.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later Boot source selection --------------------- The board provides DIP switches to select the device for loading the boot firmware. =========== === === Boot source SW1 SW2 =========== === === UART OFF OFF SD-card ON OFF eMMC OFF ON SPI flash ON ON =========== === === Flashing a new U-Boot version ----------------------------- U-Boot SPL is provided as file spl/u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out. Main U-Boot is in file u-boot.itb. Assuming your new U-Boot version is on partition 1 of an SD-card you could install it to the SPI flash with: .. code-block:: console sf probe load mmc 1:1 $kernel_addr_r u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out sf update $kernel_addr_r 0 $filesize load mmc 1:1 $kernel_addr_r u-boot.itb sf update $kernel_addr_r 0x100000 $filesize For loading the files from a TFTP server refer to the dhcp and tftpboot commands. After updating U-Boot you may want to erase a saved environment and reboot. .. code-block:: console env erase reset Booting from SD-Card -------------------- The device boot ROM loads U-Boot SPL (u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out) from the partition with type GUID 2E54B353-1271-4842-806F-E436D6AF6985. You are free to choose any partition number. With the default configuration U-Boot SPL loads the U-Boot FIT image (u-boot.itb) from partition 2 (CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION=0x2). When formatting it is recommended to use GUID BC13C2FF-59E6-4262-A352-B275FD6F7172 for this partition. Booting from eMMC ----------------- The device boot ROM tries to load U-Boot SPL (u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out) from sector 0 of the eMMC's main hardware partition. But this conflicts with GPT partitioning. Fortunately eMMC can alternatively load U-Boot SPL from a backup position. For U-Boot SPL (u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out) starting at sector 2048 (position 0x100000) write the following bytes to the eMMC device after GPT partitioning: ======= ======================== Address Bytes ======= ======================== 0x0000 40 02 00 00 00 00 10 00 0x0290 40 02 00 00 00 00 10 00 ======= ======================== With the default configuration U-Boot SPL loads the U-Boot FIT image (u-boot.itb) from partition 2 (CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION=0x2). When formatting it is recommended to use GUID BC13C2FF-59E6-4262-A352-B275FD6F7172 for this partition. Booting from UART ----------------- The boot ROM supports the X-modem protocol to upload spl/u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out. U-Boot SPL support loading the FIT image u-boot.itb via the Y-modem protocol. Due to restrictions of the boot ROM not all X-modem implementations are compatible. The package tio (https://github.com/tio/tio) has been found to be usable. Debug UART ---------- By default the SBI interface is used for the debug UART. But this only works in main U-Boot. To enable the debug UART in SPL, too, use the following settings:: CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_NS16550=y CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0x10000000 CONFIG_SPL_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0x10000000 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=24000000 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_SHIFT=2