How to use UUU to flash the iMX boards

How to use UUU to flash the iMX boards

原文地址：How to use UUU to flash the iMX boards - i.MXDev Blog  https://imxdev.gitlab.io/tutorial/How_to_use_UUU_to_flash_the_iMX_boards/  

UUU is the next version of MFGTools, a tool used to load the software on the RAM or flash it to a list of boot media supported by several i.MX boards. UUU is helpful for development or production environment.

 On This Page

• Introduction
• Installation
• How to use UUU for i.MX 8QXP MEK
  • Connect the board
  • Serial download mode
  • Download the image
  • UUU
  • Boot the board

Introduction

UUU stands for Universal Update Utility - also known as mfgtools 3.0.

It runs on Windows or Linux with the same look and feel, the source code is available on GitHub along with thedocumentation, the issue tracking system and the release artifacts.

Installation

The installation only requires copying the right set of files to one directory. The next table shows the minimum files needed to get UUU running on Linux or Windows.

How to use UUU for i.MX 8QXP MEK

The i.MX 8QXP MEK is shown in the following picture:

Connect the board

The first step is to connect all the needed cables to the board and power on the board.

• Connect the 12V/8.3A universal power supply between the outlet and connector J9
• Connect a USB type B cable between the computer and connector J11
• Connect a USB type C cable between the computer and connector J10

The power indication led is D2. To verify if the USB connections are right use the Linux command lsusb orUSBView on Windows.

The USB devices created are as in the following table:

If using on Windows, additional drivers may be needed. This link may help.

Serial download mode

The serial download mode is used to enable UUU to communicate with the i.MX SoC. The SoC enters serial download mode every time a boot media is not found. For example, if the board is configured to boot from SDCard, but there is no SDCard connected or the boot media does not have a valid bootloader copied into it.

In this example, the SW2 dip switch is set to 1100 (follow the instructions written on the board).

Download the image

In this example the image used is from L4.14.62_1.0.0_Beta release. For i.MX 8QXP MEK download the pre-built image from here (you must read and decide if you accept the license).

UUU

UUU uses scripts with the same API used in MFGTools. The L4.14.62_1.0.0_beta release pre-built image already includes some script examples, a README file for UUU and the default script uuu.auto which flashes the default pre-built fsl-image-validation-imx-imx8qxpmek.sdcard to eMMC.

The files related to UUU are listed with the following command:

$ unzip -l ~/Download/L4.14.62_1.0.0_beta_images_MX8QXPMEK.zip | grep uuu160  2018-10-18 05:40   README.uuu1775  2018-10-30 03:25   samples/uuu.xen526  2018-10-30 03:25   samples/example_spinor.uuu3171  2018-10-30 03:25   samples/example_kernel_emmc.uuu546  2018-10-30 03:25   samples/example_weimnor.uuu454  2018-10-30 03:25   samples/uuu.auto2795  2018-10-30 03:25   samples/example_kernel_nand.uuu434  2018-10-30 03:25   samples/example_sata.uuu591  2018-10-30 03:25   samples/uuu_sd_m4.auto570  2018-10-18 05:41   uuu.auto

The default use of UUU is to flash the eMMC using the pre-built image is show bellow:

$ cp ~/Download/uuu .
$ chmod a+x uuu
$ sudo ./uuu ~/Download/L4.14.62_1.0.0_beta_images_MX8QXPMEK.zip
uuu (Universal Update Utility) for nxp imx chips -- libuuu_1.1.108-0-g5a7bfd2Success 1    Failure 03:2    7/ 7   [Done                        ] FB: done

This command follows the instructions from uuu.auto automatically to flash the board.

The progress can be followed in the board console:

U-Boot 2018.03-imx_v2018.03_4.14.62_1.0.0_beta+g7fac6b9 (Oct 16 2018 - 07:03:51 +0000)CPU:   Freescale i.MX8QXP revB A35 at 1200 MHz at 27C
Model: Freescale i.MX8QXP MEK
Board: iMX8QXP MEK
Boot:  USB
DRAM:  3 GiB
TCPC:  Vendor ID [0x1fc9], Product ID [0x5110], Addr [I2C1 0x50]
MMC:   FSL_SDHC: 0, FSL_SDHC: 1
Loading Environment from MMC... Card did not respond to voltage select!
*** Warning - No block device, using default environmentFailed (-5)
[pcie_ctrlb_sata_phy_init_rc] LNK DOWN 8600000
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serialBuildInfo:- SCFW 07a6cccf, SECO-FW 31fabbff, IMX-MKIMAGE 7f7b5b25, ATF 30d73be- U-Boot 2018.03-imx_v2018.03_4.14.62_1.0.0_beta+g7fac6b9Card did not respond to voltage select!
Detect USB boot. Will enter fastboot mode!
Net:
Warning: ethernet@5b040000 (eth0) using random MAC address - 46:98:d2:ce:23:f0
eth0: ethernet@5b040000 [PRIME]
Warning: ethernet@5b050000 (eth1) using random MAC address - d2:ce:c7:57:a3:43
, eth1: ethernet@5b050000
Fastboot: Normal
Boot from USB for mfgtools
Use default environment for                              mfgtools
Run bootcmd_mfg: run mfgtool_args;if iminfo ${initrd_addr}; then if test ${tee} = yes; then bootm ${tee_addr} ${initrd_addr} ${fdt_addr}; else booti ${loadaddr} ${initrd_addr};
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0## Checking Image at 83100000 ...
Unknown image format!
Run fastboot ...
1 setufp mode 0
1 cdns3_uboot_initmode 0
Detect USB boot. Will enter fastboot mode!
flash target is MMC:1
Card did not respond to voltage select!
MMC card init failed!
Card did not respond to voltage select!
** Block device MMC 1 not supported
Detect USB boot. Will enter fastboot mode!
flash target is MMC:0
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0(part 0) is current device
status: -104 ep 'ep1in' trans: 0
Detect USB boot. Will enter fastboot mode!
Starting download of 16776232 bytes
..........................................................................
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downloading of 16776232 bytes finished
writing to partition 'all'
sparse flash target is mmc:0
writing to partition 'all' for sparse, buffer size 16776232
Flashing sparse image at offset 0
Flashing Sparse Image
........ wrote 16776192 bytes to 'all'
status: -104 ep 'ep1in' trans: 0
Starting download of 16776244 bytes
..........................................................................
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downloading of 16776244 bytes finished
writing to partition 'all'
sparse flash target is mmc:0
writing to partition 'all' for sparse, buffer size 16776244
Flashing sparse image at offset 0
Flashing Sparse Image
........ wrote 16776192 bytes to 'all'
Starting download of 16776244 bytes
..........................................................................
.....................................................
downloading of 16776244 bytes finished
writing to partition 'all'

Boot the board

Change the SW1 to 0010, reset the board, follow the output of serial console.