This patch enables copying of SPL from MMC if `-kernel` parameter is not passed when starting QEMU. SPL is copied to SRAM_A.
The approach is reused from Allwinner H3 implementation. Tested with Armbian and custom Yocto image. Signed-off-by: Strahinja Jankovic <strahinja.p.janko...@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Niek Linnenbank <nieklinnenb...@gmail.com> --- hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ hw/arm/cubieboard.c | 5 +++++ include/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c b/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c index 17e439777e..dc1966ff7a 100644 --- a/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c +++ b/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ #include "sysemu/sysemu.h" #include "hw/boards.h" #include "hw/usb/hcd-ohci.h" +#include "hw/loader.h" +#define AW_A10_SRAM_A_BASE 0x00000000 #define AW_A10_DRAMC_BASE 0x01c01000 #define AW_A10_MMC0_BASE 0x01c0f000 #define AW_A10_CCM_BASE 0x01c20000 @@ -38,6 +40,22 @@ #define AW_A10_RTC_BASE 0x01c20d00 #define AW_A10_I2C0_BASE 0x01c2ac00 +void allwinner_a10_bootrom_setup(AwA10State *s, BlockBackend *blk) +{ + const int64_t rom_size = 32 * KiB; + g_autofree uint8_t *buffer = g_new0(uint8_t, rom_size); + + if (blk_pread(blk, 8 * KiB, rom_size, buffer, 0) < 0) { + error_setg(&error_fatal, "%s: failed to read BlockBackend data", + __func__); + return; + } + + rom_add_blob("allwinner-a10.bootrom", buffer, rom_size, + rom_size, AW_A10_SRAM_A_BASE, + NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, false); +} + static void aw_a10_init(Object *obj) { AwA10State *s = AW_A10(obj); diff --git a/hw/arm/cubieboard.c b/hw/arm/cubieboard.c index dca257620d..71a7df1508 100644 --- a/hw/arm/cubieboard.c +++ b/hw/arm/cubieboard.c @@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ static void cubieboard_init(MachineState *machine) memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(), AW_A10_SDRAM_BASE, machine->ram); + /* Load target kernel or start using BootROM */ + if (!machine->kernel_filename && blk && blk_is_available(blk)) { + /* Use Boot ROM to copy data from SD card to SRAM */ + allwinner_a10_bootrom_setup(a10, blk); + } /* TODO create and connect IDE devices for ide_drive_get() */ cubieboard_binfo.ram_size = machine->ram_size; diff --git a/include/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.h b/include/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.h index 763935fca9..e2e27e616a 100644 --- a/include/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.h +++ b/include/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.h @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ #include "hw/misc/allwinner-a10-ccm.h" #include "hw/misc/allwinner-a10-dramc.h" #include "hw/i2c/allwinner-i2c.h" +#include "sysemu/block-backend.h" #include "target/arm/cpu.h" #include "qom/object.h" @@ -47,4 +48,24 @@ struct AwA10State { OHCISysBusState ohci[AW_A10_NUM_USB]; }; +/** + * Emulate Boot ROM firmware setup functionality. + * + * A real Allwinner A10 SoC contains a Boot ROM + * which is the first code that runs right after + * the SoC is powered on. The Boot ROM is responsible + * for loading user code (e.g. a bootloader) from any + * of the supported external devices and writing the + * downloaded code to internal SRAM. After loading the SoC + * begins executing the code written to SRAM. + * + * This function emulates the Boot ROM by copying 32 KiB + * of data at offset 8 KiB from the given block device and writes it to + * the start of the first internal SRAM memory. + * + * @s: Allwinner A10 state object pointer + * @blk: Block backend device object pointer + */ +void allwinner_a10_bootrom_setup(AwA10State *s, BlockBackend *blk); + #endif -- 2.30.2