Physical devices mapping (BELK/BXELK)

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This article details how physical devices are handled by the Linux kernel in the context of the BELK and BXELK kits.

Console UART

Kit	Physical device	Processor's resource	Connector	Type	Linux device file	Notes
BELK	Boot Console	UART1	J17	2-wire RS232 UART	/dev/ttyPS0
BXELK	Boot Console	UART1	J17	2-wire RS232 UART	/dev/ttyPS0

Ethernet

Ethernet port is associated to eth0 interface on the J8 connector. It can be managed with standard Linux commands. See for example http://www.tecmint.com/ifconfig-command-examples/.

microSD card

microSD card on connector J21, if present, will be associated by the Linux kernel to the mmcblk0 device:

[   24.100643] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address 1234
[   24.106544] mmcblk0: mmc0:1234 SA16G 14.6 GiB
[   24.113268]  mmcblk0: p1 p2

Once detected, it can be mounted and accessed via usual Linux commands:

root@bora:~# mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/mmcblk0p1/
root@bora:~# time cp LibreOffice_4.1.1_Win_x86.msi /mnt/mmcblk0p1/

real    0m39.971s
user    0m0.080s
sys     0m4.120s
root@bora:~# ls -la /mnt/mmcblk0p1/LibreOffice_4.1.1_Win_x86.msi
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root     215056384 Nov 15 15:57 /mnt/mmcblk0p1/LibreOffice_4.1.1_Win_x86.msi
root@bora:~# umount /mnt/mmcblk0p1/
root@bora:~#

NOR and NAND flash

NOR and NAND flash memories cannot be accessed at the same time because they shares some Zynq pins. In U-boot the switching between accesses to NOR and NAND is automatically done by U-boot itself. By default in kernel only NAND flash can be accessed. For NOR support in kernel please contact technical support.

NOR and NAND flashes are managed as MTD devices.

Generally speaking, NAND flash memory is partitons are defined in the devitetree:

	partition@nand-partition-table {
		label = "nand-SPL";
		reg = <0x0 0x80000>;
	};
	partition@nand-uboot {
		label = "nand-uboot";
		reg = <0x80000 0x80000>;
	};
	partition@nand-uboot-env1 {
		label = "nand-uboot-env1";
		reg = <0x100000 0x40000>;
	};
	partition@nand-uboot-env2 {
		label = "nand-uboot-env2";
		reg = <0x140000 0x40000>;
	};
	partition@nand-bitstream {
		label = "nand-bitstream";
		reg = <0x180000 0x440000>;
	};
	partition@nand-device-tree {
		label = "nand-device-tree";
		reg = <0x5C0000 0x40000>;
	};
	partition@nand-linux {
		label = "nand-linux";
		reg = <0x600000 0x400000>;
	};
	partition@nand-rootfs {
		label = "nand-rootfs";
		reg = <0xA00000 0x1F600000>;
	};

defines these partitions:

root@bora:~# cat /proc/mtd
dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00080000 00020000 "nand-SPL"
mtd1: 00080000 00020000 "nand-uboot"
mtd2: 00040000 00020000 "nand-uboot-env1"
mtd3: 00040000 00020000 "nand-uboot-env2"
mtd4: 00440000 00020000 "nand-bitstream"
mtd5: 00040000 00020000 "nand-device-tree"
mtd6: 00400000 00020000 "nand-linux"
mtd7: 1f600000 00020000 "nand-rootfs"

USB OTG

Host mode

For the USB Host mode an USB stick or another device must be pluged in at the system boot. See the issue related to USB not hotplug capable after the system boot.

This example shows how a memory stick is detected by the Linux kernel.

root@bora:~# [   37.340873] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using zynq-ehci
[   37.508377] usb 1-1: device v05e3 p0736 is not supported
[   37.514823] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[   37.521869] scsi host0: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[   38.522235] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic  STORAGE DEVICE   0272 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[   38.531274] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[   38.663662] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 30679040 512-byte logical blocks: (15.7 GB/14.6 GiB)
[   38.673145] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[   38.677862] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
[   38.684026] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
[   38.689257] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   38.703539]  sda: sda1 sda2
[   38.715870] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk

To connect it to micro AB connector (J19), a cable like the one shown in the following picture has been used [1].

USB cable used to connect memory stick

Once mounted (at mnt/sda1 in the example), the memory stick can be accessed by regular commands:

root@bora:~# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1/
root@bora:~# mount
192.168.0.13:/opt/nfsroot/users/mgeromin/bora/belk on / type nfs (rw,relatime,vers=2,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,namlen=255,hard,nolock,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,mountaddr=192.168.0.13,mountvers=1,mountproto=tcp,local_lock=all,addr=192.168.0.13)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=507916k,nr_inodes=126979,mode=755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755)
tmpfs on /var/volatile type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/sda1 type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
root@bora:~# time cp LibreOffice_4.1.1_Win_x86.msi /mnt/sda1/

real    0m25.114s
user    0m0.010s
sys     0m4.070s
root@bora:~# umount /mnt/sda1/
root@bora:~# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1/
root@bora:~# md5sum LibreOffice_4.1.1_Win_x86.msi /mnt/sda1/LibreOffice_4.1.1_Win_x86.msi
4fa047c0590097ce201f49655365d772  LibreOffice_4.1.1_Win_x86.msi
4fa047c0590097ce201f49655365d772  /mnt/sda1/LibreOffice_4.1.1_Win_x86.msi
root@bora:~#

[1] This type of cables forces the ID signal of the USB port to be connected to ground, selecting the host mode on SBC Lynx side.

Device mode

The following examples shows how to configure Bora/BoraEVB or BoraX/BoraXEVB to act as a mass storage device.

First, a local file named mass is created to emulate a mass storage disk that is populated with a file named file.txt:

root@bora:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=mass count=16 bs=1M
16+0 records in
16+0 records out
root@bora:~# mkfs.ext3 mass
mke2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013)
mass is not a block special device.
Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
4096 inodes, 16384 blocks
819 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
Maximum filesystem blocks=16777216
2 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2048 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
        8193

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (1024 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
root@bora:~# mkdir loop
root@bora:~# mount -o loop mass loop
[   92.316783] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[   92.316901] EXT3-fs (loop0): using internal journal
[   92.316908] EXT3-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem with writeback data mode
root@bora:~# echo dummy > loop/file.txt
root@bora:~# umount loop

Then the proper drivers are loaded on target side:

root@bora:~# modprobe g_mass_storage file=/home/root/mass
[  209.058156] Number of LUNs=8
[  209.061005] Mass Storage Function, version: 2009/09/11
[  209.066085] LUN: removable file: (no medium)
[  209.070349] Number of LUNs=1
[  209.073781] LUN: file: /home/root/mass
[  209.077444] Number of LUNs=1
[  209.080452] g_mass_storage gadget: Mass Storage Gadget, version: 2009/09/11
[  209.087381] g_mass_storage gadget: userspace failed to provide iSerialNumber
[  209.094393] g_mass_storage gadget: g_mass_storage ready
[  209.099572] zynq-udc: bind to driver g_mass_storage

Last, BoraEVB (or BoraXEVB) is connected to a Linux PC with a USB cable like this one:

USB cable used to connect BoraXEVB to PC

On PC side, BoraEVB (or BoraXEVB) is detected as a common USB mass storage device.

CAN

See CAN Pinout page and BXELK Vivado project for more details.

Physical device	Processor's resource	Connector	Type	Notes
CAN BUS	can0	J24	differential CAN bus

The following commands can be issued from command line in order to send and receive CAN frames:

root@bora:~# dmesg | grep -i can
[    0.643798] CAN device driver interface
[    0.997787] can: controller area network core (rev 20120528 abi 9)
[    1.008392] can: raw protocol (rev 20120528)
[    1.012661] can: broadcast manager protocol (rev 20120528 t)
[    1.018294] can: netlink gateway (rev 20130117) max_hops=1
root@bora:~# canconfig can0 stop
can0 state: STOPPED
root@bora:~# canconfig can0 bitrate 500000
can0 bitrate: 500000, sample-point: 0.875
root@bora:~# canconfig can0 start
can0 state: ERROR-ACTIVE
root@bora:~# cansend can0 -i 0x77 0x33 0x88 0x33 0x88 0x33 0x88 0x33
interface = can0, family = 29, type = 3, proto = 1
root@bora:~# cansend can0 -i 0x77 0x33 0x88 0x33 0x88 0x33 0x88 0x33
interface = can0, family = 29, type = 3, proto = 1
root@bora:~# cansend can0 -i 0x77 0x33 0x88 0x33 0x88 0x33 0x88 0x33
interface = can0, family = 29, type = 3, proto = 1
root@bora:~# candump can0
interface = can0, family = 29, type = 3, proto = 1
<0x100> [8] 12 34 56 78 9a bc de ff
<0x100> [8] 12 34 56 78 9a bc de ff
<0x100> [8] 12 34 56 78 9a bc de ff
<0x100> [8] 12 34 56 78 9a bc de ff
<0x100> [8] 12 34 56 78 9a bc de ff
^C
root@bora:~#

---

In case canutils package is missing, user can install it directly from BORA package server using smart update && smart install canutils commands:

root@bora:~# smart update
Updating cache...               ######################################## [100%]

Fetching information for 'all'...
-> https://yocto.dave.eu/belk-3.0.1/all/repodata/repomd.xml
repomd.xml                      ######################################## [ 50%]
[snip]
Channels have 393 new packages.
Saving cache...

root@bora:~# smart install canutils
Loading cache...
Updating cache...               ######################################## [100%]

Computing transaction...

Installing packages (2):
  canutils-4.0.6-r0@armv7a_vfp_neon
  libsocketcan2-0.0.9-r0@armv7a_vfp_neon

27.8kB of package files are needed. 46.8kB will be used.

Confirm changes? (Y/n): y

[..snip..]

UART0

UART0 is a spare UART device available on the JP17 PMOD connector. This device is routed through the PL. See BXELK Vivado project for more details.

Physical device	Processor's resource	Connector	Type	Linux device file	Notes
UART0	UART0	JP17	2-wire LVTTL UART	/dev/ttyPS1

Temperature sensor

Bora SOM has a TMP421AIDCN temperature sensor onboard.

The following commands can be issued from command line in order to get the SOM temperatue:

• read the PCB temperature

root@bora:~# cat /sys/devices/soc0/amba/e0004000.i2c/i2c-0/0-004f/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input

the returned value has to be divided by 1000 for a °C temperature

• read the CPU temperature

root@bora:~# cat /sys/devices/soc0/amba/e0004000.i2c/i2c-0/0-004f/hwmon/hwmon1/temp2_input

the returned value has to be divided by 1000 for a °C temperature

Moreover, the SOC has an internal temperature sensor device which can be read using the followgin shell script:

root@bora:~# cat temp.sh
#!/bin/sh

# Tcpu
TEMP_RAW=`cat $path_dev_soc_adc/in_temp0_raw`
TEMP_OFFSET=`cat $path_dev_soc_adc/in_temp0_offset`
TEMP_SCALE=`cat $path_dev_soc_adc/in_temp0_scale`
TEMP=`awk "BEGIN {print (($TEMP_RAW+$TEMP_OFFSET)*$TEMP_SCALE)/1000}"`

echo "Cpu Temp: ${TEMP}