.. _getting_started_up2:
Getting started guide for UP2 board
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Hardware setup
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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).