================ Android Fastboot ================ Overview ======== The protocol that is used over USB and UDP is described in ``doc/android/fastboot-protocol.txt``. The current implementation supports the following standard commands: - ``boot`` - ``continue`` - ``download`` - ``erase`` (if enabled) - ``flash`` (if enabled) - ``getvar`` - ``reboot`` - ``reboot-bootloader`` - ``set_active`` (only a stub implementation which always succeeds) The following OEM commands are supported (if enabled): - oem format - this executes ``gpt write mmc %x $partitions`` Support for both eMMC and NAND devices is included. Client installation =================== The counterpart to this is the fastboot client which can be found in Android's ``platform/system/core`` repository in the fastboot folder. It runs on Windows, Linux and OSX. The fastboot client is part of the Android SDK Platform-Tools and can be downloaded from: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools Board specific ============== USB configuration ----------------- The fastboot gadget relies on the USB download gadget, so the following options must be configured: :: CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DOWNLOAD CONFIG_USB_GADGET_VENDOR_NUM CONFIG_USB_GADGET_PRODUCT_NUM CONFIG_USB_GADGET_MANUFACTURER NOTE: The ``CONFIG_USB_GADGET_VENDOR_NUM`` must be one of the numbers supported by the fastboot client. The list of vendor IDs supported can be found in the fastboot client source code. General configuration --------------------- The fastboot protocol requires a large memory buffer for downloads. This buffer should be as large as possible for a platform. The location of the buffer and size are set with ``CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR`` and ``CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_SIZE``. These may be overridden on the fastboot command line using ``-l`` and ``-s``. Fastboot environment variables ============================== Partition aliases ----------------- Fastboot partition aliases can also be defined for devices where GPT limitations prevent user-friendly partition names such as "boot", "system" and "cache". Or, where the actual partition name doesn't match a standard partition name used commonly with fastboot. The current implementation checks aliases when accessing partitions by name (flash_write and erase functions). To define a partition alias add an environment variable similar to: ``fastboot_partition_alias_=`` for example: ``fastboot_partition_alias_boot=LNX`` Variable overrides ------------------ Variables retrived through ``getvar`` can be overridden by defining environment variables of the form ``fastboot.``. These are looked up first so can be used to override values which would otherwise be returned. Using this mechanism you can also return types for NAND filesystems, as the fully parameterised variable is looked up, e.g. ``fastboot.partition-type:boot=jffs2`` Boot command ------------ When executing the fastboot ``boot`` command, if ``fastboot_bootcmd`` is set then that will be executed in place of ``bootm ``. Partition Names =============== The Fastboot implementation in U-Boot allows to write images into disk partitions. Target partitions are referred on the host computer by their names. For GPT/EFI the respective partition name is used. For MBR the partitions are referred by generic names according to the following schema: Example: ``hda3``, ``sdb1``, ``usbda1`` The device type is as follows: * IDE, ATAPI and SATA disks: ``hd`` * SCSI disks: ``sd`` * USB media: ``usbd`` * MMC and SD cards: ``mmcsd`` * Disk on chip: ``docd`` * other: ``xx`` The device index starts from ``a`` and refers to the interface (e.g. USB controller, SD/MMC controller) or disk index. The partition index starts from ``1`` and describes the partition number on the particular device. Writing Partition Table ======================= Fastboot also allows to write the partition table to the media. This can be done by writing the respective partition table image to a special target "gpt" or "mbr". These names can be customized by defining the following configuration options: :: CONFIG_FASTBOOT_GPT_NAME CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MBR_NAME In Action ========= Enter into fastboot by executing the fastboot command in U-Boot for either USB: :: => fastboot usb 0 or UDP: :: => fastboot udp link up on port 0, speed 100, full duplex Using ethernet@4a100000 device Listening for fastboot command on 192.168.0.102 On the client side you can fetch the bootloader version for instance: :: $ fastboot getvar bootloader-version bootloader-version: U-Boot 2014.04-00005-gd24cabc finished. total time: 0.000s or initiate a reboot: :: $ fastboot reboot and once the client comes back, the board should reset. You can also specify a kernel image to boot. You have to either specify the an image in Android format *or* pass a binary kernel and let the fastboot client wrap the Android suite around it. On OMAP for instance you take zImage kernel and pass it to the fastboot client: :: $ fastboot -b 0x80000000 -c "console=ttyO2 earlyprintk root=/dev/ram0 mem=128M" boot zImage creating boot image... creating boot image - 1847296 bytes downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY [ 2.766s] booting... OKAY [ -0.000s] finished. total time: 2.766s and on the U-Boot side you should see: :: Starting download of 1847296 bytes ........................................................ downloading of 1847296 bytes finished Booting kernel.. ## Booting Android Image at 0x81000000 ... Kernel load addr 0x80008000 size 1801 KiB Kernel command line: console=ttyO2 earlyprintk root=/dev/ram0 mem=128M Loading Kernel Image ... OK OK Starting kernel ...