u-boot with I2C

[andy_n]

 

I had it and lost it: u-boot with I2C. I did not write down how I did it (was heavy) 
Tried to build yourself again: does not work.
u-boot-mizi.bin does not want to boot.

 

For 2 days I try to find the solution. Google has already blocked me 

 

Can somebody help? I need i2c directly, after power on, to read FRAM and set relays. 

Programming in Linux is enjoyable but system administration is horrible.

 

Thanks

[andy_n]

4 hours ago, andy_n said:

 

I had it and lost it: u-boot with I2C. I did not write down how I did it (was heavy) 
Tried to build yourself again: does not work.
u-boot-mizi.bin does not want to boot.

 

For 2 days I try to find the solution. Google has already blocked me 

 

Can somebody help? I need i2c directly, after power on, to read FRAM and set relays. 

Programming in Linux is enjoyable but system administration is horrible.

What am I doing:

 

git clone https://github.com/hsdenx/u-boot-i2c.git

u-boot/make orangepi_zero_defconfig

u-boot/make

 

u-boot/export card=/dev/mmcblk0
u-boot/export p=p
u-boot/dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=${card} bs=1024 seek=8

reboot = not booting

 

I'm tried this  with git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git: not working.

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

4 hours ago, andy_n said:

 

Thanks

 

[martinayotte]

18 minutes ago, andy_n said:

What am I doing wrong?

There is no I2C node in DT :  https://github.com/hsdenx/u-boot-i2c/blob/master/arch/arm/dts/sun8i-h2-plus-orangepi-zero.dts

 

Also, you probably need to add CONFIG_DM_I2C in this file : https://github.com/hsdenx/u-boot-i2c/blob/master/configs/orangepi_zero_defconfig

 

... and maybe more, such as porting i2c-sun6i-p2wi.c from Kernel into U-Boot ...

Maybe you can try to use software bitbanging using CONFIG_DM_I2C_GPIO ...

[andy_n]

Thanks martinayotte,

 

I2C was working (in u-boot-mizi.bin not in u-boot-i2c!!!) but SD Card can not boot with Armbian after replacing U-Boot.

[martinayotte]

18 minutes ago, andy_n said:

I2C was working ( in any .bin - I tied so many) but SD Card can not boot with Armbian after replacing U-Boot.

I'm not sure to understand you : do you mean that this "hsdenx" u-boot-i2c is incompatible with Armbian ?

Maybe you should try the Armbian build process and tweak it to met your I2C requirement ...

 

[andy_n]

Sorry martinayotte,

 

u-boot-i2c  is working but w/o i2c!?

u-boot-mizi.bin has i2c working but not compatible with Armbian (OpenWrt)...

 

Soft i2c in u-boot, is it possible?

 

I've build u-boot with .dts and board.c changes and didn't note how - so stupid.

 

 

 

 

[martinayotte]

33 minutes ago, andy_n said:

Soft i2c in u-boot, is it possible?

Of course, with CONFIG_DM_I2C_GPIO, although I've never tried myself ...

https://github.com/hsdenx/u-boot-i2c/blob/master/drivers/i2c/Kconfig#L66

 

But, then, the i2C DT node would be a bit different since you need to define the GPIO pins been used :

https://github.com/hsdenx/u-boot-i2c/blob/master/doc/device-tree-bindings/i2c/i2c-gpio.txt