STM32MP25 U-Boot

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This article briefly describes the STM32MP25x lines support in U-Boot.

1. STM32MP25x lines support[edit | edit source]

For detailed information, read the file in the delivered U-Boot code = doc/board/st/stm32mp2.rst or the documentation generated by make htlmdocs: board/st/stm32mp2.html.

Code:

arch/arm/mach-stm32mp : arch specific code for STM32 Arm^® Cortex^® MPUs
- arch/arm/mach-stm32mp/Kconfig : generic configuration for STM32 Arm^® Cortex^® MPUs
- arch/arm/mach-stm32mp/Kconfig.25x : specific configuration for STM32MP25x lines
board/st/common : STMicroelectronics common code
board/st/stm32mp2 : STMicroelectronics boards support for STM32MP2 series
drivers/*/*stm32* : drivers

Configuration files:

defconfig file
- configs/stm32mp25_defconfig
config files
- include/configs/stm32mp25_common.h : generic for STM32MP25x lines
- include/configs/stm32mp25_st_common.h : STMicroelectronics board for STM32MP25x lines
STM32_MPU_device_tree in arch/arm/dts : stm32mp25*.dts*
- <Device tree>.dts: same as kernel
- <Device tree>-u-boot.dtsi: addition for u-boot automatically included in build process
- stm32mp25-u-boot.dtsi : SoC add-on file included in <Device tree>-u-boot.dtsi

2. Selecting targets: choose defconfig and device tree[edit | edit source]

The U-Boot configuration with defconfig is stm32mp25_defconfig.

The boards are supported with the associated device tree (same name as kernel):

Board part number	Device tree	Description
STM32MP257F-DK Discovery kit	stm32mp257f-dk	MB1605
STM32MP257F-EV1 Evaluation board	stm32mp257f-ev1	MB1936

STMicroelectronics internal boards with Cut1.0 (old revision of board):

3. Compilation[edit | edit source]

see U-Boot_overview#U-Boot_build, with installed aarch64 cross-compiler.

For STM32MP257F-EV1 Evaluation board , the device tree is already selected in defconfig stm32mp25_defconfig

  make stm32mp25_defconfig
  make all

For other boards, you need to select the correct device tree

  make stm32mp25_defconfig
  make DEVICE_TREE=<Device tree> all

The supported variables are:

DEVICE_TREE: select in arch/arm/dts or in EXT_DTS the device tree that is used.
KBUILD_OUTPUT: change the destination directory for the build
EXT_DTB: select external device tree.
EXT_DTS: select PATH of external device tree source, by default the sub-directory "arch/arm/dts/external-dt" is used to allow sub-module.

The output files u-boot.dtb and u-boot-nodtb.bin are integrated in FIP.

Note: All the compiled devices trees are available in $KBUILD_OUTPUT/arch/arm/dts/*.dtb.
You can select them instead of u-boot.dtb without U-Boot recompilation.

3.1. External device tree[edit | edit source]

OpenSTLinux provides some additional device trees in a separate Git: https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/dt-stm32mp.

You can select with DEVICE_TREE any files presnet in the u-boot directory of this Git by

using submodule in "arch/arm/dts/external-dt"

    git submodule add https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/dt-stm32mp arch/arm/dts/external-dt

cloning this Git in any location <DTS_PATH> and using EXT_DTS=<DTS_PATH> in make command

    git clone https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/dt-stm32mp <DTS_PATH>

See example for STM32MP257F-EV1 Evaluation board with OSTL device tree.

4. U-Boot integration in FIP[edit | edit source]

U-Boot binary and its associated device tree are part of the FIP binary, created with TF-A Makefile option:

BL33_CFG = u-boot.dtb
BL33 = u-boot-nodtb.bin

or updated with fiptools:

--hw-config u-boot.dtb
--nt-fw u-boot-nodtb.bin

Example for FIP update of STM32MP257F-DK Discovery kit :

  fiptool --verbose update --nt-fw u-boot-nodtb.bin \
             --hw-config  u-boot.dtb \
             fip-stm32mp257f-dk.bin
 
 DEBUG: Replacing nt-fw with .../u-boot-nodtb.bin
 DEBUG: Replacing hw-config with .../u-boot.dtb
 DEBUG: Metadata size: ... bytes
 DEBUG: Payload size: ... bytes

5. Examples[edit | edit source]

5.1. STM32MP257F-DK Discovery kit [edit | edit source]

  make stm32mp25_defconfig
  make DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp257f-dk all

and

  fiptool --verbose update --nt-fw u-boot-nodtb.bin  --hw-config u-boot.dtb \
                        fip-stm32mp257f-dk.bin

5.2. STM32MP257F-EV1 Evaluation board with export[edit | edit source]

  export KBUILD_OUTPUT=../build/stm32mp25
  export DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp257f-ev1
  make stm32mp25_defconfig
  make  all

and

  fiptool --verbose update --nt-fw $KBUILD_OUTPUT/u-boot-nodtb.bin  \
                        --hw-config $KBUILD_OUTPUT/u-boot.dtb \
                        fip-stm32mp257f-ev1.bin

5.3. STM32MP257F-EV1 Evaluation board with OSTL device tree[edit | edit source]

For compilation of OSTL device tree in the external Git, u-boot/stm32mp257f-ev1-ostl.dts, you can use the git submodule command:

  git submodule add https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/dt-stm32mp arch/arm/dts/external-dt
  make stm32mp25_defconfig
  make DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp257f-ev1-ostl all

or git clone command with EXT_DTS:

  git clone https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/dt-stm32mp ../dt-stm32mp
  make stm32mp25_defconfig
  make EXT_DTS=$PATH/dt-stm32mp DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp257f-ev1-ostl all

and

  fiptool --verbose update --nt-fw u-boot-nodtb.bin \
             --hw-config  u-boot.dtb \
             fip-stm32mp257f-ev1-ostl.bin

5.4. Custom board with external device tree[edit | edit source]

  make stm32mp25_defconfig
  make EXT_DTB=stm32mp257f-myboard.dtb all

  fiptool --verbose update --nt-fw u-boot-nodtb.bin \
             --hw-config  u-boot.dtb \
             fip-stm32mp257f-myboard.bin