[U-Boot] question regarding the odroidc2 board support

[Lukasz Majewski]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:58:46 +0200
daggs <daggs at gmx.com> wrote:

> Greetings Lukasz 
> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM
> > From: "Lukasz Majewski" <lukma at denx.de>
> > To: daggs <daggs at gmx.com>
> > Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> > Subject: Re: [U-Boot] question regarding the odroidc2 board support
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:55:21 +0200
> > daggs <daggs at gmx.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > > I'm using buildroot to generate images for the odroid c2 boards
> > > and from what I see, it uses u-boot.bin to burn into the image.
> > > I'm not seeing any other uboot product that is used for booting
> > > (unless I'm mistaken). I'm reading the odroid c2 readme file and
> > > I see it instructs the use to burn a alternative u-boot.bin from
> > > the one that was created by the env. I wonder how it is possible
> > > to actually use newer uboot when in the end uboot recommends to
> > > replace u-boot.bin with pre existing one?
> > 
> > From the spec I do see that C2 has SD card and eMMC.
> > 
> > I can only share my experience with Odroid XU3/U3.
> > 
> > The boot process would (probably) require some signed blobs from
> > hardkernel (those binaries are corresponding to u-boot-spl.bin).
> > 
> > I can recommend looking to Hardkernel forum (they should have some
> > topics dedicated for this SoM), or look for tizen.org wiki:
> > 
> > https://wiki.tizen.org/Quick_guide_for_odroidxu3
> > 
> > I hope, that the boot flow is similar for XU3 and C2.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Dagg.
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Lukasz Majewski
> > 
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> 
> indeed that is correct, the c2 has a singed binary.
> as said in my mail, I'm using buildroot to create my images, at the
> end buildroot takes the file u-boot.bin and burn it into the image at
> a specific location. the c2 readme explains how to extract the signed
> blob but I'd expect that it will overwrite part of the u-boot.bin
> file and no replace it. so I assume I'm missing a part. e.g.
> u-boot.bin isn't the only file needed from u-boot. am I correct?

I can only speak by having some experience with Odroid XU3.

XU3 had bl1.bin.hardkernel, which was signed (and this corresponds to
u-boot's SPL binary).

This bl1 called "normal" u-boot (u-boot.bin).

And afterwards u-boot was calling uImage + DTB.

There was also problem with the eMMC layout - you had to jump somewhere
else since the default "partition" for u-boot (512 KiB) was too small.

Also please pay a note if you need any TZW (trust zone) firmware for
your platform.

Have you found any info on hardkerne's wiki/forum?

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Dagg.




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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