Provide a man-page for the loads command. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schucha...@canonical.com> --- doc/usage/cmd/loads.rst | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/usage/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 97 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/usage/cmd/loads.rst
diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/loads.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/loads.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5dd0ed70b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/usage/cmd/loads.rst @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+: + +loads command +============= + +Synopsis +-------- + +:: + + loads [offset [baud]] + +Description +----------- + +The loads command is used to transfer a file to the device via the serial line +using the Motorola S-record file format. + +offset + offset added to the addresses in the S-record file + +baud + baud rate to use for download. This parameter is only available if + CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE=y + +Example +------- + +As example file to be transferred we use a script printing 'hello s-record'. +Here are the commands to create the S-record file: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ echo 'echo hello s-record' > script.txt + $ mkimage -T script -d script.txt script.scr + Image Name: + Created: Sun Jun 25 10:35:02 2023 + Image Type: PowerPC Linux Script (gzip compressed) + Data Size: 28 Bytes = 0.03 KiB = 0.00 MiB + Load Address: 00000000 + Entry Point: 00000000 + Contents: + Image 0: 20 Bytes = 0.02 KiB = 0.00 MiB + $ srec_cat script.scr -binary -CRLF -Output script.srec + $ echo -e "S9030000FC\r" >> script.srec + $ cat script.srec + S0220000687474703A2F2F737265636F72642E736F75726365666F7267652E6E65742F1D + S1230000270519566D773EB6649815E30000001700000000000000003DE3D97005070601E2 + S12300200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000BC + S11A00400000000F0000000068656C6C6F20732D7265636F72640A39 + S5030003F9 + S9030000FC + $ + +The load address in the first S1 record is 0x0000. + +The terminal emulation program picocom is invoked with *cat* as the send +command to transfer the file. + +.. code-block:: + + picocom --send-cmd 'cat' --baud 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0 + +After entering the *loads* command the key sequence <CTRL-A><CTRL-S> is used to +let picocom prompt for the file name. Picocom invokes the program *cat* for the +file transfer. The loaded script is executed using the *source* command. + +.. code-block:: + + => loads $scriptaddr + ## Ready for S-Record download ... + + *** file: script.srec + $ cat script.srec + + *** exit status: 0 *** + + ## First Load Addr = 0x4FC00000 + ## Last Load Addr = 0x4FC0005B + ## Total Size = 0x0000005C = 92 Bytes + ## Start Addr = 0x00000000 + => source $scriptaddr + ## Executing script at 4fc00000 + hello s-record + => + +Configuration +------------- + +The command is only available if CONFIG_CMD_LOADS=y. The parameter to set the +baud rate is only available if CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE=y + +Return value +------------ + +The return value $? is 0 (true) on success, 1 (false) otherwise. diff --git a/doc/usage/index.rst b/doc/usage/index.rst index 29ae8a176e..ef3e87fed0 100644 --- a/doc/usage/index.rst +++ b/doc/usage/index.rst @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Shell commands cmd/load cmd/loadb cmd/loadm + cmd/loads cmd/loadx cmd/loady cmd/mbr -- 2.40.1