U-Boot for TX53 =============== Building U-Boot --------------- Note: There are currently two variants of the TX53 module, that require slightly different U-Boot configurations. The mapping between module names and U-Boot config make targets is as following: Module Name U-Boot config target ===================================== TX53-8030 tx53-x030_config' TX53-8130 tx53-x130_config' TX53-1030 tx53-x030_config' TX53-1331 tx53-x131_config' Unpacking the source -------------------- mkdir u-boot cd u-boot tar -xjf /cdrom/U-Boot/u-boot-src.tar.bz2 Alternatively you can access the current source via the git repository: git://git.karo-electronics.de/karo-tx-uboot.git master Compiling U-Boot ---------------- export ARCH=arm export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-cortexa8-linux-gnueabi- make tx53-x?3?_config (see above Note!) make Flashing U-Boot Image --------------------- If you want to replace a working U-Boot with a new version, you can load the new U-Boot image via TFTP and program it like any other flash partition with: nand erase.part u-boot;nand write ${fileaddr} u-boot ${filesize} If you want to revive a bricked module, you can use one of the flashtools provided with the BSP to reprogram the flash. U-Boot Features --------------- Environment variables: boot_mode selects which boot script will be used by 'bootcmd' to boot the application (Linux) supported values: nand: (default) load kernel from NAND partition 'linux' and mount rootfs (fstype UBIFS) from partition 'rootfs'. mmc: load kernel from file 'uImage' on first partition (FAT) on (first) SD/MMC card and mount rootfs (fstype autodetected) from second partition. net: load kernel image via tftp (file uImage) and mount rootfs via NFS. This requires the additional variables 'nfsroot' (path to rootfs on NFS server) and 'nfs_server' (hostname or IP address of NFS server) to be set. jffs2: (legacy) load kernel from NAND partition 'linux' and mount rootfs (fstype JFFS2) from partition 'rootfs'. cpu_clk CPU clock frequency set after boot. touchpanel {tsc2007|edt-ft5x06|egalax_ts} type of touchpanel. No touchpanel will be enabled when unset. otg_mode [host|device|none] operation mode of the USBOTG port video_mode LCD interface will be disabled when unset. baseboard {stk5-v3|stk5-v5} selects type of baseboard 'stk5-v5' setting disables USB Host mode on USBOTG port and redefines the LCD0 pin as CAN transceiver control pin. Strings not starting in 'stk5' prevent the STK5 specific pad initialization to be done. splashimage either: memory address (e.g. ${loadaddr}) of a BMP file to be displayed instead of the built-in logo. Since NAND flash is not accessible in a memory mapped fashion, U-Boot will try to load the contents of the flash partition 'logo.bmp' to the address given with 'splashimage'. or: the name of an MTD partition, that contains a raw dump of the frame buffer contents which will be loaded to the framebuffer. splashpos (when 'splashimage' contains a memory address) the position ('x,y') on the screen at which the BMP image will be displayed. Setting splashpos to 'm,m' will center the image on the screen. Note: Some variables (like 'cpu_clk' or 'splashimage') may render the board unbootable if incorrectly set. Therefore these variables will not be evaluated in case the board has been reset through a watchdog reset or is detected on the serial console during startup to give the user a chance to recover from this situation. You should press and hold before applying power to the module, for this to work.