[meta-xilinx] load fpga bitstream in u-boot SPL on pyro

[Mike Looijmans]

You can load the bitstream in "regular" u-boot and even in Linux (that's what 
I do to speed up things).

You will need a *working* pmufw binary for that to work, see a bunch of 
previous e-mails on how to accomplish that.

On 13-10-17 10:33, yohan.boyer at ioterop.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was upgrading my build from morty to pyro and I fall into an issue I think.
> 
> We discuss some day ago to read MAC address from I2C EEPROM attached via the PL.
> 
> It seems it was not done by default on u-boot 2016.03, but ok in u-boot 2017.01.
> 
> So I’m now using u-boot 2017.01. The new build with pyro is now working.
> 
> But in morty, the fpga bitstream was loaded in u-boot SPL, before booting in 
> u-boot right ? But not in pyro ?
> 
> There is not the patch zynq-Add-fpga-support-to-u-boot-SPL.patch in pyro.
> 
> So my question is : Am I missing something ?
> 
> I think u-boot can’t read the MAC address if the bitstream is not loaded 
> before u-boot try to read it.
> 
> Also, I find in pyro the uenv.txt is generated, very nice !
> 
> But in case the bitstream will be load in u-boot SPL, it will cause issue ? 
> Since the uenv.txt load it in u-boot.
> 
> Thanks for any tips !
> 
> Regards
> 
> Yohan
> 
> 
> 



Kind regards,

Mike Looijmans
System Expert

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