tools: kwboot: Update manpage

Document -D, -b, -d, -q and -s options.

Add common examples how to use kwboot.

Add information about Armada 38x BootROM bug for debug console mode and how
to workaround it.

Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
Tested-by: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
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.TH KWBOOT 1 "2021-08-25"
.TH KWBOOT 1 "2022-03-02"
.SH NAME
kwboot \- Boot Marvell Kirkwood (and others 32-bit) SoCs over a serial link.
@ -47,6 +47,48 @@ code in it's header which may also print some output via UART (for
example U-Boot SPL does this). In such a case, this output is also
written to stdout after the header is sent.
.TP
.B "\-b"
Do only handshake on \fITTY\fP without uploading any file. File upload
could be done later via option \fB\-D\fP or via any other Xmodem
application, like \fBsx\fP(1).
.TP
.B "\-d"
Do special handshake on \fITTY\fP for console debug mode.
This will instruct BootROM to enter builtin simple console debug mode.
Should be combined with option \fB\-t\fP.
To get a BootROM help, type this command followed by ENTER key:
.RS 1.2i
.TP
.B ?
.RE
.IP
Armada 38x BootROM has a bug which cause that BootROM's standard output
is turned off on UART when SPI-NOR contains valid boot image. Nevertheless
BootROM's standard input and BootROM's terminal echo are active and working
fine. To workaround this BootROM bug with standard output, it is possible
to manually overwrite BootROM variables stored in SRAM which BootROM use
for checking if standard output is enabled or not. To enable BootROM
standard output on UART, type this command folled by ENTER key:
.RS 1.2i
.TP
.B w 0x40034100 1
.RE
.TP
.BI "\-D" " image"
Upload file \fIimage\fP over \fITTY\fP without initial handshake.
This method is used primary on Dove platforms, where BootROM does
not support initial handshake for entering UART upload mode and
strapping pins (exported via e.g. buttons) are used instead.
.TP
.BI "\-p"
Obsolete. Does nothing.
@ -55,13 +97,33 @@ In the past, when this option was used, the program patched the header
in the image prior upload, to "UART boot" type. This is now done by
default.
.TP
.B "\-q"
Obsolete. Does nothing.
It is unknown whether it did something in the past.
.TP
.BI "\-s" " response-timeout"
Specify custom response timeout when doing handshake. Default value is 50 ms.
It is the timeout between sending two consecutive handshake patterns, meaning
how long to wait for response from BootROM. Affects only option \fB\-b\fP with
image file and option \fB\-d\fP.
Option \fB-a\fP specify response timeout suitable for Armada XP BootROM and
currently it is 1000 ms.
Some testing showed that specifying 24 ms as response timeout make handshake
with Armada 385 BootROM more stable.
.TP
.BI "\-t"
Run a terminal program, connecting standard input and output to
.RB \fITTY\fP.
If used in combination with \fB-b\fP, terminal mode is entered
immediately following a successful image upload.
If used in combination with \fB\-b\fP, \fB\-D\fP or \fB\-d\fP option,
terminal mode is entered immediately following a successful image upload
or successful handshake (if not doing image upload).
If standard I/O streams connect to a console, this mode will terminate
after receiving \fBctrl-\e\fP followed by \fBc\fP from console input.
@ -85,9 +147,42 @@ Tested values for \fIbaudrate\fP for Armada 38x include: 115200,
230400, 460800, 500000, 576000, 921600, 1000000, 1152000, 1500000,
2000000, 2500000, 3125000, 4000000 and 5200000.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
Instruct BootROM to enter boot Xmodem boot mode, send \fIu-boot-spl.kwb\fP
kwbimage file via Xmodem on \fI/dev/ttyUSB0\fP at 115200 Bd and run terminal
program:
.IP
.B kwboot -b u-boot-spl.kwb -t /dev/ttyUSB0
.PP
Instruct BootROM to enter boot Xmodem boot mode, send header of
\fIu-boot-spl.kwb\fP kwbimage file via Xmodem at 115200 Bd, then instruct
BootROM to change baudrate to 5200000 Bd, send data part of the kwbimage
file via Xmodem at high speed and finally run terminal program:
.IP
.B kwboot -b u-boot-spl.kwb -B 5200000 -t /dev/ttyUSB0
.PP
Only send \fIu-boot-spl.kwb\fP kwbimage file via Xmodem on \fI/dev/ttyUSB0\fP
at 115200 Bd:
.IP
.B kwboot -D u-boot-spl.kwb /dev/ttyUSB0
.PP
Instruct BootROM to enter console debug mode and run terminal program on
\fI/dev/ttyUSB0\fP at 115200 Bd:
.IP
.B kwboot -d -t /dev/ttyUSB0
.PP
Only run terminal program on \fI/dev/ttyUSB0\fP at 115200 Bd:
.IP
.B kwboot -t /dev/ttyUSB0
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBmkimage\fP(1)
\fBmkimage\fP(1), \fBsx\fP(1)
.SH "AUTHORS"