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authorNathaniel Graff <nathaniel.graff@sifive.com>2019-02-15 09:34:18 -0800
committerNathaniel Graff <nathaniel.graff@sifive.com>2019-02-15 09:34:18 -0800
commit1caeb4eec588c471b33120142593dee66517d77a (patch)
tree8e214cbc600efc09faef4ea749d8a58d442463ed
parent5d713aebb10998e6269e0c3dc690828cc0edc472 (diff)
Add more documentation to user guide
Also adds mention of example-spi to SDK contents Signed-off-by: Nathaniel Graff <nathaniel.graff@sifive.com>
-rw-r--r--doc/sphinx/contents.rst4
-rw-r--r--doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingcoreip.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingdevboard.rst19
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/contents.rst b/doc/sphinx/contents.rst
index b207a56..e7a7613 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/contents.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/contents.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Freedom E SDK comes packaged with the following board support packages under the
- SiFive CoreIP Arty FPGA Evaluation targets
+ - coreip-e24-arty
- coreip-e31-arty
- coreip-s51-arty
@@ -107,3 +108,6 @@ The example programs can be found under the ``software/`` directory.
- Demonstrates how to configure a Physical Memory Protection (PMP) region
+- example-spi
+
+ - Demonstrates how to use the SPI API to transfer bytes to a peripheral
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingcoreip.rst b/doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingcoreip.rst
index a6f1dae..5af29fb 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingcoreip.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingcoreip.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Core IP target, you would instead run the command
Cleaning a Target Program Build Directory
-----------------------------------------
+The ``clean`` target can be used to restore a target program's directory to a clean state.
+
.. code-block:: bash
make BSP=mee [PROGRAM=hello] [TARGET=coreip-e31] clean
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingdevboard.rst b/doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingdevboard.rst
index 4b5822b..b276d51 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingdevboard.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/userguide/buildingdevboard.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ Arty FPGA Evaluation target, you would instead run the command
Uploading to the Target Board
-----------------------------
+Uploading a program to the target development or FPGA board depends on having both
+the RISC-V GNU Toolchain and RISC-V OpenOCD installed on your development system.
+See :doc:`installing` for more information on installing OpenOCD.
+
+With the toolchain and OpenOCD installed, uploading a program is as simple as plugging
+the development board into your computer and running the following command:
+
.. code-block:: bash
make BSP=mee [PROGRAM=hello] [TARGET=sifive-hifive1] upload
@@ -30,6 +37,16 @@ Uploading to the Target Board
Debugging a Target Program
--------------------------
+Debugging a program on a target development or FPGA board depends on having both
+the RISC-V GNU Toolchain and RISC-V OpenOCD installed on your development system.
+See :doc:`installing` for more information on installing OpenOCD.
+
+Debugging with Freedom E SDK also assumes that the program has already been uploaded to
+the target board.
+
+With the toolchain and OpenOCD installed, debugging a program is as simple as plugging
+the development board into your computer and running the following command:
+
.. code-block:: bash
make BSP=mee [PROGRAM=hello] [TARGET=sifive-hifive1] debug
@@ -37,6 +54,8 @@ Debugging a Target Program
Cleaning a Target Program Build Directory
-----------------------------------------
+The ``clean`` target can be used to restore a target program's directory to a clean state.
+
.. code-block:: bash
make BSP=mee [PROGRAM=hello] [TARGET=sifive-hifive1] clean