| Message ID | 20220124194554.3904-2-pali@kernel.org |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Commit | 41c3ef4858aac82bf994e0de335e680d80ad51ee |
| Delegated to: | Heinrich Schuchardt |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [RESEND,1/3] Nokia RX-51: Update documentation about ext2/3/4 | expand |
On 1/24/22 20:45, Pali Rohár wrote: > This change contains update for doc/README.nokia_rx51 documentation file > with information how to load U-Boot image to device RAM without need to > flash it and also how to flash it into OneNAND via 0xFFFF flasher. > > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> > --- > doc/README.nokia_rx51 | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/README.nokia_rx51 b/doc/README.nokia_rx51 > index 1be077514f03..e739b02088ea 100644 > --- a/doc/README.nokia_rx51 > +++ b/doc/README.nokia_rx51 > @@ -22,6 +22,51 @@ following repository: > > https://github.com/pali/u-boot-maemo > > +To generate combined.bin image from u-boot.bin and kernel.bin (either uImage > +or zImage) use: Thank you for adding all this information. In the restructured text (patch 3), please use: .. code-block:: bash > + > + sh u-boot-gen-combined u-boot.bin kernel.bin combined.bin > + > +Original Maemo Fremantle PR1.3 zImage kernel binary is available at: > + > + http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo5.0/free/k/kernel/kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5_armel.deb > + > +To unpack it (from DEB/AR, TAR and FIASCO) call commands: .. code-block:: bash > + > + ar x kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5_armel.deb data.tar.gz > + tar -O -xf data.tar.gz ./boot/zImage-2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco > kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco > + 0xFFFF -M kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco -u > + > +Flashed image must start with 2 kB "NOLO!img" header which contains size of %s/Flashed/The flashed/ %s/size/the size/ > +the image. Header consist of bytes "NOLO!img\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" %/Header consist/The header consists/ > +followed by 4 byte little endian size of the image and rest of the 2 kB header %s/4 byte/by the 4 byte/ %s/rest/the rest/ %s/kB/KiB/ > +are just zero bytes. > + > +Nokia proprietary flasher and also open source 0xFFFF flasher automatically %s/Nokia/Nokia's/ ? > +prepend required "NOLO!img" header and both applications expect that image %s/prepend required/prepends the required/ %s/that image/that the image/ > +does not contain "NOLO!img" header. Adding "NOLO!img" header is required %s/contain/contain a/ %s/Adding/Adding a/ > +only in case using "nandwrite" tool for flashing. %s/using/of using the/ > + > +Open source 0xFFFF flasher is available in following repository: %s/Open/The open/ %s/following/the following/ > + > + https://github.com/pali/0xFFFF > + > +It is possible to load u-boot.bin via USB to N900 RAM and boot it without > +need to flashing it. Via 0xFFFF running at host PC it is done: > + > + 0xFFFF -m u-boot.bin -l -b > + > +0xFFFF support also flashing kernel image either via USB or directly on %s/support/supports/ > +N900 device. Flashing u-boot/kernel/combined image is done as: > + > + 0xFFFF -m combined.bin -f > + > +Via 0xFFFF is possible to generate also standard flashable image in Nokia %s/is/it is/ %s/standard/a standard/ > +FIASCO format which contains metadata information like device identification %s/identification/the identification/ > +(RX-51) and version string (v2021.04): %s/and/and the/ Best regards Heinrich > + > + 0xFFFF -m RX-51:v2021.04:kernel:u-boot.bin -g u-boot.fiasco > + > There is support for hardware watchdog. Hardware watchdog is started by > NOLO so u-boot must kick watchdog to prevent reboot device (but not very > often, max every 2 seconds). There is also support for framebuffer display
diff --git a/doc/README.nokia_rx51 b/doc/README.nokia_rx51 index 1be077514f03..e739b02088ea 100644 --- a/doc/README.nokia_rx51 +++ b/doc/README.nokia_rx51 @@ -22,6 +22,51 @@ following repository: https://github.com/pali/u-boot-maemo +To generate combined.bin image from u-boot.bin and kernel.bin (either uImage +or zImage) use: + + sh u-boot-gen-combined u-boot.bin kernel.bin combined.bin + +Original Maemo Fremantle PR1.3 zImage kernel binary is available at: + + http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo5.0/free/k/kernel/kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5_armel.deb + +To unpack it (from DEB/AR, TAR and FIASCO) call commands: + + ar x kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5_armel.deb data.tar.gz + tar -O -xf data.tar.gz ./boot/zImage-2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco > kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco + 0xFFFF -M kernel_2.6.28-20103103+0m5.fiasco -u + +Flashed image must start with 2 kB "NOLO!img" header which contains size of +the image. Header consist of bytes "NOLO!img\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" +followed by 4 byte little endian size of the image and rest of the 2 kB header +are just zero bytes. + +Nokia proprietary flasher and also open source 0xFFFF flasher automatically +prepend required "NOLO!img" header and both applications expect that image +does not contain "NOLO!img" header. Adding "NOLO!img" header is required +only in case using "nandwrite" tool for flashing. + +Open source 0xFFFF flasher is available in following repository: + + https://github.com/pali/0xFFFF + +It is possible to load u-boot.bin via USB to N900 RAM and boot it without +need to flashing it. Via 0xFFFF running at host PC it is done: + + 0xFFFF -m u-boot.bin -l -b + +0xFFFF support also flashing kernel image either via USB or directly on +N900 device. Flashing u-boot/kernel/combined image is done as: + + 0xFFFF -m combined.bin -f + +Via 0xFFFF is possible to generate also standard flashable image in Nokia +FIASCO format which contains metadata information like device identification +(RX-51) and version string (v2021.04): + + 0xFFFF -m RX-51:v2021.04:kernel:u-boot.bin -g u-boot.fiasco + There is support for hardware watchdog. Hardware watchdog is started by NOLO so u-boot must kick watchdog to prevent reboot device (but not very often, max every 2 seconds). There is also support for framebuffer display
This change contains update for doc/README.nokia_rx51 documentation file with information how to load U-Boot image to device RAM without need to flash it and also how to flash it into OneNAND via 0xFFFF flasher. Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org> --- doc/README.nokia_rx51 | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)