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Luka Perkovd131ad62012-05-27 11:44:51 +00001.TH KWBOOT 1 "2012-05-19"
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3.SH NAME
4kwboot \- Boot Marvell Kirkwood SoCs over a serial link.
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.B kwboot
7.RB [ "-b \fIimage\fP" ]
8.RB [ "-p" ]
9.RB [ "-t" ]
10.RB [ "-B \fIbaudrate\fP" ]
11.RB \fITTY\fP
12.SH "DESCRIPTION"
13
14The \fBmkimage\fP program boots boards based on Marvell's Kirkwood
15platform over their integrated UART. Boot image files will typically
16contain a second stage boot loader, such as U-Boot. The image file
17must conform to Marvell's BootROM firmware image format
18(\fIkwbimage\fP), created using a tool such as \fBmkimage\fP.
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20Following power-up or a system reset, system BootROM code polls the
21UART for a brief period of time, sensing a handshake message which
22initiates an image upload. This program sends this boot message until
23it receives a positive acknowledgement. The image is transfered using
24Xmodem.
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26Additionally, this program implements a minimal terminal mode, which
27can be used either standalone, or entered immediately following boot
28image transfer completion. This is often useful to catch early boot
29messages, or to manually interrupt a default boot procedure performed
30by the second-stage loader.
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32.SH "OPTIONS"
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34.TP
35.BI "\-b \fIimage\fP"
36Handshake; then upload file \fIimage\fP over \fITTY\fP.
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38Note that for the encapsulated boot code to be executed, \fIimage\fP
39must be of type "UART boot" (0x69). Boot images of different types,
40such as backup images of vendor firmware downloaded from flash memory
41(type 0x8B), will not work (or not as expected). See \fB-p\fP for a
42workaround.
43
44This mode writes handshake status and upload progress indication to
45stdout.
46
47.TP
48.BI "\-p"
49In combination with \fB-b\fP, patches the header in \fIimage\fP prior
50to upload, to "UART boot" type.
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52This option attempts on-the-fly conversion of some none-UART image
53types, such as images which were originally formatted to be stored in
54flash memory.
55
56Conversion is performed in memory. The contents of \fIimage\fP will
57not be altered.
58
59.TP
60.BI "\-t"
61Run a terminal program, connecting standard input and output to
62.RB \fITTY\fP.
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64If used in combination with \fB-b\fP, terminal mode is entered
65immediately following a successful image upload.
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67If standard I/O streams connect to a console, this mode will terminate
68after receiving 'ctrl-\\' followed by 'c' from console input.
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70.TP
71.BI "\-B \fIbaudrate\fP"
72Adjust the baud rate on \fITTY\fP. Default rate is 115200.
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74.SH "SEE ALSO"
75.PP
76\fBmkimage\fP(1)
77
78.SH "AUTHORS"
79
80Daniel Stodden <daniel.stodden@gmail.com>
81.br
Luka Perkov3fdf7592012-12-03 03:24:15 +000082Luka Perkov <luka@openwrt.org>
Luka Perkovd131ad62012-05-27 11:44:51 +000083.br
84David Purdy <david.c.purdy@gmail.com>