| Message ID | 20170928033506.15610-1-xypron.glpk@gmx.de |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded, archived |
| Delegated to: | Philipp Tomsich |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [U-Boot,1/1] rockchip: provide installation instruction for Firefly-RK3399. | expand |
On 27 September 2017 at 21:35, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> wrote: > Unfortunately installing U-Boot on an SD card for the Firefly-RK3399 > is not trivial. > > I could not get U-Boot running with SPL. So I ended up using the > Rockchip miniloader. > > Adding a README hopefully will give other users an easier start. > > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> > --- > board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
> From: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> > Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 22:41:50 -0600 > > On 27 September 2017 at 21:35, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> wrote: > > Unfortunately installing U-Boot on an SD card for the Firefly-RK3399 > > is not trivial. > > > > I could not get U-Boot running with SPL. So I ended up using the > > Rockchip miniloader. > > > > Adding a README hopefully will give other users an easier start. > > > > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> > > --- > > board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) > > create mode 100644 board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README > > Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> Hmm, Do we really want to push people in this direction, using propriatary, closed-source binaries? The "pure" U-Boot approach that is currently documented works just fine. The only problem is that the firefly-rk3399 by default boots from eMMC. And the first-stage bootloader only recognizes SD-cards with the propriatary loader. So the trick is to wipe the firmware stored in eMMC or replace it with U-Boot.
> On 9 Oct 2017, at 10:00, Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl> wrote: > >> From: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> >> Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 22:41:50 -0600 >> >> On 27 September 2017 at 21:35, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> wrote: >>> Unfortunately installing U-Boot on an SD card for the Firefly-RK3399 >>> is not trivial. >>> >>> I could not get U-Boot running with SPL. So I ended up using the >>> Rockchip miniloader. >>> >>> Adding a README hopefully will give other users an easier start. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> >>> --- >>> board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) >>> create mode 100644 board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README >> >> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> > > Hmm, > > Do we really want to push people in this direction, using propriatary, > closed-source binaries? I would rather see people discouraged from going down that road as well… or to document this as a deprecated approach only. > The "pure" U-Boot approach that is currently documented works just > fine. The only problem is that the firefly-rk3399 by default boots > from eMMC. And the first-stage bootloader only recognizes SD-cards > with the propriatary loader. So the trick is to wipe the firmware > stored in eMMC or replace it with U-Boot. Would you be willing to submit a patch with documentation for this? Thanks, Philipp.
> From: "Dr. Philipp Tomsich" <philipp.tomsich@theobroma-systems.com> > Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 12:31:22 +0200 > > > The "pure" U-Boot approach that is currently documented works just > > fine. The only problem is that the firefly-rk3399 by default boots > > from eMMC. And the first-stage bootloader only recognizes SD-cards > > with the propriatary loader. So the trick is to wipe the firmware > > stored in eMMC or replace it with U-Boot. > > Would you be willing to submit a patch with documentation for this? I'm still not sure what the right approach is... Doing what I did (boot into the Ubuntu shipped with the original firmware and use dd(1) to overwrite the firmware image) almost certainly isn't. I suppose the best approach would be to use the "rockusb" mode to overwrite the eMMC firmware with a "pure" U-Boot image would be the way to go, but I didn't get that to work using OpenBSD's libusb and I didn't have a Linux box around. I plan to come back to that but not before november :(. Cheers, Mark
diff --git a/board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README b/board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e9fb41f02d --- /dev/null +++ b/board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Installation of U-Boot on the Firefly-RK3399 +============================================ + +Here is a step-by-step instruction for installing U-Boot for the +Firefly-RK3399 on an SD card using the precompiled miniloader provided +by Rockchip. An alternative is to use the second stage loader SPL built by +U-Boot. + +Get precompiled binaries +======================== + + git clone https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin.git + +Flash precompiled binaries to the SD card +========================================= + + mkimage -n rk3399 -T rksd -d rkbin/rk33/rk3399_ddr_800MHz_v1.08.bin \ + idbloader.img + cat rkbin/rk33/rk3399_miniloader_v1.06.bin >> idbloader.img + sudo dd if=idbloader.img of=/dev/sdX seek=64 conv=notrunc + cat > trust.ini << EOF + [VERSION] + MAJOR=1 + MINOR=0 + [BL30_OPTION] + SEC=0 + [BL31_OPTION] + SEC=1 + PATH=rkbin/rk33/rk3399_bl31_v1.00.elf + ADDR=0x10000 + [BL32_OPTION] + SEC=0 + [BL33_OPTION] + SEC=0 + [OUTPUT] + PATH=trust.img + EOF + rkbin/tools/trust_merger trust.ini + sudo dd if=trust.img of=/dev/sdX seek=24576 conv=notrunc + +Running trust_merger requires an x86_64 system. + +Compile U-Boot +============== + + make mrproper + make firefly-rk3399_defconfig + make + mkimage -n rk3399 -O u-boot -a 0x20000 -T rkimage -d u-boot-dtb.bin \ + uboot.img + +Flash U-Boot to the SD-card +=========================== + + sudo dd if=u-boot/uboot.img of=/dev/sdX seek=16384 conv=notrunc
Unfortunately installing U-Boot on an SD card for the Firefly-RK3399 is not trivial. I could not get U-Boot running with SPL. So I ended up using the Rockchip miniloader. Adding a README hopefully will give other users an easier start. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> --- board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) create mode 100644 board/rockchip/firefly_rk3399/README