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[FAQ] PROCESSOR-SDK-DRA8X-TDA4X: Boot uboot from EMMC

PROCESSOR-SDK-DRA8X-TDA4X: Boot device as EMMC

Amit Kamath
Intellectual 800 points

Part Number: PROCESSOR-SDK-DRA8X-TDA4X

Hi Ti,

Can you mention steps required for booting completely from secondary media.

With steps given in "https://e2e.ti.com/support/processors/f/791/p/886980/3282433#3282433

  • 0
    TI__Guru*** 142470 points

    Hi Amit,

    Once you boot from eMMC. From u-boot prompt:

    gpt write mmc 0 ${partitions}

    The above creates a partition. Now boot to kernel using SD card.

    In kernel you should be able to see /dev/mmcblk0p1

    In kernel Make a ext4 fs using:

    mkfs.ext4 /dev/mmcblk0p1

    mkdir rootfs

    mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 rootfs

    Now untar tisdk-rootfs-image-j7-evm.tar.xz which is present in the filesystem folder of SDK.(Make sure you copy tisdk-rootfs-image-j7-evm.tar.xz to SD card filesystem so that you can tar that to rootfs)

    cp tisdk-rootfs-image-j7-evm.tar.xz rootfs
    cd rootfs
    tar -xvf tisdk-rootfs-image-j7-evm.tar.xz

    This should create the needed fs in eMMC.

    Now get back to eMMC dip switch settings:
    Your bootargs should reflect root=/dev/mmcblk0p1.

    That should get rootfs from eMMC.

    - Keerthy



  • 0 in reply to Keerthy J
    TI__Guru*** 142470 points

    Amit,

    If this unblocks you could you please resolve this one?

    - Keerthy

  • 0 in reply to Keerthy J
    Intellectual 800 points

    Hi Keerthy

    I followed the steps given above but i am seeing below error:

    no mmc device at slot 1
    SD/MMC found on device 1
    libfdt fdt_check_header(): FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC
    No FDT memory address configured. Please configure
    the FDT address via "fdt addr <address>" command.
    Aborting!
    Bad Linux ARM64 Image magic!

    Does this mean the uboot is not detecting emmc partition itself ?

    Best regards

    Amit

  • 0 in reply to Amit Kamath
    TI__Guru*** 142470 points

    Amit,

    Please give the full log. Which command failed and at which step.

    Once you boot to u-boot prompt using eMMC.

    Step 1: gpt write mmc 0 ${partitions}

    Then switch back to SD boot.

    As requested earlier please mention which step failed and please provide full logs for better debug.

    Thanks,
    Keerthy

  • 0 in reply to Keerthy J
    Intellectual 800 points

    Hi Keerthy,

    1. There is no errors in any of the above command.

    2. i dont understand how "gpt write mmc 0 ${partitions}" should boot from emmc. Can you explain a bit.

    3. Also can you tell what is the bootcmd you use for booting from emmc.

    4. If i boot from SD card i am able to see the emmc rootfs partition with the correct data.

    Best regards

    Amit

  • 0 in reply to Amit Kamath
    TI__Guru*** 142470 points

    Hi Amit,

    Please find all my answers inline.

    1) That is good to hear.
    2) No no that was just to create partition.
    4) Nice!

    3) Once you boot to u-boot prompt using eMMC boot mode do the following:

    a) mmc dev 0

    b) ext4ls mmc 0:1 /boot

    With the above step you should see all the files in the boot folder of your eMMC filesystem that you saw in step 4.
    I see something like below:

    ext4ls mmc 0:1 /boot
    <DIR> 4096 .
    <DIR> 4096 ..
    17539168 vmlinux-4.19.94-g5a23bc00e0
    4250 k3-j721e-vision-apps.dtbo
    3779 k3-j721e-common-proc-board-infotainment.dtbo
    16933888 arago-tiny-image-j7-evm.cpio
    813 k3-j721e-pcie-backplane.dtbo
    <SYM> 30 vmlinux.gz
    99826 k3-j721e-proc-board-tps65917.dtb
    13600776 Image
    101860 k3-j721e-common-proc-board.dtb
    3180 k3-j721e-common-proc-board-jailhouse.dtbo
    13338632 Image-4.19.94-g5a23bc00e0
    7146581 vmlinux.gz-4.19.94-g5a23bc00e0
    1867 k3-j721e-common-proc-board-infotainment-display-sharing.dtbo

    c) Boot args:

    setenv bootargs console=ttyS2,115200n8 earlycon=ns16550a,mmio32,0x02800000 vm.overcommit_ratio=5 vm.overcommit_memory=2 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 ip=dhcp
    setenv bootcmd "setenv autoload no;ext4load mmc 0:1 0x82000000 /boot/Image;ext4load mmc 0:1 0x81200000 /boot/k3-j721e-common-proc-board.dtb; booti 0x82000000 - 0x81200000"
    saveenv
    boot

    With that you should boot Linux Prompt. I tried it myself on my J7 board.

    Let me know if you are able to proceed.

    Best Regards,
    Keerthy

  • 0 in reply to Keerthy J
    Intellectual 610 points

    Hi Keerthy

    As I do not have SD card.

    Now,i can boot uboot form emmc successful.i boot kernel and dtb from tftp/nfs service(nfs mount systemfile).

    Enter into system,i do mkfs.ext4 /dev/mmcblk0p1 or mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 rootfs,the system will down.

    why?

  • 0 in reply to user5113467
    TI__Guru*** 142470 points

    Hi,

    If you scroll this thread up you can see my responses.

    Once you are on u-boot prompt.

    gpt write mmc 0 ${partitions}

    The above creates a partition. Now boot to kernel using NFS filesystem.

    In kernel you should be able to see /dev/mmcblk0p1

    In kernel Make a ext4 fs using:

    mkfs.ext4 /dev/mmcblk0p1

    mkdir rootfs

    mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 rootfs

    Now untar tisdk-rootfs-image-j7-evm.tar.xz which is present in the filesystem folder of SDK.(Make sure you copy tisdk-rootfs-image-j7-evm.tar.xz to SD card filesystem so that you can tar that to rootfs)

    cp tisdk-rootfs-image-j7-evm.tar.xz rootfs
    cd rootfs
    tar -xvf tisdk-rootfs-image-j7-evm.tar.xz

    This should create the needed fs in eMMC.

    - Keerthy

  • 0 in reply to Keerthy J
    Intellectual 610 points

    I understand，but perhaps because mount filesystem from nfs service.As long as I do something in mmcblk0p1,the board will down