Intro ===== This default configuration will allow you to start experimenting with the buildroot environment for the MacchiatoBin board based on the Marvell Armada 8040 SoC. Documentation for the board hardware and software is available on the wiki at: http://wiki.macchiatobin.net This default configuration will bring up the board and allow access through the serial console. How to build ============ Default configuration provides the following BSP versions: - Linux v5.10.5 - U-Boot v2020.10 - ATF v2.4 To build images run the following commands: $ make solidrun_macchiatobin_defconfig $ make How to write the SD card ======================== Once the build process is finished you will have an image called "sdcard.img" in the output/images/ directory. Copy the bootable "sdcard.img" onto an SD card with "dd": $ sudo dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1M conv=fsync $ sudo sync How to boot the board ===================== The MacchiatoBin board can be setup to load the bootloader from different sources including eMMC, SPI flash, and SD-card. On Rev 1.2 board to select boot from SD-card the DIP switches SW1 and SW2 should be configured as follows: SW2: 01110 SW1: 1xxxx The upcoming Rev 1.3 board will have a single pins header J1 instead of the SW1/2 DIP switches. To boot from SD-card the setting of J1 jumpers should match the DIP switches of Rev v1.2 board from left to right: J1: 011101xxxx Insert the micro SDcard in the MacchiatoBin board and power it up. The serial console is accessible at the micro-USB Type-B connector marked CON9. The serial line settings are 115200 8N1. U-Boot environment ================== By default current configuration provides U-Boot that keeps environment in SD/eMMC. However, if needed, u-boot-fragment.config can be tweaked so that U-Boot will keep environment in SPI flash. On the first boot SPI flash may be empty or it may contain a stale environment that prevents proper boot. Then the following commands can be used to boot the board: => ext4load mmc 1:1 0x01700000 /boot/uEnv-example.txt => env import -t 0x01700000 $filesize => boot The example environment from uEnv-example.txt can be written to SPI flash using the following commands: => env default -f -a => ext4load mmc 1:1 0x01700000 /boot/uEnv-example.txt => env import -t 0x01700000 $filesize => saveenv