[PATCH V4 8/8] doc: board: ti: Add BeaglePlay documentation

[Simon Glass]

Hi Nishanth,

On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 at 19:59, Nishanth Menon <nm at ti.com> wrote:
>
> On 19:31-20230824, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Also I tried the mmc instructions and managed to brick the board. Is
> > > Hmm.. This is just documenting what Robert has in his scripts[1]
> > >
> > > > there a recovery procedure?
> > >
> > > Oopsie.. Sorry you had to hit that..
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I suppose I should have tries it on an SD card first. I thought that
> > > > was what I was doing, but I didn't know about the internal mmc...
> > >
> > > Recovery currently involves booting off sd and flashing the emmc up :(
> > > unfortunately.. USB DFU etc are still work in progress.
> >
> > Hmm so does that mean I need an ARM machine do to the SD
> > boot-partition magic, or can I use a USB reader on an x86 box
>
> I just have x86box with SDcard reader - and I use Balena etcher app
> image to keep my head straight.
>
> >
> > >
> > > A ready to go image such as [2] emmc flasher image might help speed
> > > things up.
> > >
> > > [1] https://git.beagleboard.org/beagleboard/repos-arm64/-/blob/main/bb-u-boot-beagleplay-mainline/suite/bookworm/debian/install-emmc.sh
> > > [2] https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/debian-arm64-12-bookworm-xfce-v5.10-ti/2023-08-24/
>
> I realized I just pointed you to Robert's in-work space.. rather not do
> that. Sorry.
>
> > > emmc flasher image
> >
> > OK thanks. I am not sure how to use those yet, but will make a note.
>
> Just https://etcher.balena.io/ and flash an SD card with the official
> image here: https://www.beagleboard.org/distros/beagleplay-debian-11-flasher
>
> https://files.beagle.cc/file/beagleboard-public-2021/images/am625x-emmc-flasher-debian-11.6-xfce-arm64-2023-02-04-10gb.img.xz

OK I tried that on an SD card, but it is still bricked.

Regards,
Simon