Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of newport

Timestamp:

12/15/2017 09:53:36 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

refer to 'firmware' as 'boot firmware' and remove openwrt links that are not yet ready

newport

@@ -57 +57 @@
 == Software ==
  * [#source Source code for Newport including keeping abreast of changes]
- * [#images Firmware Images]
- * [#firmware Firmware (up to and including the Bootloader)]
+ * [#images Pre-built Firmware Images]
+ * [#firmware Boot Firmware (up to and including the Bootloader)]
  * [#bootloader U-Boot Bootloader]
  * [#bsp Newport Board Support Packages and Operating Systems]
@@ -103 +103 @@
 [=#source]
 = Source Code =
-Newport Source code for firmware, bootloader and kernel are hosted at !GitHub. We highly recommend you create a !GitHub account and 'Watch' these repositories to keep abreast of important feature additions, bugfixes, and firmware-releases. You can configure your !GitHub account to e-mail you when changes are made to repositories [https://github.com/settings/notifications here].
+Newport Source code for the firmware, bootloader and kernel are hosted at !GitHub. We highly recommend you create a !GitHub account and 'Watch' these repositories to keep abreast of important feature additions, bugfixes, and firmware-releases. You can configure your !GitHub account to e-mail you when changes are made to repositories [https://github.com/settings/notifications here].
 
 The following !GitHub repos are used for Newport:
@@ -117 +117 @@
 The [https://github.com/Gateworks/uboot-newport images-newport] !GitHub repository hosts various pre-built firmware images used for Newport:
  * [https://github.com/Gateworks/images-newport/raw/master/gsc_630x.txt GSC firmware image]
- * [https://github.com/Gateworks/images-newport/raw/master/firmware-newport.img firmware image] (everything up to and including the bootloader stored on the embedded FLASH boot device) (see [#firmware below] for details)
+ * [https://github.com/Gateworks/images-newport/raw/master/firmware-newport.img boot firmware image] (everything up to and including the bootloader stored on the embedded FLASH boot device) (see [#firmware below] for details)
  * Download linux-newport.tar.xz from [https://github.com/Gateworks/linux-newport/releases/latest latest Newport kernel release] - Compressed TAR archive of pre-built Linux kernel
  * Download xenial-newport.img.gz from [https://github.com/Gateworks/images-newport/releases/latest latest Newport firmware release] - Compressed Disk Image containing Firmware and Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial 
@@ -163 +163 @@
 The various items that can be updated:
  * GSC Firmware - currently only JTAG updates are supported for Newport - see [#jtag-gsc below]
- * Firmware (Everything up to and including the Bootloader) - currently must be updated from U-Boot or Linux on a live system - see [#firmware-update-uboot below]
+ * Boot Firmware (Everything up to and including the Bootloader) - currently must be updated from U-Boot or Linux on a live system - see [#firmware-update-uboot below]
  * Root Filesystem (Operating System) - currently must be updated from U-Boot or Linux on a live system - see [#firmware-update-uboot below]
 
@@ -183 +183 @@
 }}}
 
-To update the 'firmware' as well as the root filesystem download the latest xenial-newport.img.gz from [https://github.com/Gateworks/images-newport/releases/latest the latest release] and flash with:
+To update the 'boot firmware' as well as the root filesystem download the latest xenial-newport.img.gz from [https://github.com/Gateworks/images-newport/releases/latest the latest release] and flash with:
 {{{#!bash
 mmc list # see which device is emmc vs sd
@@ -249 +249 @@
 
 [=#firmware]
-= Firmware (Up to and including the Bootloader) =
-The 'firmware-image' for Newport is defined as the combination of the First level 'boot stub' and the additional firmware stages through the bootloader. This can be broken down into the following stages:
+= Boot Firmware (Up to and including the Bootloader) =
+The 'Boot Firmware' for Newport is defined as the combination of the First level 'boot stub' and the additional firmware stages through the bootloader. This can be broken down into the following stages:
  * Boot ROM (internal on CN80XX/CN81XX SoC): fetch first level boot stub (192KB limit) from boot device (MMC or SPI FLASH)
  * SPL (Secondary Program Loader)
@@ -260 +260 @@
  * Third level: U-Boot (bootloader/u-boot)
 
-Gateworks provides a pre-built firmware-image ready to flash onto boot devices as well as source for building and/or modifying the firmware yourself.
+Gateworks provides a pre-built Boot Firmware (firmware-newport.img) ready to flash onto boot devices as well as source for building and/or modifying the boot firmware yourself.
 
 [=#bootrom]
@@ -286 +286 @@
 [=#hwconfig]
 === hwconfig ===
-The U-Boot Bootloader by convention provides a {{{hwconfig}}} environment variable which is used by the firmware (before U-Boot is loaded and executed) to configure board options at power-up. These options can include things such as:
+The U-Boot Bootloader by convention provides a {{{hwconfig}}} environment variable which is used by the boot firmware (before U-Boot is loaded and executed) to configure board options at power-up. These options can include things such as:
  * miniPCIe socket functions (ie PCIe vs mSATA vs USB3.0)
  * serial configuration (ie RS232 vs RS485)
@@ -403 +403 @@
 '''Coming Soon'''
 
-Newport OpenWrt BSP:
- * [wiki:newport/openwrt#Step2.InstallingFirmware Pre-Built Binaries]
- * [wiki:newport/openwrt Building/Installing OpenWrt w/ Gateworks Patches for the Newport Family]
- * [wiki:OpenWrt Main OpenWrt Wiki Page]
- * [wiki:OpenWrt/SDK#NewportNotes OpenWrt SDK Toolchain]
- * join the [http://www.gateworks.com/mailman/listinfo maillist] to follow activity
- * [wiki:OpenWrt/gpio GPIO and LED Configuration]
-
 The Newport OpenWrt BSP provides the following:
  * Linux 4.x kernel (fairly vanilla)
  * latest wireless drivers (compat-wireless)
  * tuned for minimal FLASH/memory footprint (entire distro fits on embedded 16MB FLASH)
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