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+# DDR4 SPD tools README
+
+Tools for generating SPD files for DDR4 memory used in memory down
+configurations on Intel Tiger Lake (TGL) based
+platforms. These tools generate SPDs following JESD79-4C
+and Jedec 4.1.2.L-5 R29 v103 specifications.
+
+There are two tools provided that assist TGL based mainboards
+to generate SPDs and Makefile to integrate these SPDs in coreboot
+build. These tools can also be used to allocate DRAM IDs (configure
+DRAM hardware straps) for any DDR4 memory part used by the board.
+
+* gen_spd.go: Generates de-duplicated SPD files using a global memory
+ part list provided by the mainboard in JSON format. Additionally,
+ generates a SPD manifest file(in CSV format) with information about
+ what memory part from the global list uses which of the generated
+ SPD files.
+
+* gen_part_id.go: Allocates DRAM strap IDs for different DDR4
+ memory parts used by the board. Takes as input list of memory parts
+ used by the board (with one memory part on each line) and the SPD
+ manifest file generated by gen_spd.go. Generates Makefile.inc for
+ integrating the generated SPD files in the coreboot build.
+
+## Tool 1 - gen_spd.go
+
+This program takes as input:
+* Pointer to directory where the generated SPD files and manifest will
+ be placed.
+* JSON file containing a global list of memory parts with their
+ attributes as per the datasheet. This is the list of all known
+ DDR4 memory parts irrespective of their usage on the board.
+* SoC platform name for which the SPDs are being generated. Currently
+ supported platform names are `TGL`.
+
+Input JSON file requires the following two fields for every memory part:
+* `name`: Name of the memory part
+* `attribs`: List of attributes of the memory part as per its
+ datasheet. These attributes match the part specifications and are
+ independent of any SoC expectations. Tool takes care of translating
+ the physical attributes of the memory part to match JEDEC and Intel
+ MRC expectations.
+
+`attribs` field further contains two types of sub-fields:
+* Mandatory: These attributes have to be provided for a memory part.
+* Optional: These attributes can be provided by memory part if it wants
+ to override the defaults.
+
+### Mandatory `attribs`
+
+* `speedMTps`: Maximum rate supported by the part in MT/s. Valid values:
+ `1600, 1866, 2133, 2400, 2666, 2933, 3200` MT/s.
+
+* `CL_nRCD_nRP`: Refers to CAS Latency specified for the part (find
+ "CL-nRCD-nRP" in the vendor spec for the DDR4 part).
+
+* `capacityPerDieGb`: Capacity per die in gigabits. Valid values:
+ `2, 4, 8, 16` Gb part.
+
+* `diesPerPackage`: Number of dies on the part. Valid values:
+ `1, 2` dies per package.
+
+* `deviceBusWidth`: Number of bits of the device's address bus. Valid values:
+ `8, 16` bit-wide bus. NOTE: Width of x4 is not supported by this tool.
+
+* `ranksPerPackage`: From Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-1R23:
+ “Package ranks per DIMM” refers to the collections of devices on the module
+ sharing common chip select signals (across the data width of the DIMM),
+ either from the edge connector for unbuffered modules or from the outputs of
+ a registering clock driver for RDIMMs and LRDIMMs.Number of bits of the
+ device's address bus. Valid values:
+ `1, 2` package ranks.
+
+### Optional `attribs`
+
+The following options are calculated by the tool based on the mandatory
+attributes described for the part, but there may be cases where a default value
+must be overridden, such as when a device appears to be 3200AA, but does not
+support all of the CAS latencies typically supported by a speed bin 3200AA part.
+Do deal with such a case, the variable can be overridden here and the tool will
+use this value instead of calculating one. All values must be defined in
+picosecond units, except for "CASLatencies", which would be represented as a
+string like "9 10 11 12 14".
+
+ * `TAAMinPs`: Defines the minimum CAS Latency.
+ Table 48 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tAAmin for each speed grade.
+
+ * `TRASMinPs`: Refers to the minimum active to precharge delay time.
+ Table 55 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRPmin for each speed grade.
+
+ * `TCKMinPs`: Refers to the minimum clock cycle time.
+ Table 42 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tCKmin for each speed grade.
+
+ * `TCKMaxPs`:Refers to the minimum clock cycle time.
+ Table 44 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tCKmin for each speed grade.
+
+ * `TRFC1MinPs`: Refers to the minimum refresh recovery delay time.
+ Table 59 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRFC1min for each page size.
+
+ * `TRFC2MinPs`: Refers to the minimum refresh recovery delay time.
+ Table 61 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRFC2min for each page size.
+
+ * `TRFC4MinPs`: Refers to the minimum refresh recovery delay time.
+ Table 63 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRFC4min for each page size.
+
+ * `TFAWMinPs`:: Refers to the minimum four activate window delay time.
+ Table 66 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tFAWmin for each speed grade
+ and page size combination.
+
+ * `TRRDSMinPs`: Refers to the minimum activate to activate delay time to
+ different bank groups.
+ Table 68 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRRD_Smin for each speed grade
+ and page size combination.
+
+ * `TRRDLMinPs`: Refers to the minimum activate to activate delay time to the
+ same bank group.
+ Table 70 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRRD_Lmin for each speed grade
+ and page size combination.
+
+ * `TCCDLMinPs`: Refers to the minimum CAS to CAS delay time to same bank group.
+ Table 72 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tCCD_Lmin for each speed grade.
+
+ * `TWRMinPs`: Refers to the minimum write recovery time.
+ Table 75 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tWRmin for each ddr4 type.
+
+ * `TWTRSMinPs`: Refers to minimum write to read time to different bank group.
+ Table 78 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tWTR_Smin for each ddr4 type.
+
+ * `TWTRLMinPs`: Refers to minimum write to read time to same bank group.
+ Table 80 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tWTR_Lmin for each ddr4 type.
+
+ * `CASLatencies`: Refers to the CAS latencies supported by the part.
+ The speed bin tables in the back of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 define the
+ standard CAS latencies that a speed bin part is supposed to support.
+ In cases where a part does not support all of the CAS latencies listed in the
+ speed bin tables, this entry should be used to override the default settings.
+
+### Example JSON file
+```
+{
+ "parts": [
+ {
+ "name": "MEMORY_PART_A",
+ "attribs": {
+ "speedMTps": 3200,
+ "CL_nRCD_nRP": 22
+ "capacityPerDieGb": 8,
+ "diesPerPackage": 2,
+ "deviceBusWidth": 16,
+ "ranksPerPackage": 1,
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ "name": "MEMORY_PART_B",
+ "attribs": {
+ "speedMTps": 3200,
+ "CL_nRCD_nRP": 22
+ "capacityPerDieGb": 8,
+ "diesPerPackage": 1,
+ "deviceBusWidth": 16,
+ "ranksPerPackage": 2,
+ "casLatencies": "9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20",
+ "tCKMaxPs": "1250"
+ }
+ }
+ ]
+}
+```
+
+### Output
+
+This tool generates the following files using the global list of
+memory parts in JSON format as described above:
+ * De-duplicated SPDs required for the different memory parts. These
+ SPD files are named (ddr4-spd-1.hex, ddr4-spd-2.hex, and so on)
+ and placed in the directory provided as an input to the tool.
+ * CSV file representing which of the deduplicated SPD files is used
+ by which memory part. This file is named as
+ `spd_manifest.generated.txt` and placed in the directory provided
+ as an input to the tool along with the generated SPD
+ files. Example CSV file:
+ ```
+ MEMORY_PART_A, ddr4-spd-1.hex
+ MEMORY_PART_B, ddr4-spd-2.hex
+ MEMORY_PART_C, ddr4-spd-3.hex
+ MEMORY_PART_D, ddr4-spd-2.hex
+ MEMORY_PART_E, ddr4-spd-2.hex
+ ```
+
+## Tool 2 - gen_part_id.go
+
+This program takes as input:
+* Pointer to directory where the SPD files and the manifest file
+ `spd_manifest.generated.txt` (in CSV format) are placed by
+ gen_spd.go
+* File containing list of memory parts used by the board. Each line of
+ the file is supposed to contain one memory part `name` as present in
+ the global list of memory parts provided to gen_spd.go
+* Pointer to directory where the generated Makefile.inc should be
+ placed by the tool.
+
+### Output
+
+This program provides the following:
+
+* Prints out the list of DRAM hardware strap IDs that should be
+ allocated to each memory part listed in the input file.
+* Makefile.inc is generated in the provided directory to integrate
+ SPDs generated by gen_spd.go with the coreboot build for the board.
+* dram_id.generated.txt is generated in the same directory as
+ Makefile. This contains the part IDs assigned to the different
+ memory parts. (Useful to integrate in board schematics).
+
+Sample output (dram_id.generated.txt):
+```
+DRAM Part Name ID to assign
+MEMORY_PART_A 0 (0000)
+MEMORY_PART_B 1 (0001)
+MEMORY_PART_C 2 (0010)
+MEMORY_PART_D 1 (0001)
+```
+
+Sample Makefile.inc:
+```
+## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+## This is an auto-generated file. Do not edit!!
+
+SPD_SOURCES =
+SPD_SOURCES += ddr4-spd-1.hex # ID = 0(0b0000) Parts = MEMORY_PART_A
+SPD_SOURCES += ddr4-spd-2.hex # ID = 1(0b0001) Parts = MEMORY_PART_B, MEMORY_PART_D
+SPD_SOURCES += ddr4-spd-3.hex # ID = 2(0b0010) Parts = MEMORY_PART_C
+```
+
+### Note of caution
+
+This program assigns DRAM IDs using the order of DRAM part names
+provided in the input file. Thus, when adding a new memory part to the
+list, it should always go to the end of the input text file. This
+guarantees that the memory parts that were already assigned IDs do not
+change.
+
+## How to build the tools?
+```
+# go build gen_spd.go
+# go build gen_part_id.go
+```
+
+## How to use the tools?
+```
+# ./gen_spd <spd_dir> <mem_parts_list_json> <platform>
+# ./gen_part_id <spd_dir> <makefile_dir> <mem_parts_used_file>
+```
+
+## Example Usage
+```
+# ./gen_spd ../../../../src/soc/intel/tigerlake/spd/ddr4 ./global_ddr4_mem_parts.json.txt 'TGL'
+
+```
+
+### Need to add a new memory part for a board?
+
+* If the memory part is not present in the global list of memory
+ parts, then add the memory part name and attributes as per the
+ datasheet to the file containing the global list.
+ * Use `gen_spd.go` with input as the file containing the global list
+ of memory parts to generate de-duplicated SPDs.
+ * If a new SPD file is generated, use `git add` to add it to the
+ tree and push a CL for review.
+* Update the file containing memory parts used by board (variant) to
+ add the new memory part name at the end of the file.
+ * Use gen_part_id.go providing it pointer to the location where SPD
+ files are stored and file containing the list of memory parts used
+ by the board(variant).
+ * Use `git add` to add `Makefile.inc` and `dram_id.generated.txt`
+ with updated changes and push a CL for review.