Development tree for Cortex-A15?
Jemma Jones
jemmajones81 at yahoo.co.uk
Tue May 8 09:54:17 EDT 2012
> Subject: Re: Development tree for Cortex-A15?
>
> On 08/05/12 11:13, Jemma Jones wrote:
>>> Subject: Re: Development tree for Cortex-A15?
>>>> Any chance you can send me a .config file that works on the kernel
> in
>>> this
>>>> branch which runs on your A15x1 FastModel?
>>>
>>> Coming in a private email.
>>
>> I didn't seem to get anything?
>
> As far as I'm concerned, it was delivered:
>
> 2012-05-05 13:09:33 1SQcrl-0006uI-OX <= maz at misterjones.org U=www-data
> P=local S=59827 id=7da4dd4bd4f768d907094ce4919bfffe at localhost
> 2012-05-05 13:09:34 1SQcrl-0006uI-OX => jemmajones81 at yahoo.co.uk R=dnslookup
> T=remote_smtp H=mx-eu.mail.am0.yahoodns.net [77.238.184.241]
> 2012-05-05 13:09:34 1SQcrl-0006uI-OX Completed
>
> I'll resend it again, but you may want to check your spam folder.
>
>>>> I'm using the boot-wrapper from
>>>>
> http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=arm/models/boot-wrapper.git;a=summary in
>>>> semi hosting mode.
>>>>
>>>> I managed to boot Android from that but I don't seem to be
> able to boot
>>>> your kernel. It just stops after the boot-wrapper says loading
> uImage.
>>>
>>> Which dts file are you using?
>>
>> I don't quite understand yet how the DT stuff is used. When I build the
> DTB files then I get vexpress-v2p-ca15-tc1.dtb in my arch/arm/boot directory. I
> assume that one is used then for my kernel image?
>>
>> My .config has all the DT stuff enabled I think:
>> CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS_DT=y
>> CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB=y
>> CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT=y
>>
>> Or is that not correct?
>
> First, you want to forget about anything TC1 related, it isn't what you need
> for the Fast Model.
>
> Step by step instructions:
> - Grab Paweł's DTS tree: git://linux-arm.org/arm-dts.git
> - Build your zImage
> - From your kernel tree, run:
> ./script/dtc/dtc -O dtb -o rtsm_ve-cortex_a15x2.dtb
> wherever_your_arm-dts_tree_is/fast_models/rtsm_ve-cortex_a15x2.dts
> - cat rtsm_ve-cortex_a15x2.dtb >>arch/arm/boot/zImage
> - Build your uImage if that's what you're using.
> - Build your boot-wrapper as usual.
>
> That should get you going.
>
>> I have now updated to you latest kvm-arm-3.4 branch.
>
> That's very brave of you... ;-)
>
>> But the kernel still does not boot up properly, or at least I don't
> seem to get any output. It just goes "Uncompressing Linux... done."
> and then does nothing.
>> I'm using the FastModel Cortex-A15x2 simulation.
>
> Let me know if it gets better with the above. Or not.
>
It seems as if the CLCD driver is not yet working in this configuration? It does not load for me, because the clcdfb_probe() function fails with board = dev->dev.platform_data being NULL. Is the platform initialization not setting this?
Jemma
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