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= BOOT<br> =
The IGEP X-Loader must reside in the microSD card or in the OneNandNand Memory.<br>
== MMC Boot ==
You can follow this howto about how [http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/LinuxBootDiskFormat prepare the microsd card] or [[How to boot from MicroSD Card]]<br>
Get a new mmc microsd card and create two partitions, the first one must be fat fat16/32 and the second one can be formated in any format type supported by linux kernel.<br>
=== Copy the files in the first (FAT) partition ===
In the first partition you must copy in this order:
#x-loader.bin.ift (you must rename this file to MLObefore copy it) / This is a signed image using contrib/signGP tool #x-loader configuration file [http://git.igep.es/?p=pub/scm/igep-x-loader.git;a=blob;f=scripts/igep.ini;h=7ecda91b2716d8984d48fa6c5eb5c74b8f0b0959;hb=HEAD igep.ini] also you can change the configuration file name editing the file: [http://git.igep.es/?p=pub/scm/igep-x-loader.git;a=blob;f=include/configs/igep0020-sdcard.h igep0020-sdcardigep00x0.h] (#define IGEP_BOOT_CFG_INI_FILE "igep.ini")
#Your desired kernel image.
or you can set the name for your kernel in the configuration file using the tag: kImageName
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Don't use a uImage kernel format (from uboot), only standard kernel formats it's be supported.
'''kernel build command example''':
<pre>sudo make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=[path to your target rootfs]
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== OneNand Nand Boot ==
=== OneNand Nand Partitions<br> ===
We suggest use minimum 've defined 3 partitions on the OneNandNand Memory.
<pre>MTD partitions on "omap2-onenand":
(a) 0x000000000000-0x000000080000 : "X-Loader"
*Not fs formated (onenand raw)
*Suggested sizeSize: 0x80000 (512 KiB)
*The xloader must be signed before copy it into the flash memory.
You should copy the x-loader in the firsts 4 blocks (first 512 KiB), this is not a formated partition due the ROM not permits boot from a formated partition in flash, you should use flash_eraseall and nandwrite [http://git.igep.es/?p=pub/scm/writeloader.git;a=summary writeloader] for copy x-loader in the first blocks. <pre><span class="Apple-style-span">Suggested procedure:
Sign the x-loader before write it on the flash or microsd card.
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You should execute contrib/signGP for sign the xloader that resides inside the flash memory.
contrib/signGP x-load.bin
The signed x-loader it's named: x-load.bin.ift
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Erase and copy the x-loader into the first flash partition:
$nand_eraseall /dev/mtd0
$nandwrite writeloader -p /dev/mtd0 i <x-loader.bin.ift>-o /dev/mtd0
Due the Onenand 512 MiB has two dies it's necessary split the x-loader and convert it to a 1 die binary.
for file in `ls split-a?`; do cat $file >> x-load-ddp.bin.ift; cat $file >> x-load-ddp.bin.ift; done
This last command generate a file named x-load-ddp.bin.ift this is the x-loader for copy it in the OneNand.</span></pre>
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