doc/README.mpc837xerdb

   1 Freescale MPC837xEMDS Board
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   3
   4 1.      Board Description
   5
   6         The MPC837xE-RDB are reference boards featuring the Freescale MPC8377E,
   7         MPC8378E, and the MPC8379E processors in a Mini-ITX form factor.
   8
   9         The MPC837xE-RDB's have the following common features:
  10
  11         A) 256-MBytes on-board DDR2 unbuffered SDRAM
  12         B) 8-Mbytes NOR Flash
  13         C) 32-MBytes NAND Flash
  14         D) 1 Secure Digital High Speed Card (SDHC) Interface
  15         E) 1 Gigabit Ethernet
  16         F) 5-port Ethernet switch (Vitesse 7385)
  17         G) 1 32-bit, 3.3 V, PCI slot
  18         H) 1 32-bit, 3.3 V, Mini-PCI slot
  19         I) 4-port USB 2.0 Hub
  20         J) 1-port OTG USB
  21         K) 2 serial ports (top main console)
  22         L) on board Oscillator: 66M
  23
  24         The MPC837xE-RDB's have the following differences:
  25
  26                             MPC8377E-RDB    MPC8378E-RDB    MPC8379E-RDB
  27         SATA controllers        2               0               4
  28         PCI-Express (mini)      2               2               0
  29         SGMII Ports             0               2               0
  30
  31
  32 2.      Memory Map
  33
  34 2.1.    The memory map should look pretty much like this:
  35
  36         Address Range                   Device                  Size            Port Size
  37                                                                 (Bytes)         (Bits)
  38         ===========================     =================       =======         =========
  39         0x0000_0000     0x0fff_ffff     DDR                     256M            64
  40         0x1000_0000     0x7fff_ffff     Empty                   1.75G           -
  41         0x8000_0000     0x9fff_ffff     PCI1 memory space       512M            32
  42         0xa000_0000     0xbfff_ffff     PCI2 memory space       512M            32
  43         0xc200_0000     0xc2ff_ffff     PCI1 I/O space          16M             32
  44         0xc300_0000     0xc3ff_ffff     PCI2 I/O space          16M             32
  45         0xe000_0000     0xe00f_ffff     Int Mem Reg Space       1M              -
  46         0xe280_0000     0xe47f_ffff     NAND Flash              32M             8
  47         0xfe00_0000     0xfe7f_ffff     NOR Flash on CS0        8M              16
  48
  49
  50 3. Definitions
  51
  52 3.1 Explanation of NEW definitions in:
  53
  54         include/configs/MPC837XERDB.h
  55
  56     CONFIG_MPC83XX          MPC83xx family for both MPC8349 and MPC8360
  57     CONFIG_MPC837X          MPC837x specific
  58     CONFIG_MPC837XERDB      MPC837XEMDS board specific
  59
  60
  61 4. Compilation
  62
  63         Assuming you're using BASH shell:
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  65                 export CROSS_COMPILE=your-cross-compile-prefix
  66                 cd u-boot
  67                 make distclean
  68                 make MPC837XERDB_config
  69                 make
  70
  71
  72 5. Downloading and Flashing Images
  73
  74 5.0 Download over serial line using Kermit:
  75
  76         loadb $loadaddr
  77         [Drop to kermit:
  78             ^\c
  79             send <u-boot-bin-image>
  80             c
  81         ]
  82
  83
  84         Or via tftp:
  85
  86         tftp $loadaddr u-boot.bin
  87
  88 5.1 Reflash U-boot Image using U-boot
  89
  90         tftp $loadaddr u-boot.bin
  91         protect off fe000000 fe0fffff
  92         erase fe000000 fe0fffff
  93         cp.b $loadaddr fe000000 $filesize
  94
  95
  96 6. Additional Notes:
  97         1) The console is connected to the top RS-232 connector and the
  98            baudrate for MPC837XE-RDB is 115200bps.