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

[Nishanth Menon]

On 20:04-20230825, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> 
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 19:06, Robert Nelson <robertcnelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > I've found the bootrom can be a little too quick and you'll get stuck
> > on a failed eMMC bootloader.
> >
> > I find it best, with power applied, if you hold both the USR and RESET
> > buttons down, then lift off the RESET button.. This will ensure the
> > bootrom/sysboot will actually load the microSD's version of u-boot.
> >
> > If it's still failing, please grab this newer small August release:
> >
> > That's posted here:
> > https://forum.beagleboard.org/t/arm64-debian-11-x-bullseye-monthly-snapshots-2023-08-05/32318
> >  (updated monthly)
> >
> > Specifically this flasher file:
> > https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/release/2023-08-05/bullseye-minimal-arm64/beagleplay-emmc-flasher-debian-11.7-minimal-arm64-2023-08-05-4gb.img.xz
> >
> > Use Balena Etcher to write it directly to a microSD.
> >
> > Insert microSD in
> > Apply Power (leds should turn on, if not hit the PWR button to wake up
> > the TPS...)
> > Next, hold both USR and RESET buttons
> > Now, Lift off only the RESET button
> > When even more leds turn on, lift up on the USR button.
> >
> > At this point the serial should be loading/booting linux, and then
> > running the eMMC flasher in single user mode.  Within 5 minutes or so,
> > it should shutdown with a new image in the eMMC..
> 
> Thank you, that worked!

Thanks Robert, I did not know of that little trick. Once the everything
settles down in master, will patch that little secret into the
documentation as well.

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Regards,
Nishanth Menon
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