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authorBreno Lima <breno.lima@nxp.com>2017-04-10 09:45:29 -0300
committerStefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>2017-04-12 18:15:27 +0200
commitce2f9def8266fc6ee9d4ddc2db4a01aa97299638 (patch)
treed93b4ac380d0341b18b09a6cd48a7baf06dbe1ba /board/freescale/mx6sabresd/README
parent52526ba42e4757e0afb0548c8e56cecffac76064 (diff)
mx6sabresd: README: Add eMMC boot configuration
Explain how to flash the eMMC and how to boot from it. Signed-off-by: Breno Lima <breno.lima@nxp.com> Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@nxp.com>
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diff --git a/board/freescale/mx6sabresd/README b/board/freescale/mx6sabresd/README
index 5814b9d380..bc0c0d0d16 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx6sabresd/README
+++ b/board/freescale/mx6sabresd/README
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
How to use and build U-Boot on mx6sabresd:
----------------------------------
-Currently there are three methods for booting mx6sabresd boards:
+Currently there are four methods for booting mx6sabresd boards:
-1. Booting via Normal U-Boot (u-boot.imx)
+1. Booting from SD card via normal U-Boot (u-boot.imx)
-2. Booting via SPL (SPL and u-boot.img)
+2. Booting from eMMC via normal U-Boot
-3. Booting via Falcon mode (SPL launches the kernel directly)
+3. Booting via SPL (SPL and u-boot.img)
+4. Booting via Falcon mode (SPL launches the kernel directly)
-1. Booting via Normal U-Boot
-----------------------------
+
+1. Booting from SD card via normal U-Boot
+-----------------------------------------
$ make mx6qsabresd_defconfig (If you want to build for mx6qsabresd)
@@ -28,7 +30,44 @@ This will generate the image called u-boot.imx.
$ sudo dd if=u-boot.imx of=/dev/sdb bs=1K seek=1 && sync
-2. Booting via SPL
+2. Booting from eMMC via normal U-Boot
+--------------------------------------
+
+$ make mx6qsabresd_defconfig (If you want to build for mx6qsabresd)
+
+or
+
+$ make mx6dlsabresd_defconfig (If you want to build for mx6dlsabresd)
+
+$ make
+
+This will generate the image called u-boot.imx.
+
+- Flash the u-boot.imx binary into the eMMC:
+
+Set SW6 to download mode: 00001100
+
+Plug a usb cable to USB-OTG and load the u-boot image using the imx_usb_loader
+tool (https://github.com/boundarydevices/imx_usb_loader):
+
+$ sudo ./imx_usb u-boot.imx
+
+In U-boot change the eMMC partition config:
+
+=> mmc partconf 2 1 0 0
+
+Mount the eMMC in the host PC:
+
+=> ums 0 mmc 2
+
+Flash the u-boot.imx binary
+
+$ sudo dd if=u-boot.imx of=/dev/sdX bs=1K seek=1 && sync
+
+Set SW6 to eMMC 8-bit boot: 11010110
+
+
+3. Booting via SPL
------------------
Other method for building U-Boot on mx6qsabresd and mx6qpsabresd is
@@ -48,7 +87,7 @@ $ sudo dd if=SPL of=/dev/sdb bs=1K seek=1 && sync
$ sudo dd if=u-boot.img of=/dev/sdbbs=1K seek=69 && sync
-3. Booting via Falcon mode
+4. Booting via Falcon mode
--------------------------
$ make mx6sabresd_spl_defconfig