PandaBoard ES uboot howto - Revision history

Defiant: Added Panda Category this page may easier be found.

2012-01-31T07:47:50Z

Added Panda Category this page may easier be found.

2011-12-28T19:31:57Z

Added CROSS_COMPILE variable to u-boot build instructions

2011-12-27T21:38:05Z

2011-12-27T19:31:45Z

2011-12-27T10:43:13Z

Note that Ubuntu toolchain package generates a compiler error.

2011-12-27T10:37:56Z

Remove extraneous blank line.

2011-12-27T10:23:47Z

2011-12-27T10:18:16Z

Fix what appears to be reference to non-existent remote branch.

2011-12-19T19:54:17Z

2011-12-05T22:20:16Z

‎Getting the Source

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	Make sure you unmount your SD card prior to removing it from the host PC.		Make sure you unmount your SD card prior to removing it from the host PC.
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 make omap4_panda_config
 make
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-This assumes that you are using and have installed the CodeSourcery  2011.03-41 for ARM GNU/Linux toolchain
+Note:
 Using "Sourcery CodeBench Lite 2011.09-70 for ARM GNU/Linux" generates a compiler error, as does using the toolchain that comes with Ubuntu's <tt>gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi</tt> package as follows:

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−	At the present time, this seems to be a problem with gcc 4.6.1.	+	At the present time, this seems to be a problem with gcc 4.6.1.
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		+	GNU gcc 4.6.2 appears to have a fix for this issue. Stay tuned for a How-to on how to build a gcc 4.6.x toolchain that will properly compile u-boot.

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-'''NOTE''': The above currently generates a compiler error using the toolchain that comes with Ubuntu's <tt>gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi</tt> package as follows:
+This assumes that you are using and have installed the CodeSourcery  2011.03-41 for ARM GNU/Linux toolchain
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-If someone discovers a solution or workaround for this, feel free to edit this page and explain it.
+At the present time, this seems to be a problem with gcc 4.6.1.
 == Copy Files ==

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 make
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 == Copy Files ==

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 == Getting the Source ==
-to get the source code for u-boot, clone a copy of the linaro u-boot stable tree:
+To get the source code for U-Boot, clone a copy of the Linaro U-Boot stable tree:
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-As of 12/18/2011 the master branch tagged Linaro-u-boot-2011.12 produces a working MLO/u-boot pair which will boot both Panda and Panda-ES boards. Previously, the Panda EA1 with rev ES2.0 silicon would not boot.
+As of 12/18/2011, the master branch tagged Linaro-u-boot-2011.12 produces a working MLO/U-Boot pair which will boot both Panda and Panda-ES boards. Previously, the Panda EA1 with rev ES2.0 silicon would not boot.
 == Configure and Compile ==
-to configure and compile u-boot for PandaBoard ES do the following:
+To configure and compile U-Boot for PandaBoard ES do the following:
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 == Copy Files ==
-copy the MLO and u-boot images to the boot partition of your mounted sd card
+Copy the MLO and U-Boot images to the boot partition of your mounted SD card:
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-make sure you unmount your sd card prior to removing it from the host pc.
+Make sure you unmount your SD card prior to removing it from the host PC.

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 git clone git://git.linaro.org/boot/u-boot-linaro-stable.git
 cd u-boot-linaro-stable
-git checkout -b pandaboard-es 2011.11.2
+git checkout -b pandaboard-es origin/Linaro-u-boot-2011.12
 </pre>