[PATCH] configs: am335x_evm: Enable DFU over TFTP support
Lokesh Vutla
lokeshvutla at ti.com
Tue Mar 3 08:43:01 CET 2020
On 26/02/20 11:13 PM, Sam Protsenko wrote:
> DFU over TFTP flashing method might be helpful in order to speed-up the
> flashing process of big images (as DFU works over USB EP0, which is
> quite slow). Also, it's a good backup option in the case when USB got
> broken (either in software or hardware), to avoid resorting to SD card
> boot.
>
> This config option was present in am335x_boneblack_defconfig, but we
> have to use generic am335x_evm_defconfig now, as BBB defconfig was
> removed in commit 8fa7f65dd02c ("configs: Remove
> am335x_boneblack_defconfig"). So this patch merely brings that option
> back.
>
> Tested on BeagleBone Black:
>
> => setenv dfu_alt_info $dfu_alt_info_emmc
> => setenv ipaddr 192.168.0.100
> => setenv serverip 192.168.0.1
> => setenv updatefile update_uboot.itb
> => dfu tftp mmc 1
>
> Where 'update_uboot.its' file looks like this:
>
> /dts-v1/;
>
> / {
> description = "Automatic U-Boot update";
> #address-cells = <1>;
>
> images {
> u-boot.img.raw-1 {
> description = "U-Boot binary";
> data = /incbin/("u-boot.img");
> compression = "none";
> type = "firmware";
> load = <0x60000>;
> hash-1 {
> algo = "sha1";
> };
> };
> };
> };
>
> And 'update_uboot.itb' is generated as follows:
>
> $ mkimage -f update_uboot.its update_uboot.itb
>
> Newly flashed U-Boot works fine.
>
> Fixes: 8fa7f65dd02c ("configs: Remove am335x_boneblack_defconfig")
> Signed-off-by: Sam Protsenko <joe.skb7 at gmail.com>
Applied to u-boot-ti next.
Thanks and regards,
Lokesh
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