Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 10:40:06 -0500
From:   Troy Benjegerdes <troy.benjegerdes@...ive.com>
To:     Loys Ollivier <lollivier@...libre.com>
Cc:     Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>,
        Karsten Merker <merker@...ian.org>,
        "linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
Subject: Re: Testing the recent RISC-V DT patchsets



> On Jun 3, 2019, at 4:49 AM, Loys Ollivier <lollivier@...libre.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed 29 May 2019 at 12:25, Troy Benjegerdes <troy.benjegerdes@...ive.com> wrote:
> 
>>> On May 29, 2019, at 5:04 AM, Loys Ollivier <lollivier@...libre.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Wed 29 May 2019 at 00:50, Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 5/28/19 8:36 AM, Karsten Merker wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 05:10:42PM +0200, Loys Ollivier wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue 28 May 2019 at 01:32, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> An update for those testing RISC-V patches: here's a new branch of
>>>>>>> riscv-pk/bbl that doesn't try to read or modify the DT data at all, which
>>>>>>> should be useful until U-Boot settles down.
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>> Here is an Linux kernel branch with updated DT data that can be booted
>>>>>>> with the above bootloader:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>   https://github.com/sifive/riscv-linux/tree/dev/paulw/dts-v5.2-rc1-experimental
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> A sample boot log follows, using a 'defconfig' build from that branch.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks Paul, I can confirm that it works.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Something is still unclear to myself.
>>>>>> Using FSBL + riscv-pk/bbl the linux kernel + device tree boots.
>>>>>> Neither FSBL nor riscv-pk/bbl are modifying the DT.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Using FSBL + OpenSBI + U-Boot the same kernel + device tree hangs on
>>>>>> running /init.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Would you have any pointer on what riscv-pk does that OpenSBI/U-boot doesn't ?
>>>>>> Or maybe it is the other way around - OpenSBI/U-boot does something that
>>>>>> extra that should not happen.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't know which version of OpenSBI you are using, but there is
>>>>> a problem with the combination of kernel 5.2-rc1 and OpenSBI
>>>>> versions before commit
>>>>> 
>>>>>  https://github.com/riscv/opensbi/commit/4e2cd478208531c47343290f15b577d40c82649c
>>>>> 
>>>>> that can result in a hang on executing init, so in case you
>>>>> should be using an older OpenSBI build that might be the source
>>>>> of the problem that you are experiencing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Karsten
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I verified the updated DT with upstream kernel for the boot flow OpenSBI 
>>>> + U-Boot + Linux or OpenSBI + Linux.
>>>> 
>>>> OpenSBI should be compiled for sifive platform with following additional 
>>>> argument
>>>> 
>>>> FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH=<linux kernel 
>>>> source>/arch/riscv/boot/dts/sifive/hifive-unleashed-a00.dtb
>>>> 
>>>> FYI: It will only work when kernel is given a payload to U-Boot/OpenSBI 
>>>> directly.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hum, I am surprised by this statement.
>>> I was able to verify the latest DT patch serie from Paul with:
>>> OpenSBI + U-Boot + Linux & DT.
>>> 
>>> Following the OpenSBI documentation [0] with U-Boot payload:
>>> FW_PAYLOAD_PATH=<u-boot_build_dir>/u-boot.bin
>>> 
>>> I get an U-Boot prompt and then I can just load the linux kernel and
>>> device tree from the network.
>>> 
>>> [0]: https://github.com/riscv/opensbi/blob/master/docs/platform/sifive_fu540.md#building-sifive-fu540-platform
>>> 
>> 
>> Could you confirm which git hash of U-boot you are building, and that the .config matches
>> the defconfig (or send me the .config you used)?
> 
> Sure,
> 
> OpenSBI: a6395acd6cb2c35871481d3e4f0beaf449f8c0fd
> U-Boot: (origin/master) 344a0e4367d0820b8eb2ea4a90132433e038095f
> Kernel: from Paul from this thread [1]
> 
> I use the sifive_fu540_defconfig of U-Boot with no additional changes.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/sifive/riscv-linux/tree/dev/paulw/dts-v5.2-rc1-experimental
> 
>> 
>> I’d like to get everything that’s working integrated in one place into a freedom-u-sdk test branch.
>> 
>> 
> 
> Let me know the test branch when it's up :)
> 
> Loys
> 


Have a look at https://github.com/tmagik/freedom-u-sdk/tree/dev/u-boot

I need to fill in the makefiles (and set up our lab TFTP server) so 
‘make test’ builds and runs everything.

The first time I tried I got an endless string of exceptions, and how I get this:

OpenSBI v0.3 (Jun  3 2019 08:04:44)
   ____                    _____ ____ _____
  / __ \                  / ____|  _ \_   _|
 | |  | |_ __   ___ _ __ | (___ | |_) || |
 | |  | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \ \___ \|  _ < | |
 | |__| | |_) |  __/ | | |____) | |_) || |_
  \____/| .__/ \___|_| |_|_____/|____/_____|
        | |
        |_|

Platform Name          : SiFive Freedom U540
Platform HART Features : RV64ACDFIMSU
Platform Max HARTs     : 5
Current Hart           : 4
Firmware Base          : 0x80000000
Firmware Size          : 92 KB
Runtime SBI Version    : 0.1

PMP0: 0x0000000080000000-0x000000008001ffff (A)
PMP1: 0x0000000000000000-0x0000007fffffffff (A,R,W,X)


U-Boot 2019.07-rc3-00047-ga8a796e (Jun 03 2019 - 07:54:59 -0700)

CPU:   rv64imafdc
Model: sifive,hifive-unleashed-a00
DRAM:  8 GiB
In:    serial@...10000
Out:   serial@...10000
Err:   serial@...10000
Net:   




>>>> Network booting is still not working as the clock driver probe doesn't
>>>> happen because of the updated DT.
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Atish
>>> 
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