acrn-hypervisor/doc/getting-started/up2.rst

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.. _getting-started-up2:
Getting started guide for UP2 board
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Hardware setup
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The `UP Squared board <http://www.up-board.org/upsquared/>`_ (UP2) is
an x86 maker board based on the Intel Apollo Lake platform. The UP boards
are used in IoT applications, industrial automation, digital signage, and more.
The UP2 features Intel `Celeron N3550
<https://ark.intel.com/products/95598/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N3350-2M-Cache-up-to-2_4-GHz>`_
and Intel `Pentium N4200
<https://ark.intel.com/products/95592/Intel-Pentium-Processor-N4200-2M-Cache-up-to-2_5-GHz>`_
SoCs. Both have been confirmed to work with ACRN.
Connecting to the serial port
=============================
The UP2 board has two serial ports. The following figure shows the UP2 board's
40-pin HAT connector we'll be using as documented in the `UP2 Datasheet
<https://up-board.org/wp-content/uploads/datasheets/UP-Square-DatasheetV0.5.pdf>`_.
.. image:: images/the-bottom-side-of-UP2-board.png
:align: center
We'll access the serial port through the I/O pins in the
40-pin HAT connector using a `USB TTL serial cable
<http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/USBTTLSerial.htm>`_,
and show how to connect a serial port with
``PL2303TA USB to TTL serial cable`` for example:
.. image:: images/USB-to-TTL-serial-cable.png
:align: center
Connect pin 6 (``Ground``), pin 8 (``UART_TXD``) and pin 10 (``UART_RXD``) 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.
.. image:: images/the-connection-of-serial-port.png
:align: center
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-apl-nuc`, with
the additional information below.
There are a few parameters specific to the UP2 board that differ from
what is referenced in the :ref:`getting-started-apl-nuc` section:
1. Serial Port settings
#. Storage device name
You will need to keep these in mind in a few places:
* When mounting the EFI System Partition (ESP)
.. code-block:: none
# mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt
* When adjusting the ``acrn.conf`` file
* 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:: none
# efibootmgr -c -l "\EFI\acrn\acrn.efi" -d /dev/mmcblk0 -p 1 -L "ACRN Hypervisor" \
-u "bootloader=\EFI\org.clearlinux\bootloaderx64.efi uart=bdf@0:18.1"
UP2 serial port setting
=======================
The serial port in the 40-pin HAT connector is located at ``serial PCI BDF 0:18.1``.
You can check this from the ``lspci`` output from the initial Clearlinux installation.
.. code-block:: none
# lspci | grep UART
00:18.0 . Series HSUART Controller #1 (rev 0b)
00:18.1 . Series HSUART Controller #2 (rev 0b)
The second entry associated with ``00:18.1`` 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:: none
# 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-apl-nuc` and install the User OS (UOS).