[meta-freescale] Unable to get u-boot running on i.MX6 SABRE for Smart Devices Eval Board

[Otavio Salvador]

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> On 2014-11-05 09:15, Guillaume Fournier wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The ultimate goal is to have a cross-compiler build environment that
>>>>>> works for both u-boot and kernel development.  For now, I used Yocto to
>>>>>> generate the toolchain (using meta-toolchain as specified in my first post)
>>>>>> as described in section 3.4 of the Yocto Project Application Developer's
>>>>>> Guide.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am failing to see what is missing? I use the toolchain for kernel and
>>>>> u-boot development with no issues. What problems you are facing?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Otavio Salvador                             O.S. Systems
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I know it is a long post but could you read the first email I sent to
>>>> the mailing list? I think this will sum it up for you.  Except for the last
>>>> bit where I used the mfgtools instead of the cfimager (I changed after
>>>> Daiane suggestion), everything is still relevant.  Thanks for stepping in
>>>> Otavio.
>>>
>>>
>>> As I said on the other e-mail you need to use the u-boot.imx file, not
>>> the u-boot.bin one. Another change needed for mfgtool xml file is the dd
>>> command which needs the removal of 'seek=2' as it has no padding..
>>
>>
>> I'm now using the cfimager instead of the mfgtool as suggested by Daiane.
>> I am using u-boot.imx as follow:
>> cfimager -f u-boot.imx -raw -offset 1024 -skip 1024 -d d
>>
>> If I use an .sdcard file from a Yocto build like this:
>> cfimager -f core-image-base-imx6dlsabresd.sdcard -raw -d d
>>
>> That works.  If I'm using, *from the same build*, the u-boot.imx like
>> this:
>> cfimager -f u-boot.imx -raw -offset 1024 -skip 1024 -d d
>>
>> It doesn't!  Of course, if I use my custom built u-boot, it doesn't
>> either.  I'm starting to believe that cfimager parameter are the culprit.
>
>
> I'd be suspicious of '-offset 1024' - I doubt that you need both.
> Give it a try - leave out either the 'offset' or 'skip' options

Yes; the offset or the skip are not needed; I use dd so I cannot
advice on the param.


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