Re: [PATCH v2] Porting barebox to a new SoC

[Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>]

Hello Lior,

On 01.06.23 10:54, Lior Weintraub wrote:
> Hi Ahmad,
> 
> Thanks again for your great support and the patch.
> I've checked it and it works perfectly!
> The UART issue was solved after fixing the device tree per your recommendations.
> Now I can write into barbox terminal :-)

Nice!

> When I type "cpuinfo" on the terminal I am getting:
> implementer: ARM
> architecture: v8
> core: Cortex-A53 r0p4
> exception level: 3
> cache: no cache
> Control register: P D Z DT IT U XP

FYI, barebox next (or maybe master?) branch adds mmuinfo command to arm64.
You can use that to check if a specific address is cached or not.

> Notice that it say "no cache".
> I tried to add cache to cpu0 but it didn't help.
> 
> .
> .
>    d-cache-size = <0x8000>;
>    d-cache-line-size = <64>;
>    d-cache-sets = <128>; // 32KiB(size)/64(line-size)=512ways/4-way set
>    i-cache-size = <0x8000>;
>    i-cache-line-size = <64>;
>    i-cache-sets = <256>; // 32KiB(size)/64(line-size)=512ways/2-way set
>    next-level-cache = <&l2>;
> };
> 
> l2: l2-cache0 {
>    compatible = "cache";
>    cache-unified;
>    cache-size = <0x80000>;
>    cache-line-size = <64>;
>    cache-sets = <512>; // 512KiB(size)/64(line-size)=8192ways/16-way set
>    cache-level = <2>;
> }

barebox doesn't consume these nodes. What may be happening is that cpuinfo
was written with the assumption that barebox executes at EL2 or EL1, so
executing it at EL3 may end up accessing the wrong MSRs. Feel free to send
a patch against arch/arm/cpu/cpuinfo.c, so it uses the correct register for
EL3. current_el() will tell you which EL you are at.
 
> Regarding Linux kernel:
> This would be the next step but I assume that it would be a bit more complicated.

Linux ARM64 Maintainers mandate that platforms implement the PSCI protocol.
In your case with single core that means providing reset and poweroff handlers
that the kernel can invoke via secure monitor call.

barebox can consume psci: CONFIG_ARM_PSCI_CLIENT, CONFIG_CMD_SMC, but what
you're missing is the provider side. barebox as PSCI provider is implemented
only for a single ARM32 SoC, the i.MX7. All supported ARM64 platforms use
TF-A as BL31 with the exception of Layerscape (which uses PPA, an NXP BL31
implementation).

What does this mean for you?

  1) Either add your SoC to TF-A
  2) Extend PSCI implementation in barebox for ARM64.

While I think it would be cool to have barebox provide all of BL2, BL31 and
BL32, I think you are better advised to use TF-A, because that's what most
other ARM Silicon Vendors use. That means less effort for you and easier
maintenance as you benefit from fixes done for other SoCs using the same
IPs. barebox certainly benefits from being able to focus on being a bootloader
and leaving the errata workarounds, GIC init stuff and runtime services
to TF-A.

The boot flow would then be:

 - barebox PBL runs as BL2 in SRAM and sets up DRAM
 - barebox PBL executes BL31 (TF-A) which was compiled into PBL
 - TF-A installs secure monitor and returns control to DRAM in EL2
 - barebox resumes execution in EL2 as BL33
 - Linux is invoked in EL2 and can communicate with secure monitor.

You may find this talk interesting: https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/uboot_psci/
Even if I disagree a bit with the takeaway.

> I guess we will have to integrate the interrupt controlled (GIC-600) into QEMU and into the device tree for it to work.
> Is that a valid assumption?

I never had to add a new SoC to Linux, so I can't give any better
suggestions than Yes. Where you're going, you'll need interrupts.

Godspeed and keep me posted :)
Ahmad

> 
> Thanks,
> Lior.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 8:55 PM
>> To: Lior Weintraub <liorw@pliops.com>; Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad@a3f.at>;
>> barebox@lists.infradead.org
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Porting barebox to a new SoC
>>
>> CAUTION: External Sender
>>
>> Hi Lior,
>>
>> On 31.05.23 18:13, Lior Weintraub wrote:
>>> Hi Ahmad,
>>>
>>> Using end of SRAM as PBL stack is currently not working because we need
>> 40bit address (0xC0_0020_0000).
>>> This needs a fix to ENTRY_FUNCTION_WITHSTACK macro.
>>
>> Ah, right. I just sent an (untested) patch. Would be cool if you could
>> try it out.
>>
>>> I tried just to change const u32 __stack_top = (stack_top); to const u64
>> __stack_top = (stack_top); but there were linking errors caused by:
>>> ASSERT(. - __pbl_board_stack_top <= 8, "Only One PBL per Image allowed")
>>
>> The easy way would have been using a __attribute__((naked)) function, but
>> those are only supported for arm32, not arm64. The alternative is thus
>> writing the entry point in assembly and to make board authors life easier
>> the linker script ensures that the stack setup entry point is invoked prior
>> to the board entry.
>>
>>> Regarding the arm timer:
>>> Adding the timer entry to DT solved the issue.
>>>
>>> Regarding the UART:
>>> Indeed CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011 was set on spider_defconfig (also
>> verified it generated the correct entry on .config).
>>> I also noticed that if I remove the putc_ll implementation there is no Tx at all
>> from Barebox.
>>
>> I've led you astray. Indeed:
>>
>>>>> of_platform_bus_create() - skipping /soc, no compatible prop
>>
>> points at the issue.
>>
>> Try adding into /soc
>>
>>   compatible = "simple,bus";
>>   ranges;
>>   dma-ranges;
>>
>> This matches /soc with the simple bus driver which just instantiates devices
>> for the
>> contained children. Those in turn should be matched by the drivers.
>>
>> The ranges stuff just tells that memory and SoC peripherals exist in the same
>> address space.
>>
>> When it probes you may need to describe the clock in the DT. Eventually, you
>> will
>> want to have a clock driver for your hardware (good news: barebox and Linux
>> have
>> basically the same API, so you only need to write it once). But for now, you
>> can
>> fake it using fixed-clock in the DT. Take a look at:
>>
>> snps,dw-apb-uart in arch/riscv/dts/jh7100.dtsi and compare with
>> dts/src/arm/imx28.dtsi
>> to see how to map that to PL011.
>>
>>> Could it be a hint?
>>
>> DEBUG_LL bridges the gap until a driver registers a console that's enabled. If
>> this
>> never happens, you are left with a non-interactive shell.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ahmad
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Lior.
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 11:40 AM
>>>> To: Lior Weintraub <liorw@pliops.com>; Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad@a3f.at>;
>>>> barebox@lists.infradead.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Porting barebox to a new SoC
>>>>
>>>> CAUTION: External Sender
>>>>
>>>> Hi Lior,
>>>>
>>>> On 31.05.23 10:05, Lior Weintraub wrote:
>>>>> Hi Ahmad,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for your prompt reply and accurate tips!
>>>>> Took the following changes:
>>>>> 1. Increasing the DRAM size to 128MB (let barebox start from 0).
>>>>> 2. Set PBL stack to offset 2MB from DRAM
>>>>
>>>> Just use end of SRAM, so you are completely independent of DRAM
>>>> until you call barebox_arm_entry.
>>>>
>>>>> 3. Fix the device tree "memory" entry to have 128MB.
>>>>
>>>> (y)
>>>>
>>>>> 4. Load barebox-spider-mk1-evk.img to SRAM and run from there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I can see the following logs:
>>>>> uncompress.c: memory at 0x00000000, size 0x08000000
>>>>> uncompress.c: uncompressing barebox binary at 0x000000c0000021c0
>>>> (size 0x0001e3a4) to 0x07e00000 (uncompressed size: 0x000390d0)
>>>>> uncompress.c: jumping to uncompressed image at
>> 0x0000000007e00000
>>>>> start.c: memory at 0x00000000, size 0x08000000
>>>>> start.c: found DTB in boarddata, copying to 0x07dffcc0
>>>>> start.c: initializing malloc pool at 0x079ffcc0 (size 0x00400000)
>>>>> start.c: starting barebox...
>>>>> initcall-> command_slice_init+0x0/0x3c
>>>>> initcall-> globalvar_init+0x0/0x80
>>>>> register_device: global
>>>>> register_device: nv
>>>>> initcall-> platform_init+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_device: platform
>>>>> initcall-> amba_bus_init+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_device: amba
>>>>> initcall-> spi_bus_init+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_device: spi
>>>>> initcall-> gpio_desc_alloc+0x0/0x24
>>>>> initcall-> fs_bus_init+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_device: fs
>>>>> initcall-> aarch64_init_vectors+0x0/0x50
>>>>> initcall-> gpio_gate_clock_driver_register+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_driver: gpio-gate-clock
>>>>> initcall-> of_arm_init+0x0/0x5c
>>>>> start.c: barebox_arm_boot_dtb: using barebox_boarddata
>>>>> using boarddata provided DTB
>>>>> adding DT alias:serial0: stem=serial id=0 node=/soc/serial@d000307000
>>>>> register_device: machine
>>>>> of_platform_bus_create() - skipping /chosen, no compatible prop
>>>>> of_platform_bus_create() - skipping /aliases, no compatible prop
>>>>> of_platform_bus_create() - skipping /cpus, no compatible prop
>>>>> of_platform_bus_create() - skipping /memory@0, no compatible prop
>>>>> of_platform_bus_create() - skipping /soc, no compatible prop
>>>>> initcall-> register_autoboot_vars+0x0/0x70
>>>>> initcall-> arm_arch_timer_driver_register+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_driver: arm-architected-timer
>>>>> initcall-> of_timer_init+0x0/0x20
>>>>> initcall-> init_fs+0x0/0x3c
>>>>> initcall-> pl011_driver_register+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_driver: uart-pl011
>>>>> initcall-> of_stdoutpath_init+0x0/0x28
>>>>> initcall-> of_probe_memory+0x0/0x60
>>>>> __request_region ok: 0x00000000:0x07ffffff flags=0x0
>>>>> initcall-> __bare_init_end+0x0/0x6c
>>>>> register_device: mem0
>>>>> initcall-> of_reserved_mem_walk+0x0/0x1ac
>>>>> initcall-> mem_malloc_resource+0x0/0xa8
>>>>> __request_region ok: 0x079ffcc0:0x07dffcbf flags=0x200
>>>>> __request_region ok: 0x07e00000:0x07e2aeff flags=0x200
>>>>> __request_region ok: 0x07e2af00:0x07e390cf flags=0x200
>>>>> __request_region ok: 0x07e390d0:0x07e3adaf flags=0x200
>>>>> initcall-> bootsource_init+0x0/0x40
>>>>> initcall-> ramfs_init+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_driver: ramfs
>>>>> initcall-> devfs_init+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_driver: devfs
>>>>> initcall-> arm_request_stack+0x0/0x398
>>>>> __request_region ok: 0x07ff0000:0x07ff7fff flags=0x200
>>>>> initcall-> mount_root+0x0/0x7c
>>>>> mount: none on / type ramfs, options=
>>>>> register_device: ramfs0
>>>>>     probe-> ramfs0
>>>>> mount: none on /dev type devfs, options=
>>>>> register_device: devfs0
>>>>>     probe-> devfs0
>>>>> initcall-> binfmt_sh_init+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> initcall-> binfmt_uimage_init+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> initcall-> console_common_init+0x0/0x48
>>>>> initcall-> of_kernel_init+0x0/0x28
>>>>> initcall-> console_ctrlc_init+0x0/0x30
>>>>> initcall-> mem_init+0x0/0x90
>>>>> register_device: mem1
>>>>> register_driver: mem
>>>>>     probe-> mem0
>>>>>     probe-> mem1
>>>>> initcall-> of_partition_init+0x0/0x48
>>>>> initcall-> prng_init+0x0/0x40
>>>>> initcall-> null_init+0x0/0x40
>>>>> initcall-> full_init+0x0/0x40
>>>>> initcall-> zero_init+0x0/0x40
>>>>> initcall-> spider_board_driver_register+0x0/0x1c
>>>>> register_driver: board-spider
>>>>>     probe-> machine
>>>>> initcall-> barebox_memory_areas_init+0x0/0x40
>>>>> __request_region ok: 0x07dffcc0:0x07dfffce flags=0x200
>>>>> initcall-> barebox_of_populate+0x0/0x28
>>>>> initcall-> of_register_memory_fixup+0x0/0x20
>>>>> initcall-> dummy_csrc_warn+0x0/0x44
>>>>> WARNING: Warning: Using dummy clocksource
>>>>
>>>> Add a arm,armv8-timer node into your SoC device tree.
>>>> This lets barebox and Linux know that you have the ARM
>>>> architected timer available. Without that, you'll notice
>>>> that timeouts are wrong.
>>>>
>>>>> initcall-> bootm_init+0x0/0xf4
>>>>> initcall-> init_command_list+0x0/0x40
>>>>> register command bootm
>>>>> register command cat
>>>>> register command cd
>>>>> register command clear
>>>>> register command cp
>>>>> register command cpuinfo
>>>>> register command devinfo
>>>>> register command drvinfo
>>>>> register command echo
>>>>> register command exit
>>>>> register command false
>>>>> register command help
>>>>> register command ?
>>>>> register command ll
>>>>> register command ls
>>>>> register command md
>>>>> register command memcmp
>>>>> register command memcpy
>>>>> register command memset
>>>>> register command mkdir
>>>>> register command mount
>>>>> register command mw
>>>>> register command pwd
>>>>> register command rm
>>>>> register command rmdir
>>>>> register command setenv
>>>>> register command sh
>>>>> register command source
>>>>> register command .
>>>>> register command test
>>>>> register command [
>>>>> register command true
>>>>> register command :
>>>>> register command umount
>>>>> register command version
>>>>> initcall-> display_meminfo+0x0/0xa8
>>>>> barebox code: 0x7e00000 -> 0x7e2aeff
>>>>> bss segment:  0x7e390d0 -> 0x7e3adaf
>>>>> malloc space: 0x079ffcc0 -> 0x07dffcbf (size 4 MiB)
>>>>> initcall-> of_register_bootargs_fixup+0x0/0x3c
>>>>> initcall-> device_probe_deferred+0x0/0x14c
>>>>> initcall-> of_init_hostname+0x0/0x28
>>>>> initcall-> aarch64_register_image_handler+0x0/0x2c
>>>>> initcall-> load_environment+0x0/0x4c
>>>>> loading defaultenv
>>>>> environment load /dev/env0: No such file or directory
>>>>> Maybe you have to create the partition.
>>>>> initcalls done
>>>>>
>>>>> Hit any to stop autoboot:    0
>>>>> boot: No such file or directory
>>>>> barebox:/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Few questions:
>>>>> 1. The serial input doesn't work. i.e. I cannot type anything hence cannot
>>>> interact with barebox terminal.
>>>>
>>>> DEBUG_LL only does otuput. For input, you will want to load the driver.
>>>> Do you have CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011 enabled?
>>>>
>>>>>      Does it require GIC and setting interrupts for it to work?
>>>>
>>>> No interrupts needed. barebox runs with interrupts disabled and
>> everything
>>>> is done cooperatively.
>>>>
>>>>> 2. What does "of_platform_bus_create() - skipping" means? Do I need to
>> fix
>>>> that?
>>>>
>>>> That's normal debugging output. Some device tree nodes are busses, which
>>>> have
>>>> children. These entries are skipped because they have no compatible. This is
>>>> expected. I'd suggest you remove your VERBOSED_DEBUG define, so you
>> are
>>>> not
>>>> spammed by too much debugging output.
>>>>
>>>>> 3. Looks like I am still missing some stuff (rootfs? Environment?
>> Mounting?
>>>> Partitions?)
>>>>
>>>> Take multi_v8_defconfig, open menuconfig and enable your SoC and use
>> that.
>>>> That will be quicker than enabling everything yourself. If it doesn't work
>>>> out of the box, try imx_v8_defconfig.
>>>>
>>>> Once you get around to upstreaming your SoC, I'd suggest you just add it
>>>> to multi_v8_defconfig. Not all ARMv8 SoCs are supported there, but those
>>>> that are make development easier, because we don't need to build as many
>>>> different configs..
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ahmad
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Have a great day,
>>>>> Lior.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 9:11 AM
>>>>>> To: Lior Weintraub <liorw@pliops.com>; Ahmad Fatoum
>> <ahmad@a3f.at>;
>>>>>> barebox@lists.infradead.org
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Porting barebox to a new SoC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CAUTION: External Sender
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Lior,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 30.05.23 22:10, Lior Weintraub wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello Ahmad,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again for your kind support!
>>>>>>> Your comments helped me progress and the current situation is as
>>>> follows:
>>>>>>> Our QEMU Spider machine is running a BL1.elf file using the following
>>>>>> command:
>>>>>>> QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none qemu-system-aarch64 -M spider-soc -smp 1
>> -
>>>> m
>>>>>> 128M -nographic \
>>>>>>>       -device loader,file=BL1.elf -cpu cortex-a53,rvbar=0xC004000000 \
>>>>>>>       -d unimp -semihosting-config enable=on,target=native \
>>>>>>>       -monitor telnet:localhost:1235,server,nowait \
>>>>>>>       -gdb tcp::1236
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The BL1.elf is our BootROM application that runs from ROM address
>>>>>> 0xC004000000.
>>>>>>> Just for debugging purpose we've increased the ROM size so it can
>> include
>>>>>> the images/barebox-spider-mk1-evk.img (as a const array).
>>>>>>> BL1 then copy it (using memcpy) to address 0 and jumps there for
>>>>>> execution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds ok.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On the real ASIC this address will be the DRAM and indeed will need to
>> be
>>>>>> initialized before the copy but here on QEMU it is not required.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see. You could still have your bootrom move barebox into SRAM and
>> then
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   barebox_arm_entry(DRAM_ADDR, SZ_128M,
>>>> __dtb_spider_mk1_evk_start);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To have PBL extract barebox to DRAM. Even if you don't need need
>> DRAM
>>>>>> setup in QEMU, the flow would be similar to what you will have on actual
>>>>>> silicon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The lowlevel.c of spider-evk was modified to use DRAM_ADDR
>> 0x400000
>>>>>> (4MB from start) and MY_STACK_TOP was set to 0x8000000 (128M).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's not needed. While you don't have control where barebox PBL will
>> be
>>>>>> located
>>>>>> (depends on BootROM), barebox will extract itself to the end of DRAM
>>>>>> without
>>>>>> overwriting itself, so you can just use DRAM_ADDR 0 normally.
>> Eventually,
>>>>>> stack
>>>>>> top should go into SRAM, but anywhere that works is ok.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In addition, I implemented putc_ll (currently hard-coded in
>>>>>> include/debug_ll.h) and opened log level to VERBOSE_DEBUG (currently
>>>> just
>>>>>> hard-coded in printk.h).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's CONFIG_DEBUG_PBL you can enable to get all these messages by
>>>>>> default.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I see the following (which makes sense) logs on QEMU terminal:
>>>>>>> uncompress.c: memory at 0x00400000, size 0x00200000
>>>>>>> uncompress.c: uncompressing barebox binary at
>> 0x0000000000002200
>>>>>> (size 0x0001d3b2) to 0x00400000 (uncompressed size: 0x000373d0)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why pass only 2M to barebox_arm_entry? While this need not be the
>>>> whole
>>>>>> of RAM, this
>>>>>> initial memory is what barebox will use for itself including its final stack
>> and
>>>>>> malloc area. barebox will also not place itself into the last 1M AFAIK, so
>> 2M
>>>>>> may not work ok. You should use the minimum possible RAM here or if
>> you
>>>>>> can detect
>>>>>> in PBL how much RAM you have or just the whole RAM bank. I am not
>> sure
>>>>>> anything lower
>>>>>> than SZ_4M would work ok. (Note this is DRAM size, not SRAM. barebox
>>>> PBL
>>>>>> is fine being
>>>>>> called from 64K SRAMs, it just needs DRAM to extract to).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I then connect with aarch64-none-elf-gdb, load the barebox symbols
>> (to
>>>>>> 0x400000) and check the current execution state (program counter and
>>>>>> stack).
>>>>>>> Looks like the code is stuck on function register_autoboot_vars:
>>>>>>> sp             0x5f7e60            0x5f7e60
>>>>>>> pc             0x401264            0x401264 <register_autoboot_vars+24>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Few observations:
>>>>>>> 1. The PBL was using stack top located on 0x8000000 (which is
>>>>>> MY_STACK_TOP). Found it be causing a breakpoint on the PBL.
>>>>>>> 2. Barebox uses a stack top on 0x600000 which is probably calculated
>>>> from
>>>>>> my new DRAM_ADDR and SZ_2M given to the function call:
>>>>>>>     barebox_arm_entry(DRAM_ADDR, SZ_2M,
>>>> __dtb_spider_mk1_evk_start);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is great! I am starting to find my way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :) Ye, the ENTRY_FUNCTION_WITHSTACK is only when the BootROM
>>>> doesn't
>>>>>> enter
>>>>>> with a valid stack pointer. It's overwritten as soon as barebox is told
>>>>>> about the initial memory layout (with barebox_arm_entry).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When the barebox execution didn't print anything to the terminal I
>>>>>> remembered that we used a place holder on the dtsi for the uart.
>>>>>>> So now I changed it to:
>>>>>>> uart0: serial@d000307000 {
>>>>>>>        compatible = "arm,pl011", "arm,primecell";
>>>>>>>        reg = <0xd0 0x307000 0 0x1000>;
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>> (Our QEMU UART is currently using pl011 device.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Looks ok. Don't forget to enable the driver (via make menuconfig).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After some time (trying to debug by enabling MMU but then reverted
>> the
>>>>>> code back), I got to a point that when I try to run again I am getting an
>>>>>> exception.
>>>>>>> I can swear all code changes were reverted back to the point where I
>> saw
>>>> the
>>>>>> barebox stuck on register_autoboot_vars but now it just cases an
>>>> exception.
>>>>>>> The exception vector code is located on our ROM (part of BL1 code) and
>>>> the
>>>>>> logs shows that the link register has the value 0x401218 which suggest
>> the
>>>>>> following code:
>>>>>>> 0000000000001200 <load_environment>:
>>>>>>> 1200: a9be7bfd        stp     x29, x30, [sp, #-32]!
>>>>>>> 1204: 910003fd        mov     x29, sp
>>>>>>> 1208: a90153f3        stp     x19, x20, [sp, #16]
>>>>>>> 120c: 94000a07        bl      3a28 <default_environment_path_get>
>>>>>>> 1210: d00000f3        adrp    x19, 1f000 <do_cpuinfo+0x1f0>
>>>>>>> 1214: 912a7273        add     x19, x19, #0xa9c
>>>>>>> 1218: aa0003f4        mov     x20, x0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any ideas or suggestions how to proceed with the debugging?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You shouldn't need to touch the MMU code. If your initial memory setup
>>>>>> is wonky, you may end up overwriting stuff. Try again with bigger
>> memory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BTW, to answer your questions:
>>>>>>> The SRAM of 4MB is the only one we have because we assumed it is
>> only
>>>> for
>>>>>> BootROM to load a PBL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok. Sometimes there are SRAMs for use with DMA. I asked, because a
>>>> SRAM
>>>>>> in the first 4M
>>>>>> would lend itself nicely as stack, but if there is none, we can adjust
>>>>>> ENTRY_FUNCTION_WITHSTACK to accept a 64-bit parameter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Ahmad
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you very much,
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Lior.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 10:03 PM
>>>>>>>> To: Lior Weintraub <liorw@pliops.com>; Ahmad Fatoum
>>>> <ahmad@a3f.at>;
>>>>>>>> barebox@lists.infradead.org
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Porting barebox to a new SoC
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> CAUTION: External Sender
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello Lior,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 29.05.23 15:34, Lior Weintraub wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Ahmad,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have revised the addresses and used DRAM address @ 0 instead:
>>>>>>>>> #define UARTBASE        (0xD000307000)
>>>>>>>>> #define DRAM_ADDR       (0x00000000)
>>>>>>>>> #define MY_STACK_TOP    (0x00000000 + SZ_2M) // Set the stack
>> 2MB
>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>> DRAM start
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is DRAM configured by the time barebox runs? If not, you should keep
>>>>>> stack
>>>>>>>> top
>>>>>>>> in SRAM, until you have setup memory in prebootloader (PBL). Is the
>> 4M
>>>>>>>> SRAM
>>>>>>>> the only on-chip SRAM you have?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> static inline void spider_serial_putc(void *base, int c)
>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>     *((volatile unsigned *)base) = c;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There's a helper for that: writel(c, base); In barebox, it's equivalent
>>>>>>>> to the volatile access, but in Linux it involves a write memory barrier.
>>>>>>>> We try to write code in barebox, so it's easily reusable in Linux (and
>>>>>>>> the other way round).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I will try to test it on QEMU using an initial QEMU machine we made
>> for
>>>>>>>> Spider.
>>>>>>>>> In this machine we only have 3 memory regions and a PL011 UART:
>>>>>>>>> spider_soc_memories soc_memories[] = {
>>>>>>>>>     {.name = "SPIDER_GPRAM",   .add = 0xC000000000ULL, .size = 4 *
>>>> MiB},
>>>>>>>>>     {.name = "SPIDER_ROM",     .add = 0xC004000000ULL, .size = 128 *
>>>>>> KiB},
>>>>>>>>>     {.name = "SPIDER_DRAM",    .add = 0x0000000000ULL, .size = 1 *
>>>> GiB},
>>>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This special QEMU machine can run our BL1 code from "ROM"
>> address
>>>>>> (we
>>>>>>>> set the RVBAR to point there).
>>>>>>>>> So my idea is to test the barebox image by the following steps:
>>>>>>>>> 1. Modify the QEMU code to have a "ROM" with the size of 128M.
>>>>>>>>> 2. Compile our BL1 code to include the barebox.bin as a const array,
>>>> copy
>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> to "DRAM" @ address 0 and jump there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why not map QEMU -bios option to SRAM? (Or DRAM directly, if it
>>>> needs
>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>> special setup from
>>>>>>>> barebox side).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For this to work I wanted to understand how to call (i.e. what
>>>> arguments
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> pass) to barebox.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> barebox doesn't expect any arguments, because most BootROMs
>> don't
>>>>>> pass
>>>>>>>> anything useful.
>>>>>>>> Some pass information about bootsource though, so that's why the
>>>>>>>> ENTRY_FUNCTION has
>>>>>>>> r0, r1 and r2 as parameters, but you need not use them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So I checked the barebox.map and found the function "start" on
>>>> address
>>>>>> 0.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You may know that Linux on some platforms comes with a
>> decompressor
>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> is glued to the
>>>>>>>> front of the kernel image and extracts the compressed kernel image.
>>>>>> barebox
>>>>>>>> has the same
>>>>>>>> concept. The prebootloader is uncompressed and runs (starting from
>>>>>>>> ENTRY_FUNCTION) and
>>>>>>>> then does some early setup (e.g. enable clocks, configure PMIC, setup
>>>>>> DRAM,
>>>>>>>> load secure
>>>>>>>> monitor (BL31), ...etc.) and then it decompresses barebox proper into
>>>>>> DRAM.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> barebox.bin <- barebox proper. You don't usually need that.
>>>>>>>> barebox.elf <- ELF binary for the above (for gdb)
>>>>>>>> barebox.map <- map file of the above
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> images/barebox-spider-mk1-evk.img   <- complete barebox image (PBL
>> +
>>>>>>>> barebox proper)
>>>>>>>> images/start_spider_mk1_evk.pbl     <- ELF image for the above
>>>>>>>> images/start_spider_mk1_evk.pbl.map <- map file of the above
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you want to follow barbeox from the start, begin at
>>>>>> start_spider_mk1_evk.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Then I went to arch/arm/cpu/start.c and realized that the code is
>>>> compiled
>>>>>>>> with CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE.
>>>>>>>>> In that case I assume I need to pass 3 arguments and use this
>> function
>>>>>>>> prototype:
>>>>>>>>> void start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize, void
>>>>>>>> *boarddata);
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> barebox prebootloader takes care of this, so you don't need to do
>>>> anything.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Few questions:
>>>>>>>>> 1. Will that call work:
>>>>>>>>>     typedef void (*barebox_start)(unsigned long , unsigned long , void
>> *);
>>>>>>>>>     #define DRAM_START  (0)
>>>>>>>>>     barebox_start p_barebox = (barebox_start)DRAM_START;
>>>>>>>>>     p_barebox(DRAM_START, DRAM_START+SZ_2M, (void
>>>>>>>> *)(DRAM_START+SZ_4M));
>>>>>>>>>     This assumes that my BL1 code also copied the device tree
>> (barebox-
>>>> dt-
>>>>>>>> 2nd.img? start_dt_2nd.pblb? start_spider_mk1_evk.pblb?)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The device tree is built into the PBL and passed to barebox proper. This
>>>>>>>> allows us to use the same barebox proper binary and link it with a
>>>> different
>>>>>>>> prebootloader for each SoC/board, all in the same build.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> barebox-dt-2nd.img is a special image that looks exactly like a Linux
>>>> kernel:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   images/barebox-dt-2nd.img: Linux kernel ARM64 boot executable
>>>> Image,
>>>>>>>> little-endian, 4K pages
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and can thus be used for booting for easy chainloading from other
>>>>>>>> bootloaders or for running
>>>>>>>> with QEMU -kernel. You shouldn't need it right now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2. Do I want to have my code compiled with CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE?
>>>>>>>>>     If I understand correctly, it means that my code will provide a PBL
>>>> (a.k.a
>>>>>>>> BL2) which will set the DRAM and STACK among other things (MMU?).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The patch I sent already builds a PBL. You will need to fill out
>>>>>>>> start_spider_mk1_evk
>>>>>>>> to do all the other early initialization you need. Then you call
>>>>>>>> barebox_arm_entry
>>>>>>>> with device tree and memory size and it will take care to do stack setup
>> in
>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>> memory region, MMU setup (if enabled) and chainloading barebox
>>>> proper.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Note that PBL isn't necessary BL2. You can chainload barebox from
>> within
>>>>>>>> barebox (i.e.
>>>>>>>> in EL2 or EL1), which is useful for debugging. You will thus often find
>> PBL
>>>>>> code
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   if (current_el() == 3) {
>>>>>>>>         /* Do BL2 setup */
>>>>>>>>         chainload();
>>>>>>>>         __builtin_unreachable();
>>>>>>>>   }
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   barebox_arm_entry(...)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> See for example arch/arm/boards/innocomm-imx8mm-
>> wb15/lowlevel.c
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to see a real-world example of another Cortex-A53.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     In that case I assume it is OK.
>>>>>>>>> 3. If I try to remove it by having CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE=n on
>>>>>> spider_defconfig
>>>>>>>> this doesn't do anything
>>>>>>>>>     The build (make spider_defconfig) ignores it and say that " No
>> change
>>>> to
>>>>>>>> .config ".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Another symbol forces it to be enabled. If you are curious, run make
>>>>>>>> menuconfig
>>>>>>>> and then search (/) for the symbol and it will list, whether it's enabled
>>>> and
>>>>>>>> why:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Selected by [y]:
>>>>>>>>     - PBL_MULTI_IMAGES [=y] && HAVE_PBL_MULTI_IMAGES [=y]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'd suggest you avoid modifying the .config file manually. always use
>>>>>>>> menuconfig.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 4. I also tried to understand how to implement PUTC_LL but not sure
>> I
>>>>>>>> understand.
>>>>>>>>>    4.1 When I set "CONFIG_DEBUG_LL=y" on spider_defconfig it is
>> again
>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> written to .config and I get " No change to .config " message.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You must:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   - select HAS_DEBUG_LL from MACH_SPIDER
>>>>>>>>   - Add your arch to arch/arm/include/asm/debug_ll.h
>>>>>>>>   - Then implement PUTC_LL in e.g. mach/spider/debug_ll.h
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    4.2 Do I need to have my own debug_ll.h file?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes. See above.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 5. When I make changes to spider_defconfig and try to regenerate
>> the
>>>>>>>> .config and I get " No change to .config " message, does it mean that
>>>> those
>>>>>>>> macros are "hidden" symbols like you said about the
>> CONFIG_CPU_V8?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes. Just check menuconfig to see how symbols relate to each other.
>>>>>>>> This is 1:1 like it's in Linux, so it'll come in handy when you do
>>>>>>>> the kernel port too ;)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Apologize for so many questions :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No problem. Looking forward to your patches ;)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Ahmad
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> Lior.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>> From: Lior Weintraub
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 11:16 PM
>>>>>>>>> To: Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad@a3f.at>; barebox@lists.infradead.org
>>>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] Porting barebox to a new SoC
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Ahmad,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you so much for your kind support!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Indeed we also have a 16GB DRAM that starts from address 0
>> (though
>>>>>>>> currently we don't have the controller settings (under development)).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I also wrote the BootROM (BL1) for this SoC (128KB ROM @ address
>>>>>>>> 0xC004000000).
>>>>>>>>> I understand now that it would be best for me to develop BL2 that
>> will
>>>> run
>>>>>>>> from our SRAM.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As this BL2 code is bare-metal I have no problem or limitations with
>> the
>>>> 40
>>>>>>>> bit addresses.
>>>>>>>>> The BL2 code will initialize the DRAM controller and then copy
>> Barebox
>>>>>> image
>>>>>>>> from NOR Flash to address 0 of the DRAM.
>>>>>>>>> Our NOR Flash is 128MB in size and it is accessed via QSPI controller.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I tried applying your suggested patch but got an error while doing so:
>>>>>>>>> $git apply 0002-Ahmad.patch
>>>>>>>>> 0002-Ahmad.patch:115: trailing whitespace.
>>>>>>>>>       .of_compatible = spider_board_of_match, };
>>>>>>>>> error: corrupt patch at line 117
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> After some digging I found that my Outlook probably messed with
>> the
>>>>>> patch
>>>>>>>> format (even though I am using text only and no HTML format).
>>>>>>>>> When I went to the web and copied the patch from there (mailing list
>>>>>>>> archive) it was working well (i.e. no compilation error).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>> Lior.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>> From: Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad@a3f.at>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2023 6:38 PM
>>>>>>>>> To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
>>>>>>>>> Cc: Lior Weintraub <liorw@pliops.com>
>>>>>>>>> Subject: [PATCH v2] Porting barebox to a new SoC
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> CAUTION: External Sender
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> From: Lior Weintraub <liorw@pliops.com>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I tried to follow the porting guide on https://ddec1-0-en-
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> barebox.org%2fdoc%2flatest%2fdevel%2fporting.html%23&umid=60097eda
>>>>>>>> -f136-45a1-9c8e-
>>>>>>>>
>> cf6a76e45cf8&auth=860a7ebb9feba264acc79b6e38eb59582349362c-
>>>>>>>> 480ae23736add41c88ab8d30c090a75517ca7f9e but couldn't follow
>>>> the
>>>>>>>> instructions.
>>>>>>>>> I would like to port barebox to a new SoC (which is not a derivative of
>>>> any
>>>>>>>> known SoC).
>>>>>>>>> It has the following:
>>>>>>>>> * Single Cortex A53
>>>>>>>>> * SRAM (4MB) located on address 0xC000000000
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The below patch shows my initial test to try and have a starting point.
>>>>>>>>> I am setting env variables:
>>>>>>>>> export ARCH=arm64
>>>>>>>>> export CROSS_COMPILE=/home/pliops/workspace/ARM/arm-gnu-
>>>>>>>> toolchain/bin/aarch64-none-elf-
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Then I build with:
>>>>>>>>> make spider_defconfig && make
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This gives an error:
>>>>>>>>> aarch64-none-elf-gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option '-
>>>>>> mabi=apcs-
>>>>>>>> gnu'
>>>>>>>>> aarch64-none-elf-gcc: note: valid arguments to '-mabi=' are: ilp32
>> lp64
>>>>>>>>> aarch64-none-elf-gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option '-
>>>> msoft-
>>>>>>>> float'
>>>>>>>>> aarch64-none-elf-gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option '-
>> mno-
>>>>>>>> unaligned-access'
>>>>>>>>> /home/pliops/workspace/simplest-linux-
>>>>>>>> demo/barebox/scripts/Makefile.build:140: recipe for target
>>>>>>>> 'scripts/mod/empty.o' failed
>>>>>>>>> make[2]: *** [scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 1
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not sure why the compiler flags get -mabi=apcs-gnu when I explicitly
>> set
>>>>>>>> CONFIG_CPU_V8 and the arch/arm/Makefile has:
>>>>>>>>> ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_V8), y)
>>>>>>>>> CFLAGS_ABI      :=-mabi=lp64
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The changes I did:
>>>>>>>>> >From 848b5f9b18bb1bb96d197cbc1b368ee0a729d581 Mon Sep
>> 17
>>>>>>>> 00:00:00 2001
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/Kconfig                      | 13 ++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/Makefile                     |  1 +
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/boards/Makefile              |  1 +
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/Makefile   |  4 +++
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/board.c    | 26 +++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/lowlevel.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/configs/spider_defconfig     |  8 +++++
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/dts/Makefile                 |  1 +
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/dts/spider-mk1-evk.dts       | 10 ++++++
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/dts/spider-mk1.dtsi          | 46
>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/mach-spider/Kconfig          | 16 ++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/mach-spider/Makefile         |  1 +
>>>>>>>>>  arch/arm/mach-spider/lowlevel.c       | 14 ++++++++
>>>>>>>>>  images/Makefile                       |  1 +
>>>>>>>>>  images/Makefile.spider                |  5 +++
>>>>>>>>>  include/mach/spider/lowlevel.h        |  7 ++++
>>>>>>>>>  16 files changed, 184 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/Makefile
>>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/board.c
>>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/lowlevel.c
>>>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/configs/spider_defconfig  create
>> mode
>>>>>>>> 100644 arch/arm/dts/spider-mk1-evk.dts  create mode 100644
>>>>>>>> arch/arm/dts/spider-mk1.dtsi  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-
>>>>>>>> spider/Kconfig  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-spider/Makefile
>>>>>> create
>>>>>>>> mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-spider/lowlevel.c  create mode 100644
>>>>>>>> images/Makefile.spider  create mode 100644
>>>>>> include/mach/spider/lowlevel.h
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index
>>>>>>>> e76ee0f6dfe1..e5dcf128447e 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>>>>>>>>> @@ -255,6 +255,18 @@ config ARCH_ROCKCHIP
>>>>>>>>>         select HAS_DEBUG_LL
>>>>>>>>>         imply GPIO_ROCKCHIP
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> +config ARCH_SPIDER
>>>>>>>>> +       bool "Pliops Spider based"
>>>>>>>>> +       depends on 64BIT
>>>>>>>>> +       depends on ARCH_MULTIARCH
>>>>>>>>> +       select GPIOLIB
>>>>>>>>> +       select HAVE_PBL_MULTI_IMAGES
>>>>>>>>> +       select COMMON_CLK
>>>>>>>>> +       select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
>>>>>>>>> +       select COMMON_CLK_OF_PROVIDER
>>>>>>>>> +       select OFTREE
>>>>>>>>> +       select OFDEVICE
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>  config ARCH_STM32MP
>>>>>>>>>         bool "STMicroelectronics STM32MP"
>>>>>>>>>         depends on 32BIT
>>>>>>>>> @@ -331,6 +343,7 @@ source "arch/arm/mach-omap/Kconfig"
>>>>>>>>>  source "arch/arm/mach-pxa/Kconfig"
>>>>>>>>>  source "arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig"
>>>>>>>>>  source "arch/arm/mach-socfpga/Kconfig"
>>>>>>>>> +source "arch/arm/mach-spider/Kconfig"
>>>>>>>>>  source "arch/arm/mach-stm32mp/Kconfig"
>>>>>>>>>  source "arch/arm/mach-versatile/Kconfig"
>>>>>>>>>  source "arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig"
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile index
>>>>>>>> 35ebc70f44e2..4c63dfee48f4 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXS)          += mxs
>>>>>>>>>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU)           += mvebu
>>>>>>>>>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_NOMADIK)         += nomadik
>>>>>>>>>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP)            += omap
>>>>>>>>> +machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SPIDER)          += spider
>>>>>>>>>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_PXA)             += pxa
>>>>>>>>>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP)                += rockchip
>>>>>>>>>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SAMSUNG)         += samsung
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/Makefile b/arch/arm/boards/Makefile
>>>> index
>>>>>>>> 2877debad535..6fe0a90c81ea 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/boards/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ obj-
>>>>>>>> $(CONFIG_MACH_SOCFPGA_TERASIC_DE10_NANO)        += terasic-
>>>> de10-
>>>>>>>> nano/
>>>>>>>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SOCFPGA_TERASIC_SOCKIT)      += terasic-
>>>> sockit/
>>>>>>>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SOLIDRUN_CUBOX)              += solidrun-cubox/
>>>>>>>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SOLIDRUN_MICROSOM)           += solidrun-
>>>>>>>> microsom/
>>>>>>>>> +obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_SPIDER_MK1_EVK)              += spider-evk/
>>>>>>>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_STM32MP15XX_DKX)             +=
>> stm32mp15xx-
>>>>>> dkx/
>>>>>>>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_STM32MP13XX_DK)              += stm32mp13xx-
>>>> dk/
>>>>>>>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_LXA_MC1)                     += lxa-mc1/
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/Makefile
>>>>>>>> b/arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>>>>>> index 000000000000..da63d2625f7a
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
>>>>>>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +obj-y += board.o
>>>>>>>>> +lwl-y += lowlevel.o
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/board.c
>>>>>> b/arch/arm/boards/spider-
>>>>>>>> evk/board.c
>>>>>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>>>>>> index 000000000000..3920e83b457d
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/board.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
>>>>>>>>> +#include <bbu.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <boot.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <bootm.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <common.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <deep-probe.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <environment.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <fcntl.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <globalvar.h>
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +static int spider_board_probe(struct device *dev) {
>>>>>>>>> +      /* Do some board-specific setup */
>>>>>>>>> +      return 0;
>>>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +static const struct of_device_id spider_board_of_match[] = {
>>>>>>>>> +      { .compatible = "pliops,spider-mk1-evk" },
>>>>>>>>> +      { /* sentinel */ },
>>>>>>>>> +};
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +static struct driver spider_board_driver = {
>>>>>>>>> +      .name = "board-spider",
>>>>>>>>> +      .probe = spider_board_probe,
>>>>>>>>> +      .of_compatible = spider_board_of_match, };
>>>>>>>>> +device_platform_driver(spider_board_driver);
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/lowlevel.c
>>>>>>>> b/arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/lowlevel.c
>>>>>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>>>>>> index 000000000000..e36fcde4208e
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/spider-evk/lowlevel.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
>>>>>>>>> +#include <common.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <asm/barebox-arm.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <mach/spider/lowlevel.h>
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +#define BASE_ADDR       (0xD000307000)
>>>>>>>>> +#define GPRAM_ADDR      (0xC000000000)
>>>>>>>>> +#define MY_STACK_TOP    (0xC000000000 + SZ_2M) // Set the stack
>>>>>> 2MB
>>>>>>>> from GPRAM start (excatly in the middle)
>>>>>>>>> +static inline void spider_serial_putc(void *base, int c) {
>>>>>>>>> +//     if (!(readl(base + UCR1) & UCR1_UARTEN))
>>>>>>>>> +//             return;
>>>>>>>>> +//
>>>>>>>>> +//     while (!(readl(base + USR2) & USR2_TXDC));
>>>>>>>>> +//
>>>>>>>>> +//     writel(c, base + URTX0);
>>>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +ENTRY_FUNCTION_WITHSTACK(start_spider_mk1_evk,
>>>> MY_STACK_TOP,
>>>>>>>> r0, r1,
>>>>>>>>> +r2) {
>>>>>>>>> +       extern char __dtb_spider_mk1_evk_start[];
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       spider_lowlevel_init();
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       relocate_to_current_adr();
>>>>>>>>> +       setup_c();
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       pbl_set_putc(spider_serial_putc, (void *)BASE_ADDR);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       barebox_arm_entry(GPRAM_ADDR, SZ_2M,
>>>>>>>>> +__dtb_spider_mk1_evk_start); }
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/spider_defconfig
>>>>>>>> b/arch/arm/configs/spider_defconfig
>>>>>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>>>>>> index 000000000000..c91bb889d97f
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/configs/spider_defconfig
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
>>>>>>>>> +CONFIG_ARCH_SPIDER=y
>>>>>>>>> +CONFIG_MACH_SPIDER_MK1_EVK=y
>>>>>>>>> +CONFIG_BOARD_ARM_GENERIC_DT=y
>>>>>>>>> +CONFIG_MALLOC_TLSF=y
>>>>>>>>> +CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
>>>>>>>>> +CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
>>>>>>>>> +CONFIG_CONSOLE_ALLOW_COLOR=y
>>>>>>>>> +CONFIG_PBL_CONSOLE=y
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/dts/Makefile index
>>>>>>>> 98f4c4e0194b..94b304d4878f 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/dts/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> @@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ lwl-$(CONFIG_MACH_SOLIDRUN_CUBOX)
>> +=
>>>>>> dove-
>>>>>>>> cubox-bb.dtb.o
>>>>>>>>>  lwl-$(CONFIG_MACH_SOLIDRUN_MICROSOM) += imx6dl-
>>>>>>>> hummingboard.dtb.o imx6q-hummingboard.dtb.o \
>>>>>>>>>                                 imx6dl-hummingboard2.dtb.o imx6q-
>>>>>>>> hummingboard2.dtb.o \
>>>>>>>>>                                 imx6q-h100.dtb.o
>>>>>>>>> +lwl-$(CONFIG_MACH_SPIDER_MK1_EVK) += spider-mk1-evk.dtb.o
>>>>>>>>>  lwl-$(CONFIG_MACH_SKOV_IMX6) += imx6s-skov-imx6.dtb.o
>> imx6dl-
>>>>>> skov-
>>>>>>>> imx6.dtb.o imx6q-skov-imx6.dtb.o
>>>>>>>>>  lwl-$(CONFIG_MACH_SKOV_ARM9CPU) += at91-skov-
>> arm9cpu.dtb.o
>>>>>>>>>  lwl-$(CONFIG_MACH_SEEED_ODYSSEY) += stm32mp157c-
>>>> odyssey.dtb.o
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/spider-mk1-evk.dts b/arch/arm/dts/spider-
>>>> mk1-
>>>>>>>> evk.dts new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b8081cb85bf8
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/spider-mk1-evk.dts
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
>>>>>>>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR X11
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +/dts-v1/;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +#include "spider-mk1.dtsi"
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +/ {
>>>>>>>>> +       model = "Pliops Spider MK-I EVK";
>>>>>>>>> +       compatible = "pliops,spider-mk1-evk"; };
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/spider-mk1.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/spider-
>>>> mk1.dtsi
>>>>>>>> new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d4613848169d
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/spider-mk1.dtsi
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
>>>>>>>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR X11
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +/ {
>>>>>>>>> +       #address-cells = <2>;
>>>>>>>>> +       #size-cells = <2>;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       chosen {
>>>>>>>>> +               stdout-path = &uart0;
>>>>>>>>> +       };
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       aliases {
>>>>>>>>> +               serial0 = &uart0;
>>>>>>>>> +       };
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       cpus {
>>>>>>>>> +               #address-cells = <1>;
>>>>>>>>> +               #size-cells = <0>;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +               cpu0: cpu@0 {
>>>>>>>>> +                       device_type = "cpu";
>>>>>>>>> +                       compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
>>>>>>>>> +                       reg = <0x0>;
>>>>>>>>> +               };
>>>>>>>>> +       };
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       memory@1000000 {
>>>>>>>>> +               reg = <0x0 0x1000000 0x0 0x400000>; /* 128M */
>>>>>>>>> +               device_type = "memory";
>>>>>>>>> +       };
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       soc {
>>>>>>>>> +               #address-cells = <2>;
>>>>>>>>> +               #size-cells = <2>;
>>>>>>>>> +               ranges;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +               sram@c000000000 {
>>>>>>>>> +                       compatible = "mmio-sram";
>>>>>>>>> +                       reg = <0xc0 0x0 0x0 0x400000>;
>>>>>>>>> +               };
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +               uart0: serial@d000307000 {
>>>>>>>>> +                       compatible = "pliops,spider-uart";
>>>>>>>>> +                       reg = <0xd0 0x307000 0 0x1000>;
>>>>>>>>> +               };
>>>>>>>>> +       };
>>>>>>>>> +};
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spider/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-
>>>>>> spider/Kconfig
>>>>>>>> new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6d2f888a5fd8
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-spider/Kconfig
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>>>>>>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +if ARCH_SPIDER
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +config ARCH_SPIDER_MK1
>>>>>>>>> +       bool
>>>>>>>>> +       select CPU_V8
>>>>>>>>> +       help
>>>>>>>>> +         The first Cortex-A53-based SoC of the spider family.
>>>>>>>>> +         This symbol is invisble and select by boards
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +config MACH_SPIDER_MK1_EVK
>>>>>>>>> +       bool "Pliops Spider Reference Design Board"
>>>>>>>>> +       select ARCH_SPIDER_MK1
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +endif
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spider/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-
>>>>>>>> spider/Makefile new file mode 100644 index
>>>>>> 000000000000..b08c4a93ca27
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-spider/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
>>>>>>>>> +lwl-y += lowlevel.o
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spider/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/mach-
>>>>>>>> spider/lowlevel.c new file mode 100644 index
>>>>>>>> 000000000000..5d62ef0f39e5
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-spider/lowlevel.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
>>>>>>>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier:     GPL-2.0+
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +#include <linux/types.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <mach/spider/lowlevel.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <asm/barebox-arm-head.h>
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +void spider_lowlevel_init(void)
>>>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>>>> +       arm_cpu_lowlevel_init();
>>>>>>>>> +       /*
>>>>>>>>> +        * not yet relocated, only do writel/readl for stuff that's
>>>>>>>>> +        * critical to run early. No global variables allowed.
>>>>>>>>> +        */
>>>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/images/Makefile b/images/Makefile index
>>>>>>>> c93f9e268978..97521e713228 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/images/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/images/Makefile
>>>>>>>>> @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ include $(srctree)/images/Makefile.mxs
>>>> include
>>>>>>>> $(srctree)/images/Makefile.omap3  include
>>>>>>>> $(srctree)/images/Makefile.rockchip
>>>>>>>>>  include $(srctree)/images/Makefile.socfpga
>>>>>>>>> +include $(srctree)/images/Makefile.spider
>>>>>>>>>  include $(srctree)/images/Makefile.stm32mp
>>>>>>>>>  include $(srctree)/images/Makefile.tegra  include
>>>>>>>> $(srctree)/images/Makefile.versatile
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/images/Makefile.spider b/images/Makefile.spider new file
>>>>>> mode
>>>>>>>> 100644 index 000000000000..c32f2762df04
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/images/Makefile.spider
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
>>>>>>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +pblb-$(CONFIG_MACH_SPIDER_MK1_EVK) +=
>> start_spider_mk1_evk
>>>>>>>>> +FILE_barebox-spider-mk1-evk.img = start_spider_mk1_evk.pblb
>>>>>>>>> +image-$(CONFIG_MACH_SPIDER_MK1_EVK) += barebox-spider-
>> mk1-
>>>>>>>> evk.img
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/include/mach/spider/lowlevel.h
>>>>>>>> b/include/mach/spider/lowlevel.h new file mode 100644 index
>>>>>>>> 000000000000..6e0ce1c77f7e
>>>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/include/mach/spider/lowlevel.h
>>>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
>>>>>>>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */ #ifndef __MACH_SPIDER_H_
>>>>>>>>> +#define __MACH_SPIDER_H_
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +void spider_lowlevel_init(void);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +#endif
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> 2.38.4
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>
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