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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 2020 embedded brains GmbH & Co. KG
+
+.. Copyright (C) 2022 Karel Gardas <karel@functional.vision>
+
+stm32h7
+=======
+
+This BSP supports the
+`STM32H7 Series <https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32h7-series.html>`_.
+
+The BSP is known to run on these boards on specified core with using specified BSP variant.
+
+.. table::
+
+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------------+
+ | Board name | Core name | BSP variant name |
+ +==================================================================================+===========+========================+
+ |`STM32H743I-EVAL 2 <https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/stm32h743i-eval.html>`_| M7 | arm/stm32h7 |
+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------------+
+ |`STM32H743ZI-Nucleo <https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/nucleo-h743zi.html>`_ | M7 | arm/nucleo-h743zi |
+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------------+
+ |`STM32H7B3I-DK <https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/stm32h7b3i-dk.html>`_ | M7 | arm/stm32h7b3i-dk |
+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------------+
+ |`STM32H757I-EVAL <https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/stm32h757i-eval.html>`_ | M7 | arm/stm32h757i-eval |
+ | +-----------+------------------------+
+ | | M4 | arm/stm32h757i-eval-m4 |
+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------------+
+ |`STM32H747I-DISCO <https://www.st.com/en/evaluation-tools/stm32h747i-disco.html>`_| M7 | arm/stm32h747i-disco |
+ | +-----------+------------------------+
+ | | M4 | arm/stm32h747i-disco-m4|
+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+------------------------+
+
+
+Clock Driver
+------------
+
+The clock driver uses the `ARMv7-M Systick` module. The HSE (external
+oscillator) value can also be different for different evaluation or custom
+boards, so it is recommended to check the default values of the BSP.
+
+Console Driver
+--------------
+
+The console driver supports the on-chip UART and USART modules. Even
+the MCU supports about 10 U(S)ARTs, only those supported by the chosen
+board are enabled by default configuration. The board needs to support
+some kind of connector-based connection to the U(S)ART in order for the
+feature to be considered supported here.
+..
+.. Leaving previous notes here as a comment. They may still be useful
+.. and incorporated into the later version of the document.
+..
+.. Different board variations use different GPIO pins and blocks for the default
+.. communication UART and it is recommended to check whether the default
+.. configuration provided is valid in the BSP.
+
+.. To specify that the BSP should be built for the STM32H743ZI-Nucleo board,
+.. users can supply ``STM32H743ZI_NUCLEO = True`` to ``config.ini`` when
+.. building the BSP.
+
+.. Alternatively, users can supply the configuration structs defined in ``hal.h``
+.. in the application for other boards. For the console driver, the
+.. ``stm32h7_usartX_config`` structs are used to configure the GPIO pins and other
+.. parameters. The default implementations can be found in
+.. ``bsps/arm/stm32ht/console`` in the RTEMS sources.
+
+Network Interface Driver
+------------------------
+
+The network interface driver ``if_stmac`` is provided by the ``libbsd``.
+
+USB Host Driver
+---------------
+
+The USB host driver ``dwc_otg`` is provided by the ``libbsd``.
+
+SD/MMC Driver
+-------------
+
+The SDMMC driver ``st_sdmmc`` is provided by the ``libbsd``.
+
+The default initialization is done for the STM32H743I-EVAL 2 board.
+
+To use different pins, you can create a ``HAL_SD_MspInit()`` function in your
+application that overwrites the default one defined in ``RTEMS``. If you don't
+have direction lines like on the evaluation board, you can just skip
+initializing these pins.
+
+If you want to use a different number of data lines, another polarity for the
+data direction pins, a different voltage or similar, you have to redefine
+``st_sdmmc_get_config()`` (normally provided by ``libbsd``) in your application.
+
+Known limitations:
+
+* Currently 1.8V signaling is not implemented. Therefore higher speeds like used
+ for UHS cards are not available. All cards fall back to High Speed transfers.
+* The driver uses the IDMA only. MDMA is currently not implemented. For SDMMC1
+ that means that the memory buffers can only come from AXI SRAM, QSPI memory,
+ Flash or the FMC (SDRAM, ...). The internal SRAM1, SRAM2, SRAM3 and SRAM4 are
+ not supported. SDMMC2 should not have that limitation. See ST AN5200 "Getting
+ started with STM32H7 Series SDMMC host controller" for more details.
+
+
+How to run RTEMS on the board
+-----------------------------
+Following few paragraphs save a purpose of simple HOWTO or a quick
+starting guide for the users not versed in STM32 toolchain and their
+boards workflow.
+
+Board hardware setup
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Connect board with the host computer using micro-USB cable connected
+to micro-USB connector on the board marked with 'ST-LINK V3E' in case of evaluation
+and discovery boards or with 'USB PWR' in case of Nucleo board.
+
+STM32CubeIDE installation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Download and install STM32CubeIDE from
+https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stm32cubeide.html. Install the
+software into the user directory. On Linux install with 'sudo' command
+to install as a root since as part of the installation USB permissions
+rules for ST-Link GDB server are also installed. The reason for
+installing into the user directory is that the IDE is based on
+Eclipse, which provides
+its own update method and this will not work well in case of read-only
+access to the installation directory. In case of any troubles consult
+installation manual provided by ST here https://www.st.com/resource/en/user_manual/um2563-stm32cubeide-installation-guide-stmicroelectronics.pdf.
+Although we will not used full fledged IDE here, the package provides ST-Link GDB Server which will be used for uploading RTEMS binaries to the board
+memory.
+
+STM32CubeProgrammer installation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Download and install STM32CubeProgrammer from
+https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stm32cubeprog.html. We will
+use this software for board setup required for RTEMS and later when
+something goes wrong to delete content of the MCU flash memory. The
+software is also internally used by the ST-Link GDB Server from
+STM32CubeIDE so it is crucial to have it installed.
+
+Board ST-Link firmware upgrade
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Download ST-Link board firmware upgrade package from
+https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stsw-link007.html. The
+software is distributed in a form of Java jar file for Linux and Mac
+OSX and in a form of Windows binary for MS Windows. Unpack it
+somewhere and run it with
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ unzip en.stsw-link007-v3-9-3_v3.9.3.zip
+ $ cd stsw-link007/AllPlatforms
+ $ java -jar STLinkUpgrade.jar
+
+Click on *Open in update mode* button and then if *Version* and *Update
+to Firmware* version information are different in shown version number/code, click on *Upgrade*
+button and wait till upgrade finishes.
+
+.. note: On Linux you will need to have libusb library installed in
+ order to make upgrade process working. On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS you can do
+ that with following command.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0
+
+
+Dual core board setup for RTEMS
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Current RTEMS BSP supports
+running MCU in a single-core mode only on either M7 core or M4
+core. That means that to not leave other core interfering with the
+system we either need to upload short infinite loop code to it or we
+may switch off the core completely. The second option is what is
+described here. The board by default switches on and starts both
+cores. Based on chosen BSP variant you may like to switch off other
+core with using STMCubeProgrammer tool.
+Go to the directory where you have installed STMCubeProgrammer
+software and run it with
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ cd bin
+ $ ./STM32CubeProgrammer
+
+
+.. important:: It is absolutely necessary you will do that from inside the bin
+ directory where STM32CubeProgrammer binary resides. If you don't, then
+ programmer UI will crash on attempt to connect to the board. Probable
+ reason is a bug in the programmer which is not able to correctly locate
+ its C dynamic library responsible for connecting to the ST-Link board
+ interface. Version 2.9.0 of the programmer is described here. Other
+ versions may behave a bit differently.
+
+When you start the programmer application, the UI window of the programmer will
+appear.
+Click on green *Connect* button in the right upper corner of
+the UI. This will connect programmer to the board.
+Then click on *OB*
+icon in the left upper corner. Actually this is hidden menu item which you
+can un-hide by clicking on menu icon (three horizontal stripes) in the
+upper left corner.
+When you click on *OB* or *Option bytes* in un-hidden state, then
+click on *User Configuration* in the options list and when the user
+configuration list opens
+unselect preselected *BCM4* item inside it to switch off M4 core or
+unselect preselected *BCM7* item to switch off M7 core from
+starting up. The action needs to be saved by clicking on *Apply* button
+below the option table.
+
+.. warning:: Be careful! Wrong setup in STM32H7 configuration may result in
+ *bricked* board.
+
+Do not forget to disconnect the programmer application from the board by clicking on green *Disconnect* button
+in the upper right corner and then close the programmer UI.
+
+.. important:: If you keep programmer connected then you will not be able
+ to connect ST-Link GDB server to the board and upload RTEMS binary to
+ it.
+
+
+STM32CubeIDE ST-Link GDB Server setup
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+In order to use STM provided ST-Link GDB server externally, that is
+not from inside the IDE, we need to configure it. Please go to the
+directory where you have installed STM32CubeIDE software. Look for
+file containing *ST-LINK* string inside its name. Following shell
+command sequence shows example about how to find it.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ cd $HOME/sfw/stm32cubeide_1.8.0
+ $ find . -name 'ST-LINK*'
+ ./plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.stlink-gdb-server.linux64_2.0.200.202202231230/tools/bin/ST-LINK_gdbserver.sh
+ ./plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.stlink-gdb-server.linux64_2.0.200.202202231230/tools/bin/ST-LINK_gdbserver
+ ./plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.stlink-gdb-server.linux64_2.0.100.202109301221/tools/bin/ST-LINK_gdbserver.sh
+ ./plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.stlink-gdb-server.linux64_2.0.100.202109301221/tools/bin/ST-LINK_gdbserver
+
+Notice that in this particular installation case we already have two
+versions of GDB server installed. This is due to fact that version
+1.8.0 of the IDE was later upgraded to 1.9.0 version. Anyway, we will choose
+to use the latest one, or if there is only one, then the only one
+installed. Please go to its *bin* directory. E.g.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ cd plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.stlink-gdb-server.linux64_2.0.200.202202231230/tools/bin
+
+Now, you will need to edit provided *config.txt* file inside the
+directory. Use your favorite editor. Open the file and scroll
+down to its end. You will see following comment:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ ###############################################################
+ # -cp <path> : Path to STM32CubeProgrammer
+ # Modify to correct path
+ # for STM32_Programmer_CLI executable
+ ###############################################################
+ -cp
+
+and here you will need to place path where your STM32CubeProgrammer is
+installed directly behind the *-cp* parameter. E.g.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ ###############################################################
+ # -cp <path> : Path to STM32CubeProgrammer
+ # Modify to correct path
+ # for STM32_Programmer_CLI executable
+ ###############################################################
+ -cp /home/karel/sfw/stm32cubeide_1.8.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.cubeprogrammer.linux64_2.0.200.202202231230/tools/bin
+
+Once you are done with it, you can save the file and close the
+editor. Let's verify that GDB server is configured and running well by starting
+it inside the shell. Please go inside the directory where
+ST-LINK_gdbserver.sh is located and run it by:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ ./ST-LINK_gdbserver.sh
+
+If everything is all right and if you have board still connected to
+the host computer then you should see output like following:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ ./ST-LINK_gdbserver.sh
+
+ STMicroelectronics ST-LINK GDB server. Version 6.1.0
+ Copyright (c) 2022, STMicroelectronics. All rights reserved.
+
+ Starting server with the following options:
+ Persistent Mode : Enabled
+ LogFile Name : debug.log
+ Logging Level : 31
+ Listen Port Number : 61234
+ Status Refresh Delay : 15s
+ Verbose Mode : Disabled
+ SWD Debug : Enabled
+
+ COM frequency = 24000 kHz
+ Target connection mode: Default
+ Reading ROM table for AP 0 @0xe00fefd0
+ Hardware watchpoint supported by the target
+ ST-LINK Firmware version : V3J9M3
+ Device ID: 0x450
+ PC: 0x8028fa4
+ ST-LINK device status: HALT_MODE
+ ST-LINK detects target voltage = 3.28 V
+ ST-LINK device status: HALT_MODE
+ ST-LINK device initialization OK
+ Stm32Device, pollAndNotify running...
+ SwvSrv state change: 0 -> 1
+ Waiting for connection on port 61235...
+ Waiting for debugger connection...
+ Waiting for connection on port 61234...
+
+In output above you can see ST-Link GDB server waiting for debugger
+connection. If this is the case in your case, then you can finish GDB server by hitting
+*Ctrl-C* key combination.
+
+RTEMS BSP samples build and run
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+We will use STM32H747I-DISCO board as an example hereafter. If you use
+different board please adjust configuration steps in BSP configuration
+accordingly. You should use BSP variant name specified for your
+particular board in the table above.
+
+Generate default configuration for the board:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ ./waf bspdefaults --rtems-bsps=arm/stm32h747i-disco > stm32h747i-disco.ini
+ Regenerate build specification cache (needs a couple of seconds)...
+
+To run basic hello world or ticker samples you do not need to modify
+default BSP configuration here as the compilation of basic RTEMS demo samples is
+enabled by default. Let's continue with configuration of
+the RTEMS source by running following command. Please change the RTEMS
+tools installation prefix to suite your installation.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ ./waf configure --rtems-bsps=arm/stm32h747i-disco --rtems-config=./stm32h747i-disco.ini --rtems-tools=$HOME/workspace/rtems-tools
+ Setting top to : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems
+ Setting out to : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems/build
+ Configure board support package (BSP) : arm/stm32h747i-disco
+ Checking for program 'arm-rtems6-gcc' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-gcc
+ Checking for program 'arm-rtems6-g++' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-g++
+ Checking for program 'arm-rtems6-ar' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-ar
+ Checking for program 'arm-rtems6-ld' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-ld
+ Checking for program 'ar' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-ar
+ Checking for program 'g++, c++' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-g++
+ Checking for program 'ar' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-ar
+ Checking for program 'gas, gcc' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-gcc
+ Checking for program 'ar' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-ar
+ Checking for program 'gcc, cc' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-gcc
+ Checking for program 'ar' : /home/rtems/workspace/rtems-tools/bin/arm-rtems6-ar
+ Checking for asm flags '-MMD' : yes
+ Checking for c flags '-MMD' : yes
+ Checking for cxx flags '-MMD' : yes
+ 'configure' finished successfully (0.454s)
+
+Build the BSP including samples using *build* command:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ ./waf build
+
+the command outputs a lot of information about files being compiled
+and ends with output like:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ Waf: Leaving directory `/home/rtems/workspace/rtems/build/arm/stm32h747i-disco'
+ 'build_arm/stm32h747i-disco' finished successfully (12.086s)
+
+As your RTEMS BSP including samples is compiled, we will proceed with
+running the hello world sample on the board now.
+Open 3 shell windows for the test on the host computer. Also make sure
+board is connected to the computer and is running. It does not matter
+if manufacturer's demo is running there or if you navigated to some
+demo part and left it there. ST-Link GDB server always takes over the
+board when connected to it.
+
+Start GDB server in the first window by switching to GDB server
+directory and running the shell script. This is from testing machine
+installation, the path to GDB server will probably look different in your
+installation case.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ cd sfw/stm32cubeide_1.8.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.stlink-gdb-server.linux64_2.0.200.202202231230/tools/bin
+ $ ./ST-LINK_gdbserver.sh
+
+ STMicroelectronics ST-LINK GDB server. Version 6.1.0
+ Copyright (c) 2022, STMicroelectronics. All rights reserved.
+
+ Starting server with the following options:
+ Persistent Mode : Enabled
+ LogFile Name : debug.log
+ Logging Level : 31
+ Listen Port Number : 61234
+ Status Refresh Delay : 15s
+ Verbose Mode : Disabled
+ SWD Debug : Enabled
+
+ COM frequency = 24000 kHz
+ Target connection mode: Default
+ Reading ROM table for AP 0 @0xe00fefd0
+ Hardware watchpoint supported by the target
+ ST-LINK Firmware version : V3J9M3
+ Device ID: 0x450
+ PC: 0x8028fa4
+ ST-LINK device status: HALT_MODE
+ ST-LINK detects target voltage = 3.28 V
+ ST-LINK device status: HALT_MODE
+ ST-LINK device initialization OK
+ Stm32Device, pollAndNotify running...
+ SwvSrv state change: 0 -> 1
+ Waiting for connection on port 61235...
+ Waiting for debugger connection...
+ Waiting for connection on port 61234...
+
+In second shell window you will need to run your terminal program and
+connect to the board virtual serial port. Following steps describes
+how to do that on the Ubuntu 20.04. The recommended way here is to use minicom. Let's install it
+first by:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ sudo apt install minicom
+
+And run it with root privileges to be able to reach USB serial port
+provided by board:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ sudo minicom -s
+
+The minicom is invoked with configuration menu open. Go into the
+*Serial port setup* and hit *a* key to select *Serial Device*
+setup. Change */dev/modem* from there into */dev/ttyACM0* and hit
+*Enter* key. Hit *f* key to change hardware flow control from *Yes* to
+*No*. When you are done with it, you can hit *Enter* key to finish
+this part of configuration and then scrolls in menu to *Exit* and hit
+*Enter* key on it. The minicom will switch to terminal mode with just
+provided configuration.
+
+In the third shell window navigate into the BSP build directory and start
+RTEMS GDB with the hello.exe sample.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ $ arm-rtems6-gdb build/arm/stm32h747i-disco/testsuites/samples/hello.exe
+ GNU gdb (GDB) 10.1.90.20210409-git
+ Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
+ This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
+ There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+ Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details.
+ This GDB was configured as "--host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=arm-rtems6".
+ Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
+ For bug reporting instructions, please see:
+ <https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
+ Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
+ <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
+
+ For help, type "help".
+ Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
+ Reading symbols from build/arm/stm32h747i-disco/testsuites/samples/hello.exe...
+ (gdb)
+
+Now, you need to connect GDB with the ST's GDB server by:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ (gdb) target extended-remote :61234
+ Remote debugging using :61234
+ 0x08028fa4 in ?? ()
+ (gdb)
+
+and finally you will need to load hello.exe binary into the board
+memory by:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ (gdb) load
+ Loading section .start, size 0x458 lma 0x24000000
+ Loading section .text, size 0xfca8 lma 0x24000480
+ Loading section .init, size 0xc lma 0x24010128
+ Loading section .fini, size 0xfecc lma 0x24010134
+ Loading section .rodata, size 0x1aab lma 0x24020000
+ Loading section .ARM.exidx, size 0x8 lma 0x24021aac
+ Loading section .eh_frame, size 0x4 lma 0x24021ab4
+ Loading section .init_array, size 0x4 lma 0x24021ab8
+ Loading section .fini_array, size 0x4 lma 0x24021abc
+ Loading section .rtemsroset, size 0x540 lma 0x24021ac0
+ Loading section .data, size 0x6a4 lma 0x24022000
+ Start address 0x24000400, load size 140923
+ Transfer rate: 684 KB/sec, 2562 bytes/write.
+ (gdb)
+
+If everything went fine, then you can run the RTEMS binary by using
+*cont* GDB command.
+
+.. note:: Memory address values in the load output in the gdb shows
+ that we have loaded our application into the AXI
+ SRAM. Memory addresses will be different when loading into
+ different part of MCU memory.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ (gdb) cont
+ Continuing.
+
+Note that this command should never finish. To see the actual output
+from RTEMS switch to
+the second shell window with minicom (or other terminal emulation
+program) running and you should see hello output
+there:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ *** BEGIN OF TEST HELLO WORLD ***
+ *** TEST VERSION: 6.0.0.50ce036cfbd9807a54af47eb60eadb6a33a9e82d
+ *** TEST STATE: EXPECTED_PASS
+ *** TEST BUILD:
+ *** TEST TOOLS: 10.3.1 20220224 (RTEMS 6, RSB 49e3dac17765fa82ce2f754da839638ee352f95c, Newlib 64b2081)
+ Hello World
+
+ *** END OF TEST HELLO WORLD ***
+
+
+ [ RTEMS shutdown ]
+ RTEMS version: 6.0.0.50ce036cfbd9807a54af47eb60eadb6a33a9e82d
+ RTEMS tools: 10.3.1 20220224 (RTEMS 6, RSB 49e3dac17765fa82ce2f754da839638ee352f95c, Newlib 64b2081)
+ executing thread ID: 0x08a010001
+
+Since default RTEMS BSP configuration resets the board after run
+immediately you can also see output from the immediately started ST
+demo:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ STM32H747I-DISCO_MB1248: Out Of the Box Demonstration V1.0.1 (Build Aug 22 2019 at 11:56:22)
+ STM32H747I-DISCO_MB1248: ST Menu Launcher V1.1.0
+ CPU running at 400MHz, Peripherals at 100MHz/100Mz
+
+which is not a problem here at all. Later we can reconfigure BSP to
+not reset board to prevent demo output here.
+
+How to load binary file into the QSPI NOR
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Connect the board to your host computer using micro-USB
+cable. Start STM32CubeProgrammer and connect it to the board by
+clicking on *Connect* button which is located in the right upper
+corner of the programmer application UI. For accessing QSPI connected
+memory you will need to configure programmer's external loader which
+needs to match your target board. Click on *EL* icon (or *External
+loaders*) in the left sidebar menu. Either go thorough the list of
+external loaders or just search for your board by typing board
+name (or part of the name) into the search bar located on top of the table view. When
+you find your board, select it by selecting rectangle in the *Select*
+table column. That's what is needed to make programmer ready to
+program your board memory.
+For uploading file to the board, you need to continue with clicking on
+*Erase & programming* menu item in the left sidebar menu. It's second item
+from the top. Now, let's select
+your file to upload by clicking on *Browse* button and selecting the
+file name from your host computer filesystem. The most important thing here is
+to specify start address of flashing process. You need to do that by
+typing start address into the *Start address* field.
+
+.. note:: Usually external memory connected to QSPI has 0x90000000 starting
+ address.
+
+When all is set you can click on *Start Programming* button.
+
+.. important:: Cube programmer is very picky about files it shows in the file list. The only recognized suffixes are: elf, bin, hex and
+ similar. Also do not try to fool programmer by renaming let's say text
+ file to bin file. It'll detect file type as ascii text and will not
+ show it in the list of files to flash. So bin file type is really for
+ media types like avi, jpeg, mpeg or for binary dumps from elf
+ files. If you need to save text file, convert it to hex file first.