[Gta04-owner] ANN: new versions of U-Boot, boot.scr and NAND flashing tools

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 12.03.2012 um 10:46 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller:

> I have updated U-Boot and boot.scr:
> 
> 	http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/20120312-GTA04-HW-Tester+NAND-Flash/
> 
> These should be compatible with Debian/LXDE and QtMoko and with all other distros.
> 
> New features:
> * display flicker of U-Boot splash image fixed (DM3730 has a different pixel clock divisor than OMAP3530)
> * automatically flashes X-Loader, U-Boot, splash images, boot.scr to NAND on first boot from SD card
> * device then shows signs of life even without SD card
> * experimental shell script to clone/flash the current kernel / rootfs into NAND (flash-nand)
> * experimental shell script to format a microSD card and clone the current MLO / U-Boot / boot.scr / kernel / rootfs onto (makesd)
> 
> This should heavily simplify development of new systems
> and allows us to ship devices with a preinstalled NAND image.
> And, it finally simplifies generating bootable microSD cards.
> 
> Short operation how-to:
> * if no SD is inserted, boots from NAND (if possible)
> * if SD is inserted, boot.scr, kernel & rootfs come from SD card (if found), from NAND if not found on SD
> * if the AUX button is pressed, MLO and U-Boot also come from SD (if inserted)
> 
> Notes:
> * a different boot.scr on SD may overwrite X-Loader and U-Boot
> * to erase the nand, break into U-Boot and "nand erase.chip"
> * to force a reflash of X-Loader&U-Boot, erase the NAND range 0x26000 only
> * or under Linux: "flash_eraseall /dev/mtd2"
> * the boot arguments are choosen based on the location where the uImage is found
> * i.e. SD card ext2/3 or NAND jffs2
> * this means it needs manual U-Boot modifications to use UBIFS

Addendum:

here is a short description on the boot order
and file search locations (depending on pressing AUX or not)

http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-rootfs/downloads/43/