[TDA4VM] TDA4EVM network boot help

felix xu

Hi, in TDA4 TRM chapter 4, says that TDA4 support ethertnet boot.

I set up DHCP server and TFTP server, then toggle the boot mode to RGMII ethernet boot. Tcpdump shows everything is working fine, but after tftp server send tiboot3.bin to EVM, debug UART has no any log.

Is there some special configs for TDA4 boot from network? Or some special code patch is required?

I am using TDA4 EVM Alpha and SDK version ti-processor-sdk-linux-automotive-j7-evm-06_01_00_05 and psdk_rtos_auto_j7_06_01_00_15

My DHCP server sets boot file name to tiboo3.bin in its boot reply.

Thanks.

over 6 years ago

0 Anand Mahadevan SS over 6 years ago

TI__Expert 8165 points

Hi Felix,

I am not sure of the network boot support, I will assign this to an expert to get back to you.

Regards,
Anand

0 Nikhil Devshatwar over 6 years ago in reply to Anand Mahadevan SS

TI__Genius 9905 points

Hi,

ethernet boot mode is not supported in the SDK.

You can do a SD card boot for the tiboot3.bin and A72 u-boot images.

Later on, you can use the tftp / NFS for getting the binaries and filesystem over network.

Refer to documentation section 5.1.5 for details on NFS

Regards,

Nikhil D

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[TDA4VM] TDA4EVM network boot help