Re: U-Boot for HoneyComb LX2

Dmitry Salychev <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers,gmane.os.freebsd.devel.arm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Bjoern,

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 01:22:57PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> On 31 May 2021, at 12:33, Dmitry Salychev wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > I'm working on three ports to compile BL2, BL31, BL32 and BL33
> > (u-boot)
> > bootloaders for HoneyComb LX2 in FreeBSD. They're based on what NXP
> > shared in
> > their Layerscape SDK and patches from SolidRun [1].
> >
> > I've managed to compile Reset Configuration Word (rcw), u-boot and ARM
> > trusted
> > firmware (atf) and write them to one of the existing images shared by
> > SolidRun [2].
> >
> > However, my HoneyComb LX2 is on a way to me and this is why I cannot
> > try to
> > boot the resulted image on my own. I'm really interested how far it'll
> > go, but
> > I don't expect anything beyond u-boot. Could somebody who has
> > HoneyComb do me
> > a favor and try to boot that image of mine? It should work with
> > DDR4-3200
> > only:
> >
> > 	ftp://mcusim.org/ftp/lx2160acex7_2000_700_3200_8_5_2-2fff64e_changed_bld.img.xz
> >
> > If you want to take a look at the sysutils/rcw-lx2160acex7,
> > sysutils/u-boot-lx2160acex7 and sysutils/atf-lx2160acex7, here is the
> > link:
> >
> > 	https://github.com/mcusim/freebsd-ports
>
> That’s great news!  I might give it a try.
>
> I’ve got a local tree (on Jan 2021, needs updating to latest and
> re-test before
> submit) for the uEFI firmware (not u-boot).
>
> /bz

You could try to boot SolidRun's own from SD card first:

lx2160acex7_2000_700_3200_8_5_2-2fff64e.img.xz

and see how it'll work and mine after. I wonder whether there'll be any
difference or not.

Regards,
Dmitry
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