1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
2
3Apalis iMX8X V1.1A Module
4==========================
5
6Quick Start
7-----------
8
9- Build the ARM trusted firmware binary
10- Get scfw_tcm.bin and ahab-container.img
11- Build U-Boot
12- Load U-Boot binary using uuu
13- Flash U-Boot binary into the eMMC
14- Boot
15
16Get and Build the ARM Trusted Firmware
17--------------------------------------
18
19.. code-block:: bash
20
21    $ git clone -b toradex_imx_5.4.24_2.1.0 http://git.toradex.com/cgit/imx-atf.git
22    $ cd imx-atf/
23    $ make PLAT=imx8qx bl31
24
25Get scfw_tcm.bin and ahab-container.img
26---------------------------------------
27
28.. code-block:: bash
29
30    $ wget https://github.com/toradex/i.MX-System-Controller-Firmware/blob/master/src/scfw_export_mx8qx_b0/build_mx8qx_b0/mx8qx-apalis-scfw-tcm.bin
31    $ wget https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/NMG/MAD/YOCTO/imx-seco-3.6.3.bin
32    $ chmod +x imx-seco-3.6.3.bin
33    $ ./imx-seco-3.6.3.bin
34
35Copy the following binaries to the U-Boot folder:
36
37.. code-block:: bash
38
39    $ cp imx-atf/build/imx8qx/release/bl31.bin .
40    $ cp imx-seco-3.6.3/firmware/seco/mx8qxb0-ahab-container.img mx8qx-ahab-container.imx8_defconfig
41
42Build U-Boot
43------------
44.. code-block:: bash
45
46    $ make apalis-imx8x_defconfig
47    $ make u-boot-dtb.imx
48
49Load the U-Boot Binary Using UUU
50--------------------------------
51
52Get the latest version of the universal update utility (uuu) aka ``mfgtools 3.0``:
53
54https://community.nxp.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FNXPmicro%2Fmfgtools%2Freleases
55
56Put the module into USB recovery aka serial downloader mode, connect USB device
57to your host and execute uuu:
58
59.. code-block:: bash
60
61    sudo ./uuu u-boot/u-boot-dtb.imx
62
63Flash the U-Boot Binary into the eMMC
64-------------------------------------
65
66Burn the ``u-boot-dtb.imx`` binary to the primary eMMC hardware boot area
67partition and boot:
68
69.. code-block:: bash
70
71    load mmc 1:1 $loadaddr u-boot-dtb.imx
72    setexpr blkcnt ${filesize} + 0x1ff && setexpr blkcnt ${blkcnt} / 0x200
73    mmc dev 0 1
74    mmc write ${loadaddr} 0x0 ${blkcnt}
75