Difference between revisions of "EBC Exercise 25 Configuring U-boot"
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# Modify u-boot to include your initials in the prompt. (Hint: Look for the omap3_beagle.h file.) | # Modify u-boot to include your initials in the prompt. (Hint: Look for the omap3_beagle.h file.) | ||
# Learn what is done when the '''boot''' command in entered in u-boot. | # Learn what is done when the '''boot''' command in entered in u-boot. | ||
| + | # Find where the code for boot is defined in the u-boot source. | ||
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bootcmd=if mmc rescan ${mmcdev}; then if userbutton; then setenv bootenv user.txt;fi;echo SD/MMC found on device ${mmcdev};if run loadbootenv; then echo Loaded environment from ${bootenv};run importbootenv;fi;if test -n $uenvcmd; then echo Running uenvcmd ...;run uenvcmd;fi;if run loaduimage; then run mmcboot;fi;fi;run nandboot; | bootcmd=if mmc rescan ${mmcdev}; then if userbutton; then setenv bootenv user.txt;fi;echo SD/MMC found on device ${mmcdev};if run loadbootenv; then echo Loaded environment from ${bootenv};run importbootenv;fi;if test -n $uenvcmd; then echo Running uenvcmd ...;run uenvcmd;fi;if run loaduimage; then run mmcboot;fi;fi;run nandboot; | ||
| − | Pretty print the output (by hand) and draw a flow chart of the logic. | + | Pretty print the output (by hand) and draw a flow chart of the logic. Print each variable that is reference by the code. |
Revision as of 13:10, 6 January 2012
This follows the approach taken in EBC Exercise 13 Configuring the Kernel. We'll use bitbake to get the source files for U-boot and then we'll edit them.
bitbake
When you did EBC Exercise 12 Cross-Compiling and Finding the Right Kernel u-boot was downloaded and compiled. If you used the default configure, the source code was removed once it was done. Check and see:
host$ cd ~/BeagleBoard/oe/build/tmp-angstrom_2010_x-eglibc/work/beagleboard-angstrom-linux-gnueabi host$ ls
You should see a directory starting with u-boot-. The rest of the name tells what version you have. Change to that directory and see what's there:
host$ cd u-boot-* host$ ls
If you see a git directory, you are in luck. If you see just a temp directory you need to go back to EBC Exercise 12 Cross-Compiling and Finding the Right Kernel and get it installed.
Once you have the git directory, cd to it and look around.
Compiling U-boot
You can now compile U-boot.
host$ source ~/.oe/crossCompileEnv.sh host$ make
Assignment
- Modify u-boot to include your initials in the prompt. (Hint: Look for the omap3_beagle.h file.)
- Learn what is done when the boot command in entered in u-boot.
- Find where the code for boot is defined in the u-boot source.
Hint:
u-boot# help boot
boot - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
Usage:
boot
u-boot# print bootcmd
bootcmd=if mmc rescan ${mmcdev}; then if userbutton; then setenv bootenv user.txt;fi;echo SD/MMC found on device ${mmcdev};if run loadbootenv; then echo Loaded environment from ${bootenv};run importbootenv;fi;if test -n $uenvcmd; then echo Running uenvcmd ...;run uenvcmd;fi;if run loaduimage; then run mmcboot;fi;fi;run nandboot;
Pretty print the output (by hand) and draw a flow chart of the logic. Print each variable that is reference by the code.
