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[U-Boot,2/8] i.MX: Add target flashable to offset 0

Message ID 1334223234-23383-3-git-send-email-timo@exertus.fi
State Rejected
Delegated to: Stefano Babic
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Timo Ketola April 12, 2012, 9:33 a.m. UTC
.imx image directly from mkimage must be flashed at offset 0x400 into the nand. Thats a little hard with e.g. openocd.

Signed-off-by: Timo Ketola <timo@exertus.fi>
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 Makefile |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

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Stefano Babic April 12, 2012, 11:11 a.m. UTC | #1
On 12/04/2012 11:33, Timo Ketola wrote:
> .imx image directly from mkimage must be flashed at offset 0x400 into the nand. Thats a little hard with e.g. openocd.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Timo Ketola <timo@exertus.fi>
> ---

Hi Timo,

>  Makefile |    3 +++
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 1446131..b3f1279 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ $(obj)u-boot.imx:       $(obj)u-boot.bin
>  		$(obj)tools/mkimage -n  $(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG) -T imximage \
>  		-e $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) -d $< $@
>  
> +$(obj)u-boot-nand.imx: $(obj)u-boot.imx
> +		dd if=$< of=$@ seek=2
> +

I wonder why we need this in u-boot code and to set this rule in the
main Makefile. You can always do this after generating u-boot.

The rules here are to generate the u-boot.imx. Then the same image can
be stored at different addresses. Depending on the i.MX SOC, ofssets can
be different (MX5 / MX6 have different offsets for NOR / NAND / oneNAND).

Best regards,
Stefano Babic
Timo Ketola April 12, 2012, 11:21 a.m. UTC | #2
On 12.04.2012 14:11, Stefano Babic wrote:
> On 12/04/2012 11:33, Timo Ketola wrote:
>> +$(obj)u-boot-nand.imx: $(obj)u-boot.imx
>> +		dd if=$<  of=$@ seek=2
>> +
>
> I wonder why we need this in u-boot code and to set this rule in the
> main Makefile. You can always do this after generating u-boot.

Older U-Boot (from FreeScale) made an .imx image with 1KB padding which I could 
flash directly into the NAND at offset 0. Now I had to do manually that 
dd-magic (before I put it in Makefile) because openocd doesn't allow to flash 
at offset 0x400 (it demands write-page alignment).

> The rules here are to generate the u-boot.imx. Then the same image can
> be stored at different addresses. Depending on the i.MX SOC, ofssets can
> be different (MX5 / MX6 have different offsets for NOR / NAND / oneNAND).

I prefer a build system which generates an image ready for flashing but perhaps 
I have to do that outside of U-Boot, somehow.

--

Timo
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1446131..b3f1279 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@  $(obj)u-boot.imx:       $(obj)u-boot.bin
 		$(obj)tools/mkimage -n  $(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG) -T imximage \
 		-e $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) -d $< $@
 
+$(obj)u-boot-nand.imx: $(obj)u-boot.imx
+		dd if=$< of=$@ seek=2
+
 $(obj)u-boot.kwb:       $(obj)u-boot.bin
 		$(obj)tools/mkimage -n $(CONFIG_SYS_KWD_CONFIG) -T kwbimage \
 		-a $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) -e $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) -d $< $@