreboot.org/p/blobs.git
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$ cd blobs
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Find the following files:
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* ./mainboard/google/link/descriptor.bin
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* ./mainboard/google/link/me.bin
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* ./northbridge/intel/sandybridge/systemagent-ivybridge.bin
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The 3rd one should be renamed to mrc.bin.
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As for the video ROM, you can get it here [2].
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Make sure all these binary blobs are put in the board directory.
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Now you can build U-Boot and obtain u-boot.rom:
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$ make chromebook_link_defconfig
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$ make all
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Intel Crown Bay specific instructions:
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U-Boot support of Intel Crown Bay board [3] relies on a binary blob called
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Firmware Support Package [4] to perform all the necessary initialization steps
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as documented in the BIOS Writer Guide, including initialization of the CPU,
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memory controller, chipset and certain bus interfaces.
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Download the Intel FSP for Atom E6xx series and Platform Controller Hub EG20T,
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install it on your host and locate the FSP binary blob. Note this platform
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also requires a Chipset Micro Code (CMC) state machine binary to be present in
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the SPI flash where u-boot.rom resides, and this CMC binary blob can be found
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in this FSP package too.
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* ./FSP/QUEENSBAY_FSP_GOLD_001_20-DECEMBER-2013.fd
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* ./Microcode/C0_22211.BIN
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Rename the first one to fsp.bin and second one to cmc.bin and put them in the
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board directory.
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Now you can build U-Boot and obtaim u-boot.rom
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$ make crownbay_defconfig
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$ make all
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CPU Microcode
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Modern CPU usually requires a special bit stream called microcode [5] to be
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loaded on the processor after power up in order to function properly. U-Boot
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has already integrated these as hex dumps in the source tree.
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Driver Model
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x86 has been converted to use driver model for serial and GPIO.
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Device Tree
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x86 uses device tree to configure the board thus requires CONFIG_OF_CONTROL to
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be turned on. Not every device on the board is configured via devie tree, but
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more and more devices will be added as time goes by. Check out the directory
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arch/x86/dts/ for these device tree source files.
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TODO List
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- MTRR support (for performance)
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- Audio
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- Chrome OS verified boot
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- SMI and ACPI support, to provide platform info and facilities to Linux
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References
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[1] http://www.coreboot.org
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[2] http://www.coreboot.org/~stepan/pci8086,0166.rom
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[3] http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/design-tools/evaluation-platforms/atom-e660-eg20t-development-kit.html
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[4] http://www.intel.com/fsp
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[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode
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