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author | Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com> | 2014-06-10 00:03:59 -0300 |
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committer | Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de> | 2014-06-17 16:39:10 +0200 |
commit | a81c90f4c8a7e77a0a6bf4b7288bf32f15d923a2 (patch) | |
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mx28evk: Add documentation on how to boot from SPI NOR
Explain the necessary steps in order to boot from SPI NOR.
Based on a earlier submission from Mårten Wikman.
Signed-off-by: Mårten Wikman <marten.wikman@novia.fi>
Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>
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diff --git a/doc/README.mxs b/doc/README.mxs index 0235a5a..ed2e568 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. |