Re: [PATCH] Documentation: bcm283x: be clearer about Raspberry Pi 4 support

[Sascha Hauer <sha@pengutronix.de>]

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 01:12:46PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> While rpi4 support is not as extensive as the rpi3, it's still
> sufficient to boot Linux from either SD or Ethernet.
> 
> Make this clearer in the documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/boards/bcm2835.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks

Sascha

> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/boards/bcm2835.rst b/Documentation/boards/bcm2835.rst
> index cfd3bb2edb96..f7ab723d633a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/boards/bcm2835.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/boards/bcm2835.rst
> @@ -5,28 +5,35 @@ Raspberry Pi
>  ------------
>  
>  barebox has support for BCM283x-based Raspberry Pi single board computers.
> -Support is most extensive for BCM283[567]. For the newer BCM2711 used in the
> -Raspberry Pi 4, only basic support is currently available (Serial Port,
> -Pinctrl/GPIO, SD-Card).
> +Support is most extensive for BCM283[567], but barebox can also boot Linux
> +over SD or Ethernet on the Raspberry Pi 4.
>  
>    1. Prepare an SD or microSD card with a FAT filesystem of at least 30 MB in size.
>  
>    2. Download the `Raspberry Pi firmware`_ (195 MB), unzip it, and copy the
>       contents of the ``boot/`` folder to your card.
>  
> -  3. Use ``make rpi_defconfig; make`` to build barebox. This will create the following images:
> +  3. Use ``make rpi_defconfig; make`` to build barebox for 32-bit boards or
> +     ``make rpi_v8a_defconfig; make`` to build barebox for 64-bit.
> +
> +     ``rpi_defconfig`` will build at least following images:
>  
>       - ``images/barebox-raspberry-pi-1.img`` for the BCM2835/ARM1176JZF-S (Raspberry Pi 1, Raspberry Pi Zero)
>       - ``images/barebox-raspberry-pi-2.img`` for the BCM2836/CORTEX-A7 (Raspberry Pi 2)
>       - ``images/barebox-raspberry-pi-3.img`` for the BCM2837/CORTEX-A53 (Raspberry Pi 3)
>       - ``images/barebox-raspberry-pi-cm3.img`` for the BCM2837/CORTEX-A53 (Raspberry Pi CM3)
> -     - ``images/barebox-raspberry-pi.img``, which is a super set of all the other images
> +     - ``images/barebox-raspberry-pi.img``, which is a super set of all the other images,
> +       including Raspberry Pi 4 32-bit support.
>  
>       Copy the respective image for your model to your SD card and name it
>       ``barebox.img``.
>  
> -     The ``images/barebox-raspberry-pi.img`` is expected to replace the other images
> -     in the future. It contains the device trees of all supported (and enabled) variants
> +     For 64-bit, only ``images/barebox-raspberry-pi.img`` will be created, which is usable
> +     for both Raspberry Pi 3 and Raspberry Pi 4 in 64-bit mode. No support for the Raspberry
> +     Pi 5 has been contributed yet.
> +
> +     The ``images/barebox-raspberry-pi.img`` is expected to be the sole image for 32-bit
> +     also in the future. It contains the device trees of all supported (and enabled) variants
>       and determines at runtime what board it runs on and does the right thing.
>  
>    4. Create a text file ``config.txt`` on the SD card with the following content::
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 
> 
> 

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