new packages: atfirmware and scpfirmware

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Joao Pinto

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2016-10-14 15:18 UTC #0 lore raw

v3 cover new packages: atfirmware and scpfirmware

This patch adds to buildroot an important package for ARM64 based development
boards: The ARM Trusted Firmware (atfirmware).
It also adds the scpfirmware which is a hidden package to get the System Control Processor (SCP) binary to be included in the bootloader (fip image), which is a requirement for ARM Juno's board. With this 2 packages, Juno gets fully supported in the Buildroot.

Tested-by Liviu Dudau <[email protected]>

Joao Pinto (3):
new package: atfirmware
new package: scpfirmware
configs: add u-boot and atfirmware options to juno

 board/arm/juno/readme.txt       | 21 ++++++++--
 boot/Config.in                  |  2 +
 boot/atfirmware/Config.in       | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.hash |  5 +++
 boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.mk   | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 boot/scpfirmware/Config.in      | 23 +++++++++++
 boot/scpfirmware/scpfirmware.mk | 18 +++++++++
 configs/arm_juno_defconfig      |  9 +++++
 8 files changed, 230 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 boot/atfirmware/Config.in
 create mode 100644 boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.hash
 create mode 100644 boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.mk
 create mode 100644 boot/scpfirmware/Config.in
 create mode 100644 boot/scpfirmware/scpfirmware.mk

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1.8.1.5

Joao Pinto

author

2016-10-14 15:18 UTC #1 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/3 new package: atfirmware

Signed-off-by Joao Pinto <[email protected]>

---
 boot/Config.in                  |  1 +
 boot/atfirmware/Config.in       | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.hash |  5 +++
 boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.mk   | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 161 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 boot/atfirmware/Config.in
 create mode 100644 boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.hash
 create mode 100644 boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.mk

boot/Config.in +1 -0

index 54760b9..ce0b50a 100644
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ menu "Bootloaders"
 source "boot/at91bootstrap/Config.in"
 source "boot/at91bootstrap3/Config.in"
 source "boot/at91dataflashboot/Config.in"
+source "boot/atfirmware/Config.in"
 source "boot/barebox/Config.in"
 source "boot/boot-wrapper-aarch64/Config.in"
 source "boot/grub/Config.in"

boot/atfirmware/Config.in new file +70 -0

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boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.hash new file +5 -0

new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05a90c7
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# From https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/archive/v1.2.tar.gz
+# Locally calculated
+sha256 fac2c08bd74337fec2e14a98fc9f748f atfirmware-v1.2.tar.gz
+md5 fac2c08bd74337fec2e14a98fc9f748f atfirmware-v1.2.tar.gz
+

boot/atfirmware/atfirmware.mk new file +85 -0

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1.8.1.5

Joao Pinto

author

2016-10-14 15:18 UTC #2 lore raw

PATCH v3 2/3 new package: scpfirmware

In reply to Joao Pinto

Signed-off-by Joao Pinto <[email protected]>

---
 boot/Config.in                  |  1 +
 boot/scpfirmware/Config.in      | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 boot/scpfirmware/scpfirmware.mk | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 boot/scpfirmware/Config.in
 create mode 100644 boot/scpfirmware/scpfirmware.mk

boot/Config.in +1 -0

index ce0b50a..246d6a1 100644
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ source "boot/gummiboot/Config.in"
 source "boot/lpc32xxcdl/Config.in"
 source "boot/mxs-bootlets/Config.in"
 source "boot/syslinux/Config.in"
+source "boot/scpfirmware/Config.in"
 source "boot/uboot/Config.in"
 source "boot/xloader/Config.in"

boot/scpfirmware/Config.in new file +23 -0

new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2acc24
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+config BR2_TARGET_SCPFIRMWARE
+	bool
+	depends on BR2_aarch64
+
+if BR2_TARGET_SCPFIRMWARE
+
+config BR2_TARGET_SCPFIRMWARE_VERSION
+	string
+	default BR2_TARGET_SCPFIRMWARE_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION
+
+config BR2_TARGET_SCPFIRMWARE_CUSTOM_GIT
+	bool
+	default "y"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_SCPFIRMWARE_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL
+	string
+	default "https://git.linaro.org/arm/vexpress-firmware.git"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_SCPFIRMWARE_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION
+	string
+	default "901f81977c3b367a2e0bf3d6444be302822d97a3"
+
+endif

boot/scpfirmware/scpfirmware.mk new file +18 -0

new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0508a21
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# System Control Processor (SCP) Firmware
+#
+################################################################################
+
+SCPFIRMWARE_VERSION = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_SCPFIRMWARE_VERSION))
+SCPFIRMWARE_SITE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_SCPFIRMWARE_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL))
+SCPFIRMWARE_SITE_METHOD = git
+
+SCPFIRMWARE_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
+
+define SCPFIRMWARE_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
+	mv $(@D)/SOFTWARE/bl30.bin $(@D)/SOFTWARE/scp-fw.bin ;	\
+	cp -dpf $(@D)/SOFTWARE/scp-fw.bin $(BINARIES_DIR)/ ;
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))

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1.8.1.5

Joao Pinto

author

2016-10-14 15:18 UTC #3 lore raw

PATCH v3 3/3 configs: add u-boot and atfirmware options to juno

In reply to Joao Pinto

Signed-off-by Joao Pinto <[email protected]>

---
 board/arm/juno/readme.txt  | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 configs/arm_juno_defconfig |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

board/arm/juno/readme.txt +18 -3

index 52fabf9..2a2af55 100644
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ These instructions apply to all models of the ARM Juno:
   - Juno r0 (does not support PCIe)
   - Juno r1 (supports PCIe)
 
-Buildroot will generate the kernel image, device tree blob and a
-minimal root filesystem.
+Buildroot will generate the kernel image, device tree blob, bootloader binaries
+and a minimal root filesystem.
 
 How to build it
 ===============

@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@ After building, you should obtain this tree:
     +-- juno.dtb (if Juno r0 is used)
     +-- juno-r1.dtb (if Juno r1 is used)
     +-- Image
+    +-- bl1.bin
+    +-- bl2.bin
+    +-- bl2u.bin
+    +-- bl31.bin
+    +-- fip.bin
+    +-- scp-fw.bin
+    +-- u-boot.bin
+
+Preparing your rootfs
+======================
+
+Format your pen drive as a ext3 filesystem by executing:
+
+   $ mkfs.ext3 /dev/<your device>
 
 Preparing your rootfs
 ======================

@@ -98,7 +112,8 @@ Installing kernel image and DTB
 3. Open the software/ folder
 4. Copy the 'Image' file to software/
 5. Copy the 'juno-r1.dtb' (r1) or the 'juno.dtb' (r0) file to software/
-6. Press the red button in the front pannel of ARM Juno
+6. Copy the bootloader binaries (bl1.bin and fip.bin) to software/
+7. Press the red button in the front pannel of ARM Juno
 
 At this time, the board will erase the Flash entry for each new item and
 replace it with the lastest ones.

configs/arm_juno_defconfig +9 -0

index 87b6374..778661e 100644
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/arm/juno/linux-juno-defconfig"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="arm/juno arm/juno-r1"
+BR2_TARGET_ATFIRMWARE=y
+BR2_TARGET_ATFIRMWARE_CUSTOM_GIT=y
+BR2_TARGET_ATFIRMWARE_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL="https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware.git"
+BR2_TARGET_ATFIRMWARE_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION="v1.2"
+BR2_TARGET_ATFIRMWARE_PLATFORM="juno"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARDNAME="vexpress_aemv8a_juno"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2016.03"

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1.8.1.5

Thomas Petazzoni

2016-10-15 08:08 UTC #4 lore raw

v3 cover new packages: atfirmware and scpfirmware

In reply to Joao Pinto

Hello,

Quoted 8 lines · Joao Pinto

This patch adds to buildroot an important package for ARM64 based development
boards: The ARM Trusted Firmware (atfirmware).
It also adds the scpfirmware which is a hidden package to get the System Control Processor (SCP) binary to be included in the bootloader (fip image), which is a requirement for ARM Juno's board. With this 2 packages, Juno gets fully supported in the Buildroot.
Tested-by Liviu Dudau <[email protected]>

I sent a new iteration of your patches, see
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2016-October/174316.html.
Sorry I forgot to Cc you on this.

Best regards,

Thomas

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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com