[PATCH v2] imx8mq: Generate a single bootable flash.bin again
Fabio Estevam
festevam at denx.de
Sat Jan 8 16:39:48 CET 2022
On 08/01/2022 12:34, Patrick Wildt wrote:
> All i.MX8MQ boards have been converted to binman, which makes it
> necessary to flash both flash.bin and u-boot.itb to get a bootable
> system. Prior to the conversion, 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 updated commit log:
Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam at denx.de>
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