Table of Contents
U-Boot
On this page i try to summarize the information i collected across my boards… it needs a bit of time to add all into this page…
My U-Boot source (with prebuilt binaries in releases):
board specific pages
my u-boot have builtin environment created by the uEnv_r*.txt which can be overridden by an uEnv.txt file when kernel-files (r2/r64: bananapi/bpi-r*/linux, all others in root) are located on mmc BPI-BOOT partition.
load/write data
listing files (mmc=subsystem, 0=device, 5=partition, folder optional):
ls mmc 0:5 folder
basicly load works from fat partitions with the following syntax (ext4 should work too, but with ext4load)…
loading files (mmc=subsystem, 0=device, 5=partition):
fatload mmc 0:5 $loadaddr filename
most complete page for writing to a device (including nand/nor) is BPI-R3
mmc
all BPI-Router boards (R3+R4 have only 1 mmc controller so it is based on hardware switches which is available)
U-Boot> mmc list mmc@11230000: 0 (eMMC) mmc@11240000: 1 (SD) #set mmc-device U-Boot> mmc dev 1 #read current device U-Boot> mmc dev switch to partitions #0, OK mmc1 is current device U-Boot> mmcinfo Device: mmc@11240000 Manufacturer ID: 1b OEM: 534d Name: 00000 Bus Speed: 50000000 Mode : SD High Speed (50MHz) Rd Block Len: 512 SD version 2.0 High Capacity: Yes Capacity: 7.6 GiB Bus Width: 4-bit Erase Group Size: 512 Bytes ls mmc 0:1
loading files (0=device, 5=partition):
fatload mmc 0:5 $loadaddr filename
eMMC
#partitionconfig #mmc partconf dev [boot_ack boot_partition partition_access] # - Show or change the bits of the PARTITION_CONFIG field of the specified device #example for mode 0x48 (needed for emmc-boot on bpi-r2) U-Boot> mmc partconf 0 EXT_CSD[179], PARTITION_CONFIG: BOOT_ACK: 0x1 BOOT_PARTITION_ENABLE: 0x1 PARTITION_ACCESS: 0x0 #set via U-Boot> mmc partconf 0 1 1 0
usb
all BPI-Router boards
BPI-R2> usb start
starting USB...
Bus usb@1a1c0000: hcd: 0x1a1c0000, ippc: 0x1a1c4700
u2p:1, u3p:1
Register 200010f NbrPorts 2
Starting the controller
USB XHCI 0.96
Bus usb@1a240000: hcd: 0x1a240000, ippc: 0x1a244700
u2p:1, u3p:1
Register 200010f NbrPorts 2
Starting the controller
USB XHCI 0.96
scanning bus usb@1a1c0000 for devices... 1 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus usb@1a240000 for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
scanning usb for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found
BPI-R2> usb tree
USB device tree:
1 Hub (5 Gb/s, 0mA)
U-Boot XHCI Host Controller
1 Hub (5 Gb/s, 0mA)
| U-Boot XHCI Host Controller
|
+-2 Mass Storage (480 Mb/s, 200mA)
USB Flash Disk 906B030002F4
BPI-R2> ls usb 0:1
efi/
4767728 kernel
1 file(s), 1 dir(s)
loading files:
fatload usb 0:1 $loadaddr filename
sata
BPI-R2,BPI-R64 (,BPI-R2Pro)
BPI-R2> pci enum
BPI-R2> pci 0
Scanning PCI devices on bus 0
BusDevFun VendorId DeviceId Device Class Sub-Class
_____________________________________________________________
00.00.00 0x14c3 0x0801 Bridge device 0x04
00.01.00 0x14c3 0x0801 Bridge device 0x04
BPI-R2> pci 1
Scanning PCI devices on bus 1
BusDevFun VendorId DeviceId Device Class Sub-Class
_____________________________________________________________
01.00.00 0x14c3 0x7612 Network controller 0x80
BPI-R2> pci 2
Scanning PCI devices on bus 2
BusDevFun VendorId DeviceId Device Class Sub-Class
_____________________________________________________________
02.00.00 0x1b21 0x0611 Mass storage controller 0x01
BPI-R2> scsi scan
scanning bus for devices...
SATA link 0 timeout.
Target spinup took 0 ms.
AHCI 0001.0200 32 slots 2 ports 6 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
flags: 64bit ncq stag led clo pmp pio slum part ccc sxs
Device 0: (1:0) Vendor: ATA Prod.: ST750LM022 HN-M7 Rev: 2AR1
Type: Hard Disk
Capacity: 715404.8 MB = 698.6 GB (1465149168 x 512)
BPI-R2> ls scsi 0:1
nvme
BPI-R3(mini), BPI-R4
BPI-R3M> pci enum
drivers/pci/pcie_mediatek_gen3.c:mtk_pcie_startup_port[261] detected a card
set trans table 0: 0x20000000 0x20000000, 0x10000000
BPI-R3M> nvme scan
BPI-R3M> nvme info
Device 0: Vendor: 0x1c5c Rev: 80002C00 Prod: ND94N163610404F0R
Type: Hard Disk
Capacity: 244198.3 MB = 238.4 GB (500118192 x 512)
BPI-R3M>
tftp
network support is basicly on all boards possible with my uboot
- r2pro only wan-port (mtk switch driver not compatible with rockchip mac driver in uboot, but wan is directly connected to RJ45 jack)
- r3mini only lan-port (only 1 phy can be defined)
- R3/R4 only RJ45 ethernet ports (no SFP)
printenv ipaddr
setenv ipaddr 192.168.0.19
tftp ${loadaddr} 192.168.0.10:bpi-router.itb
IP-adress of server (including the : ) can be omitted, if serverip is set correctly
booting
if the file is at $loadaddr you use it
uboot.bin
go $loadaddr
Kernel-Image
BPI-R2 (armhf) uses uImage with appended devicetree, all other boards are using FIT image
all can be booted with bootm, FIT have bootconfig where 1 can be set as default, so this is optional
bootm $loadaddr#config
available configs in a FIT can be obtained on host-linux with uboot-tools installed (or look in its file when kernel is self-compiled)
dumpimage -l bpi-r3.itb