BCM3302 Memory Controller Configuration
This pages focus on memory controller configuration values, stored in the nvram and used for BCM3302
memory controller configuration found in the BCM4712, BCM53xx series of SoC and BCM5836 CPU
There are several references, which was used to make this summary page, including GPL source code
tarballs, distributed by Linksys and ASUS and CFE distributed by Broadcom.
Memory configuration is perfromed by code, assembled from shared/sbsdram.S file. Depending on version
it's either uses embedded nvram header values (found in PMON/CFE loader at offset 0x100 or 0x400) or
values, from current nvram. These values are generated from sdram_* values either during bootloader
flashing or via nvram update using nvram commit command.
The exact sdram configuration variables are: sdram_init, sdram_config, sdram_refresh and sdram_ncdl.
They are used as following:
- sdram_init determines the memory controller operation mode, i.e. DDR/SDR cycles,
16/32 bit memory interface, number of bits in CAS signal, etc.:
Field Name Description 0 MemType Memory type in use
0: SDR SDRAM
1: DDR SDRAM1 16BitMem Memory interface
0: 32-bit interface
1: 16-bit interface4:2 ColWidth Column width in use
000: 8-bit column
010: 9-bit column
100: 10-bit column13 Clock Clock source
0: External clock
1: Internal clock- sdram_config is used to initialize the mode register (during MRS cycle) of the SDRAM,
it contains things defined by JEDEC: burst type, burst length, CAS latency;
Field Name Description 0:2 BurstLength Burst Length value
000: 1
001: 2
010: 4
011: 8
111: full page3 BurstType Burst Type value
0: Sequential
1: Interleave6:4 CASLatency CAS Latency
001: 1
010: 2
011: 3
101: 1.5
110: 2.5
111: 3.5- sdram_refresh seems to be leaved for compatibility, and not used anymore;
- sdram_ncdl contains various memory controller timing information, this could be either 0,
which indicates to perform auto-tuning during memory initialzation (it will be updated to
real value once initialization completed by CFE) or predefined value.
Sample memory configurations which could be found in the sources provided by Broadcom:
Size Type Organization sdram_init bits RAS CAS Technology 8MB SDR 4M x 16 0x0002 000 1 0 A0-A11 A0-A7 64Mbit 16MB SDR 4M x 16 x 2 0x0000 000 0 0 A0-A11 A0-A7 64Mbit 16MB SDR 8M x 16 0x000a 010 1 0 A0-A11 A0-A8 128Mbit 32MB DDR 16M x 16 0x000b 010 1 1 A0-A12 A0-A8 256Mbit 32MB SDR 16M x 16 0x000a 010 1 0 A0-A12 A0-A8 256Mbit 32MB SDR 8M x 16 x 2 0x0008 010 0 0 A0-A11 A0-A8 128Mbit 64MB DDR 16M x 16 x 2 0x0009 010 0 1 A0-A12 A0-A8 256Mbit 64MB SDR 16M x 16 x 2 0x0008 010 0 0 A0-A12 A0-A8 256Mbit 128MB DDR 32M x 16 x 2 0x0011 100 0 1 A0-A12 A0-A9 512Mbit 128MB SDR 32M x 16 x 2 0x0010 100 0 0 A0-A12 A0-A9 512Mbit 256MB DDR 64M x 16 x 2 0x0011 100 0 1 A0-A13 A0-A9 1Gbit
http://oleg.wl500g.info/sdram.htmlCode:Size Type Organization sdram_init bits RAS CAS Technology 8MB SDR 4 Meg x 16 x 1 0x0002 000 1 0 A0-A11 A0-A7 64Mbit 16MB SDR 4 Meg x 16 x 2 0x0000 000 0 0 A0-A11 A0-A7 64Mbit 16MB SDR 8 Meg x 16 x 1 0x000a 010 1 0 A0-A11 A0-A8 128Mbit 32MB DDR 16 Meg x 16 x 1 0x000b 010 1 1 A0-A12 A0-A8 256Mbit 32MB SDR 16 Meg x 16 x 1 0x000a 010 1 0 A0-A12 A0-A8 256Mbit 32MB SDR 8 Meg x 16 x 2 0x0008 010 0 0 A0-A11 A0-A8 128Mbit 64MB DDR 16 Meg x 16 x 2 0x0009 010 0 1 A0-A12 A0-A8 256Mbit 64MB SDR 16 Meg x 16 x 2 0x0008 010 0 0 A0-A12 A0-A8 256Mbit 128MB DDR 32 Meg x 16 x 2 0x0011 100 0 1 A0-A12 A0-A9 512Mbit 128MB SDR 32 Meg x 16 x 2 0x0010 100 0 0 A0-A12 A0-A9 512Mbit 256MB DDR 64 Meg x 16 x 2 0x0011 100 0 1 A0-A13 A0-A9 1Gbit