Changes between Version 23 and Version 24 of newport/firmware


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Timestamp:
06/10/2020 03:43:36 PM (5 years ago)
Author:
Tim Harvey
Comment:

added info about ext4write requiring metadata_csum disabled

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  • newport/firmware

    v23 v24  
    174174 * Note that ARM64 Linux does not support self-extracting compressed kernels which is why we use a FIT image which allows U-Boot to do the decompression and data verification.
    175175
    176 Updating just the kernel.itb (FIT Image) can be done with {{{tftpboot}}} and {{{fatwrite}}}:
     176Updating just the kernel.itb (FIT Image) can be done with {{{tftpboot}}} and {{{ext4write}}}:
    177177{{{#!bash
    178178# choose device (0 for boot device, 1 for alternate device)
    … …  
    183183tftpboot $loadaddr newport.scr && ext4write mmc $dev:2 $loadaddr /boot/newport.scr $filesize
    184184}}}
     185 - Note that your ext4 filesystem must not have checksums enabled (metadata_csum, a feature added to newer e2fsprogs) as U-Boot does not support this in ext4write. This is disabled in the ext4 filesystem creation script in the newport BSP (newport/mkfs) for convenience.
    185186
    186187==== Updating just the boot firmware ====