Commit 6fe4a969 authored by Darren Hart's avatar Darren Hart
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fri2: README: Add device details and known issues


Expand the README to provide more details about the device as well as how to
configure and interract with it. List known issues.

Signed-off-by: default avatarDarren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>
CC: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
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......@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ This README file contains information on building the meta-fri2 BSP
layer, and booting the images contained in the /binary directory.
Please see the corresponding sections below for details.
The Fish River Island II platform consists of the Intel Atom Z6xx
processor, plus the Intel EG20T Platform Controller Hub (Tunnel Creek
+ Topcliff), along with a varied assortment of communications options
and various other machine-to-machine (m2m) capabilities.
The Fish River Island II BSP supports the Kontron M2M Smart Services
Developer Kit, as described here:
http://us.kontron.com/products/systems+and+platforms/m2m/m2m+smart+services+developer+kit.html
The platform consists of the Intel Atom E640T processor plus the Intel
EG20T Platform Controller Hub (Tunnel Creek + Topcliff), along with a
variety of communications options and other machine-to-machine (m2m)
capabilities.
It also supports the E6xx embedded on-chip graphics via the Intel
Embedded Media and Graphics Driver (EMGD) 1.10 Driver.
......@@ -44,6 +49,21 @@ Table of Contents
I. Building the meta-fri2 BSP layer
II. Booting the images in /binary
III. Device Notes
a. Serial Port
b. HDMI
c. Power Reset
d. Accelerometer
e. GPIO
f. MMC
g. 802.11
h. 802.15.4
i. Audio
j. Optional devices
IV. Known Issues
a. EFI boot fails
b. Client USB is disabled
c. Audio over secondary HDMI port only
I. Building the meta-fri2 BSP layer
......@@ -55,9 +75,8 @@ Package (BSP) Downloads' page of the Yocto Project website.
Having done that, and assuming you extracted the BSP tarball contents
at the top-level of your yocto build tree, you can build an fri2 image
by adding the location of the meta-fri2 layer to bblayers.conf, along
with the meta-intel layer itself (to access common metadata shared
between BSPs) e.g.:
by adding the location of the meta-intel and meta-fri2 layers to
bblayers.conf, e.g.:
yocto/meta-intel \
yocto/meta-intel/meta-fri2 \
......@@ -139,3 +158,159 @@ the syslinux boot: prompt, or the boot: prompt contains strange
characters), try doing this first:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdf bs=1M count=512
III. Device Notes
================================
a. Serial Port
--------------
The FRI2 has an optional serial daughter card providing a serial
console via the micro-USB port on the top of the device adjascent the
SIM card slot.
The UART from the EG20T is connected to a TI UART-to-USB device
(TUSB3410) which appears as a serial port on the host computer. From a
Linux host, load the driver with the following options:
# modprobe ti_usb_3410_5052 vendor_3410=0x0451 product_3410=0x5053
In future versions of the Linux kernel (3.4 and later), the
vendor and product codes are detected automatically.
When you power on your FRI2, your host will discover a serial device
and name it /dev/ttyUSB0 (or similar). You can communicate with this
device at 115200 8N1 using your preferred terminal emulator.
In order to redirect the BIOS console to the serial port, you may need
to set up console redirection in the BIOS menu. The serial port is
referred to as COM2 in the BIOS.
Advanced
Serial Port Console Redirection
COM2
Console Redirection [Enabled]
Console Redirection Settings
Terminal Type [ANSI]
Bits per second [115200]
Data Bits [8]
Parity [None]
Stop Bits [1]
Flow Control [None]
Recorder Mode [Disabled]
Resolution 100x31 [Disabled]
Legacy OS Redirection [80x24]
Note that the UART clock is configured at 48MHz in the firmware. This
will cause problems with software assuming a typical 1.8 MHz clock.
The Linux kernel pch-uart driver is aware of the clock, but Syslinux,
for example, is not. For software expecting a typical clock, directing
them to use a BAUD of 3318 (rather than 115200) can work around the
problem.
b. HDMI
-------
The FRI2 has two micro HDMI ports. The one closest to the 1/8" audio
jacks is the primary display.
c. Power Reset
--------------
The recessed button adjacent the LEDs on the top of the device is a
power reset button.
d. Accelerometer
----------------
The LIS331DLH accelerometer is connected to the I2C bus on the CPLD on
the compute module. The driver for this chip is under active
development and will be included in the BSP once completed.
e. GPIO
-------
The FRI2 has two I2C PCA555x GPIO devices used for internal control
signals. These have not been exposed in the current release of the
BSP, but may be in the future. Regardless, these do would not provide
general purpose IO with which to read or drive additional signals.
f. MMC
------
The FRI2 provides two microSD card MMC devices. One is located
adjacent the 1/8" audio jacks, another is located on the board inside
the chassis. These devices can be used to boot the device, or as
secondary storage.
g. 802.11
---------
The Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 that ships with the
FRI2 is supported. You can use connman-gnome to configures the
interface.
h. 802.15.4
-----------
The TI CC2531 802.15.4 radio is a USB ACM modem. The MAC is enabled by
issuing the following command:
# echo J > /dev/ttyACM0
The bank of 3 LEDs nearest the power reset button will change if this
command is executed successfully. If you have a 3G modem installed,
the 802.15.4 device may appear as /dev/ttyACM3 instead.
No further testing or integration has been done.
i. Audio
--------------------
The FRI2 has an 1/8" analog output (nearest the antennae), a line-in
input below that, as well as SPDIF over HDMI. These can be tested
using the alsa-utils package. aplay -l will list both playback
devices:
# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: ALC262 Analog [ALC262 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 3: ALC262 Digital [ALC262 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Using a sample WAV file, you can use aplay to play to either device:
Over analog:
# aplay -D plughw:0,0 sample.wav
Over HDMI:
# aplay -D plughw:0,3 sample.wav
j. Optional Devices
-------------------
The FRI2 has two mini-PCIe slots internally. The device ships with a
half-length wireless card installed. This can be replaced with a
wireless + bluetooth card. The other slot is available for use with
cellular cards or mSATA SSDs.
The Ericsson F5521gw 3G modem has been verifed with the FRI2 images.
Note that the connman-gnome UI does not allow for configuring the
cellular interface. The ofono-tests package can be used to configure
the modem and bring up an interface.
IV. Known Issues
----------------
a. EFI
------
The FRI2 firmware can boot to an EFI shell. It does not yet boot the
EFI payload provided on the FRI2 live image. This is a known issue
under investigation.
b. Client USB is disabled
-------------------------
The micro-USB port adjacent the primary HDMI port is intended for
Client USB functionality, but is not supported on current revisions of
the device.
c. Audio over secondary HDMI port only
--------------------------------------
While audio over HDMI has been shown to work, it seems to only work over
the secondary (bottom-most) HDMI port. There does not appear to be a
deterministic way of getting the device to output the signal (video and audio)
over the secondary port.
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