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Writing system image to eMMC memory


Prerequisites

  • PC with Linux Ubuntu 16.04 or newer or Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit OS
  • A complete package with NXP UUU application - ftp.somlabs.com/Tools/somlabs-visionsom-flasher.zip
  • Prepared SD card image or eMMC memory dump generated by yourself (for example called: sdcard.img)

Information

  • SoMLabs solution is based on NXP UUU tool (Universal Update Utility), with some extensions added on top of it to easily handle SoMLabs boards.
  • You can use different file names than default (vsom-6ull-fb.bin, rootfs.ubi, sdcard.img) - these names are just examples.
  • Please note also, that file can be located in any directory - you need to specify a complete file path then.
  • If you are using VisionSOM module with i.MX6UL processor, please change in commands given below '6ull' to '6ul'
  • A file named "vsom-6ull-fb.bin" (included in the above package) is a u-boot file, which is used only while flashing eMMC/SD card with UUU application. The user u-boot located inside sdcard.img remains unchanged.

Preparing

For programming a memory of VisionSOM-6ULL, switch boot selector to mode: SERIAL.

BOOTx Boot Mode
BOOT1 BOOT0
1 1 Reserved
1 0 Internal
0 1 Serial
0 0 Fuses


Connect the VisionCB-6ULL-STD board to the host PC using microUSB cable connected to the USB-OTG connector. To observe progress/error reports during programming, please use serial console. If you are using standard VisionSOM carrier board (VisionCB-6ULL-STD), this can be done by using build in serial/usb converter.

Programming VisionSOM eMMC memory/uSD card

Flasher does not assume any specific partitions layout. It simply takes raw image of eMMC/SD card and writes it into the storage.

Linux host PC

Make UUU executable:

chmod 755 uuu

For image programing, use command:

sudo ./uuu -b vsom_6ull_emmc_flasher sdcard.img

(while: sdcard.img - raw image of SD card or eMMC memory)

At the console, a progress bar will appear:

If the process ends with success, the following information will be shown on the console:

Windows host PC

For image programming, use command:

uuu.exe -b vsom_6ull_emmc_flasher sdcard.img

(while: sdcard.img - raw image of SD card or eMMC memory)

At the command prompt, a progress bar will appear:

If the process ends with success, the following information will be shown on the command prompt:

In both cases the serial terminal output will look like this:

U-Boot 2018.03-00022-g23f402fe9c-dirty (May 27 2019 - 23:52:18 +0200)

CPU:   Freescale i.MX6ULL rev1.0 792 MHz (running at 396 MHz)
CPU:   Industrial temperature grade (-40C to 105C) at 50C
Reset cause: POR
Model: SoMLabs VisionSOM-6ULL
Board: SomLabs VisionSOM-6ULL
DRAM:  512 MiB
board_fix_fdt(): boot device: 7, fdt@8789ed8c
fdt_enable_by_ofname(): enabling node [/soc/aips-bus@02100000/qspi@021e0000] @00                                                                                                                                00641C...result: 0
fdt_enable_by_ofname(): enabling node [/soc/aips-bus@02100000/usdhc@02194000] @0                                                                                                                                0005950...result: 0
board_fix_fdt(): configuring USDHC2 for SD mode
board_fix_fdt(): offset: 00005950, status 0
NAND:  MXS NAND: clock is disabled!
0 MiB
MMC:   FSL_SDHC: 0
No panel detected: default to SL-TFT7-TP
Display: SL-TFT7-TP (800x480)
Video: 800x480x24
Error (-2): cannot determine file size
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
board_late_init()
flash target is MMC:0
Fastboot: Normal
Boot from USB for uuu
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
Starting download of 16776232 bytes
..........................................................................
.....................................................
downloading of 16776232 bytes finished
writing to partition 'all'
sparse flash target is mmc:0
writing to partition 'all' for sparse, buffer size 16776232
Flashing sparse image at offset 0
Flashing Sparse Image
........ wrote 16776192 bytes to 'all'
Starting download of 16776244 bytes
..........................................................................
.....................................................
downloading of 16776244 bytes finished
writing to partition 'all'
sparse flash target is mmc:0
writing to partition 'all' for sparse, buffer size 16776244
Flashing sparse image at offset 0
Flashing Sparse Image
........ wrote 16776192 bytes to 'all'


(...)


downloading of 16776244 bytes finished
writing to partition 'all'
sparse flash target is mmc:0
writing to partition 'all' for sparse, buffer size 16776244
Flashing sparse image at offset 0
Flashing Sparse Image
........ wrote 16776192 bytes to 'all'
Starting download of 8396852 bytes
................................................................
downloading of 8396852 bytes finished
writing to partition 'all'
sparse flash target is mmc:0
writing to partition 'all' for sparse, buffer size 8396852
Flashing sparse image at offset 0
Flashing Sparse Image
........ wrote 8396800 bytes to 'all'
resetting ...


The SoM will not boot due to present boot selector setup. Revert the boot selector back to: INTERNAL and press RESET. The board should start booting.