On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Mark A. Yoder <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> I see on the recent test images[1] that u-boot and MLO are handled
>> differently than before[2].  You copy u-boot.img and MLO using:
>>
>> dd if=MLO of=/dev/sdX count=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=128k
>> dd if=u-boot.img of=/dev/sdX count=2 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=384k
>>
>>
>> I want to try my own u-boot, but before overwriting working copy I'd like to
>> back it up.  Does this work?
>>
>> bone$ dd if=/dev/mmcblk1boot1 of=u-boot.img.bak count=2 seek=1 bs=384k
>> bone$ dd if=/dev/mmcblk1boot0 of=MLO.bak count=1 seek=1 bs=128k
>>
>> When updating u-boot, do I also need to update MLO?
>>
>> Can I update a running Bone with?
>>
>> dd if=MLO of=/dev/mmcblk1boot0 count=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=128k
>> dd if=u-boot.img of=/dev/mmcblk1boot1 count=2 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=384k
>
> Oh, we don't use the eMMC "boot" aka: "/dev/mmcblkXbootY" locations. I
> don't think ti's bootrom on even the newest cortex parts support that
> partition either...

btw, there should be backup version located here:

/opt/backup/uboot/

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder/blob/master/tools/setup_sdcard.sh#L997

Regards,

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