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== Debian U-bootm, kernel netboot == = Placing U-Boot file on the micro-SD card =
Format the micro-SD card and create partitions and filesystem.
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dd if=u-boot.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1K seek=1
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== Debian U-Boot, kernel netboot ==

This page is work in progress, please do not edit, until I remove this notice.

Debian buster U-Boot network installation to PC Utilite Pro

This manual explains how to install Debian buster on the internal SSD drive of the "Utilite Pro" device, made by CompuLab. Archived version of the official Utilite website is visible on Archive.org. Wheezy installation for Utilite is described here.

First step is to partition the micro-SD card, upgrade U-boot to newer release and netinstall Debian buster. Followed by writing/burning the updated U-Boot to internal SPI flash of the Utilite device (carefull with this step), and eventually U-Booting Debian over console from internal SSD drive.

Shell environment to use # for root shell, and $ for user shell.

Serial console connection

First get serial connection working to be able to connect to Utilite/U-boot console.

screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200

Device name can also be /dev/ttyS0

Download Debian armhf ISO image

You can download Debian armhf ISO image from Debian cdimage depository. The downloadaded filename used in this installation was debian-10.3.0-armhf-netinst.iso.

Starting

Install required Debian packages. Git clone the U-boot depository and compile cm-fx6 firmware image. Place it on micro-SD card.

# apt install -y build-essential gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf bison flex bc git
$ git clone https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git
$ cd u-boot
$ git checkout v2020.01
$ export ARCH=arm
$ export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
$ make cm_fx6_defconfig
$ make
$ tools/mkimage -n spl/u-boot-spl.cfgout -T imximage -e 0x908000 -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin spl.img
# dd if=/dev/zero of=cm-fx6-firmware bs=64K count=1
# dd if=spl.img of=cm-fx6-firmware bs=1K seek=1 conv=notrunc
# dd if=u-boot.img of=cm-fx6-firmware bs=1K seek=64 conv=notrunc

Placing U-Boot file on the micro-SD card

Format the micro-SD card and create partitions and filesystem.

dd if=u-boot.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1K seek=1

Debian U-Boot, kernel netboot

Netboot initrd kernel image. Plug in the ethernet cable into one of the Utilite ethernet's ports, to continue with the installation.

# load mmc 2:1 0x12000000 install.ahf/vmlinuz
# load mmc 2:1 0x13000000 install.ahf/netboot/initrd.gz
# load mmc 2:1 0x18000000 install.ahf/device-tree/imx6q-utilite-pro.dtb
# setenv bootargs console=ttymxc3,115200 ${video}
# bootz 0x12000000 0x13000000:0x164707d 0x18000000

Testing SSD drive boot

# sata init
# load sata 0:1 0x12000000 vmlinuz
# load sata 0:1 0x13000000 initrd.img
# load sata 0:2 0x18000000 usr/lib/linux-image-4.19.0-8-armmp/imx6q-utilite-pro.dtb
# setenv bootargs console=ttymxc3,115200 root=/dev/sda2 ro rootwait ${video}
# bootz 0x12000000 0x13000000:0x139535e 0x18000000

Writing new U-boot version on the internal SPI flash

Be carefull here, this can result into a bricked SPI flash (bricked Utilite) !!! This step is not obligatory, because you can always U-boot with micro-SD card

# load mmc 2:1 0x12000000 cm-fx6-firmware

613110 bytes read in 67 ms (8.7 MiB/s)

# sf probe 0

SF: Detected sst25vf016b with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 2 MiB

# sf erase 0x0 0xc0000

SF: 786432 bytes @ 0x0 Erased: OK

# sf write 0x12000000 0x0 0x95af6

evice 0 offset 0x0, size 0x95af6 SF: 613110 bytes @ 0x0 Written: OK

Power off / Power on the Utilite

Resetting the U-boot parameters

# env default -a
# setenv bootdelay 60
# saveenv

Final SSD drive boot

Connect serial console, when you want to boot the operating system, and type in the commands below.

# sata init
# load sata 0:1 0x12000000 vmlinuz
# load sata 0:1 0x13000000 initrd.img
# load sata 0:2 0x18000000 usr/lib/linux-image-4.19.0-8-armmp/imx6q-utilite-pro.dtb
# setenv bootargs console=ttymxc3,115200 root=/dev/sda2 ro rootwait ${video}
# bootz 0x12000000 0x13000000:0x139535e 0x18000000

Errors

There is a repeated dmesg USB error message, repeated every 2 seconds. I don't know how to fix or ignore that. It's not affecting the functionality of the device.

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