Compilation of U-Boot: 1. Pre-requisite 2. Initialise cross-compilation via SDK 3. Prepare U-Boot source code 4. Management of U-Boot source code 5. Compile U-Boot source code 6. Update software on board 1. Pre-requisite: ----------------- OpenSTLinux SDK must be installed. For U-Boot build you need to install: * libncurses and libncursesw dev package - Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev - Fedora: sudo yum install ncurses-devel * git: - Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install git-core gitk - Fedora: sudo yum install git If you have never configured you git configuration: $> git config --global user.name "your_name" $> git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com" 2. Initialise cross-compilation via SDK: --------------------------------------- * Source SDK environment: $> source /environment-setup-cortexa9hf-neon-openstlinux_weston-linux-gnueabi * To verify if you cross-compilation environment are put in place: $> set | grep CROSS CROSS_COMPILE=arm-openstlinux_weston-linux-gnueabi- Warning: the environment are valid only on the shell session where you have sourced the sdk environment. 3. Prepare U-Boot source: ------------------------ If you have the tarball and the list of patch then you must extract the tarball and apply the patch. $> tar xfz .tar.gz or $> tar xfj .tar.bz2 or $> tar xfJ .tar.xz $> cd NB: if there is no git management on source code and you would like to have a git management on the code see section 4 [Management of U-Boot source code] if there is some patch, please apply it on source code $> for p in `ls -1 /*.patch`; do patch -p1 < $p; done 4. Management of U-Boot source code: ----------------------------------- If you like to have a better management of change made on U-Boot source, you can use git: $> tar xfz .tar.gz $> cd $> test -d .git || git init . && git add . && git commit -m "U-Boot source code" && git gc $> git checkout -b WORKING $> for p in `ls -1 /*.patch`; do git am $p; done NB: you can use directly the source from the community: URL: git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git Branch: ##GIT_BRANCH## Revision: ##GIT_SRCREV## $> git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git $> cd $> git checkout -b WORKING ##GIT_SRCREV## $> for p in `ls -1 /*.patch`; do git am $p; done 5. Compilation U-Boot source code: -------------------------------- To compile U-Boot source code, first move to U-Boot source: $> cd You can call the specific 'Makefile.sdk' provided to compile U-Boot: - Display 'Makefile.sdk' file default configuration and targets: $> make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk help - Compile default U-Boot configuration: $> make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk all Default U-Boot configuration is done in 'Makefile.sdk' file through two specific variables 'DEVICE_TREE' and 'UBOOT_CONFIGS': - 'DEVICE_TREE' is a list of device tree to build, using 'space' as separator. ex: DEVICE_TREE=" " - 'UBOOT_CONFIGS' is a list of ',,' configurations, is the u-boot defconfig to use to build is the name append to u-boot binaries (ex: 'trusted', 'basic', etc) is the u-boot binary to export (ex: 'u-boot.bin', 'u-boot.stm32', etc) ex: UBOOT_CONFIGS=",basic,u-boot.bin ,trusted,u-boot.stm32" You can override the default U-Boot configuration if you specify these variables: - Compile default U-Boot configuration but applying specific devicetree(s): $> make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk all DEVICE_TREE=" " - Compile for a specific U-Boot configuration: $> make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk all UBOOT_CONFIGS=,, - Compile for a specific U-Boot configuration and applying specific devicetree(s): $> make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk all UBOOT_CONFIGS=,, DEVICE_TREE=" " 6. Update software on board: ---------------------------- 6.1. partitioning of binaries: ----------------------------- There are two possible configurations available: - Basic configuration - Trusted configuration U-Boot build provides binaries for each configuration: - Basic configuration: U-Boot SPL and U-Boot imgage (for FSBL and SSBL) - Trusted configuration: U-Boot binary with ".stm32" extension (for SSBL) Basic configuration: On this configuration, we use U-Boot SPL as First Stage Boot Loader (FSBL) and U-Boot as Second Stage Boot Loader (SSBL). U-Boot SPL (u-boot-spl*.stm32) MUST be copied on a dedicated partition named "fsbl1" U-Boot image (u-boot*.img) MUST be copied on a dedicated partition named "ssbl" Trusted configuration: On this configuration, U-Boot is associated to Trusted Firmware (TF-A) and only U-Boot image is used as Second Stage Boot Loader (SSBL). TF-A binary (tf-a-*.stm32) MUST be copied on a dedicated partition named "fsbl1" U-boot binary (u-boot*.stm32) MUST be copied on a dedicated partition named "ssbl" 6.2. Update via SDCARD: ----------------------- Basic configuration * u-boot-spl*.stm32 Copy the binary on the dedicated partition, on SDCARD/USB disk the partition "fsbl1" is the partition 1: - SDCARD: /dev/mmcblkXp1 (where X is the instance number) - SDCARD via USB reader: /dev/sdX1 (where X is the instance number) dd if= of=/dev/ bs=1M conv=fdatasync * u-boot*.img Copy the binary on the dedicated partition, on SDCARD/USB disk the partition "ssbl" is the partition 4: - SDCARD: /dev/mmcblkXp3 (where X is the instance number) - SDCARD via USB reader: /dev/sdX3 (where X is the instance number) dd if= of=/dev/ bs=1M conv=fdatasync Trusted configuration * tf-a-*.stm32 Copy the binary on the dedicated partition, on SDCARD/USB disk the partition "fsbl1" is the partition 1: - SDCARD: /dev/mmcblkXp1 (where X is the instance number) - SDCARD via USB reader: /dev/sdX1 (where X is the instance number) dd if= of=/dev/ bs=1M conv=fdatasync * u-boot*.stm32 Copy the binary on the dedicated partition, on SDCARD/USB disk the partition "ssbl" is the partition 4: - SDCARD: /dev/mmcblkXp3 (where X is the instance number) - SDCARD via USB reader: /dev/sdX3 (where X is the instance number) dd if= of=/dev/ bs=1M conv=fdatasync FAQ: to found the partition associated to a specific label, just plug the SDCARD/USB disk on your PC and call the following command: $> ls -l /dev/disk/by-partlabel/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 17:38 bootfs -> ../../mmcblk0p4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 17:38 fsbl1 -> ../../mmcblk0p1 ➔ FSBL (TF-A) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 17:38 fsbl2 -> ../../mmcblk0p2 ➔ FSBL backup (TF-A backup – same content as FSBL) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 17:38 rootfs -> ../../mmcblk0p5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 17:38 ssbl -> ../../mmcblk0p3 ➔ SSBL (U-Boot) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 17:38 userfs -> ../../mmcblk0p6 6.3. Update via USB mass storage on U-Boot: ------------------------------------------- * Plug the SDCARD on Board. * Start the board and stop on U-Boot shell: Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 STM32MP> * plug an USB cable between the PC and the board via USB OTG port. * On U-Boot shell, call the usb mass storage functionality: STM32MP> ums 0 mmc 0 ums ex.: ums 0 mmc 0 ums 0 usb 0 * Follow section 6.2 to put U-Boot SPL binary and U-Boot binary (*.img or *.stm32) on SDCARD/USB disk.