[U-Boot] [PATCH 00/14] Nokia RX-51 support

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Thu Jan 26 17:48:48 CET 2012


> On Thursday 26 January 2012 11:25:59 Sergey Lapin wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:00:34PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > What do you mean, you don't need xloader, u-boot SPL can replace it.
> > 
> > Yes and no. No, becaue you nor I have no Nokia's signing key(s) to sign
> > SPL binary for OMAP's secure boot ROM. IIRC N950/N9 is even more strict
> > regarding that, am I right?
> 
> You are right, we cannot sign SPL binary for N900 because we do not have
> key. Signing key has only somebody in Nokia (or in TI). I do not have
> N950/N9 so I do not know anything about new devices.
> 
> > > I know. So ... ? Basically you can use the TI flashes too since it all
> > > goes
> > > through the bootrom, right?
> > 
> > Butrom requires signed binary.
> 
> Yes and format of signed binary is not published by TI (there are only some
> RE info about Motorola Omap devices).
> 
> > > > What I tried:
> > > > I created mtd image where was X-Loader, NOLO and U-Boot. QEmu RX51
> > > > successfull booted this image and I got serial console and video
> > > > screen output.
> > > > 
> > > > But when I created mtd image where was only X-Loader an U-Boot, QEmu
> > > > RX51
> > > > was unable to boot (it freezed).
> > > 
> > > Why? Where? You know you can debug U-Boot in QEMU with GDB and diag the
> > > problem properly?
> > 
> > Any volunteers? (I own N900 too, ah, I own 3 of tham, damnit)
> 
> I can try to play with SPL U-Boot binary and X-Loader in qemu. But this and
> next month I do not have time for it...

You're just lazy ... what exam can take you so much time ? :-p


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