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==== Setup the cross compiler and CPU architecture ====
==== Setup the cross compiler and CPU architecture ====
  $ export ARCH={{#var:ARCH}}
  $ export ARCH={{#var:ARCH}}
  $ export {{#var:CROSS_COMPILE}}
  $ export CROSS_COMPILE={{#var:CROSS_COMPILE}}


==== Clone the latest revision of the repo ====
==== Clone the latest revision of the repo ====
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| style="padding: 5px;"| u-boot-dtb.imx
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| style="padding: 5px;"| U-BOOT image with DTB
| style="padding: 5px;"| U-BOOT image with DTB
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| style="padding: 5px;"| flash.bin
| style="padding: 5px;"| U-BOOT image with DTB and firmware
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Revision as of 10:37, 11 October 2021

Overview

The U-Boot boot-loader is used for low-level initialization and operating system loading.

Building U-BOOT for

This U-BOOT is based on https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/uboot-imx.git, branch

Setup the cross compiler and CPU architecture

$ export ARCH=
$ export CROSS_COMPILE=

Clone the latest revision of the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/ronetix/u-boot.git u-boot-ronetix --depth=1 -b 
$ cd u-boot-ronetix

Configure

$ make 

Download and build i.MX8M firmware

$ source tools/imx8m_build_firmware.sh 

Build

$ make flash.bin

Build Results

File Name Description
u-boot U-BOOT ELF image used for JTAG debugging
u-boot-dtb.imx U-BOOT image with DTB
flash.bin U-BOOT image with DTB and firmware

Flashing U-BOOT image to a SD card

Replace sdX with the right device name.

$ sudo dd if=flash.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1k seek= conv=fsync


See also