On 19/12/2024 08:43, Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 04:08:01PM +0200, Roger Quadros wrote:
Hello Roger,
On 18/12/2024 14:45, Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
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+DFU based boot +--------------
+To boot the board over DFU, set the switches to DFU mode and connect to the +USB type C DRD port on the board. After power-on the build artifacts needs to be +uploaded one by one with a tool like dfu-util.
+The initial ROM will have a DFU alt named `bootloader` for the initial R5 spl +upload. The next stages as exposed by U-Boot have target alts matching the name +of the artifacts, for these a USB reset has to be done after each upload.
+When using dfu-util the following commands can be used to boot to a U-Boot shell:
+.. prompt:: bash $
- dfu-util -a bootloader -D tiboot3.bin
- dfu-util -R -a tispl -D tispl.bin
- dfu-util -R -a u-boot.img -D u-boot.img
Is there a known reason why -R was not used for the first command but required in last two? What about if -R is not used for all 3 commands?
According to the "dfu-util" help menu, the "-R" option is defined as: "Issue USB Reset signalling once we're finished"
While the "-R" option is not required in the first stage / command, it is required in the next stages. Without "-R", the user would have to press "Ctrl+C" to proceed i.e. tispl.bin / u-boot.img are transferred / downloaded onto the device but not executed until user presses "Ctrl+C".
As to why "-R" is not required in the first stage, I suppose that ROM automatically executes tiboot3.bin after it has been transferred.
Thanks Siddharth for the clarification.