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Hardware Details



 * Technical Reference Manual for OMAP L 138 Processor is Here
 * Applications of OMAP L 138 are Here

Tools

 * ARM Cross Compiler
 * DSP Cross Compiler c674x via option -mv6740
 * AIS Generator / UART Host Tool (Needs .NET Framework)

Compiling u-boot (bootloader)
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- distclean make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- omapl_hawkboard_config make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
 * 1) Issue compile commands with make:

Signing u-boot for UART boot

 * 1) Copy u-boot (elf) file to the host machine where AIS Generator is installed. Follow the below steps
 * 2) [[File:AIS gen uart1.JPG]]
 * 3) [[File:AIS gen uart2.JPG]]
 * 4) [[File:AIS gen uart3.JPG]]
 * 5) [[File:AIS gen uart4.JPG]]

Signing u-boot for NAND boot

 * 1) Copy u-boot (elf) file to the host machine where AIS Generator is installed. Follow the below steps
 * 2) [[File:AIS gen nand1.JPG]]
 * 3) Configure PLL0, PLL1, DDR tabs as shown above. The File name to generate remains as in the step above.

Compiling Linux Kernel
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- distclean make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- omapl138_hawkboard_defconfig make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- uImage
 * 1) Issue compile commands with make:

Booting u-boot over UART

 * Power OFF the board
 * Close any previously running terminal programs
 * Connect the UART cable to the Host machine.

Following process used on Windows family of Operating System:
 * User can use mono utility with dvflasher.ext program to load u-boot on Linux system.
 * Details To be updated

Following process used on Windows family of Operating System: (File IO): Read 414964 bytes from file D:\hawk_release\u-boot_uart_ais.bin. (Serial Port): Opening COM1 at 115200 baud...  (AIS Parse): Read magic word 0x41504954. (AIS Parse): Waiting for BOOTME...  (AIS Parse): Performing Start-Word Sync...   (AIS Parse): Performing Ping Opcode Sync...   (AIS Parse): Processing command 0: 0x5853590D. (AIS Parse): Performing Opcode Sync...  (AIS Parse): Executing function...   (AIS Parse): Processing command 1: 0x5853590D. (AIS Parse): Loaded 1512-byte section to address 0xC10E4BEC. ...  ...   ...   (AIS Parse): Processing command 15: 0x58535906. (AIS Parse): Performing Opcode Sync...  (AIS Parse): Performing jump and close...   (AIS Parse): AIS complete. Jump to address 0xC1080000. (AIS Parse): Waiting for DONE...  (AIS Parse): Boot completed successfully. (Serial Port): Closing COM1.
 * Configure the Boot Switches as 1-OFF 2-ON 3-OFF 4-ON
 * Start the UART Host Utility, should have been installed with AIS Generator / UART Host Tool
 * Select the AIS FILE Generated for UART [[File:UART_HOST_BOOT.JPG]]
 * Click on the Start button
 * Power UP the Device
 * If you see errors click on stop and press start again and give a board reset.
 * Wait till you all the below messages and COM is closed:
 * Now Start any standard UART Terminal and hit enter key, should see the u-boot prompt

Procedure to flash u-boot on NAND
After booting the u-boot over UART as mentioned above, hawkboard.org > setenv serverip 172.24.156.199 hawkboard.org > setenv ipaddr 172.24.190.58 hawkboard.org > tftpboot 0xc0700000 u-boot_nand_ais.bin TFTP from server 172.24.156.199; our IP address is 172.24.190.58 Filename 'u-boot_nand_ais.bin'. Load address: 0xc0700000 Loading: ################################################################# #################  done Bytes transferred = 414988 (6550c hex) hawkboard.org > nand erase NAND erase: device 0 whole chip OK  hawkboard.org > nand write.e 0xc0700000 0x20000 0x70000
 * On the u-boot prompt in the terminal window
 * Configure the Ethernet server and Client IP addresses, For e.g.
 * Download the u-boot generated for NAND
 * Erase NAND Flash
 * Flash the NAND with u-boot

NAND write: device 0 offset 0x20000, size 0x70000 458752 bytes written: OK  hawkboard.org >
 * Switch off the board
 * Change the DIP Switches for NAND boot 1-ON 2-OFF 3-OFF 4-OFF

Booting u-boot over NAND
Flash u-boot into NAND as mentioned above
 * Switch off the board
 * Change the DIP Switches for NAND boot 1-ON 2-OFF 3-OFF 4-OFF
 * Switch on the board

Booting Linux Kernel and Mounting RAMDISK
You should find a kernel and a ramdisk image if you haven't found already. You can download samples from. Then copy these files to your "/tftpboot" directory assuming you will use tftp for transferring files to your board. At u-boot prompt:

Set ethernet connection:

$setenv serverip  $setenv ipaddr

Transfer files to the board:

$tftp c0700000 uImage_v1 $tftp c1180000 ramdisk_v1.gz

If you broke your bootargs previously then:

$setenv bootargs "mem=128M console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/ram0 rw initrd=0xc1180000,4M

And finally boot the images:

$bootm c0700000

MISC
If you find screen broken, do this before bootm in u-boot, ideally this should go into kernel code

mw.l 0x01c14110 0x44442222 1;mw.l 0x01c14114 0x44400000 1;mw.l 0x01c14118 0x04604404 1;

For booting over MMC the bootargs should be

setenv bootargs console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait ip=off

For booting android over MMC the bootargs should be

setenv bootargs mem=128M console=ttyS2,115200n8 noinitrd root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait ip=off init=/init androidboot.console=ttyS2

Android for hawkboard is here http://labs.embinux.org/index.php/Android_Porting_Guide_to_OMAP-L_138_HawkBoard

Live Links

 * Blog		: http://hawkboard.wordpress.com/
 * Portal	: http://hawkboard.org
 * Join us	: hawkboard on google groups
 * IRC		: “#hawkboard” on Freenode
 * IRC logs     : http://ibot.rikers.org/%23hawkboard/
 * Twitter	: hawkboard
 * Wikipedia    : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_Board
 * Photos(Flickr): http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawkboard
 * Mails		: hawkboard@googlegroups.com
 * Software	: code.google.com/p/hawkboard
 * OMAP L 138 	: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/omap-l138.html
 * Applications 	: http://wiki.davincidsp.com/index.php/C674x/OMAPL1x_Introductory_Information
 * More Details	: http://wiki.davincidsp.com/index.php/Category:OMAPL1