U-Boot Development Status¶
Amlogic SoCs support is done via full Driver Model support with default boot scheme including EFI boot support.
Mainline U-Boot is limited to be used with Linux 4.16+, where the Power Domain handling has been added.
Development is done on the master branch of U-Boot.
Official Amlogic U-Boot Documentation: https://u-boot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/board/amlogic/index.html
A custodian tree is available at https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-amlogic
A mailing list has been created : u-boot-amlogic@groups.io (https://groups.io/g/u-boot-amlogic)
E-Mails Archives are available at: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot-amlogic/
U-Boot mainlining progress¶
v2024.10 (Work In Progress)¶
Switch meson dwc3/usb PHY to set_mode callback for switching USB mode
v2024.07¶
jethubj100: fix config, MAINTAINERS & update docs
Switch GXL, GXM, AXG, G12A, G12B & SM1 to using upstream DT (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240329-u-boot-of-upstream-v2-0-2512ad3eb63d@linaro.org/)
v2024.04¶
Add support for new GXL MDIO mux, with driver and Linux DT sync from v6.4
clk: meson: add Hardware Clock measure driver
v2024.01¶
add Amlogic A1 clock driver
add Amlogic A1 reset support
add USB Device support for Amlogic A1
enable RNG on Amlogic A1 & Amlogic S4
move Amlogic Secure Monitor to standalone driver
sync A1 with Linux and add missing UART compatible
Fix environment saving for new Android boot features on vim3*_android
Add SPIFC support for Amlogic A1
Add DFU RAM boot step when booting over USB
v2023.10¶
add support for Amlogic A1 SoC and ad401 board
add support for Videostrong KII Pro
introduce secure power domain for A1 SoC
v2023.07¶
meson_uart empty logic fix
Add initial support for BPI-CM4
Spring Cleanup of Amlogic board documentation
add support for BananaPi M2-Pro
add support for BananaPi M2S
add support for Radxa Zero2
add support for WeTek Hub and WeTek Play2
switch LibreTech-CC v2 and WeTek Core2 to EE powerdomain
add support for Beelink GT1 Ultimate
v2023.04¶
Switch USB Gadget to DM ! Finally, the last legacy bit is now over
jethub j100: add rescue boot from microSD
move meson sm command to cmd/meson and add efusedump sub-command
Add new boards:
Odroid Go Ultra, a portable console based on S922X
Odroid-N2L, a smaller version of the N2+
v2023.01¶
Implement setbrg op to meson serial device
Re-add the old PHY reset binding for nanopi-k2
v2022.10¶
Updated work e-mail of Neil Armstrong
fixup error on efuse commands return
add documentation on boot flow
v2022.07¶
Add AXG support for SARADC, including minimal ao-clk driver
Update Amlogic documentation for Matrix & Jethub D1
v2022.04¶
CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR cleanup
android boot support for Khadas VIM3/L
v2022.01¶
Add new SoC ID for S905Y2 found in Radxa Zero
pcie_dw_meson: fix usb fail when pci link fails to go up
Sync Amlogic DT from Linux 5.14
dwc3-meson-gxl: add AXG compatible
dts: keep back HW order for MMC devices since change in Upstream Linux
Cleanup local AXG DT USB nodes now everything is upstream
distro_bootcmd: run pci enum for scsi_boot just like it is done for nvme_boot
New Boards:
Odroid-HC4: a variant of Odroid-C4 with 2 SATA ports (via PCIe-SATA bridge)
Beelink GS-King X: A variant of the other Beelink board with 2 SATA ports (via USB3-SATA bridge)
Banana Pi M5: another credit card SBC
JetHub D1/H1: home automation controllers
Radxa Zero: another RPi Zero sized SBC
v2021.10¶
Add SMBIOS info for Khadas VIM boards
Fix meson-axg-mipi PHY build
Fix VIM3 board phy-names property setup
Return correct value for non emmc boot sources on VIM3
add kernel compression vars
odroid-n2: fix fdtfile suffix for n2-plus
sei610 & meson64_android cleanups to prepare android 11 boot support
use Android BCB mechanism for reboot reason instead of HW reboot flag
Switch meson64_android boot flow to use abootimg for A/B, AVB and DTBO support
v2021.07¶
Add proper Ethernet glue to drop mach-meson code
Add proper MDIO mux driver to drop mach-meson code
Add support for PCIe for A113d/G12A/G12B/SM1
v2021.04¶
HDMI BROKEN on G12A/G12B/SM1 HDMI is broken, this patch must be applied to fix it
sync amlogic GX & AXG DT to Linux 5.10
Add new MESON_EE driver support for GXBB & AXG
Add support for Libretech-CC v2, Wetek Core2, Beelink GT-King/Pro boards
add driver for TDO tl070wsh30 panel driver
meson: isolate loading of socinfo
Add soc_rev to environment
Enable G12A support for saradc
Add correct mmcdev on VIM3(L) & Odroid-N2(C4)
Read MAC from fuses for VIM3 & VIM3L boards
Add support for ADC function button on VIM3 & VIM3L
v2021.01¶
HDMI BROKEN on G12A/G12B/SM1 HDMI is broken, this patch must be applied to fix it
Add PWM driver
v2020.10¶
Add support for Odroid-C4
Supports fused MAC address on Odroid-N2 & Odroid-C4
v2020.07¶
USB Gadget support for GXL/GXM boards
USB Host support for Odroid-C2
add support for Libre Computer AML-S905D-PC and AML-S912-PC
v2020.04¶
Khadas VIM3L support
v2020.01¶
Add support for HDMI/CVBS outpuut for G12A/G12B/SM1
Add support for Khadas VIM3 board
Add support for SEI Robotic SEI610 board
v2019.10¶
add support for unique generated MAC adresses from SoC serial
adds support for the Odroid-N2 board
adds support for the SEI Robotic SEI510 board
v2019.07¶
Add support for Amlogic p200 & p201 Reference Designs
Add Amlogic SoC information display
Add support for the Libretech-AC AML-S805X-AC board
Amlogic G12A SoC support and U200 reference board
USB2/USB3 + OTG Support for Amlogic G12A SoC
add support for getting pinmux status
Note: booting Libretech-AC AML-S805X-AC board with an USB device plugged in the first USB port (next to the IR received) will fail, this will be fixed in v2019.10
v2019.04¶
Add support for HDMI output, only enabled on libretech-cc
Finally fixed VIM2 usb support
v2019.01¶
Add support for AXG SoC family
Add support for the S400 board
Add support for the SPIFC Controller
v2018.11¶
Add preliminary support for VPU Power Domain
Support for Khadas VIM2
v2018.09¶
Support for FriendlyElec Nanopi-k2
Fix P212 Ethernet setup
v2018.07¶
Support for GXBB, GXL & GXM SAR ADC
Device Tree synchronized with 4.16
Amlogic code cleanup
Add small Amlogic GX Clock driver
Enable of USB support for Libretech-CC ** Enabled for P212 and Khadas VIM, but Broken**
Enable of ADC support for Libretech-CC
v2018.05¶
Support for GXL & GXM USB Phys and Host Controller
Support for GXBB, GXL & GXM Reset Controller
v2018.03¶
BROKEN Avoid this version, the MMC driver crashes on a division by zero, please stick to v2018.01, the bug has been fixed in v2018.05
v2018.01¶
Support for GXL Internal PHY
Support for I2C Controller
Support for GXL SoC
Add BLx memory hole handling as reserved memory for FDT and EFI
Support for new Boards :
Support for P212
Support for Khadas VIM
Support for LibreTech-CC (Potato)
Mainline U-Boot Support Matrix¶
SoCs |
S905 |
S805X S905X S905W |
S912 S905D |
A113X |
S905X2 S905D2 S905Y2 |
S922X A311D |
S905X3 S905D3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UART |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Pinctrl/GPIO |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Clock Control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
PWM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Reset Control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Infrared Decoder |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Ethernet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Multi-core |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Fuse access |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SPI (FC) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
SPI (CC) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
I2C |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
USB |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
USB OTG |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
eMMC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SDCard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NAND |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
ADC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
CVBS Output |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
HDMI Output |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
CEC |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
No |
No |
No |
Thermal Sensor |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
LCD/LVDS Output |
No |
N/A |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
MIPI DSI Output |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
No |
No |
No |
SoC Rev/Info |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
PCIe (+NVMe) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Watchdog |
N/A |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Work in Progress¶
DSI Output support for AXG
TODO¶
Port Linux NAND driver to U-Boot
Add support for 32bit Meson 6/8/8b
