1 U-Boot for the Freescale i.MX6q SabreLite board
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4 This file contains information for the port of U-Boot to the Freescale
5 i.MX6q SabreLite board.
11 To build U-Boot for the SabreLite board:
13 make mx6qsabrelite_config
20 The SabreLite boards boot from the SPI NOR flash. These boards need their SPI
21 to be reflashed with a small SD card loader to support boot from SD card. The
22 board will still boot from SPI NOR, but the loader will in turn request the
23 BootROM to load the U-Boot from SD card.
25 The SD card loader is available from
27 https://wiki.linaro.org/Boards/MX6QSabreLite
29 This is provided under a open-source 3-clause BSD license.
31 To following procedure can be used to update the SPI-NOR on the SabreLite
34 1. Write this SD card loader onto a large SD card using:
36 sudo dd if=iMX6DQ_SPI_to_uSDHC3.bin of=/dev/sXx
38 Note: Replace sXx with the device representing the SD card in your system.
40 Note: This writes SD card loader at address 0
42 2. Put this SD card into the slot for the large SD card (SD3 on the bottom of
43 the board). Make sure SW1 switch is at position "00", so that it can boot
46 3. Power-up the SabreLite, press 'space' to enter command mode in the U-Boot
47 (the default one the board is shipped with, starting from the SPI NOR) and
48 enter the following commands:
50 MX6Q SABRELITE U-Boot > mmc dev 0
51 MX6Q SABRELITE U-Boot > mmc read 0x10800000 0 200
52 MX6Q SABRELITE U-Boot > sf probe
53 MX6Q SABRELITE U-Boot > sf erase 0 0x40000
54 MX6Q SABRELITE U-Boot > sf write 0x10800000 0 0x40000
56 4. Write the u-boot.imx produced during the U-Boot build to the SD card:
58 sudo dd if=u-boot.imx of=/dev/sXx bs=512 seek=2 && sudo sync
60 Note: Replace sXx with the device representing the SD card in your system.
62 5. Re-insert the SD card back in the slot for the large SD card and power-cycle
65 Note: The board now boots from full size SD3 on the bottom of the board. NOT
66 the micro SD4/BOOT slot on the top of the board. I.e. you have to use
69 This information originally taken from:
71 https://wiki.linaro.org/Boards/MX6QSabreLite
77 The SabreLite board can also boot U-Boot directly from the SPI NOR flash:
79 1. Power-up the SabreLite, press 'space' to enter command mode in the U-Boot
80 and enter the following commands:
83 => mmc read 0x10800000 0x400 0x80000
86 => sf write 0x10800000 0x400 0x80000
88 Note: This procedure assumes you have booted using the desired U-Boot from an
89 SD card as prepared in the previous section. Alternative mechanisms, such
90 as using tftpboot to copy an alternative U-Boot image into memory can
97 In case you somehow do not succeed with this procedure you can upload U-Boot
100 1. Download and install the imx_loader following the instructions provided:
102 https://github.com/boundarydevices/imx_usb_loader
104 2. Connect the board to USB via the USB OTG port.
106 3. Make sure SW1 switch is at position "01", so that it can boot from USB OTG.
108 4. Power-up the SabreLite and run the imx_loader to upload the U-Boot image:
110 sudo imx_usb u-boot.imx
112 Note: This will upload and run the U-Boot image in memory, the SPI will not be
113 reprogrammed and this procedure will need to be repeated if the board is
116 5. Use one of previous descriptions to re-flash the SPI-NOR as required.
118 6. Ensure SW1 is returned to "00" to boot from the fuses once done.