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= Boot introduce =
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First, let's make the concept clear, there are many boot stages when we boot up a Linux OS;
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Then we need to know about how the image should packaged, where the image locate;
  
 
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At last, we will explain how to write to different media and boot from there.
  
= Boot introduce =
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Here is Rockchip pre-released binaries which may be mentioned later:
  
 
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[https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin]
  
First, let's make the concept clear, there are many boot stages when we boot up a Linux OS;
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And [http://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Partitions Rockcip Linux GPT partition] here.
  
Then we need to know about how the image should packaged, where the image locate;
 
  
At lase, we will explain how to write to different media and boot from there.
 
  
== Boot stage ==
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== Boot flow ==
  
 
Here is a table show the detail what we may use in Rockchip platform, for 2 boot stage:
 
Here is a table show the detail what we may use in Rockchip platform, for 2 boot stage:
  
- optionally can use U-Boot SPL;
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- use U-Boot SPL;
  
-  or use Rockchp idbLoader which is combinded by Rockchip ddr init bin and miniloader bin;
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- use Rockchp idbLoader which is combinded by Rockchip ddr init bin and miniloader bin;
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<pre>+--------+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+
| Boot  | Terminology #1 | Actual  | Rockchip |
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| Boot  | Terminology #1 | Actual  | Rockchip   | Image  |
| stage  |                | program  |  Loader  |
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| stage  |                | program  |  Image      | Location|
| number |                | name    |  Name   |
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| number |                | name    |  Name     | (sector)|
+--------+----------------+----------+-----------+
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+--------+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+
| 1      |  Primary      | ROM code | BootRom   |
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| 1      |  Primary      | ROM code | BootRom     |        |
|        |  Program      |          |           |
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|        |  Program      |          |             |        |
|        |  Loader        |          |           |
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|        |  Loader        |          |             |        |
|        |                |          |           |
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|        |                |          |             |        |
| 2      |  Secondary    | U-Boot  | idbLoader | 0x40
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| 2      |  Secondary    | U-Boot  |idbloader.img| 0x40   |including u-boot if not use miniloader
|        |  Program      | SPL      |           |
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|        |  Program      | SPL      |idbspl.img  |        |
|        |  Loader (SPL)  |          |           |
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|        |  Loader (SPL)  |          |             |        |
|        |                |          |           |
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|        |                |          |             |        |
| 3      |  -            | U-Boot  |  U-Boot   | 0x4000
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| 3      |  -            | U-Boot  | u-boot.itb  | 0x4000 | including u-boot and atf
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|        |                |          | u-boot.bin  |        |
|        |                |          |           |
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|        |                |          | uboot.img   |         | only used with miniloader
| 4      |  -            | kernel  |  kernel  | 0x8000
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|        |                |          |             |        |
|        |                |          |           |
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|        |                | ATF      | trust.img  | 0x6000  | only used with miniloader for armv8
| 5      |  -            | rootfs  |  rootfs  | 0x40000
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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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*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 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;  
 
*Boot from net/tftp means firmeware for stage 4 and 5(not including SPL and U-Boot) on the network;  
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[[File:Rockchip bootflow.jpg|1000x1000px|Rockchip bootflow.jpg]]
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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;
  
 
== Package option ==
 
== Package option ==
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*From source code:  
 
*From source code:  
**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 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,  
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**From kernel: kernel '''Image/zImage''' file, kernel dtb,  
**From ATF: bl31.bin;   
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**From ATF: '''bl31.elf''';   
 
*From Rockchip binary:  
 
*From Rockchip binary:  
**ddr, usbplug, miniloader, bl31, (all with&nbsp;chip 'rkxx_'&nbsp; prefix and with version '_x.xx.bin' postfix);   
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**ddr, usbplug, miniloader, bl31/op-tee, (all with&nbsp;chip 'rkxx_'&nbsp; prefix and with version '_x.xx.bin' postfix);   
  
Here are the types to&nbsp;package image from those files:
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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:
  
=== idbspl.img ===
 
  
U-Boot SPL, with&nbsp;SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option '''disabled'''.
 
<pre>mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin idbspl.img</pre>
 
  
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).
 
  
=== idbloader.img ===
 
  
U-Boot SPL, with&nbsp;SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option '''enabled''':
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=== The Pre-bootloader ===
<pre>tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin idbloader.img
 
cat u-boot.bin >> idbloader.img</pre>
 
  
Flash the idbloader.img to offset 0x40 which including boot stage 2 and 3.
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==== Rockchip Miniloader ====
  
 
Package the image from Rockchip binary:
 
Package the image from Rockchip binary:
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No need to package a idbloader for eMMC because you can use below command to write idbloader from loader:
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<pre>rkdeveloptool db rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin
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rkdeveloptool ul rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin</pre>
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For SD boot, you need a idbloader(combinded with ddr and miniloader) to write to SD card.
 
<pre>tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin idbloader.img
 
<pre>tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin idbloader.img
cat rkxx_miniloader_vx.xx.bin >> idbloader.img</pre>
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cat rkxx_miniloader_vx.xx.bin >> idbloader.img
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</pre>
  
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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==== idbloader.img with tpl/spl ====
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<pre>tools/mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d tpl/u-boot-tpl.bin idbloader.img
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cat spl/u-boot-spl.bin >> idbloader.img
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</pre>
  
=== bl3.itb ===
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==== idbspl.img ====
  
When using SPL to load the ATF, package the bl31.bin, u-boot-nodtb.bin and uboot.dtb into one FIT image.
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U-Boot SPL support ddr init and load data for next stage, only available in rk3399 now.
<pre>tools/mkimage -f fit4spl.its -E bl3.itb
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<pre>mkimage -n rkxxxx -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin idbspl.img
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
Flash the bl3.itb to offset 0x200, while&nbsp;need idbspl.img flasht to offset 0x40.
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Flash the idbloader.img/idbspl.img&nbsp;to offset 0x40 which including stage 2, and you will need a uboot.img for boot stage 3.
  
=== uboot.img ===
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=== U-Boot ===
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==== uboot.img ====
  
 
When using idbLoader from&nbsp;Rockchip miniloader, need package u-boot.bin into miniloader loadable format by Rockchip tool loaderimage.
 
When using idbLoader from&nbsp;Rockchip miniloader, need package u-boot.bin into miniloader loadable format by Rockchip tool loaderimage.
 
<pre>tools/loaderimage --pack --uboot u-boot.bin uboot.img</pre>
 
<pre>tools/loaderimage --pack --uboot u-boot.bin uboot.img</pre>
  
Flash the uboot.img to offset 0x4000 which is stage 3;
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&nbsp;
  
=== trust.img ===
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==== u-boot.itb ====
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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.
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<pre>make u-boot.itb
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</pre>
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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).
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=== Trust ===
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==== trust.img ====
  
 
When using idbLoader from&nbsp;Rockchip miniloader, need package bl31.bin into miniloader loadable format by Rockchip tool trustmerge.
 
When using idbLoader from&nbsp;Rockchip miniloader, need package bl31.bin into miniloader loadable format by Rockchip tool trustmerge.
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Flash the trust.img to offset 0x6000 which is for using Rockchip miniloader
 
Flash the trust.img to offset 0x6000 which is for using Rockchip miniloader
 
=== rkxx_loader_vx.xx.xxx.bin ===
 
 
This is provide by Rockchip in binary mode, which is used for firmware upgrade to eMMC with [[Rkdevelptool|rkdeveloptool]].
 
  
 
=== boot.img ===
 
=== boot.img ===
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=== rootfs.img ===
 
=== rootfs.img ===
  
Flash the rootfs.img to offset 0x40000 which is stage 5.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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= Flash and boot from Media device =
 
= Flash and boot from Media device =
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*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled:  
 
*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled:  
 
**idbspl.img  
 
**idbspl.img  
**uboot.bin  
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**u-boot.bin  
 
**boot.img or boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside  
 
**boot.img or boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside  
 
**rootfs.img   
 
**rootfs.img   
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**idbspl.img  
 
**idbspl.img  
 
**bl3.itb  
 
**bl3.itb  
**boot.img or&nbsp;boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside  
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**boot.img or&nbsp;boot folder with Image, dtb and exitlinulx inside  
 
**rootfs.img   
 
**rootfs.img   
 
*For armv8 with miniloader  
 
*For armv8 with miniloader  
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**uboot.img  
 
**uboot.img  
 
**trust.img  
 
**trust.img  
**boot.img or&nbsp;boot folder with zImage, dtb and exitlinulx inside  
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**boot.img or&nbsp;boot folder with Image, dtb and exitlinulx inside  
 
**rootfs.img   
 
**rootfs.img   
 
  
  
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*Get the board into [[Rockusb#Maskrom_mode|maskrom mode]];  
 
*Get the board into [[Rockusb#Maskrom_mode|maskrom mode]];  
 
*Connect the target to PC with USB cable;  
 
*Connect the target to PC with USB cable;  
*Flash the image to eMMC with [[Rkdevelptool|rkdeveloptool]]  
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*Flash the image to eMMC with [[Rkdeveloptool|rkdeveloptool]]  
  
 
Example commands for flash image to target.
 
Example commands for flash image to target.
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Flash the gpt partition to target:
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px;">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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rkdeveloptool gpt parameter_gpt.txt</pre>
  
 
*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288):  
 
*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option enabled(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288):  
<pre style="margin-left: 40px;">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbLoader.img
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbloader.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
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*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled(rk3288):  
 
*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled(rk3288):  
<pre style="margin-left: 40px;">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbspl.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbspl.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x200 uboot.bin
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 u-boot.bin
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
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*For armv7 with miniloader(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288)  
 
*For armv7 with miniloader(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288)  
<pre style="margin-left: 40px;">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbLoader.img
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rkdeveloptool ul rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 uboot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 uboot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
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rkdeveloptool rd
 
rkdeveloptool rd
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
 
&nbsp;
 
  
 
*For armv8 with SPL(rk3399):  
 
*For armv8 with SPL(rk3399):  
<pre style="margin-left: 40px;">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbspl.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbspl.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x200 bl3.itb
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rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 bl3.itb
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
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*For armv8 with miniloader(rk3399, rk3328)  
 
*For armv8 with miniloader(rk3399, rk3328)  
<pre style="margin-left: 40px;">rkdeveloptool db
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbLoader.img
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rkdeveloptool ul rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 uboot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 uboot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x6000 trust.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x6000 trust.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
 
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img
rkdeveloptool r</pre>
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rkdeveloptool rd
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</pre>
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== Boot from SD/TF Card ==
 
== Boot from SD/TF Card ==
  
=== Creating Image ===
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We can write SD/TF card with Linux PC ''dd'' command very easily.
  
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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Insert SD card to PC and we assume the /dev/sdb is the SD card device.
<pre>tools/mkimage -n rk3288 -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl-dtb.bin uboot-spl.img
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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>
  
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*For armv7 with SPL with SPL_BACK_TO_BROM option disabled(rk3288):
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">dd if=idbspl.img of=sdb seek=64
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dd if=u-boot.bin of=sdb seek=16384
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dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
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dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
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</pre>
  
=== <br/> <var>build boot.img</var> ===
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*For armv7 with miniloader(rk3036, rk3188, rk3288)
<pre>sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=boot.img bs=1M count=128
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">dd if=idbloader.img of=sdb seek=64
sudo mkfs.fat boot.img
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dd if=uboot.img of=sdb seek=16384
mkdir boot
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dd if=boot.img of=sdb seek=32768
sudo mount  boot.img boot
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dd if=rootfs.img of=sdb seek=262144
sudo cp zImage boot
 
sudo cp rk3288-fennec.dtb boot
 
sudo mkdir boot/extlinux
 
sudo cp extlinux.conf boot/extlinux
 
sudo umount boot
 
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
Download rootfs image and rename it
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*For armv8 with SPL(rk3399):
<pre>mv linaro-rootfs.img rootfs.img
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<pre style="margin-left: 40px">dd if=idbspl.img of=sdb seek=64
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dd if=bl3.itb of=sdb seek=16384
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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>
  
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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>
  
=== Making a SD Card for updating ===
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In order to make sure everything has write to SD card before unpluged, recommand to run below command:
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<pre>sync</pre>
  
Download&nbsp;[https://github.com/wzyy2/rk-initrd-build ramdisk source]&nbsp;and build.
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Note, when using boot from SD card, need to update the kernel cmdline(which is in extlinux.conf) for the correct ''root ''value.
<pre>sh ./mk-initrd.sh
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<pre>append  earlyprintk console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/mmcblk1p7 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
Format SD card
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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.
<pre>chen@chen-HP-ProDesk-680-G1-TWR:~/work/linaro-alip/ramdisk/update$ sudo gdisk /dev/sdb
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<pre>gpt write mmc 0 $partitions
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8
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</pre>
  
Partition table scan:
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== Boot from U-Disk ==
  MBR: protective
 
  BSD: not present
 
  APM: not present
 
  GPT: present
 
  
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
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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.
 
 
Command (? for help): o
 
This option deletes all partitions and creates a new protective MBR.
 
Proceed? (Y/N): y
 
 
 
Command (? for help): n
 
Partition number (1-128, default 1): 1
 
First sector (34-126613470, default = 2048) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 8192
 
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
 
 
 
Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
 
PARTITIONS!!
 
 
 
Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
 
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/sdc.
 
Warning: The kernel is still using the old partition table.
 
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
 
The operation has completed successfully.
 
</pre>
 
<pre>sudo umount /dev/sdb1
 
sudo mkfs.fat /dev/sdb1
 
</pre>
 
<pre>tools/mkimage -n rk3288 -T rksd -d spl/u-boot-spl-dtb.bin out&&
 
sudo dd if=out of=/dev/sdb seek=64&&sudo dd if=u-boot-dtb.img of=/dev/sdb seek=256
 
</pre>
 
  
Copy zimage, dts and ramdisk to /dev/sdb1
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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;
<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
 
cp ../rk-initrd-build/initrd.img /media/chen/9F35-9565/
 
</pre>
 
  
Add extlinux/extlinux.conf to /dev/sdb1
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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
 
    kernel /zImage
 
    fdt /rk3288-fennec.dtb
 
    initrd /initrd.img
 
    append  earlyprintk console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/ram0 rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init ramdisk_size=49152
 
</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
+
Note, need to update the kernel cmdline(which is in extlinux.conf) for the correct ''root ''value.
<pre>mkdir /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
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<pre>   append  earlyprintk console=ttyS2,115200n8 rw root=/dev/sda1 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 init=/sbin/init
cp u-boot-dtb.img /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
 
cp uboot-spl.img /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
 
cp boot.img /media/chen/9F35-9565/update
 
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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== Boot from Network ==
  
Boot the board and it will flash image to eMMC
+
To be continued.
  
&nbsp;
+
= See also =
  
== Boot from USB-Disk ==
+
[[Rkdeveloptool|rkdeveloptool]]
  
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.
+
[[Rockusb|rockusb]]
  
Difference:
+
[[Partitions|Rockchip Linux partition definition]]
<pre>label kernel-4.4
 
    kernel /zImage
 
    fdt /rk3288-fennec.dtb
 
    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>
 
 
 
= Boot from Network =
 
 
 
&nbsp;
 

Revision as of 03:47, 26 June 2018

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    | Image   |
| stage  |                | program  |  Image      | Location|
| number |                | name     |   Name      | (sector)|
+--------+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+
| 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  |         |
|        |                |          | uboot.img   |         | 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

Rockchip Miniloader

Package the image from Rockchip binary:

No need to package a idbloader for eMMC because you can use below command to write idbloader from loader:

rkdeveloptool db rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin
rkdeveloptool ul rkxx_ddr_vx.xx.bin

For SD boot, you need a idbloader(combinded with ddr and miniloader) to write to SD card.

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

idbloader.img with tpl/spl

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

idbspl.img

U-Boot SPL support ddr init and load data for next stage, only available in rk3399 now.

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

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

U-Boot

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

 

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).

Trust

trust.img

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 0x4000 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 ul rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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 0x4000 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 ul rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin
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=16384
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=16384
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

To be continued.

See also

rkdeveloptool

rockusb

Rockchip Linux partition definition