1. Download Image to EVB Board and Flash Programming
Nov, 2008

2. Download Image via SD card Program NOR Flash via AICE (automatic Mode)
Outline
Introduction
Download Image via SD card
Program NOR Flash via AICE (automatic Mode)
Program NOR Flash via AICE (manual Mode)
Download Image via Kermit
Download Image via networking
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3. Introduction
This document describes how to download image and program/replace Andes’ Leopard NOR Flash code
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4. Diagram and Download Path
Ethernet/TCPIP
UART
EVB
Board
SD Card
ICE
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5. Download Image via SD Card

6. Brief Download Procedure –via SD card
Copy correct image into SD card
Inserts SD card into EVB board
Type 97 to enter CopyImageFromCard mode
Type c, type correct image name
Type sdram address which will be the address is copy from image
Either execute image or burn into flash
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7. Copy correct image into SD card Inserts SD card into EVB board
Step 1~3
Copy correct image into SD card
Inserts SD card into EVB board
Turn on DC-IN switch
Push power on button down
Push reset button down
Push sw5 buton down
Led should display “67”
$97
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8. Step 1~3 con’t
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9. Step 4
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10. Step 5
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11. Step 6-1 execute image on sdram
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12. Step 6-2 burn image into Flash
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13. Program NOR Flash via AICE (Automatic Mode)

14. Brief Programming Procedure –via gdb script
$ iceman –p 1234
$ nds32-elf-gdb –x run_loader.txt
$ nds32-elf-gdb –x no_loader.txt
(Note 1: Step 2 suits running on EVB board with boot code)
(Note 2: Step 3 suits running on EVB board without boot code)
(Note 3: The figure on Leopard LED shows 08 after flash programming done)
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15. Files Functionality flash.bin init-board-leopard.gdb rominit.bin
A program that reads SDRAM data according to the specified address and length and writes the data to NOR flash specified address
init-board-leopard.gdb
A script that can initialize SDRAM controller and change NOR flash to R/W mode
rominit.bin
An andes diagnostic boot code
no_loader.txt
A gdb command script suits running on EVB board without bootcode
run_loader.txt
A gdb command script suits running on EVB board with bootcode
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16. Push power on button down Push reset button down
Step 1
Turn on DC-IN switch
Push power on button down
Push reset button down
Plug AICE USB cable into PC’s USB port
Click ICEMan icon on the desktop
Type following command in ICEMan console
iceman –p 1234
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17. Step 1 Con’t
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18. Step 2 Select a toolchain to invoke gdb
[開始] -> [程式集] -> [AndesTech] -> [AndeSight] -> [ToolChains] -> [nds32-elf-903-s-32gpr]
Copy following 5 files to workspace folder
init-board-leopard.gdb
flash.bin
rominit.bin
run_loader.txt
no_loader.txt
Invoke an Andes toolchain console and go to workspace folder
Type following command in toolchain console to invoke gdb
nds32-elf-gdb –x run_loader.txt
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19. Invoke Andes toolchain console
Step2 Con’t
Invoke Andes toolchain console
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20. Step2 Con’t
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21. Step 2 con’t program has done
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22. Step 3
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23. Program NOR Flash via AICE (Manual Mode)

24. Brief Programming Procedure
$ iceman –p 1234
$ nds32-elf-gdb
(gdb) set endian little
(gdb) target remote :1234
(gdb) source init-board-leopard.gdb
(gdb) restore flash.bin binary 0x500000
(gdb) restore rominit.bin binary 0x
(gdb) set $r0=0x
(gdb) set $r1=0x
(gdb) set $r2=0x80000
(gdb) set $pc=0x500000
(gdb) continue
(Note 1: If there is bootcode on target board, skip step 5)
(Note 2: The figure on Leopard LED shows 08 after flash programming done)
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25. Files introduction flash.bin init-board-leopard.gdb rominit.bin
A program that reads SDRAM data according to the specified address and length and writes the data to NOR flash specified address
init-board-leopard.gdb
A script that can initialize SDRAM controller and change NOR flash to R/W mode
rominit.bin
An andes diagnostic boot code
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26. Push power on button down Wait for LED’s figure shows 99
Step 1
Turn on DC-IN switch
Push power on button down
Wait for LED’s figure shows 99
Plug AICE USB cable into PC’s USB port
Click ICEMan icon on the desktop
Type following command in ICEMan console
iceman –p 1234
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27. Step 1 Con’t
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28. Select a toolchain to invoke gdb
Step 2
Select a toolchain to invoke gdb
[開始] -> [程式集] -> [AndesTech] -> [AndeSight] -> [ToolChains] -> [nds32-elf-903-s-32gpr]
Copy following 3 files to workspace folder
init-board-leopard.gdb
flash.bin
rominit.bin
Type following command in toolchain console to invoke gdb
nds32-elf-gdb
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29. Invoke Andes toolchain console
Step2 Con’t
Invoke Andes toolchain console
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30. Step2 Con’t
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31. Set target endian as little
Step 3
Set target endian as little
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32. Step 4
Connect with iceman
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33. Step 5 Execute init-board-leopard.gdb script to Init SDRAM & NOR Flash
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34. Copy flash-writer program to SDRAM address 0x500000
Step 6
Copy flash-writer program to SDRAM address 0x500000
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35. Copy boot code to SDRAM address 0x2000000
Step 7
Copy boot code to SDRAM address 0x
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36. Step 8
set source address
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37. Set destination address
Step 9
Set destination address
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38. Set the length which it will be programmed into flash
Step 10
Set the length which it will be programmed into flash
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39. Modify the program counter register to 0x500000
Step 11
Modify the program counter register to 0x500000
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40. Start to execute flash.bin program
Step 12
Start to execute flash.bin program
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41. Program NOR Flash via Diagnostic program

42. Brief Programming Procedure
Turn on DC-IN swtich, push PWR ON button down, push GPIO 1 button down, and then terminal will enter diagnostic program.
Insert SD card, assume it contains rominit.bin file, to leopard. And then type “97” in command line
Type “c”
Type file name “rominit.bin”
Type “0x500000” to specify the program to be loaded address
Type “55” to enter CLI mode
Type “burn 0x x x100000” to start to program flash
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43. Step 1
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44. Select “97” to copy file to SDRAM
Step 2
Select “97” to copy file to SDRAM
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45. Type “c” to select the drive
Step 3
Type “c” to select the drive
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46. Type the file name which will be copied to SDRAM
Step 4
Type the file name which will be copied to SDRAM
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47. Specify the destination address
Step 5
Specify the destination address
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48. Type “55” to go into CLI mode
Step 6
Type “55” to go into CLI mode
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49. Type burn command to write file to flash
Step 7
Type burn command to write file to flash
0x => Source address
0x => Destination address
0x => Length
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50. Download Image via Kermit

51. Brief Download Procedure
Open Windows “Hyper terminal” program
Setup Baud rate: 38400,8,n,1,n
Turn on EVB board, Leopard, and enter “ANDES diagnostic program”
Type “55” to enter CLI mode
Type “loadb 0x ” to specify the location where image to be loaded
Push “transfer” and load correct image through kermit protocol in “super terminal” program
Select transfer protocol and in Window Hyper terminal
[Transfer] -> [Transfer file]
Select “Kermit” as transfer protocol
Select the file to be trensfered
Push “transfer” button to start transfer file
(Note 1: The function just works on Windows “Hyper terminal”)
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52. Step 1,2
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53. Step 4,5,6
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54. Step 7
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55. Step 7 Con’t
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56. Download Image via Networking

57. Brief Download Procedure
Setup correct tftp server and relating IP address setting
TeraTerm setting-Baud rate: 38400,8,n,1,n
Turn on EVB board, Leopard, and enter “ANDES diagnostic program”
Type “96” to enter NDS boot
EVB board Setup corresponding IP address and relating
EVB board retrieve image from tftp server
Either execute image or burn into flash
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58. Step 1 tftp server enable and work
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59. Step 1 con’t IP address and relating setting
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60. Step 1~4
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61. Step 1~4 con’t Andesboot Memory Layout
Andesboot will be copied to 0x in memory
The bootpImage will be downloaded to 0x 0x 0x 0x
AndesBoot 0x 0x 0x
AndesBoot
BootpImage 0x
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62. Step 5,6,7-1 Confidential *** Using default environment
NDS32>printenv
printenvbootdelay=3
baudrate=38400
ethaddr=00:41:71:99:00:00
ipaddr=
serverip=
netmask=
NDS32>setenv ipaddr
NDS32>setenv serverip
setenv serverip
NDS32>tftpboot 0x leopard.img
tftpboot 0x leopard.imgADDR: 00:41:71:99:00:00
ADDR: 00:41:71:99:00:00
ARP broadcast 1
eth addr: 00:15:58:b9:8d:67
TFTP from server ; our IP address is
Filename ‘leopard.img'.
Load address: 0x
Loading: ###
done
Bytes transferred = (895d20 hex)
NDS32>go 0x
go 0x ## Starting application at 0x
Uncompressing Linux done, booting the kernel.
Linux version andes (gcc version 3.4.4) #4 Wed Nov 7 16:54:46 CST 2007
CPU: Andes N12id(wb) revision 12
ICache:32kb enabled, DCache:32kb enabled
Machine: Andes AG101
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63. Step 5,6,7-1 con’t Confidential Ignoring unrecognised tag 0x00000000
On node 0 totalpages: 16384
zone(0): pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: initrd=0x800000,8M root=/dev/ram0 rw console=ttyS0,38400n8 rootfstype=ext2 init=/sbin/init -s
IRQ timer at interrupt number 0x13 clock
Calibrating delay loop BogoMIPS
Memory: 64MB = 64MB total
Memory: 55072KB available (1130K code, 263K data, 48K init)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: (order: 4, bytes)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
devfs: v1.12c ( ) Richard Gooch
devfs: boot_options: 0x0
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c ( ) with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0xf (irq = 7) is a UART
ttyS01 at 0xf (irq = 11) is a UART
ttyS02 at 0xf (irq = 10) is a UART
Faraday FTMAC100 Driver,(Linux Kernel 2.4) 10/18/02 - by Faraday
eth0: device at 0xf IRQ:25 NOWAIT:0
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Faraday CPE SD controller Driver (DMA mode)
make node with 'mknod cpesda b 6 0'
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 8192)
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK: Loading 6144 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done.
Freeing initrd memory: 8192K
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Freeing init memory: 48K
Thu Nov 1 14:00:00 UTC x7
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64. Thank You
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