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= overview =
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<pre>+--------+----------------+----------+-----------+
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| Boot  | Terminology #1 | Actual  | Rockchip  |
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&nbsp;
| stage  |                | program  |  Loader  |
 
| number |                | name    |  Name    |
 
+--------+----------------+----------+-----------+
 
| 1      |  Primary      | ROM code | BootRom  |
 
|        |  Program      |          |          |
 
|        |  Loader        |          |          |
 
|        |                |          |          |
 
| 2      |  Secondary    | u-boot  | MiniLoader|
 
|        |  Program      | SPL      |          |
 
|        |  Loader (SPL)  |          |          |
 
|        |                |          |          |
 
| 3      |  -            | U-Boot  |  U-Boot  |
 
|        |                |          |          |
 
|        |                |          |          |
 
| 4      |  -            | kernel  |  kernel  |
 
|        |                |          |          |
 
| 5      |  -            | rootfs  |  rootfs  |
 
+--------+----------------+----------+-----------+
 
</pre>
 
  
 
&nbsp;
 
&nbsp;
  
== Boot from eMMC ==
 
  
=== &nbsp;To get tool and firmware ===
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= Boot introduce =
  
[[Rkdevelptool|tools]]
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&nbsp;
  
=== Flash&nbsp;to the board by USB ===
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First, let's make the concept clear, there are many boot stages when we boot up a Linux OS;
  
In order to&nbsp;flash&nbsp;by USB,you must get your board into ROM boot mode, either by erasing<br/> your MMC or holding the maskrom button when you boot the board.
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Then we need to know about how the image should packaged, where&nbsp;the image locate;
  
&nbsp;
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At last, we will explain how to write to different&nbsp;media and boot from there.
  
==== RK3288(upgrade_tool) ====
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Here is Rockchip pre-released binaries which may be mentioned later:
  
To create a suitable image and flash&nbsp;it to the board:<br/> default&nbsp;: with CONFIG_ROCKCHIP_SPL_BACK_TO_BROM
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[https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin]
<pre>tools/mkimage -n rk3288 -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl-dtb.bin out<br/> cat u-boot-dtb.bin >> out<br/> sudo upgrade_tool db&nbsp; ../rkbin/rk32/RK3288UbootLoader_V2.30.06.bin<br/> sudo upgrade_tool wl 64 out<br/> sudo upgrade_tool rd</pre>
 
  
<br/> others&nbsp;: firefly(Recommend using sd card)
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And [http://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Partitions Rockcip Linux GPT partition] here.
  
 
&nbsp;
 
&nbsp;
  
&nbsp;
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== Boot flow ==
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Here is a table show the detail what we may use in Rockchip platform, for 2 boot stage:
  
==== RK3036 ====
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- use U-Boot SPL;
  
To create a suitable image and flash&nbsp;it to the board:
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- use Rockchp idbLoader which is combinded by Rockchip ddr init bin and miniloader bin;
<pre>tools/mkimage -n rk3036 -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl-dtb.bin out
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<pre>+--------+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+
cat u-boot-dtb.bin >> out
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| Boot  | Terminology #1 | Actual  | Rockchip    |        |
sudo upgrade_tool db ../rkbin/rk30/RK3036MiniLoaderAll_V2.19.bin
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| stage  |                | program  |  Image      |        |
sudo upgrade_tool wl 64 out
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| number |                | name    |  Name      |        |
sudo upgrade_tool rd
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+--------+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+
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| 1      |  Primary      | ROM code | BootRom    |        |
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|        |  Program      |          |            |        |
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|        |  Loader        |          |            |        |
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|        |                |          |            |        |
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| 2      |  Secondary    | U-Boot  |idbloader.img| 0x40    |including u-boot if not use miniloader
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|        |  Program      | SPL      |idbspl.img  |        |
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|        |  Loader (SPL)  |          |            |        |
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|        |                |          |            |        |
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| 3      |  -             | U-Boot  | u-boot.itb  | 0x4000  | including u-boot and atf
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|        |                |          | u-boot.bin | 0x4000  |
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|        |                |          | uboot.img  | 0x4000 | only used with miniloader
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|        |                |          |            |        |
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|        |                | ATF      | trust.img  | 0x6000  | only used with miniloader for armv8
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|        |                |          |            |        |
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| 4      |  -            | kernel  | boot.img    | 0x8000  |
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|        |                |          |            |        |
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| 5      |  -            | rootfs  | rootfs.img  | 0x40000 |
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+--------+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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Then when we talking about boot from eMMC/SD/U-Disk/net, they are in different concept:
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*Stage 1 is always in boot rom, it loads stage 2 and may load stage 3(when SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled).
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*Boot from SPI flash means firmware for stage 2 and 3(SPL and U-Boot only) in SPI flash and stage 4/5 in other place;
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*Boot from eMMC means all the firmware(including stage 2, 3, 4, 5) in eMMC;
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*Boot from SD card means all the firmware(including stage 2, 3, 4, 5) in SD card;
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*Boot from U-Disk means firmware for stage 4 and 5(not including SPL and U-Boot) in Disk, optionally only including stage 5;
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*Boot from net/tftp means firmeware for stage 4 and 5(not including SPL and U-Boot) on the network;
  
 
&nbsp;
 
&nbsp;
  
==== RK3399 ====
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[[File:Rockchip bootflow.jpg|1000x1000px|Rockchip bootflow.jpg]]
<pre>cd ..
 
./rkbin/tools/trust_merger ./rkbin/tools/RK3399TRUST.ini
 
cd uboot
 
  
../rkbin/tools/loaderimage --pack --uboot u-boot-dtb.bin uboot.img
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Boot Flow 1 is typical Rockchip boot flow with Rockchip miniloader;<br/> Boot Flow 2 is used for most SoCs with U-Boot TPL for ddr init and SPL for trust(ATF/OP-TEE) load and run into next stage;<br/> Boot Flow 3 is use only for RK3399 with SPL ATF support;<br/> Boot Flow 4 is used for armv7 SoCs which do not support trust;<br/> <br/> Note 1. If loader1 have more than 1 stage, program will back to bootrom and bootrom load and run into next stage. eg. If loader1 is tpl and spl, the bootrom will run into tpl first, tpl init ddr and back to bootrom, bootrom then load and run into spl.<br/> Note 2. If trust is enabled, loader1 need to load both trust and u-boot, and then run into trust in secure mode(EL3 in armv8), trust do the initialize and run into U-Boot in non-secure mode(EL2 in armv8).<br/> Note 3. For trust(in trust.img or u-boot.itb), armv7 has only one tee.bin with or without ta, armv8 has bl31.elf and option with bl32.<br/> Note 4. In boot.img, content can be zImage and its dtb for Linux, and can optionally be grub.efi, and can be AOSP boot.img, ramdisk is option;
  
sudo upgrade_tool UL  ../rkbin/rk33/RK3399MiniLoaderAll_V1.05.bin
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sudo upgrade_tool DI uboot uboot.img  ../rkbin/tools/rk3399_parameter.txt
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sudo upgrade_tool DI trust ../trust.img ../rkbin/tools/rk3399_parameter.txt
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sudo upgrade_tool rd
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</pre>
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== Package option ==
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After we know about the boot stages,
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Here are the file list before package for stage 2~4:
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*From source code:
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**From U-Boot: '''u-boot-spl.bin''', '''u-boot.bin'''(may use u-boot-nodtb.bin and u-boot.dtb instead),
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**From kernel: kernel '''Image/zImage''' file, kernel dtb,
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**From ATF: '''bl31.elf'''; 
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*From Rockchip binary:
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**ddr, usbplug, miniloader, bl31/op-tee, (all with&nbsp;chip 'rkxx_'&nbsp; prefix and with version '_x.xx.bin' postfix); 
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We offer two different boot-loader methods for different solutions, the steps and request files are also complete different. But not all the platforms supports the both boot-loader methods. Here are the types to&nbsp;package image from those files:
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=== The Pre-bootloader(TBL/SPL) ===
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==== idbspl.img ====
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U-Boot SPL, with&nbsp;SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option '''disabled'''.
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<pre>mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin idbspl.img</pre>
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Flash the idbspl.img to offset 0x40 which only including stage 2, and need flash stage 3 &nbsp;image to 0x200(which is defineded by CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR), the stage 3 image may be&nbsp;u-boot.bin directly(when there no ATF requirement), or FIT image bl3.itb(for ATF load from SPL, including bl31.bin, u-boot-nodtb.bin and u-boot.dtb).
  
 
&nbsp;
 
&nbsp;
  
&nbsp;
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==== idbloader.img ====
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U-Boot SPL, with&nbsp;SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option '''enabled''':
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<pre>tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin idbloader.img
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cat u-boot.bin >> idbloader.img</pre>
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Flash the idbloader.img to offset 0x40 which including boot stage 2 and 3.
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==== Rockchip Miniloader ====
  
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Package the image from Rockchip binary:
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<pre>dd if=rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin of=ddr.bin bs=4 skip=1
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tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d ddr.bin idbloader.img
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rm ddr.bin
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cat rkxx_miniloader_vx.xx.bin >> idbloader.img</pre>
  
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The ddr binary files for ARM64 platforms from Rockchip, likes RK3399 and RK3328 should not skip first 4 bytes.
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<pre>tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin idbloader.img
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rm ddr.bin
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cat rkxx_miniloader_vx.xx.bin >> idbloader.img</pre>
  
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Flash the idbloader.img to offset 0x40 which including stage 2, and you will need a uboot.img for boot stage 3.
  
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=== U-Boot ===
  
=== &nbsp;To flash kernel and rootfs ===
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==== u-boot.itb ====
  
Enter into the uboot and issue the following command on uboot: (otg should be connected)
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When using SPL to load the ATF/OP-TEE, package the bl31.bin, u-boot-nodtb.bin and uboot.dtb into one FIT image. You can skip the step to package the Trust image and flash that image in the next section.
<pre>gpt write mmc 0 $partitions
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<pre>make u-boot.itb
ums 0 mmc 0
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
<br/> Now the board will act as an USB-drive.<br/> In host: (assuming sdb is ur device)
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Note: please copy the trust binary() to u-boot root directory and rename it to tee.bin(armv7) or bl31.elf(armv8).
<pre>sudo mkfs.fat /dev/sdb6
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</pre>
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Flash the u-boot.itb to offset 0x4000, while&nbsp;need idbspl.img flash&nbsp;to offset 0x40.
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==== uboot.img ====
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When using idbLoader from&nbsp;Rockchip miniloader, need package u-boot.bin into miniloader loadable format by Rockchip tool loaderimage.
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<pre>tools/loaderimage --pack --uboot u-boot.bin uboot.img</pre>
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Flash the uboot.img to offset 0x4000 which is stage 3;
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=== Trust ===
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When using idbLoader from&nbsp;Rockchip miniloader, need package bl31.bin into miniloader loadable format by Rockchip tool trustmerge.
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<pre>tools/trustmerge tools/rk_tools/RKTRUST_RKXXXXTRUST.ini</pre>
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Flash the trust.img to offset 0x6000 which is for using Rockchip miniloader
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=== boot.img ===
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This image is package the kernel Image and dtb file into a know filesystem(FAT or EXT2) image for distro boot.
  
<br/> Copy zimage and dts file to dev/sdb6
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See [[Rockchip_Kernel#Install_Boot.2Fkernel|Install kernel]] for detail about generate boot.img from kernel zImage/Image, dtb.
<pre>cp arch/arm/boot/zImage /media/chen/9F35-9565/
 
cp arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-fennec.dtb /media/chen/9F35-9565/rk3288-fennec.dtb
 
</pre>
 
  
Add extlinux/extlinux.conf to dev/sdb6<br/> (Please notice "mmcblk2p7" and "115200n8" is decide on your chip, Please refer to &nbsp;[[Linux_user_guide]])
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Flash the boot.img to offset 0x8000 which is stage 4.
<pre>label kernel-4.4
 
    kernel /zImage
 
    fdt /rk3288-fennec.dtb
 
    append  earlyprintk console=tty1 console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/mmcblk2p7 rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init
 
</pre>
 
  
<br/> To flash rootfs
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=== rootfs.img ===
<pre>sudo dd if=linaro-rootfs.img of=/dev/sdb7 conv=notrunc</pre>
 
  
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Flash the rootfs.img to offset 0x40000 which is stage 5. As long as the kernel you chosen can support that filesystem, there is not limit in the format of the image.
  
== Boot from SD/TF Card ==
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=== rkxx_loader_vx.xx.xxx.bin ===
  
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This is provide by Rockchip in binary mode, which is used for firmware upgrade to eMMC with [[Rkdeveloptool|rkdeveloptool]], can not be wirte to media device directly.
  
=== Creating Image ===
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This is a package from ddr.bin, usbplug.bin, miniloader.bin, Rockchip tool ''DB ''command will make usbplug.bin running in target which perform as a Rockusb device. You can skip to package this image, Rockchip will offer this image at the most of time.
  
Follow [[Linux_user_guide|Linux user guide ]]to build kernel and U-Boot.<br/> get uboot-spl.img and u-boot-dtb.img
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= Flash and boot from Media device =
<pre>tools/mkimage -n rk3288 -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl-dtb.bin uboot-spl.img
 
</pre>
 
  
&nbsp;
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Here we introduce how to write image to different Medeia device.
  
=== <br/> <var>build boot.img</var> ===
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Get image Ready:
<pre>sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=boot.img bs=1M count=128
 
sudo mkfs.fat boot.img
 
mkdir boot
 
sudo mount  boot.img boot
 
sudo cp zImage boot
 
sudo cp rk3288-fennec.dtb boot
 
sudo mkdir boot/extlinux
 
sudo cp extlinux.conf boot/extlinux
 
sudo umount boot
 
</pre>
 
  
Download rootfs image and rename it
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*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled:
<pre>mv linaro-rootfs.img rootfs.img
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**idbLoader.img
</pre>
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**boot.img or boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside
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**rootfs.img 
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*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled:
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**idbspl.img
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**u-boot.bin
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**boot.img or boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside
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**rootfs.img 
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*For armv7 with miniloader
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**idbLoader.img
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**uboot.img
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**boot.img or&nbsp;boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside
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**rootfs.img  
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*For armv8 with SPL:
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**idbspl.img
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**bl3.itb
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**boot.img or&nbsp;boot folder with Image, dtb and exitlinulx inside
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**rootfs.img  
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*For armv8 with miniloader
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**idbLoader.img
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**uboot.img
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**trust.img
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**boot.img or&nbsp;boot folder with Image, dtb and exitlinulx inside
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**rootfs.img 
  
 
&nbsp;
 
&nbsp;
  
=== Making a SD Card for updating ===
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&nbsp;
  
Download&nbsp;[https://github.com/wzyy2/rk-initrd-build ramdisk source]&nbsp;and build.
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&nbsp;
<pre>sh ./mk-initrd.sh
 
</pre>
 
  
Format SD card
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== Boot from eMMC ==
<pre>chen@chen-HP-ProDesk-680-G1-TWR:~/work/linaro-alip/ramdisk/update$ sudo gdisk /dev/sdb
 
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8
 
  
Partition table scan:
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The eMMC is on the hardware board, so we need:
  MBR: protective
 
  BSD: not present
 
  APM: not present
 
  GPT: present
 
  
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
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*Get the board into [[Rockusb#Maskrom_mode|maskrom mode]];
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*Connect the target to PC with USB cable;  
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*Flash the image to eMMC with [[Rkdeveloptool|rkdeveloptool]]
  
Command (? for help): o
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Example commands for flash image to target.
This option deletes all partitions and creates a new protective MBR.
 
Proceed? (Y/N): y
 
  
Command (? for help): n
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Flash the gpt partition to target:
Partition number (1-128, default 1): 1
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px;">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
First sector (34-126613470, default = 2048) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 8192
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rkdeveloptool gpt parameter_gpt.txt</pre>
Last sector (8192-126613470, default = 126613470) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:  
 
Current type is 'Linux filesystem'
 
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300):
 
Changed type of partition to 'Linux filesystem'
 
  
Command (? for help): w
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*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288):  
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbloader.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
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rkdeveloptool rd
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</pre>
  
Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
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*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled(rk3288):
PARTITIONS!!
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbspl.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x200 u-boot.bin
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
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rkdeveloptool rd
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</pre>
  
Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
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*For armv7 with miniloader(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288)  
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/sdc.
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
Warning: The kernel is still using the old partition table.
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbloader.img
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 uboot.img
The operation has completed successfully.
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
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rkdeveloptool rd
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
<pre>sudo umount /dev/sdb1
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sudo mkfs.fat /dev/sdb1
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*For armv8 with SPL(rk3399):
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbspl.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x200 bl3.itb
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
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rkdeveloptool rd
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
<pre>tools/mkimage -n rk3288 -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl-dtb.bin out&&
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sudo dd if=out of=/dev/sdb seek=64&&sudo dd if=u-boot-dtb.img of=/dev/sdb seek=256
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*For armv8 with miniloader(rk3399, rk3328)
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbloader.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 uboot.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x6000 trust.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
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rkdeveloptool rd</pre>
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&nbsp;
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== Boot from SD/TF Card ==
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We can write SD/TF card with Linux PC ''dd'' command very easily.
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Insert SD card to PC and we assume the /dev/sdb is the SD card device.
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*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288):
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">dd if=idbloader.img of=sdb seek=64
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dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
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dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
Copy zimage, dts and ramdisk to /dev/sdb1
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*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled(rk3288):
<pre>cp arch/arm/boot/zImage /media/chen/9F35-9565/
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">dd if=idbspl.img of=sdb seek=64
cp arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-fennec.dtb /media/chen/9F35-9565/rk3288-fennec.dtb
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dd if=u-boot.bin of=sdb seek=512
cp ../rk-initrd-build/initrd.img /media/chen/9F35-9565/
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dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
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dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
Add extlinux/extlinux.conf to /dev/sdb1
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*For armv7 with miniloader(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288)
<pre>label kernel-4.4
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">dd if=idbloader.img of=sdb seek=64
    kernel /zImage
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dd if=uboot.img of=sdb seek=16384
    fdt /rk3288-fennec.dtb
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dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
    initrd /initrd.img
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dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
    append  earlyprintk console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/ram0 rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init ramdisk_size=49152
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
Copy u-boot-dtb.img uboot-spl.img boot.img rootfs.img and&nbsp;[https://github.com/wzyy2/rk-initrd-build/blob/master/update/update.sh update.sh]&nbsp;to /dev/sdb1
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*For armv8 with SPL(rk3399):  
<pre>mkdir /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">dd if=idbspl.img of=sdb seek=64
cp u-boot-dtb.img /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
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dd if=bl3.itb of=sdb seek=512
cp uboot-spl.img /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
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dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
cp boot.img /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
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dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
cp rootfs.img /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
 
cp update.sh /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
=== Updating the board ===
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*For armv8 with miniloader(rk3399, rk3328)
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">dd if=idbloader.img of=sdb seek=64
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dd if=uboot.img of=sdb seek=16384
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dd if=trust.img of=sdb seek=24576
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dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
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dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144</pre>
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In order to make sure everything has write to SD card before unpluged, recommand to run below command:
 +
<pre style="margin-left: 40px">sync</pre>
 +
 
 +
Note, when using boot from SD card, need to update the kernel cmdline(which is in extlinux.conf) for the correct ''root ''value.
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<pre>append  earlyprintk console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/mmcblk1p7 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init
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</pre>
  
Boot the board and it will flash image to eMMC
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Write GPT partition table to SD card&nbsp;in U-Boot, and then U-Boot can find the boot partition and run into kernel.
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<pre>gpt write mmc 0 $partitions</pre>
  
 
&nbsp;
 
&nbsp;
  
== Boot from USB-Disk ==
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== Boot from U-Disk ==
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Same as&nbsp;[[#Boot_from_SD.2FTF_Card|boot-from-sdcard]], but please note that U-Disk&nbsp;only support stage 4 and 5, see [[#Boot_Stage|Boot Stage]] for detail.
  
Same as&nbsp;[[#Boot_from_SD.2FTF_Card|boot-from-sdcard]], but please note that U-Boot aren't allowed to boot from usb-disk because of restrict of maskrom, only kernel and rootfs can load from USB-Disk.
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If U-Disk used for stage 4 and 5, format the U-Disk in gpt format and at least 2 partitions, write ''boot.img'' and ''rootfs.img'' in those partitions;
  
Difference:
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if U-Dist is only used for stage 5, we can ''dd ''the ''rootfs.img'' to U-Disk device directly.
<pre>label kernel-4.4
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    kernel /zImage
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Note, need to update the kernel cmdline(which is in extlinux.conf) for the correct ''root ''value.
    fdt /rk3288-fennec.dtb
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<pre>    append  earlyprintk console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/sda1 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init
    append  earlyprintk console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/sda1 rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init
 
</pre>
 
<pre>gpt write usb 0 $partitions
 
ums 0 usb 0
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
= Boot from Network =
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== Boot from Network ==
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&nbsp;
  
 
&nbsp;
 
&nbsp;
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= See also =
 +
 +
[[Rkdeveloptool|rkdeveloptool]]
 +
 +
[[Rockusb|rockusb]]
 +
 +
[[Partitions|Rockchip Linux partition definition]]

Revision as of 02:40, 7 December 2017

 

 

 

 


Boot introduce

 

First, let's make the concept clear, there are many boot stages when we boot up a Linux OS;

Then we need to know about how the image should packaged, where the image locate;

At last, we will explain how to write to different media and boot from there.

Here is Rockchip pre-released binaries which may be mentioned later:

https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin

And Rockcip Linux GPT partition here.

 

Boot flow

Here is a table show the detail what we may use in Rockchip platform, for 2 boot stage:

- use U-Boot SPL;

- use Rockchp idbLoader which is combinded by Rockchip ddr init bin and miniloader bin;

+--------+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+
| Boot   | Terminology #1 | Actual   | Rockchip    |         |
| stage  |                | program  |  Image      |         |
| number |                | name     |   Name      |         |
+--------+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+
| 1      |  Primary       | ROM code | BootRom     |         |
|        |  Program       |          |             |         |
|        |  Loader        |          |             |         |
|        |                |          |             |         |
| 2      |  Secondary     | U-Boot   |idbloader.img| 0x40    |including u-boot if not use miniloader
|        |  Program       | SPL      |idbspl.img   |         |
|        |  Loader (SPL)  |          |             |         |
|        |                |          |             |         |
| 3      |  -             | U-Boot   | u-boot.itb  | 0x4000  | including u-boot and atf
|        |                |          | u-boot.bin  | 0x4000  |
|        |                |          | uboot.img   | 0x4000  | only used with miniloader
|        |                |          |             |         |
|        |                | ATF      | trust.img   | 0x6000  | only used with miniloader for armv8
|        |                |          |             |         |
| 4      |  -             | kernel   | boot.img    | 0x8000  |
|        |                |          |             |         |
| 5      |  -             | rootfs   | rootfs.img  | 0x40000 |
+--------+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+

Then when we talking about boot from eMMC/SD/U-Disk/net, they are in different concept:

  • Stage 1 is always in boot rom, it loads stage 2 and may load stage 3(when SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled).
  • Boot from SPI flash means firmware for stage 2 and 3(SPL and U-Boot only) in SPI flash and stage 4/5 in other place;
  • Boot from eMMC means all the firmware(including stage 2, 3, 4, 5) in eMMC;
  • Boot from SD card means all the firmware(including stage 2, 3, 4, 5) in SD card;
  • Boot from U-Disk means firmware for stage 4 and 5(not including SPL and U-Boot) in Disk, optionally only including stage 5;
  • Boot from net/tftp means firmeware for stage 4 and 5(not including SPL and U-Boot) on the network;

 

Rockchip bootflow.jpg

Boot Flow 1 is typical Rockchip boot flow with Rockchip miniloader;
Boot Flow 2 is used for most SoCs with U-Boot TPL for ddr init and SPL for trust(ATF/OP-TEE) load and run into next stage;
Boot Flow 3 is use only for RK3399 with SPL ATF support;
Boot Flow 4 is used for armv7 SoCs which do not support trust;

Note 1. If loader1 have more than 1 stage, program will back to bootrom and bootrom load and run into next stage. eg. If loader1 is tpl and spl, the bootrom will run into tpl first, tpl init ddr and back to bootrom, bootrom then load and run into spl.
Note 2. If trust is enabled, loader1 need to load both trust and u-boot, and then run into trust in secure mode(EL3 in armv8), trust do the initialize and run into U-Boot in non-secure mode(EL2 in armv8).
Note 3. For trust(in trust.img or u-boot.itb), armv7 has only one tee.bin with or without ta, armv8 has bl31.elf and option with bl32.
Note 4. In boot.img, content can be zImage and its dtb for Linux, and can optionally be grub.efi, and can be AOSP boot.img, ramdisk is option;



Package option

After we know about the boot stages,

Here are the file list before package for stage 2~4:

  • From source code:
    • From U-Boot: u-boot-spl.bin, u-boot.bin(may use u-boot-nodtb.bin and u-boot.dtb instead),
    • From kernel: kernel Image/zImage file, kernel dtb,
    • From ATF: bl31.elf;
  • From Rockchip binary:
    • ddr, usbplug, miniloader, bl31/op-tee, (all with chip 'rkxx_'  prefix and with version '_x.xx.bin' postfix);

We offer two different boot-loader methods for different solutions, the steps and request files are also complete different. But not all the platforms supports the both boot-loader methods. Here are the types to package image from those files:

The Pre-bootloader(TBL/SPL)

idbspl.img

U-Boot SPL, with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled.

mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin idbspl.img

Flash the idbspl.img to offset 0x40 which only including stage 2, and need flash stage 3  image to 0x200(which is defineded by CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR), the stage 3 image may be u-boot.bin directly(when there no ATF requirement), or FIT image bl3.itb(for ATF load from SPL, including bl31.bin, u-boot-nodtb.bin and u-boot.dtb).

 

idbloader.img

U-Boot SPL, with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled:

tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin idbloader.img
cat u-boot.bin >> idbloader.img

Flash the idbloader.img to offset 0x40 which including boot stage 2 and 3.

Rockchip Miniloader

Package the image from Rockchip binary:

dd if=rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin of=ddr.bin bs=4 skip=1
tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d ddr.bin idbloader.img
rm ddr.bin
cat rkxx_miniloader_vx.xx.bin >> idbloader.img

The ddr binary files for ARM64 platforms from Rockchip, likes RK3399 and RK3328 should not skip first 4 bytes.

tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin idbloader.img
rm ddr.bin
cat rkxx_miniloader_vx.xx.bin >> idbloader.img

Flash the idbloader.img to offset 0x40 which including stage 2, and you will need a uboot.img for boot stage 3.

U-Boot

u-boot.itb

When using SPL to load the ATF/OP-TEE, package the bl31.bin, u-boot-nodtb.bin and uboot.dtb into one FIT image. You can skip the step to package the Trust image and flash that image in the next section.

make u-boot.itb

Note: please copy the trust binary() to u-boot root directory and rename it to tee.bin(armv7) or bl31.elf(armv8).

Flash the u-boot.itb to offset 0x4000, while need idbspl.img flash to offset 0x40.

uboot.img

When using idbLoader from Rockchip miniloader, need package u-boot.bin into miniloader loadable format by Rockchip tool loaderimage.

tools/loaderimage --pack --uboot u-boot.bin uboot.img

Flash the uboot.img to offset 0x4000 which is stage 3;

Trust

When using idbLoader from Rockchip miniloader, need package bl31.bin into miniloader loadable format by Rockchip tool trustmerge.

tools/trustmerge tools/rk_tools/RKTRUST_RKXXXXTRUST.ini

Flash the trust.img to offset 0x6000 which is for using Rockchip miniloader

boot.img

This image is package the kernel Image and dtb file into a know filesystem(FAT or EXT2) image for distro boot.

See Install kernel for detail about generate boot.img from kernel zImage/Image, dtb.

Flash the boot.img to offset 0x8000 which is stage 4.

rootfs.img

Flash the rootfs.img to offset 0x40000 which is stage 5. As long as the kernel you chosen can support that filesystem, there is not limit in the format of the image.

rkxx_loader_vx.xx.xxx.bin

This is provide by Rockchip in binary mode, which is used for firmware upgrade to eMMC with rkdeveloptool, can not be wirte to media device directly.

This is a package from ddr.bin, usbplug.bin, miniloader.bin, Rockchip tool DB command will make usbplug.bin running in target which perform as a Rockusb device. You can skip to package this image, Rockchip will offer this image at the most of time.

Flash and boot from Media device

Here we introduce how to write image to different Medeia device.

Get image Ready:

  • For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled:
    • idbLoader.img
    • boot.img or boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside
    • rootfs.img
  • For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled:
    • idbspl.img
    • u-boot.bin
    • boot.img or boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside
    • rootfs.img
  • For armv7 with miniloader
    • idbLoader.img
    • uboot.img
    • boot.img or boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside
    • rootfs.img
  • For armv8 with SPL:
    • idbspl.img
    • bl3.itb
    • boot.img or boot folder with Image, dtb and exitlinulx inside
    • rootfs.img
  • For armv8 with miniloader
    • idbLoader.img
    • uboot.img
    • trust.img
    • boot.img or boot folder with Image, dtb and exitlinulx inside
    • rootfs.img

 

 

 

Boot from eMMC

The eMMC is on the hardware board, so we need:

Example commands for flash image to target.

Flash the gpt partition to target:

rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool gpt parameter_gpt.txt
  • For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288):
rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbloader.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
rkdeveloptool rd
  • For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled(rk3288):
rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbspl.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x200 u-boot.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
rkdeveloptool rd
  • For armv7 with miniloader(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288)
rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbloader.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 uboot.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
rkdeveloptool rd
  • For armv8 with SPL(rk3399):
rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbspl.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x200 bl3.itb
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
rkdeveloptool rd
  • For armv8 with miniloader(rk3399, rk3328)
rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbloader.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 uboot.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x6000 trust.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
rkdeveloptool rd

 

 

Boot from SD/TF Card

We can write SD/TF card with Linux PC dd command very easily.

Insert SD card to PC and we assume the /dev/sdb is the SD card device.

  • For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288):
dd if=idbloader.img of=sdb seek=64
dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
  • For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled(rk3288):
dd if=idbspl.img of=sdb seek=64
dd if=u-boot.bin of=sdb seek=512
dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
  • For armv7 with miniloader(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288)
dd if=idbloader.img of=sdb seek=64
dd if=uboot.img of=sdb seek=16384
dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
  • For armv8 with SPL(rk3399):
dd if=idbspl.img of=sdb seek=64
dd if=bl3.itb of=sdb seek=512
dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
  • For armv8 with miniloader(rk3399, rk3328)
dd if=idbloader.img of=sdb seek=64
dd if=uboot.img of=sdb seek=16384
dd if=trust.img of=sdb seek=24576
dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144

In order to make sure everything has write to SD card before unpluged, recommand to run below command:

sync

Note, when using boot from SD card, need to update the kernel cmdline(which is in extlinux.conf) for the correct root value.

append  earlyprintk console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/mmcblk1p7 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init

Write GPT partition table to SD card in U-Boot, and then U-Boot can find the boot partition and run into kernel.

gpt write mmc 0 $partitions

 

Boot from U-Disk

Same as boot-from-sdcard, but please note that U-Disk only support stage 4 and 5, see Boot Stage for detail.

If U-Disk used for stage 4 and 5, format the U-Disk in gpt format and at least 2 partitions, write boot.img and rootfs.img in those partitions;

if U-Dist is only used for stage 5, we can dd the rootfs.img to U-Disk device directly.

Note, need to update the kernel cmdline(which is in extlinux.conf) for the correct root value.

    append  earlyprintk console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/sda1 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init

Boot from Network

 

 

See also

rkdeveloptool

rockusb

Rockchip Linux partition definition