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2*4882a593SmuzhiyunSDP in U-Boot
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5*4882a593SmuzhiyunSDP stands for serial download protocol. It is the protocol used in NXP's
6*4882a593Smuzhiyuni.MX SoCs ROM Serial Downloader and provides means to download a program
7*4882a593Smuzhiyunimage to the chip over USB and UART serial connection.
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9*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe implementation in U-Boot uses the USB Downloader Gadget (g_dnl) to
10*4882a593Smuzhiyunprovide a SDP implementation over USB. This allows to download program
11*4882a593Smuzhiyunimages to the target in SPL/U-Boot using the same protocol/tooling the
12*4882a593SmuzhiyunSoC's recovery mechanism is using.
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14*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe SDP protocol over USB is a USB HID class protocol. USB HID class
15*4882a593Smuzhiyunprotocols allow to access a USB device without OS specific drivers. The
16*4882a593SmuzhiyunU-Boot implementation has primarly been tested using the open source
17*4882a593Smuzhiyunimx_loader utility (https://github.com/toradex/imx_loader).
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19*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe host side utilities are typically capable to interpret the i.MX
20*4882a593Smuzhiyunspecific image header (see doc/README.imximage). There are extensions
21*4882a593Smuzhiyunfor imx_loader's imx_usb utility which allow to interpret the U-Boot
22*4882a593Smuzhiyunspecific legacy image format (see mkimage(1)). Also the U-Boot side
23*4882a593Smuzhiyunsupport beside the i.MX specific header the U-Boot legacy header.
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25*4882a593SmuzhiyunUsage
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28*4882a593SmuzhiyunThis implementation can be started in U-Boot using the sdp command
29*4882a593Smuzhiyun(CONFIG_CMD_USB_SDP) or in SPL if Serial Downloader boot mode has been
30*4882a593Smuzhiyundetected (CONFIG_SPL_USB_SDP_SUPPORT).
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32*4882a593SmuzhiyunA typical use case is downloading full U-Boot after SPL has been
33*4882a593Smuzhiyundownloaded through the boot ROM's Serial Downloader. Using boot mode
34*4882a593Smuzhiyundetection the SPL will run the SDP implementation automatically in
35*4882a593Smuzhiyunthis case:
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37*4882a593Smuzhiyun  # imx_usb SPL
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39*4882a593SmuzhiyunTargets Serial Console:
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41*4882a593Smuzhiyun  Trying to boot from USB SDP
42*4882a593Smuzhiyun  SDP: initialize...
43*4882a593Smuzhiyun  SDP: handle requests...
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45*4882a593SmuzhiyunAt this point the SPL reenumerated as a new HID device and emulating
46*4882a593Smuzhiyunthe boot ROM's SDP protocol. The USB VID/PID will depend on standard
47*4882a593SmuzhiyunU-Boot configurations CONFIG_G_DNL_(VENDOR|PRODUCT)_NUM. Make sure
48*4882a593Smuzhiyunimx_usb is aware of the USB VID/PID for your device by adding a
49*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfiguration entry in imx_usb.conf:
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51*4882a593Smuzhiyun  0x1b67:0x4fff, mx6_usb_sdp_spl.conf
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53*4882a593SmuzhiyunAnd the device specific configuration file mx6_usb_sdp_spl.conf:
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55*4882a593Smuzhiyun  mx6_spl_sdp
56*4882a593Smuzhiyun  hid,uboot_header,1024,0x910000,0x10000000,1G,0x00900000,0x40000
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58*4882a593SmuzhiyunThis allows to download the regular U-Boot with legacy image headers
59*4882a593Smuzhiyun(u-boot.img) using a second invocation of imx_usb:
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61*4882a593Smuzhiyun  # imx_usb u-boot.img
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63*4882a593SmuzhiyunFurthermore, when U-Boot is running the sdp command can be used to
64*4882a593Smuzhiyundownload and run scripts:
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66*4882a593Smuzhiyun  # imx_usb script.scr
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68*4882a593Smuzhiyunimx_usb configuration files can be also used to download multiple
69*4882a593Smuzhiyunfiles and of arbitrary types, e.g.
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71*4882a593Smuzhiyun  mx6_usb_sdp_uboot
72*4882a593Smuzhiyun  hid,1024,0x10000000,1G,0x00907000,0x31000
73*4882a593Smuzhiyun  full.itb:load 0x12100000
74*4882a593Smuzhiyun  boot.scr:load 0x12000000,jump 0x12000000
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76*4882a593SmuzhiyunThere is also a batch mode which allows imx_usb to handle multiple
77*4882a593Smuzhiyunconsecutive reenumerations by adding multiple VID/PID specifications
78*4882a593Smuzhiyunin imx_usb.conf:
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80*4882a593Smuzhiyun  0x15a2:0x0061, mx6_usb_rom.conf, 0x1b67:0x4fff, mx6_usb_sdp_spl.conf
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82*4882a593SmuzhiyunIn this mode the file to download (imx_usb job) needs to be specified
83*4882a593Smuzhiyunin the configuration files.
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85*4882a593Smuzhiyunmx6_usb_rom.conf:
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87*4882a593Smuzhiyun  mx6_qsb
88*4882a593Smuzhiyun  hid,1024,0x910000,0x10000000,1G,0x00900000,0x40000
89*4882a593Smuzhiyun  SPL:jump header2
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91*4882a593Smuzhiyunmx6_usb_sdp_spl.conf:
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93*4882a593Smuzhiyun  mx6_spl_sdp
94*4882a593Smuzhiyun  hid,uboot_header,1024,0x10000000,1G,0x00907000,0x31000
95*4882a593Smuzhiyun  u-boot.img:jump header2
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97*4882a593SmuzhiyunWith that SPL and U-Boot can be downloaded with a single invocation
98*4882a593Smuzhiyunof imx_usb without arguments:
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100*4882a593Smuzhiyun  # imx_usb
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