[PATCH] imx8mq: Generate a single bootable flash.bin again

Fabio Estevam festevam at denx.de
Sat Jan 8 16:03:18 CET 2022


Hi Patrick,

On 08/01/2022 11:58, Patrick Wildt wrote:
> After the conversion to binman in commit c1ecd03d90c7 ("imx: 
> imx8mq_evk:
> switch to binman"), it is necessary to flash both flash.bin and
> u-boot.itb to get a bootable system. Prior to this commit, only
> flash.bin was needed.
> 
> Such new requirement breaks existing distro mechanisms to generate the
> final binary because the extra u-boot.itb is now required.
> 
> Generate a final flash.bin that can be used again as a single bootable
> binary to keep the original behavior.
> 
> After this change the SPL binary is called spl.bin, which is a more
> descriptive name for its purpose, and can still be used standalone (for
> example, for secure boot purposes).
> 
> Also update imx8mq_evk.rst to remove the u-boot.itb copy step.
> 
> This is a cherry-pick of 028abfd9b157 ("imx8mm-evk: Generate a single
> bootable flash.bin again") adjusted to apply to i.MX8MQ.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Wildt <patrick at blueri.se>

Thanks for the patch:

Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam at denx.de>

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