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diff --git a/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst b/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst index 80538422a1..b2dea54eed 100644 --- a/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst +++ b/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst @@ -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 @@ -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 : |