Debian Edit Modify Build and Flash U-Boot

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 eMMC via network

Transfer the newly created bootloader file ~/var_mx8mm_dart_debian_buster/output/ 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/ root@192.168.0.36:/tmp/

Change 192.168.0.36 to your target board IP.

dd if= of=/dev/sdX bs=1K seek=33; sync

== Flashing New Bootloader to SD card. To flash the newly created bootloader on the SD Card

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

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 SPL /media/rootfs/opt/images/Debian/... 
$ sudo cp u-boot.img /media/rootfs/opt/images/Debian/...

And eject the SD card gracefully from host machine.

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)