Rkdeveloptool

rkdeveloptool is a tool from Rockchip to communicate with Rockusb devices, consider to be a opensource version of upgrade_tool with very little difference.

 

Download rkdeveloptool

Get the source code for rkdeveloptool

git clone https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool.git

Build rkdeveloptool

First, install the libusb and udev. In Ubuntu, 

sudo apt-get install libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev dh-autoreconf

Then 

autoreconf -i
./configure
make
make install

 

If you encounter compile error like below

./configure: line 4269: syntax error near unexpected token `LIBUSB1,libusb-1.0'
./configure: line 4269: `PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBUSB1,libusb-1.0)'

You should install pkg-config libusb-1.0

sudo apt-get install pkg-config libusb-1.0 

Usage

Support commands

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Tool Usage ---------------------

Help:             -H
Version:          -V
DownloadBoot:    DB <Loader>
UpgradeLoader:    UL <Loader>
ReadLBA:        RL  <BeginSec> <SectorLen> <File>
WriteLBA:        WL  <BeginSec> <File>
WriteGPT:       GPT <parameter>
EraseFlash:        EF 
TestDevice:        TD
ResetDevice:    RD [subcode]
ReadFlashID:    RID
ReadFlashInfo:    RFI
ReadChipInfo:    RCI
-------------------------------------------------------
 

 

 

Flash image to target emmc

In order to flash image to target emmc, 

1. Make target  get into rockusb mode;
2. Connect target to Host PC via USB;
3. Write the image to the eMMC with tool command;

• use download boot command to make target init DRAM and run usbplug;

rkdeveloptool db rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin

• use wl command to write image to target, this step can be repeat for many times;

rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbLoader.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x4000 uboot.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x8000 boot.img
rkdeveloptool wl 0x40000 rootfs.img

• usb ul command to write idbloader into idb from rockchip loader

rkdeveloptool ul rkxx_loader_vx.xx.bin

NOTE: The ul command is the same operation with below command when using Rockchip miniloader, but using different source.

rkdeveloptool wl 0x40 idbLoader.img

NOTE2: The ul command in rkdeveloptool(ul= wl idbloader) is different with the command in upgrade_tool(ul = db + wl idbloader + rd).

• use gpt command to write gpt table with parameter_gpt.txt

rkdeveloptool gpt parameter_gpt.txt

• use rd comamnd to reset the target after image write complete

rkdeveloptool rd

 

See also

Rockchip Linux partitions definition

Boot_option

Rockusb