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Change 192.168.0.36 to your target board IP.<br>
Change 192.168.0.36 to your target board IP.
On target run below commands:<br>
 
Login via ssh on the target with the user 'root', and run the below commands':<br>
{{#ifeq: {{#var:SOC_SERIES}}|imx8|
{{#ifeq: {{#var:SOC_SERIES}}|imx8|
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  $ sudo dd if=/tmp/{{#var:U-BOOT_SD_IMAGE_NAME}}  of=/dev/{{#var:EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV}} bs=1K seek={{#var:U-BOOT_OFFSET}} conv=fsync
  $ dd if=/tmp/{{#var:U-BOOT_SD_IMAGE_NAME}}  of=/dev/{{#var:EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV}} bs=1K seek={{#var:U-BOOT_OFFSET}} conv=fsync
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{{#ifeq: {{#var:SPL_SD_IMAGE_NAME}} | N/A  
{{#ifeq: {{#var:SPL_SD_IMAGE_NAME}} | N/A  
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  $ sudo dd if={{#var:U-BOOT_IMAGE_NAME}} of=/dev/{{#var:EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV}} bs=1K seek=1; sync
  $ dd if={{#var:U-BOOT_IMAGE_NAME}} of=/dev/{{#var:EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV}} bs=1K seek=1; sync
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  $ sudo dd if=/tmp/SPL of=/dev/{{#var:EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV}} bs=1K seek=1; sync
  $ dd if=/tmp/SPL of=/dev/{{#var:EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV}} bs=1K seek=1; sync
  $ sudo dd if=/tmp/u-boot.img of=/dev/{{#var:EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV}} bs=1K seek=69; sync
  $ dd if=/tmp/u-boot.img of=/dev/{{#var:EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV}} bs=1K seek=69; sync
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  $ sudo cp u-boot.img /media/rootfs/opt/images/Debian/
  $ sudo cp u-boot.img /media/rootfs/opt/images/Debian/
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And eject the SD card gracefully from host machine.
Eject the SD card gracefully from the host machine, and {{varlink|Debian_Recovery_SD_card#Recover_NAND_flash.2FeMMC|{{#var:RELEASE_LINK}}|flash the internal on-SOM storage using the recovery SD card}}.


{{Note|Note: If you manually upgrade an existing U-Boot, and you have an old environment saved, it is a good idea to reset your environment to the new default (see [[U-Boot 4.1.15 features#Environment handling commands|Environment handling commands]])}}
{{Note|Note: If you manually upgrade an existing U-Boot, and you have an old environment saved, it is a good idea to reset your environment to the new default (see [[U-Boot 4.1.15 features#Environment handling commands|Environment handling commands]])}}

Latest revision as of 20:26, 27 April 2023

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DART-MX8M-MINI - Debian U-Boot Customization


Making changes to U-Boot

$ cd ~/var_mx8mm_dart_debian_buster/src/uboot-imx
$ gedit board/variscite/mx8mm_var_dart/mx8mm_var_dart.c
$ gedit include/configs/mx8mm_var_dart.h

For example, we want to change the default environment variable,

"netargs=setenv bootargs ${jh_clk} console=${console} " \
		"root=/dev/nfs ${cma_size} " \
		"ip=dhcp nfsroot=${serverip}:${nfsroot},v3,tcp\0" \

to

"netargs=setenv bootargs ${jh_clk} console=${console} " \
		"root=/dev/nfs ${cma_size} " \
		"ip=dhcp serverip=192.168.0.34 nfsroot=${serverip}:${nfsroot},v3,tcp\0" \

Here above example sets the serverip to 192.168.0.34.

Building bootloader

To build a bootloader run below commands on host machine.

$ cd ~/var_mx8mm_dart_debian_buster
$ sudo MACHINE=imx8mm-var-dart ./var_make_debian.sh -c bootloader


Flashing new bootloader to target

Flashing new bootloader to target eMMC via network

Transfer the newly created bootloader file imx-boot-sd.bin

From

~/var_mx8mm_dart_debian_buster/output/ to running target to flash it on the eMMC. 

For example:

$ scp ~/var_mx8mm_dart_debian_buster/output/imx-boot-sd.bin root@192.168.0.36:/tmp/ 

Change 192.168.0.36 to your target board IP.

Login via ssh on the target with the user 'root', and run the below commands':

$ dd if=/tmp/imx-boot-sd.bin  of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=1K seek=33 conv=fsync

Flashing new bootloader to SD card

To flash the newly created bootloader on the SD card if you are running your entire OS from SD card.

$ sudo dd if=imx-boot-sd.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1K seek=33 conv=fsync

Flashing using recovery SD card

If you want to use our recovery SD card to flash the built U-Boot to NAND flash/eMMC, then copy it to the appropriate location in the SD card:

$ sudo cp imx-boot-sd.bin /media/rootfs/opt/images/Debian/

Eject the SD card gracefully from the host machine, and flash the internal on-SOM storage using the recovery SD card.


Note: If you manually upgrade an existing U-Boot, and you have an old environment saved, it is a good idea to reset your environment to the new default (see Environment handling commands)