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aspeed: Create flash devices only when defaults are enabled
When the -nodefaults option is set, flash devices should be created
with :

    -blockdev node-name=fmc0,driver=file,filename=./flash.img \
    -device mx66u51235f,cs=0x0,bus=ssi.0,drive=fmc0 \

To be noted that in this case, the ROM will not be installed and the
initial boot sequence (U-Boot loading) will fetch instructions using
SPI transactions which is significantly slower. That's exactly how HW
operates though.

Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
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35 changes: 29 additions & 6 deletions docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst
Expand Up @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ To boot a kernel directly from a Linux build tree:
-dtb arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-ast2600-evb.dtb \
-initrd rootfs.cpio
The image should be attached as an MTD drive. Run :
To boot the machine from the flash image, use an MTD drive :

.. code-block:: bash
Expand All @@ -117,23 +117,46 @@ Options specific to Aspeed machines are :
device by using the FMC controller to load the instructions, and
not simply from RAM. This takes a little longer.

* ``fmc-model`` to change the FMC Flash model. FW needs support for
the chip model to boot.
* ``fmc-model`` to change the default FMC Flash model. FW needs
support for the chip model to boot.

* ``spi-model`` to change the SPI Flash model.
* ``spi-model`` to change the default SPI Flash model.

* ``bmc-console`` to change the default console device. Most of the
machines use the ``UART5`` device for a boot console, which is
mapped on ``/dev/ttyS4`` under Linux, but it is not always the
case.

For instance, to start the ``ast2500-evb`` machine with a different
FMC chip and a bigger (64M) SPI chip, use :
To use other flash models, for instance a different FMC chip and a
bigger (64M) SPI for the ``ast2500-evb`` machine, run :

.. code-block:: bash
-M ast2500-evb,fmc-model=mx25l25635e,spi-model=mx66u51235f
When more flexibility is needed to define the flash devices, to use
different flash models or define all flash devices (up to 8), the
``-nodefaults`` QEMU option can be used to avoid creating the default
flash devices.

Flash devices should then be created from the command line and attached
to a block device :

.. code-block:: bash
$ qemu-system-arm -M ast2600-evb \
-blockdev node-name=fmc0,driver=file,filename=/path/to/fmc0.img \
-device mx66u51235f,bus=ssi.0,cs=0x0,drive=fmc0 \
-blockdev node-name=fmc1,driver=file,filename=/path/to/fmc1.img \
-device mx66u51235f,bus=ssi.0,cs=0x1,drive=fmc1 \
-blockdev node-name=spi1,driver=file,filename=/path/to/spi1.img \
-device mx66u51235f,cs=0x0,bus=ssi.1,drive=spi1 \
-nographic -nodefaults
In that case, the machine boots fetching instructions from the FMC0
device. It is slower to start but closer to what HW does. Using the
machine option ``execute-in-place`` has a similar effect.

To change the boot console and use device ``UART3`` (``/dev/ttyS2``
under Linux), use :

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions hw/arm/aspeed.c
Expand Up @@ -396,12 +396,14 @@ static void aspeed_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
connect_serial_hds_to_uarts(bmc);
qdev_realize(DEVICE(&bmc->soc), NULL, &error_abort);

aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.fmc,
if (defaults_enabled()) {
aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.fmc,
bmc->fmc_model ? bmc->fmc_model : amc->fmc_model,
amc->num_cs, 0);
aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.spi[0],
aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.spi[0],
bmc->spi_model ? bmc->spi_model : amc->spi_model,
1, amc->num_cs);
}

if (machine->kernel_filename && sc->num_cpus > 1) {
/* With no u-boot we must set up a boot stub for the secondary CPU */
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