PandaBoard ES uboot howto

Getting the Source

to get the source code for u-boot, clone a copy of the linaro u-boot stable tree:

mkdir pandaboard-es
cd pandaboard-es
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

Configure and Compile

to configure and compile u-boot for PandaBoard ES do the following:

make omap4_panda_config
make

Copy Files

copy the MLO and u-boot images to the boot partition of your mounted sd card

cp MLO /media/boot
cp u-boot.img /media/boot
sync

make sure you unmount your sd card prior to removing it from the host pc.