Boot Yocto image von SD Card in armStone MX8MP

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    Ich möchte gern mein eigene Yocto Image die in einem SD-Card ist als Image für den SBC booten.

    In der SD-Card ist kein Bootloader image? Nur ein Yocto image? Brauche ich denn ein U-Boot image für den spezifische Board? Soll diese U-Boot image in einer Partition von der SD-Card sein?

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    I would like to boot my Yocto image from SD-Card.

    There is no bootloader image in the SD-Card. Do I need a U-Boot specific to the board and should the U-Boot image be in a partition of the SD-Card?


    Our boards usually boot from the onboard eMMC, so the U-Boot image for the early startup is in the Bootpartition from the eMMC.


    If you want to boot your Yocto root filesystem and/or the Linux kernel with Device-Tree from the SD-Card, you can do so by entering some commands in U-Boot:

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    1. setenv mmcdev 2 // Sets the current mmc device for the following commands to SD-Card
    2. run .kernel_mmc // In boot process the kernel will be loaded from current mmc device (SD-Card now)
    3. run .fdt_mmc // Same for Device-Tree
    4. run .rootfs_mmc // Same for RootFS
    5. saveenv // Write the new environments into the eMMC, so they remain after a powercycle


    If you just want to boot your Yocto rootFS, you can leave out the commands run .kernel_mmc and run .fdt_mmc.

    If you want to set the boot medium to the eMMC again, you can do this with the same commands, just with setenv mmcdev 0.


    The U-Boot expects on the boot medium a FAT partition, which includes Device-Trees and the kernel image, and an ext4 partition, which contains the root filesystem. It may be that you need to edit the environments in the U-Boot, if your SD-Card has another partiton layout.


    I hope I could clarify the boot process for you.



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