.. _getting_started_up2: Getting started guide for UP2 board ################################### Hardware setup ************** The `UP Squared board `_ (UP2) is the x86 maker board based on Intel Apollo Lake platform. The UP boards have been used in IoT, industrial automation, digital signage and more. The UP2 features Intel `Celeron N3550 `_ and Intel `Pentium N4200 `_ SoCs. Both have been confirmed to work with ACRN. Connecting to the serial port ============================= The UP2 board has two serial ports. Please refer to the `UP2 specifications `_ for more information. We'll access the serial port through the I/O pins in the 40-pin HAT connector using a `USB TTL serial cable `_. Connect pin 6 (``GND``), pin 8 (``TX``) and pin 10 (``RX``) of the HAT connector to respectively the ``GND``, ``RX`` and ``TX`` pins of your USB serial cable. Plug the USB TTL serial cable into your PC and use a console emulation tool such as ``minicom`` or ``putty`` to communicate with the UP2 board for debugging. Software setup ************** Setting up the ACRN hypervisor (and associated components) on the UP2 board is no different than other hardware platforms so please follow the instructions provided in the :ref:`getting_started`. There are a few parameters specific to the UP2 board that differ from what is referenced in the :ref:`getting_started` section: 1. Serial Port settings #. Storage device name #. ``pci_devices_ignore`` parameter You will need to keep these in mind in a few places: * When mounting the EFI System Partition (ESP) .. code-block:: console # mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt * When adjusting the ``acrn.conf`` file * Change the ``options`` line and set ``pci_devices_ignore=(0:18:1)`` * Set the ``root=`` parameter using the ``PARTUUID`` or device name directly * When configuring the EFI firmware to boot the ACRN hypervisor by default .. code-block:: console # efibootmgr -c -l "\EFI\acrn\acrn.efi" -d /dev/mmcblk0 -p 1 -L "ACRN Hypervisor" \ -u "bootloader=\EFI\org.clearlinux\bootloaderx64.efi uart=mmio@0x9141e000" UP2 serial port setting ======================= The serial port in the 40-pin HAT connector is located at ``MMIO 0x0x9141e000``. You can check this from the ``dmesg`` output from the initial Clearlinux installation. .. code-block:: console # dmesg | grep dw-apb-uart [2.150689] dw-apb-uart.8: ttyS1 at MMIO 0x91420000 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A [2.152072] dw-apb-uart.9: ttyS2 at MMIO 0x9141e000 (irq = 5, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A The second entry associated with ``dw-apb-uart.9`` is the one on the 40-pin HAT connector. UP2 block device ================ The UP2 board has an on-board eMMC device. The device name to be used throughout the :ref:`getting_started` therefore is ``/dev/mmcblk0`` (and ``/dev/mmcblk0pX`` for any partition). The UUID of the partition ``/dev/mmcblk0p3`` can be found by .. code-block:: console # blkid /dev/mmcblk .. note:: You can also use the device name directly, e.g.: ``root=/dev/mmcblk0p3`` Running the hypervisor ********************** Now that the hypervisor and Service OS have been installed on your UP2 board, you can proceed with the rest of the instructions in the :ref:`getting_started` and install the User OS (UOS).