Re: [PATCH] Add new command fs2bridge for socfpga

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2017-07-27 20:49 GMT+02:00 Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Mabcded Babcde
> <thepusherpushes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> this patch adds a new command to barebox. It is used to enable or
>> disable the fpga-to-sdram bridges on socfpgas. The patch is based on a
>> manual from altera
>> (https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/embedded/2016/how-and-when-can-i-enable-the-fpga2sdram-bridge-on-cyclone-v-soc.html)
>> and a implementation for u-boot
>> (https://github.com/rogerq/u-boot/blob/master/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/misc.c).
>> The fpga2sdram fpga configuration can only be set when the SDRAM
>> interface is idle. So it is necessary to use the on-chip ram.
>
> And by "on-chip ram" you mean i-cache and not SRAM block used by first
> stage bootloader, correct? I am just a bit confused by the wording.
>

Sorry, my fault. I meant i-cache.

>> To bring all fpga2sdram bridges out of reset it is necessary to write 0x3FFF to
>> the register. Only the fpga2sdram bridges are enabled or disabled but
>> no other bridges like the axi bridges.
>
> Linux kernel already has:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/altera-fpga2sdram-bridge.txt?h=v4.13-rc2
>
> so, IMHO, it would be better to implement  a compatible driver and, if
> ability to change the value at run-time is needed, add "enable"
> property to it rather than introducing a separate command.
>

But how can I ensure that the SDRAM is idle? I quote Altera:
"First time enabling of the FPGA2SDRAM bridge within Linux is not
supported as the SDRAM subsystem cannot be easily put into a
guaranteed idle state."


>> I'm a beginner to embedded and
>> open-source software. This is the reason why I don't know to which
>> branch I have to push this patch and I don't know which license should
>> be applied here because I used some code from another source (see
>> above GPL License / Altera). Nevertheless I would be happy to
>> contribute to Barebox.
>> Thanks, Mathieu
>>
>>
>> ---
>
> Just in case you didn't know this already, text below this line will
> be ignored when the patch is applied, so this is a great place to put
> some technical or personal notes that might not necessarily belong to
> the commit message.
>

Thanks!

>
>>  commands/Kconfig     |  7 ++++
>>  commands/Makefile    |  1 +
>>  commands/f2sbridge.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 100 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 commands/f2sbridge.c
>>
>> diff --git a/commands/Kconfig b/commands/Kconfig
>> index ae2dc4b..328ab1b 100644
>> --- a/commands/Kconfig
>> +++ b/commands/Kconfig
>> @@ -2127,6 +2127,13 @@ config CMD_SEED
>>      help
>>        Seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG)
>>
>> +config CMD_F2SBRIDGE
>> +    bool
>> +    depends on ARCH_SOCFPGA
>> +    prompt "f2sbridge"
>> +    help
>> +      Enables or disables the fpga2sdram bridge
>> +
>>  # end Miscellaneous commands
>>  endmenu
>>
>> diff --git a/commands/Makefile b/commands/Makefile
>> index 37486dc..2006bca 100644
>> --- a/commands/Makefile
>> +++ b/commands/Makefile
>> @@ -123,3 +123,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_SPD_DECODE)    += spd_decode.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_MMC_EXTCSD)    += mmc_extcsd.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_NAND_BITFLIP)    += nand-bitflip.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_SEED)        += seed.o
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_F2SBRIDGE)    += f2sbridge.o
>> diff --git a/commands/f2sbridge.c b/commands/f2sbridge.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..8d3bbcc
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/commands/f2sbridge.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
>> +/*
>> + *  Copyright (C) ???
>
> Maybe:
>
> Copyright (C) 2017 Your Name
>
> Based on the code form U-Boot
>
>  Copyright (C) Year, Altera
>
> ?

Thanks!

>
>> + *
>> + * SPDX-License-Identifier:    GPL-2.0+
>> + */
>> +
>> +
>> +#include <common.h>
>> +#include <io.h>
>> +#include <command.h>
>> +
>> +#define SOCFPGA_SYSMGR_ADDRESS    0xFFD08000
>> +#define SOCFPGA_SDR_ADDRESS    0xFFC20000
>> +
>> +#define SDR_CTRLGRP_FPGAPORTRST_ADDRESS    0x5080
>> +#define SDR_CTRLGRP_STATICCFG_ADDRESS    0x505C
>> +#define SDR_CTRLGRP_STATICCFG_APPLYCFG_MASK    0x00000008
>> +
>> +#define SYSMGR_FPGAINTF_MODULE    (SOCFPGA_SYSMGR_ADDRESS + 0x28)
>> +
>> +
>> +static void socfpga_sdram_apply_staticcfg(void)
>> +{
>> +    const uint32_t staticcfg = SOCFPGA_SDR_ADDRESS +
>> SDR_CTRLGRP_STATICCFG_ADDRESS;
>> +    const uint32_t applymask = SDR_CTRLGRP_STATICCFG_APPLYCFG_MASK;
>> +    uint32_t val = readl(staticcfg) | applymask;
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * SDRAM staticcfg register specific:
>> +     * When applying the register setting, the CPU must not access
>> +     * SDRAM. Luckily for us, we can abuse i-cache here to help us
>> +     * circumvent the SDRAM access issue. The idea is to make sure
>> +     * that the code is in one full i-cache line by branching past
>> +     * it and back. Once it is in the i-cache, we execute the core
>> +     * of the code and apply the register settings.
>> +     *
>> +     * The code below uses 7 instructions, while the Cortex-A9 has
>> +     * 32-byte cachelines, thus the limit is 8 instructions total.
>> +     */
>> +    asm volatile(
>> +        ".align    5            \n"
>> +        "    b    2f        \n"
>> +        "1:    str    %0,    [%1]    \n"
>> +        "    dsb            \n"
>> +        "    isb            \n"
>> +        "    b    3f        \n"
>> +        "2:    b    1b        \n"
>> +        "3:    nop            \n"
>> +    : : "r"(val), "r"(staticcfg) : "memory", "cc");
>> +}
>> +
>> +
>> +int do_f2sbridge(int argc, char *argv[])
>> +{
>> +    if (argc != 2)
>> +        return COMMAND_ERROR_USAGE;
>> +
>> +    switch (*argv[1]) {
>> +    case 'e':    // Enable
>> +        // hps peripheral controller to fpga
>> +        iowrite32(0, SYSMGR_FPGAINTF_MODULE);
>
> You use readl() above but iowrite32() (as opposed to writel()) here,
> is that on purpose?

That was a mistake. I changed it to ioread32.

>
> Thank you for the contribution!
>
> Andrey Smirnov

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