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SERIAL CONTROL MODULE: SPI
System boot-over-SPI operation
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EEPROM/FLASH
header
The boot-over-SPI hardware requires several pieces of user-supplied information to
complete the boot operation. This information must be located in a 128-byte
header starting at address zero in the external memory device. Each entry in the
header is four bytes long.
Header format This is the format of the 128-byte header.
boot_mode[1:0] Address width
00 Disabled
01 8-bit address
10 16-bit address
11 24-bit address
Entry Name Description
0x0 Size[19:0]
(31:20 reserved)
Total number of words to fetch from the SPI-EEPROM.
The total must include the 32-word header:
(Code image size in bytes + 128) / 4)
0x4 Mode[27:0]
(31:28 reserved)
All SDRAM components contain a Mode register. This
register contains control information required to
successfully access the component. The fields (available
in any SDRAM specification) are defined as follows:
Burst length: 4 for 32-bit data bus, 8 for 16-bit data bus
Burst type: Sequential
CAS latency: Component-specific; 2 or 3
OpMode: Standard
Write burst mode: Programmed burst length
This value must be left-shifted such that it is aligned to the
row address bits as specified in “Address mapping,”
beginning on page 229. For example, 4Mx16 components
can be combined to create a 32-bit bus. These parts require
12 row address bits. With a CAS2 access, the Mode
register contents would be 0x22. This value is shifted 12
places to the left (0x00022000) to form the value in the
SDRAM config field.
0x8 Divisor[9:0]
(31:10 reserved)
Defines the interface data rate for the boot-over-SPI
operation after the initial 16-bytes. A data rate of about
375 Kbps fetches the 16-byte header. See the Clock
Generation register for more details.
0xc HS Read[0]
(31:1 reserved)
A 1 indicates the external device supports high-speed read
operation. Serial FLASH devices operating above 20MHz
generally support this feature.
0x10 Config register See the Memory Controller chapter.