Steps to flash Aquantia Ethernet-PHYs firmware from U-Boot

What you will find here:

• Software to program PHY firmware aq_programming_xxx.bin

• Ethernet-phy firmware binary (.cld files)

• Steps to upgrade

For a list of available ethernet-phy firmware files, check out the below table.

Board type	PHY model	Firmware version	System interface	Filename
LX2160A-RDB	AQR107	v3.5.E	XFI	AQR-G2_v3.5.E-AQR_Freescale_LX2RDB-XFI_ID24377_VER965.cld
		v3.5.E	USXGMII	AQR-G2_v3.5.E-AQR_Freescale_LX2RDB-USXGMII_ID24109_VER965.cld
LX2160A-QDS	AQR405	v2.C.8	XFI	AQ28nm_v2.C.8-AQR_Freescale_LX2QDS-XFI_ID24724_VER1019.cld
		v2.C.8	USXGMII	AQR405:AQ28nm_v2.C.8-AQR_Freescale_LX2QDS-USXGMII_ID24191_VER997.cld
T2080	AQ1202	v1.37.10		Firmware_1.37.10_011014_Freescale_T2080PCIe.cld
T1024-RDB	AQR105	v2.0.B3	2.5G SGMII	AQ28nm-FW_2.0.B3_Freescale_T1024RDB_120514.cld
		v2.0.B9	XFI	AQ28nm-FW_2.0.B9_Freescale_T1024RDB_012115.cld
LS1028A-QDS	AQR112	v4.3.C		AQR-G3_v4.3.C-AQR_NXP_SPF-30842_ID24155_VER1198.cld
	AQR412C	v4.3.C		AQR-G3_v4.3.C-AQR_NXP_SPF-30841_MUSX_ID40019_VER1198.cld
LA9358-RDB	AQR112C	v4.4.2	1G/2.5G SGMII	AQR-G3_v4.4.2-AQR_NXP_2500BX_ID44398_VER1511.cld
LA1224-RDB	AQR113C	v5.4.6	USXGMII	AQR-G4_v5.4.6-AQR_NXP_Bonnyrigg_ID44428_VER1533.cld

Aquantia Firmware Flashing utility

There are different aq_programming binaries working with specific U-boot versions. The ones based on ATF (ARM Trusted Firmware) are different than the older ones based on PPA. Please find below a list of applications that must be used along with a U-boot/LSDK release.

LSDK version	U-boot type	Filename
1909	TFA	aq_programming_atf_lsdk1909.bin
1906	TFA	aq_programming_atf_lsdk1906.bin
1903	TFA	aq_programming_atf_lsdk1903.bin
Older	PPA	aq_programming_ppa.bin

Steps to flash firmware on RDB board

1. Download the proper aq_programming and ethernet-phy firmware to TFTP location or storage media.

2. Check MACs connected to an Aquantia PHY (example on LX2160A-RDB; notice that there are two phys)

   => mdio list

   FSL_MDIO0:

   0 - Cortina CS4223 <--> DPMAC2@xlaui4

   1 - AR8035 <--> DPMAC17@rgmii-id

   2 - AR8035 <--> DPMAC18@rgmii-id

   4 - Aquantia AQR107 <--> DPMAC3@xgmii

   5 - Aquantia AQR107 <--> DPMAC4@xgmii*

3. Execute aq_programming_xxx.bin to flash ethernet-phy firmware (aq_programming_atf_lsdk1906.bin is used in the following example)

   The usage is the following: go 0x80300000 <ETHDEV_NAME> <firmware_address> <firmware_size>

   Below are two examples on how to flash firmware on a LX2160A-RDB board on both PHYs.

   USB example:

   mdio list;

   usb start;

   fatload usb 0:1 0x80300000 aq_programming_atf_lsdk1906.bin;

   fatload usb 0:1 0x82000000 AQR-G2_v3.5.E-AQR_Freescale_LX2RDB-XFI_ID24377_VER965.cld;

   go 0x80300000 DPMAC3@xgmii 0x82000000 $filesize;

   go 0x80300000 DPMAC4@xgmii 0x82000000 $filesize;

   TFTP example:

   mdio list;

   tftp 0x80300000 aq_programming_atf_lsdk1906.bin;

   tftp 0x82000000 AQR-G2_v3.5.E-AQR_Freescale_LX2RDB-XFI_ID24377_VER965.cld;

   go 0x80300000 DPMAC3@xgmii 0x82000000 $filesize;

   go 0x80300000 DPMAC4@xgmii 0x82000000 $filesize;

4. Notes

   • LSDK 19.09 version supports a new mode where bus name and phy address can be specified instead of ethernet name:

     go 0x80300000 <BUS_NAME> <PHY_ADDR> <Firmware_address> <Firmware_size>

   • The LX2160A-RDB boards are shipped with USXGMII firmware.