MACCHIATObin setup step by step

MACCHIATObin 是Marvell的一款ARM64bit CPU的board，可用于高性能网络和存储。我们在MACCHIATObin Double Shot板子做了关于网络性能测试和容器方面的事情。
Marvell提供内容无法满足容器要求，需要使能必要的内核模块，踩过不少坑。提供一份内核配置，供开发者使用。
部分信息已经放到了Github:

Kernel Config：
/blob/master/MACCHIATObin/defconfig-mcbin-edge

Prerequisites

Marvell linux must apply with MUSDK provided kernel patches(see patches/linux in musdk repo and relevant documentation).

U-boot version used: u-boot-2018.03-armada-18.09

Kernel version used: linux-4.14.22-armada-18.09

MUSDK version used: musdk-armada-18.09

1.Toolchain

recommended toolchain version: gcc-linaro-7.3.1-2018.05-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz

wget

tar xf gcc-linaro-7.3.1-2018.05-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz

# set PATH

# export PATH=$PATH:/home/mcbin/toolchain/gcc-linaro-5.3.1-2016.05-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin

2.u-boot

Build from source – Bootloader

              

Compile according to the instructions given by the web page

recommended version: u-boot-2018.03-armada-18.09

Update the Bootloader

              

               This page is about update boot through network,   In addition, you can use the USB Flash drive to update boot as following instructions:

Marvell>> usb reset

Marvell>> bubt flash-image.bin spi usb

Marvell>> reset

Marvell>> env default -a

Marvell>> env save

Make sure that the MACCHIATObin board does not experience power loss during the entire updating process, otherwise it will be bricked due to an unfinished bootloader update.

3.Creating filesystem

Creating Ubuntu filesystem

Among one of file systems supported by MACCHIATObin is the Ubuntu file system. you can either build the file system manually or download a prebuilt SD card image.

This software page provide a compiled kernel image.  If want to compile kernel on  MACCHIATObin board,  You can use this official image temporarily to start the board.

Boot from removable storage

Please see following link as reference about how to setup Marvell board

Instructions of the page is suit for 17.10, 

U-Boot 18.09:

Using Micro SD card:

Marvell>> setenv image_name boot/Image

Marvell>> setenv fdt_name boot/armada-8040-mcbin.dtb

Marvell>> setenv bootmmc 'mmc dev 1; ext4load mmc 1:1 $kernel_addr_r $image_name;ext4load mmc 1:1 $fdt_addr_r $fdt_name;setenv bootargs $console root=/dev/mmcblk1p1 rw rootwait pci=pcie_bus_safe cpuidle.off=1; booti $kernel_addr_r - $fdt_addr_r'

Marvell>>  saveenv

Marvell>>  run bootmmc

Using USB Stick:

Marvell>> setenv image_name boot/Image

Marvell>> setenv fdt_name boot/armada-8040-mcbin.dtb

Marvell>> setenv bootusb 'usb reset; ext4load usb 0:1 $kernel_addr_r $image_name;ext4load usb 0:1 $fdt_addr_r $fdt_name;setenv bootargs $console root=/dev/sda1 rw rootwait pci=pcie_bus_safe cpuidle.off=1;booti $kernel_addr_r - $fdt_addr_r'

Marvell>>  saveenv

Marvell>>  run bootusb

              If U-Boot version is 17.10, you should repleace $kernel_addr_r/$fdt_addr_r  by $kernel_addr/$fdt_addr

4. Compile kernel 

The procedures to build kernel from source is almost the same, but there are still some points you need to pay attention to on MACCHIATObin board. Download Kernel Source:

mkdir -p ~/kernel/4.14.22
cd ~/kernel/4.14.22
git clone  .
git checkout linux-4.14.22-armada-18.09 

Download MUSDK Package Marvell User-Space SDK(MUSDK) is a light-weight user-space I/O driver for Marvell's Embedded Networking SoC's. The MUSDK library provides a simple and direct access to Marvell's SoC blocks to networking applications and networking infrastrucutre:

mkdir -p ~/musdk
git clone  .
git checkout musdk-armada-18.09 

Linux Kernel needs to be patched and built in order to run MUSDK on the MACCHIATObin board:

cd ~/kernel/4.14.22/
git am ~/musdk/patches/linux-4.14/*.patch 

Replace the default kernel configuration file with defconfig-mcbin-edge which enable necessary kernel modules needed by running kubernetes, also calico:

cp defconfig-mcbin-edge   ~/kernel/4.14.22/arch/arm64/configs/mvebu_v8_lsp_defconfig 

and then compile the kernel:

export ARCH=arm64
make mvebu_v8_lsp_defconfig
make -j$(($(nproc)+1)) 

Script is provided to facilitate build of the kernel image, the developer needs to run with root privileges:

./setup-macbin-kernel.sh

脚本链接：/blob/master/MACCHIATObin/setup-macbin-kernel.sh

Update the Kernel

If kernel is compiled on the MACCHIATObin board, you can easily update kernel using the following instructions:

cd ~/kernel/4.14.22
make modules_install
cp ./arch/arm64/boot/Image /boot/
cp ./arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-8040-mcbin.dtb  /boot/
sync
reboot 

and also refer to the wiki for MACCHIATObin to boot from removable storage.