1 Overview 2 -------- 3 The B4860QDS is a Freescale reference board that hosts the B4860 SoC (and variants). 4 5 B4860 Overview 6 ------------- 7 The B4860 QorIQ Qonverge device is a Freescale high-end, multicore SoC based on 8 StarCore and Power Architecture cores. It targets the broadband wireless 9 infrastructure and builds upon the proven success of the existing multicore 10 DSPs and Power CPUs. It is designed to bolster the rapidly changing and 11 expanding wireless markets, such as 3GLTE (FDD and TDD), LTE-Advanced, and UMTS. 12 13 The B4860 is a highly-integrated StarCore and Power Architecture processor that 14 contains: 15 . Six fully-programmable StarCore SC3900 FVP subsystems, divided into three 16 clusters-each core runs up to 1.2 GHz, with an architecture highly optimized for 17 wireless base station applications 18 . Four dual-thread e6500 Power Architecture processors organized in one cluster-each 19 core runs up to 1.8 GHz 20 . Two DDR3/3L controllers for high-speed, industry-standard memory interface each 21 runs at up to 1866.67 MHz 22 . MAPLE-B3 hardware acceleration-for forward error correction schemes including 23 Turbo or Viterbi decoding, Turbo encoding and rate matching, MIMO MMSE 24 equalization scheme, matrix operations, CRC insertion and check, DFT/iDFT and 25 FFT/iFFT calculations, PUSCH/PDSCH acceleration, and UMTS chip rate 26 acceleration 27 . CoreNet fabric that fully supports coherency using MESI protocol between the 28 e6500 cores, SC3900 FVP cores, memories and external interfaces. 29 CoreNet fabric interconnect runs at 667 MHz and supports coherent and 30 non-coherent out of order transactions with prioritization and bandwidth 31 allocation amongst CoreNet endpoints. 32 . Data Path Acceleration Architecture, which includes the following: 33 . Frame Manager (FMan), which supports in-line packet parsing and general 34 classification to enable policing and QoS-based packet distribution 35 . Queue Manager (QMan) and Buffer Manager (BMan), which allow offloading 36 of queue management, task management, load distribution, flow ordering, buffer 37 management, and allocation tasks from the cores 38 . Security engine (SEC 5.3)-crypto-acceleration for protocols such as IPsec, 39 SSL, and 802.16 40 . RapidIO manager (RMAN) - Support SRIO types 8, 9, 10, and 11 (inbound and 41 outbound). Supports types 5, 6 (outbound only) 42 . Large internal cache memory with snooping and stashing capabilities for 43 bandwidth saving and high utilization of processor elements. The 9856-Kbyte 44 internal memory space includes the following: 45 . 32 Kbyte L1 ICache per e6500/SC3900 core 46 . 32 Kbyte L1 DCache per e6500/SC3900 core 47 . 2048 Kbyte unified L2 cache for each SC3900 FVP cluster 48 . 2048 Kbyte unified L2 cache for the e6500 cluster 49 . Two 512 Kbyte shared L3 CoreNet platform caches (CPC) 50 . Sixteen 10-GHz SerDes lanes serving: 51 . Two Serial RapidIO interfaces. 52 - Each supports up to 4 lanes and a total of up to 8 lanes 53 . Up to 8-lanes Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) controller for glue-less 54 antenna connection 55 . Two 10-Gbit Ethernet controllers (10GEC) 56 . Six 1G/2.5-Gbit Ethernet controllers for network communications 57 . PCI Express controller 58 . Debug (Aurora) 59 . Two OCeaN DMAs 60 . Various system peripherals 61 . 182 32-bit timers 62 63 B4860QDS Overview 64 ------------------ 65 - DDRC1: Ten separate DDR3 parts of 16-bit to support 72-bit (ECC) at 1866MT/s, ECC, 4 GB 66 of memory in two ranks of 2 GB. 67 - DDRC2: Five separate DDR3 parts of 16-bit to support 72-bit (ECC) at 1866MT/s, ECC, 2 GB 68 of memory. Single rank. 69 - SerDes 1 multiplexing: Two Vitesse (transmit and receive path) cross-point 16x16 switch 70 VSC3316 71 - SerDes 2 multiplexing: Two Vitesse (transmit and receive path) cross-point 8x8 switch VSC3308 72 - USB 2.0 ULPI PHY USB3315 by SMSC supports USB port in host mode. 73 B4860 UART port is available over USB-to-UART translator USB2SER or over RS232 flat cable. 74 - A Vitesse dual SGMII phy VSC8662 links the B4860 SGMII lines to 2xRJ-45 copper connectors 75 for Stand-alone mode and to the 1000Base-X over AMC MicroTCA connector ports 0 and 2 for 76 AMC mode. 77 - The B4860 configuration may be loaded from nine bits coded reset configuration reset source. The 78 RCW source is set by appropriate DIP-switches: 79 - 16-bit NOR Flash / PROMJet 80 - QIXIS 8-bit NOR Flash Emulator 81 - 8-bit NAND Flash 82 - 24-bit SPI Flash 83 - Long address I2C EEPROM 84 - Available debug interfaces are: 85 - On-board eCWTAP controller with ETH and USB I/F 86 - JTAG/COP 16-pin header for any external TAP controller 87 - External JTAG source over AMC to support B2B configuration 88 - 70-pin Aurora debug connector 89 - QIXIS (FPGA) logic: 90 - 2 KB internal memory space including 91 - IDT840NT4 clock synthesizer provides B4860 essential clocks : SYSCLK, DDRCLK1,2 and 92 RTCCLK. 93 - Two 8T49N222A SerDes ref clock devices support two SerDes port clock frequency - total four 94 refclk, including CPRI clock scheme. 95 96 B4420 Personality 97 -------------------- 98 99 B4420 Personality 100 -------------------- 101 B4420 is a reduced personality of B4860 with less core/clusters(both SC3900 and e6500), less DDR 102 controllers, less serdes lanes, less SGMII interfaces and reduced target frequencies. 103 104 Key differences between B4860 and B4420 105 ---------------------------------------- 106 107 B4420 has: 108 1. Less e6500 cores: 1 cluster with 2 e6500 cores 109 2. Less SC3900 cores/clusters: 1 cluster with 2 SC3900 cores per cluster. 110 3. Single DDRC 111 4. 2X 4 lane serdes 112 5. 3 SGMII interfaces 113 6. no sRIO 114 7. no 10G 115 116 B4860QDS Default Settings 117 ------------------------- 118 119 Switch Settings 120 ---------------- 121 122 SW1 OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] 123 SW2 ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF 124 SW3 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF 125 SW5 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON 126 127 Note: PCIe slots modes: All the PCIe devices work as Root Complex. 128 Note: Boot location: NOR flash. 129 130 SysClk/Core(e6500)/CCB/DDR/FMan/DDRCLK/StarCore/CPRI-Maple/eTVPE-Maple/ULB-Maple 131 66MHz/1.6GHz/667MHz/1.6GHz data rate/667MHz/133MHz/1200MHz/500MHz/800MHz/667MHz 132 133 a) NAND boot 134 SW1 [1.1] = 0 135 SW2 [1.1] = 1 136 SW3 [1:4] = 0001 137 b) NOR boot 138 SW1 [1.1] = 1 139 SW2 [1.1] = 0 140 SW3 [1:4] = 1000. 141 142 B4420QDS Default Settings 143 ------------------------- 144 145 Switch Settings 146 ---------------- 147 SW1 OFF[0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] OFF [0] 148 SW2 ON OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF 149 SW3 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF 150 SW5 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON 151 152 Note: PCIe slots modes: All the PCIe devices work as Root Complex. 153 Note: Boot location: NOR flash. 154 155 SysClk/Core(e6500)/CCB/DDR/FMan/DDRCLK/StarCore/CPRI-Maple/eTVPE-Maple/ULB-Maple 156 66MHz/1.6GHz/667MHz/1.6GHz data rate/667MHz/133MHz/1200MHz/500MHz/800MHz/667MHz 157 158 a) NAND boot 159 SW1 [1.1] = 0 160 SW2 [1.1] = 1 161 SW3 [1:4] = 0001 162 b) NOR boot 163 SW1 [1.1] = 1 164 SW2 [1.1] = 0 165 SW3 [1:4] = 1000. 166 167 Memory map on B4860QDS 168 ---------------------- 169 The addresses in brackets are physical addresses. 170 171 Start Address End Address Description Size 172 0xF_FFDF_1000 0xF_FFFF_FFFF Free 2 MB 173 0xF_FFDF_0000 0xF_FFDF_0FFF IFC - FPGA 4 KB 174 0xF_FF81_0000 0xF_FFDE_FFFF Free 5 MB 175 0xF_FF80_0000 0xF_FF80_FFFF IFC NAND Flash 64 KB 176 0xF_FF00_0000 0xF_FF7F_FFFF Free 8 MB 177 0xF_FE00_0000 0xF_FEFF_FFFF CCSRBAR 16 MB 178 0xF_F801_0000 0xF_FDFF_FFFF Free 95 MB 179 0xF_F800_0000 0xF_F800_FFFF PCIe I/O Space 64 KB 180 0xF_F600_0000 0xF_F7FF_FFFF QMAN s/w portal 32 MB 181 0xF_F400_0000 0xF_F5FF_FFFF BMAN s/w portal 32 MB 182 0xF_F000_0000 0xF_F3FF_FFFF Free 64 MB 183 0xF_E800_0000 0xF_EFFF_FFFF IFC NOR Flash 128 MB 184 0xF_E000_0000 0xF_E7FF_FFFF Promjet 128 MB 185 0xF_A0C0_0000 0xF_DFFF_FFFF Free 1012 MB 186 0xF_A000_0000 0xF_A0BF_FFFF MAPLE0/1/2 12 MB 187 0xF_0040_0000 0xF_9FFF_FFFF Free 12 GB 188 0xF_0000_0000 0xF_01FF_FFFF DCSR 32 MB 189 0xC_4000_0000 0xE_FFFF_FFFF Free 11 GB 190 0xC_3000_0000 0xC_3FFF_FFFF sRIO-2 I/O 256 MB 191 0xC_2000_0000 0xC_2FFF_FFFF sRIO-1 I/O 256 MB 192 0xC_0000_0000 0xC_1FFF_FFFF PCIe Mem Space 512 MB 193 0x1_0000_0000 0xB_FFFF_FFFF Free 44 GB 194 0x0_8000_0000 0x0_FFFF_FFFF DDRC1 2 GB 195 0x0_0000_0000 0x0_7FFF_FFFF DDRC2 2 GB 196 197 Memory map on B4420QDS 198 ---------------------- 199 The addresses in brackets are physical addresses. 200 201 Start Address End Address Description Size 202 0xF_FFDF_1000 0xF_FFFF_FFFF Free 2 MB 203 0xF_FFDF_0000 0xF_FFDF_0FFF IFC - FPGA 4 KB 204 0xF_FF81_0000 0xF_FFDE_FFFF Free 5 MB 205 0xF_FF80_0000 0xF_FF80_FFFF IFC NAND Flash 64 KB 206 0xF_FF00_0000 0xF_FF7F_FFFF Free 8 MB 207 0xF_FE00_0000 0xF_FEFF_FFFF CCSRBAR 16 MB 208 0xF_F801_0000 0xF_FDFF_FFFF Free 95 MB 209 0xF_F800_0000 0xF_F800_FFFF PCIe I/O Space 64 KB 210 0xF_F600_0000 0xF_F7FF_FFFF QMAN s/w portal 32 MB 211 0xF_F400_0000 0xF_F5FF_FFFF BMAN s/w portal 32 MB 212 0xF_F000_0000 0xF_F3FF_FFFF Free 64 MB 213 0xF_E800_0000 0xF_EFFF_FFFF IFC NOR Flash 128 MB 214 0xF_E000_0000 0xF_E7FF_FFFF Promjet 128 MB 215 0xF_A0C0_0000 0xF_DFFF_FFFF Free 1012 MB 216 0xF_A000_0000 0xF_A0BF_FFFF MAPLE0/1/2 12 MB 217 0xF_0040_0000 0xF_9FFF_FFFF Free 12 GB 218 0xF_0000_0000 0xF_01FF_FFFF DCSR 32 MB 219 0xC_4000_0000 0xE_FFFF_FFFF Free 11 GB 220 0xC_3000_0000 0xC_3FFF_FFFF sRIO-2 I/O 256 MB 221 0xC_2000_0000 0xC_2FFF_FFFF sRIO-1 I/O 256 MB 222 0xC_0000_0000 0xC_1FFF_FFFF PCIe Mem Space 512 MB 223 0x1_0000_0000 0xB_FFFF_FFFF Free 44 GB 224 0x0_0000_0000 0x0_FFFF_FFFF DDRC1 4 GB 225 226 227 NOR Flash memory Map on B4860 and B4420QDS 228 ------------------------------------------ 229 Start End Definition Size 230 0xEFF40000 0xEFFFFFFF U-Boot (current bank) 768KB 231 0xEFF20000 0xEFF3FFFF U-Boot env (current bank) 128KB 232 0xEFF00000 0xEFF1FFFF FMAN Ucode (current bank) 128KB 233 0xEF300000 0xEFEFFFFF rootfs (alternate bank) 12MB 234 0xEE800000 0xEE8FFFFF device tree (alternate bank) 1MB 235 0xEE020000 0xEE6FFFFF Linux.uImage (alternate bank) 6MB+896KB 236 0xEE000000 0xEE01FFFF RCW (alternate bank) 128KB 237 0xEDF40000 0xEDFFFFFF U-Boot (alternate bank) 768KB 238 0xEDF20000 0xEDF3FFFF U-Boot env (alternate bank) 128KB 239 0xEDF00000 0xEDF1FFFF FMAN ucode (alternate bank) 128KB 240 0xED300000 0xEDEFFFFF rootfs (current bank) 12MB 241 0xEC800000 0xEC8FFFFF device tree (current bank) 1MB 242 0xEC020000 0xEC6FFFFF Linux.uImage (current bank) 6MB+896KB 243 0xEC000000 0xEC01FFFF RCW (current bank) 128KB 244 245 Various Software configurations/environment variables/commands 246 -------------------------------------------------------------- 247 The below commands apply to both B4860QDS and B4420QDS. 248 249 1. U-Boot environment variable hwconfig 250 The default hwconfig is: 251 hwconfig=fsl_ddr:ctlr_intlv=null,bank_intlv=cs0_cs1;usb1: 252 dr_mode=host,phy_type=ulpi 253 Note: For USB gadget set "dr_mode=peripheral" 254 255 2. FMAN Ucode versions 256 fsl_fman_ucode_B4860_106_3_6.bin 257 258 3. Switching to alternate bank 259 Commands for switching to alternate bank. 260 261 1. To change from vbank0 to vbank2 262 => qixis_reset altbank (it will boot using vbank2) 263 264 2.To change from vbank2 to vbank0 265 => qixis reset (it will boot using vbank0) 266 267 4. To change personality of board 268 For changing personality from B4860 to B4420 269 1)Boot from vbank0 270 2)Flash vbank2 with b4420 rcw and U-Boot 271 3)Give following commands to uboot prompt 272 => mw.b ffdf0040 0x30; 273 => mw.b ffdf0010 0x00; 274 => mw.b ffdf0062 0x02; 275 => mw.b ffdf0050 0x02; 276 => mw.b ffdf0010 0x30; 277 => reset 278 279 Note: Power off cycle will lead to default switch settings. 280 Note: 0xffdf0000 is the address of the QIXIS FPGA. 281 282 5. Switching between NOR and NAND boot(RCW src changed from NOR <-> NAND) 283 284 To change from NOR to NAND boot give following command on uboot prompt 285 => mw.b ffdf0040 0x30 286 => mw.b ffdf0010 0x00 287 => mw.b 0xffdf0050 0x08 288 => mw.b 0xffdf0060 0x82 289 => mw.b ffdf0061 0x00 290 => mw.b ffdf0010 0x30 291 => reset 292 293 To change from NAND to NOR boot give following command on uboot prompt: 294 => mw.b ffdf0040 0x30 295 => mw.b ffdf0010 0x00 296 => mw.b 0xffdf0050 0x00(for vbank0) or (mw.b 0xffdf0050 0x02 for vbank2) 297 => mw.b 0xffdf0060 0x12 298 => mw.b ffdf0061 0x01 299 => mw.b ffdf0010 0x30 300 => reset 301 302 Note: Power off cycle will lead to default switch settings. 303 Note: 0xffdf0000 is the address of the QIXIS FPGA. 304 305 6. Ethernet interfaces for B4860QDS 306 Serdes protocosl tested: 307 0x2a, 0x8d (serdes1, serdes2) [DEFAULT] 308 0x2a, 0xb2 (serdes1, serdes2) 309 310 When using [DEFAULT] RCW, which including 2 * 1G SGMII on board and 2 * 1G 311 SGMII on SGMII riser card. 312 Under U-Boot these network interfaces are recognized as: 313 FM1@DTSEC3, FM1@DTSEC4, FM1@DTSEC5 and FM1@DTSEC6. 314 315 On Linux the interfaces are renamed as: 316 . eth2 -> fm1-gb2 317 . eth3 -> fm1-gb3 318 . eth4 -> fm1-gb4 319 . eth5 -> fm1-gb5 320 321 7. RCW and Ethernet interfaces for B4420QDS 322 Serdes protocosl tested: 323 0x18, 0x9e (serdes1, serdes2) 324 325 Under U-Boot these network interfaces are recognized as: 326 FM1@DTSEC3, FM1@DTSEC4 and e1000#0. 327 328 On Linux the interfaces are renamed as: 329 . eth2 -> fm1-gb2 330 . eth3 -> fm1-gb3 331 332 NAND boot with 2 Stage boot loader 333 ---------------------------------- 334 PBL initialise the internal SRAM and copy SPL(160KB) in SRAM. 335 SPL further initialise DDR using SPD and environment variables and copy 336 U-Boot(768 KB) from flash to DDR. 337 Finally SPL transer control to U-Boot for futher booting. 338 339 SPL has following features: 340 - Executes within 256K 341 - No relocation required 342 343 Run time view of SPL framework during boot :- 344 ----------------------------------------------- 345 Area | Address | 346 ----------------------------------------------- 347 Secure boot | 0xFFFC0000 (32KB) | 348 headers | | 349 ----------------------------------------------- 350 GD, BD | 0xFFFC8000 (4KB) | 351 ----------------------------------------------- 352 ENV | 0xFFFC9000 (8KB) | 353 ----------------------------------------------- 354 HEAP | 0xFFFCB000 (30KB) | 355 ----------------------------------------------- 356 STACK | 0xFFFD8000 (22KB) | 357 ----------------------------------------------- 358 U-Boot SPL | 0xFFFD8000 (160KB) | 359 ----------------------------------------------- 360 361 NAND Flash memory Map on B4860 and B4420QDS 362 ------------------------------------------ 363 Start End Definition Size 364 0x000000 0x0FFFFF U-Boot 1MB 365 0x140000 0x15FFFF U-Boot env 128KB 366 0x1A0000 0x1BFFFF FMAN Ucode 128KB 367
