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author | Furquan Shaikh <furquan@google.com> | 2020-05-20 21:37:51 -0700 |
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committer | Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> | 2020-06-06 09:27:44 +0000 |
commit | 70001fe1f7c26ff13a84abf397a881189fa54c10 (patch) | |
tree | fe4504228f6e932370c25b4304f7da29ae79a324 /util/spd_tools/intel/lp4x/README.md | |
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util: Add spd_tools to generate SPDs for TGL and JSL boards
Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data for memory modules is used by Memory
Reference Code (MRC) for training the memory. This SPD data is
typically obtained from part vendors but has to be massaged to format
it correctly as per JEDEC and MRC expectations. There have been
numerous times in the past where the SPD data used is not always
correct.
In order to reduce the manual effort of creating SPDs and generating
DRAM IDs, this change adds tools for generating SPD files for LPDDR4x
memory used in memory down configurations on Intel Tiger Lake (TGL)
and Jasper Lake (JSL) based platforms. These tools generate SPDs
following JESD209-4C specification and Intel recommendations (doc
Two tools are provided:
* 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 LPDDR4x
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.
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Change-Id: Ia9b64d1d48371ccea1c01630a33a245d90f45214
Signed-off-by: Furquan Shaikh <furquan@google.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41612
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Vaccaro <nvaccaro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Karthik Ramasubramanian <kramasub@google.com>
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diff --git a/util/spd_tools/intel/lp4x/README.md b/util/spd_tools/intel/lp4x/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e614f259cf --- /dev/null +++ b/util/spd_tools/intel/lp4x/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,265 @@ +# LPDDR4x SPD tools README + +Tools for generating SPD files for LPDDR4x memory used in memory down +configurations on Intel Tiger Lake (TGL) and Jasper Lake (JSL) based +platforms. These tools generate SPDs following JESD209-4C +specification and Intel recommendations (doc #616599, #610202) for +LPDDR4x SPD. + +There are two tools provided that assist TGL and JSL 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 LPDDR4x 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 LPDDR4x + 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 + LPDDR4x 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` and `JSL`. + +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` + +* `densityPerChannelGb`: Density in Gb of the physical channel. + +* `banks`: Number of banks per physical channel. This is typically 8 + for LPDDR4x memory parts. + +* `channelsPerDie`: Number of physical channels per die. Valid values: + `1, 2, 4`. For a part with x16 bit width, number of channels per die + is 1 or 2. For a part with x8 bit width, number of channels can be + 2 or 4 (4 is basically when two dual-channel byte mode devices are + combined as shown in Figure 3 in JESD209-4C). + +* `diesPerPackage`: Number of physical dies in each SDRAM + package. As per JESD209-4C, "Standard LPDDR4 package ballmaps + allocate one ZQ ball per die." Thus, number of diesPerPackage is the + number of ZQ balls on the package. + +* `bitWidthPerChannel`: Width of each physical channel. Valid values: + `8, 16` bits. + +* `ranksPerChannel`: Number of ranks per physical channel. Valid + values: `1, 2`. If the channels across multiple dies share the same + DQ/DQS pins but use a separate CS, then ranks is 2 else it is 1. + +* `speedMbps`: Maximum data rate supported by the part in Mbps. Valid + values: `3200, 3733, 4267` Mbps. + +### Optional `attribs` + +* `trfcabNs`: Minimum Refresh Recovery Delay Time (tRFCab) for all + banks in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is dependent on the + density per channel. Default values used: + * 6Gb : 280ns + * 8Gb : 280ns + * 12Gb: 380ns + * 16Gb: 380ns + +* `trfcpbNs`: Minimum Refresh Recovery Delay Time (tRFCab) per + bank in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is dependent on the + density per channel. Default values used: + * 6Gb : 140ns + * 8Gb : 140ns + * 12Gb: 190ns + * 16Gb: 190ns + +* `trpabMinNs`: Minimum Row Precharge Delay Time (tRPab) for all banks + in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is max(21ns, 4nck) which + defaults to `21ns`. + +* `trppbMinNs`: Minimum Row Precharge Delay Time (tRPpb) per bank in + nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is max(18ns, 4nck) which + defaults to `18ns`. + +* `tckMinPs`: SDRAM minimum cycle time (tckMin) value in + picoseconds. This is typically calculated based on the `speedMbps` + attribute. `(1 / speedMbps) * 2`. Default values used(taken from + JESD209-4C): + * 4267 Mbps: 468ps + * 3733 Mbps: 535ps + * 3200 Mbps: 625ps + +* `tckMaxPs`: SDRAM maximum cycle time (tckMax) value in + picoseconds. Default value used: `31875ps`. As per JESD209-4C, + TCKmax should be 100ns (100000ps) for all speed grades. But the SPD + byte to encode this field is only 1 byte. Hence, the maximum value + that can be encoded is 31875ps. + +* `taaMinPs`: Minimum CAS Latency Time(taaMin) in picoseconds. This + value defaults to nck * tckMin, where nck is minimum CAS latency. + +* `trcdMinNs`: Minimum RAS# to CAS# Delay Time (tRCDmin) in + nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is max(18ns, 4nck) which + defaults to `18ns`. + +* `casLatencies`: List of CAS latencies supported by the + part. This is dependent on the attrib `speedMbps`. Default values + used: + * 4267: `"6 10 14 20 24 28 32 36"`. + * 3733: `"6 10 14 20 24 28 32"`. + * 3200: `"6 10 14 20 24 28"`. + +### Example JSON file +``` +{ + "parts": [ + { + "name": "MEMORY_PART_A", + "attribs": { + "densityPerChannelGb": 8, + "banks": 8, + "channelsPerDie": 2, + "diesPerPackage": 2, + "bitWidthPerChannel": 16, + "ranksPerChannel": 1, + "speedMbps": 4267 + } + }, + { + "name": "MEMORY_PART_B", + "attribs": { + "densityPerChannelGb": 8, + "banks": 8, + "channelsPerDie": 1, + "diesPerPackage": 2, + "bitWidthPerChannel": 16, + "ranksPerChannel": 1, + "speedMbps": 3733, + "casLatencies": "14 20 24 28 32", + "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 (spd_1.hex, spd_2.hex, spd_3.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, spd_1.hex + MEMORY_PART_B, spd_2.hex + MEMORY_PART_C, spd_3.hex + MEMORY_PART_D, spd_2.hex + MEMORY_PART_E, 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 += spd_1.hex # ID = 0(0b0000) Parts = MEMORY_PART_A +SPD_SOURCES += spd_2.hex # ID = 1(0b0001) Parts = MEMORY_PART_B, MEMORY_PART_D +SPD_SOURCES += 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> +``` + +### 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. |