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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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#
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-U-Boot on QEMU's 'virt' machine on ARM
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-======================================
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+U-Boot on QEMU's 'virt' machine on ARM & AArch64
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+================================================
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QEMU for ARM supports a special 'virt' machine designed for emulation and
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virtualization purposes. This document describes how to run U-Boot under it.
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+Both 32-bit ARM and AArch64 are supported.
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The 'virt' platform provides the following as the basic functionality:
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@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ The 'virt' platform provides the following as the basic functionality:
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- A generated device tree blob placed at the start of RAM
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- A freely configurable amount of RAM, described by the DTB
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- A PL011 serial port, discoverable via the DTB
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- - An ARMv7 architected timer
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+ - An ARMv7/ARMv8 architected timer
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- PSCI for rebooting the system
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- A generic ECAM-based PCI host controller, discoverable via the DTB
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@@ -25,19 +26,29 @@ Additionally, a number of optional peripherals can be added to the PCI bus.
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Building U-Boot
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-Set the CROSS_COMPILE and ARCH=arm environment variables as usual, and run:
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+Set the CROSS_COMPILE environment variable as usual, and run:
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+- For ARM:
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make qemu_arm_defconfig
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make
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+- For AArch64:
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+ make qemu_arm64_defconfig
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+ make
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+
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Running U-Boot
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The minimal QEMU command line to get U-Boot up and running is:
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+- For ARM:
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qemu-system-arm -machine virt,highmem=off -bios u-boot.bin
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+- For AArch64:
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+ qemu-system-aarch64 -machine virt,highmem=off -cpu cortex-a57 -bios u-boot.bin
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+
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The 'highmem=off' parameter to the 'virt' machine is required for PCI to work
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-in U-Boot.
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+in U-Boot. Also, for some odd reason qemu-system-aarch64 needs to be explicitly
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+told to use a 64-bit CPU or it will boot in 32-bit mode.
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Additional peripherals that have been tested to work in both U-Boot and Linux
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can be enabled with the following command line parameters:
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