[U-Boot] How to update Espressobin (U-Boot) firmware?

Andre Przywara andre.przywara at arm.com
Wed Jul 19 17:01:21 UTC 2017


Hi,

On 19/07/17 17:58, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am 19.07.2017 um 18:50 schrieb Andre Przywara:
>> On 19/07/17 17:37, Kostya Porotchkin wrote:
>>> I probably have to build and try the SATA image as the next step.
>>
>> Yeah, that was my plan for tonight as well, since this would allow me to
>> experiment safely with the generated image.
>>
>> Oh, BTW: Chain-loading mainline U-Boot worked quite nicely and I could
>> launch the generic debian-testing installer via EFI boot. The only issue
>> was that I was using the U-Boot DT directly, which isn't enough for the
>> kernel (missing clocks and interrupts). I will try to send some patches
>> to bring the U-Boot DT in sync with the kernel one. If this is in place,
>> one could simply attach some (UEFI enabled) USB pen drive and it should
>> start without further ado (given a newer U-Boot in the SPI flash with
>> EFI support).
> 
> Which devices have you successfully enumerated on mainline U-Boot? Does
> SATA work for you? I had reported an endless reset on another board. USB
> was not quite working either last time I tried on the other board -
> either the initial scan or a reset had similar symptoms to SATA.

I was using USB (2.0), that worked with origin/master. I haven't tested
SATA yet, but will try tonight and let you know.

Cheers,
Andre.


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