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1            C2 port support
2            ---------------
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4(C) Copyright 2007 Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@enneenne.com>
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6This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
9(at your option) any later version.
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11This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14GNU General Public License for more details.
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18Overview
19--------
20
21This driver implements the support for Linux of Silicon Labs (Silabs)
22C2 Interface used for in-system programming of micro controllers.
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24By using this driver you can reprogram the in-system flash without EC2
25or EC3 debug adapter. This solution is also useful in those systems
26where the micro controller is connected via special GPIOs pins.
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28References
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31The C2 Interface main references are at (http://www.silabs.com)
32Silicon Laboratories site], see:
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34- AN127: FLASH Programming via the C2 Interface at
35http://www.silabs.com/Support Documents/TechnicalDocs/an127.pdf
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37- C2 Specification at
38http://www.silabs.com/pages/DownloadDoc.aspx?FILEURL=Support%20Documents/TechnicalDocs/an127.pdf&src=SearchResults
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40however it implements a two wire serial communication protocol (bit
41banging) designed to enable in-system programming, debugging, and
42boundary-scan testing on low pin-count Silicon Labs devices. Currently
43this code supports only flash programming but extensions are easy to
44add.
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46Using the driver
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48
49Once the driver is loaded you can use sysfs support to get C2port's
50info or read/write in-system flash.
51
52# ls /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/
53access flash_block_size flash_erase rev_id
54dev_id flash_blocks_num flash_size subsystem/
55flash_access flash_data reset uevent
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57Initially the C2port access is disabled since you hardware may have
58such lines multiplexed with other devices so, to get access to the
59C2port, you need the command:
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61# echo 1 > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/access
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63after that you should read the device ID and revision ID of the
64connected micro controller:
65
66# cat /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/dev_id
678
68# cat /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/rev_id
691
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71However, for security reasons, the in-system flash access in not
72enabled yet, to do so you need the command:
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74# echo 1 > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/flash_access
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76After that you can read the whole flash:
77
78# cat /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/flash_data > image
79
80erase it:
81
82# echo 1 > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/flash_erase
83
84and write it:
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86# cat image > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/flash_data
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88after writing you have to reset the device to execute the new code:
89
90# echo 1 > /sys/class/c2port/c2port0/reset
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