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authorMarek Vasut <marex@denx.de>2013-09-24 17:39:17 +0200
committerStefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>2013-10-17 09:44:20 +0200
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ARM: mxs: tools: Use mkimage for BootStream generation
Now that mkimage can generate an BootStream for i.MX23 and i.MX28, use the mkimage as a default tool to generate the BootStreams instead of the elftosb tool. This cuts out another obscure dependency. Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br> Cc: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
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@@ -27,9 +27,25 @@ Contents
1) Prerequisites
----------------
-To make a MXS based board bootable, some tools are necessary. The first one is
-the "elftosb" tool distributed by Freescale Semiconductor. The other one is the
-"mxsboot" tool found in U-Boot source tree.
+To make a MXS based board bootable, some tools are necessary. The only
+mandatory tool is the "mxsboot" tool found in U-Boot source tree. The
+tool is built automatically when compiling U-Boot for i.MX23 or i.MX28.
+
+The production of BootStream image is handled via "mkimage", which is
+also part of the U-Boot source tree. The "mkimage" requires OpenSSL
+development libraries to be installed. In case of Debian and derivates,
+this is installed by running:
+
+ $ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
+
+NOTE: The "elftosb" tool distributed by Freescale Semiconductor is no
+ longer necessary for general use of U-Boot on i.MX23 and i.MX28.
+ The mkimage supports generation of BootStream images encrypted
+ with a zero key, which is the vast majority of use-cases. In
+ case you do need to produce image encrypted with non-zero key
+ or other special features, please use the "elftosb" tool,
+ otherwise continue to section 2). The installation procedure of
+ the "elftosb" is outlined below:
Firstly, obtain the elftosb archive from the following location:
@@ -63,11 +79,6 @@ copy the binary by hand:
Make sure the "elftosb" binary can be found in your $PATH, in this case this
means "/usr/local/bin/" has to be in your $PATH.
-Install the 'libssl-dev' package as well. On a Debian-based distribution, this
-package can be installed as follows:
-
- $ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
-
2) Compiling U-Boot for a MXS based board
-------------------------------------------
@@ -112,6 +123,18 @@ The code produces "u-boot.sb" file. This file needs to be augmented with a
proper header to allow successful boot from SD or NAND. Adding the header is
discussed in the following chapters.
+NOTE: The process that produces u-boot.sb uses the mkimage to generate the
+ BootStream. The BootStream is encrypted with zero key. In case you need
+ some special features of the BootStream and plan on using the "elftosb"
+ tool instead, the invocation to produce a compatible BootStream with the
+ one produced by mkimage is outlined below. For further details, refer to
+ the documentation bundled with the "elftosb" package.
+
+ $ elftosb -zf imx23 -c arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/u-boot-imx23.bd \
+ -o u-boot.sb
+ $ elftosb -zf imx28 -c arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/u-boot-imx28.bd \
+ -o u-boot.sb
+
3) Installation of U-Boot for a MXS based board to SD card
----------------------------------------------------------