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:
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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:
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* Source SDK environment:
$> source <path to SDK>/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:
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If you have the tarball and the list of patch then you must extract the
tarball and apply the patch.
$> tar xfz <U-Boot source>.tar.gz
or
$> tar xfj <U-Boot source>.tar.bz2
or
$> tar xfJ <U-Boot source>.tar.xz
$> cd <directory to U-Boot source code>
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 <path to patch>/*.patch`; do patch -p1 < $p; done
4. Management of U-Boot source code:
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If you like to have a better management of change made on U-Boot source, you
can use git:
$> tar xfz <U-Boot source>.tar.gz
$> cd <directory of U-Boot source code>
$> 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 <path to patch>/*.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 <directory of U-Boot source code>
$> git checkout -b WORKING ##GIT_SRCREV##
$> for p in `ls -1 <path to patch>/*.patch`; do git am $p; done
5. Compilation U-Boot source code:
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To compile U-Boot source code, first move to U-Boot source:
$> cd <directory to U-Boot source code>
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="<devicetree1> <devicetree2>"
- 'UBOOT_CONFIGS' is a list of '<defconfig>,<type>,<binary>' configurations,
<defconfig> is the u-boot defconfig to use to build
<type> is the name append to u-boot binaries (ex: 'trusted', 'basic', etc)
<binary> is the u-boot binary to export (ex: 'u-boot.bin', 'u-boot.stm32', etc)
ex: UBOOT_CONFIGS="<defconfig1>,basic,u-boot.bin <defconfig1>,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="<devicetree1> <devicetree2>"
- Compile for a specific U-Boot configuration:
$> make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk all UBOOT_CONFIGS=<u-boot defconfig>,<u-boot type>,<u-boot binary>
- Compile for a specific U-Boot configuration and applying specific devicetree(s):
$> make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk all UBOOT_CONFIGS=<u-boot defconfig>,<u-boot type>,<u-boot binary> DEVICE_TREE="<devicetree1> <devicetree2>"
6. Update software on board:
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6.1. partitioning of binaries:
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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:
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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=<U-Boot SPL file> of=/dev/<device partition> 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=<U-Boot image file> of=/dev/<device partition> 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=<TF-A binary file> of=/dev/<device partition> 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=<U-Boot stm32 binary file> of=/dev/<device partition> 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:
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* 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 <USB controller> <dev type: mmc|usb> <dev[:part]>
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.
