X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FREADME.mxs;h=ed2e5688562ac1af55a7c6213f5f3eb825e055b8;hb=1ffdd3b5eb9994d3f0a763481397113ae33bc2b9;hp=0235a5aeafad2b925e7b6dad08e0bc35e5e423bb;hpb=60390d70be7336b2441f5f69bd4f5affa83d064d;p=karo-tx-uboot.git diff --git a/doc/README.mxs b/doc/README.mxs index 0235a5aeaf..ed2e568856 100644 --- a/doc/README.mxs +++ b/doc/README.mxs @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Contents 2) Compiling U-Boot for a MXS based board 3) Installation of U-Boot for a MXS based board to SD card 4) Installation of U-Boot into NAND flash on a MX28 based board +5) Installation of U-boot into SPI NOR flash on a MX28 based board 1) Prerequisites ---------------- @@ -262,3 +263,28 @@ There are two possibilities when preparing an image writable to NAND flash. In case the user needs to boot a firmware image bigger than 1Mb, the user has to adjust the "update_nand_firmware_maxsz" variable for the update scripts to work properly. + +5) Installation of U-Boot into SPI NOR flash on a MX28 based board +------------------------------------------------------------------ + +The u-boot.sb file can be directly written to SPI NOR from U-boot prompt. + +Load u-boot.sb into RAM, this can be done in several ways and one way is to use +tftp: + => tftp u-boot.sb 0x42000000 + +Probe the SPI NOR flash: + => sf probe + +(SPI NOR should be succesfully detected in this step) + +Erase the blocks where U-boot binary will be written to: + => sf erase 0x0 0x80000 + +Write u-boot.sb to SPI NOR: + => sf write 0x42000000 0 0x80000 + +Power off the board and set the boot mode DIP switches to boot from the SPI NOR +according to MX28 manual section 12.2.1 (Table 12-2) + +Last step is to power up the board and U-boot should start from SPI NOR.