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diff --git a/doc/board/qualcomm/rdp.rst b/doc/board/qualcomm/rdp.rst index fd14f1d9829..99cf8eba57c 100644 --- a/doc/board/qualcomm/rdp.rst +++ b/doc/board/qualcomm/rdp.rst @@ -21,13 +21,16 @@ First, setup ``CROSS_COMPILE`` for aarch64. Then, build U-Boot for ``IPQ9574``:: This will build ``u-boot.elf`` in the configured output directory. -Although the RDPs do not have secure boot set up by default, the firmware still -expects firmware ELF images to be "signed". The signature does not provide any -security in this case, but it provides the firmware with some required metadata. +The firmware expects the ELF images to be in MBN format. The `elftombn.py` tool +can be used to convert the ELF images to MBN format. -To "sign" ``u-boot.elf`` you can use e.g. `qtestsign`_:: + IPQ9574: (MBN version 6) - $ qtestsign -v6 aboot -o u-boot.mbn u-boot.elf + $ python elftombn.py -f u-boot.elf -o u-boot.mbn -v6 + + IPQ5424: (MBN version 7) + + $ python elftombn.py -f u-boot.elf -o u-boot.mbn -v7 Then install the resulting ``u-boot.mbn`` to the ``0:APPSBL`` partition on your device with:: @@ -51,5 +54,5 @@ U-Boot should be running after a reboot (``reset``). Note that the support added is very basic. Restoring the original U-Boot on boards with older version of the software requires a debugger. -.. _qtestsign: https://github.com/msm8916-mainline/qtestsign +.. _elftombn.py: https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/qsdk/oss/system/tools/meta/-/tree/NHSS.QSDK.13.0.5.r2/scripts?ref_type=heads .. _edl: https://github.com/bkerler/edl |