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author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2011-03-23 02:34:54 -0400 |
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committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2011-03-23 02:34:54 -0400 |
commit | 02e2407858fd62053bf60349c0e72cd1c7a4a60e (patch) | |
tree | 0ebdbddc97d3abbc675916010e7771065b70c137 /Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt | |
parent | 96e1c408ea8a556c5b51e0e7d56bd2afbfbf5fe9 (diff) | |
parent | 6447f55da90b77faec1697d499ed7986bb4f6de6 (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into release
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..efff8ae2713 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +ROM-able zImage boot from MMC +----------------------------- + +An ROM-able zImage compiled with ZBOOT_ROM_MMCIF may be written to MMC and +SuperH Mobile ARM will to boot directly from the MMCIF hardware block. + +This is achieved by the mask ROM loading the first portion of the image into +MERAM and then jumping to it. This portion contains loader code which +copies the entire image to SDRAM and jumps to it. From there the zImage +boot code proceeds as normal, uncompressing the image into its final +location and then jumping to it. + +This code has been tested on an AP4EB board using the developer 1A eMMC +boot mode which is configured using the following jumper settings. +The board used for testing required a patched mask ROM in order for +this mode to function. + + 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 + x|x|x|x|x| |x| +S4 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- + | | | | |x| |x on + +The zImage must be written to the MMC card at sector 1 (512 bytes) in +vrl4 format. A utility vrl4 is supplied to accomplish this. + +e.g. + vrl4 < zImage | dd of=/dev/sdX bs=512 seek=1 + +A dual-voltage MMC 4.0 card was used for testing. |