I’ve tried to compile u-boot and x-loader for Pandaboard by following the instructions given at http://omappedia.org/wiki/Get_started_with_ubuntu_on_omap4#Bootloaders. I did this in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Linaro gcc compiler.
Here are the instructions for the build:
- Create the folders:
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mkdir bootloader cd bootloader |
- Get u-boot and checkout the omap4_dev branch:
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git clone git://git.omapzoom.org/repo/u-boot.git cd u-boot git checkout L24.9 |
You may use a different tag. Simply run “git tag -l | grep L24” to see the list of tags. (I used the latest at the time of this post).
- Build u-boot for OMAP4
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make ARCH=arm distclean make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- omap4430sdp_config make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- |
At this point, you should get U-boot (u-boot.bin).
- get x-loader and checkout the omap4_dev branch:
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cd .. git clone git://git.omapzoom.org/repo/x-loader.git cd x-loader git checkout L24.9 |
N.B: Both u-boot and x-loader folders must be at the same directory level.
- build x-loader for OMAP4:
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make ARCH=arm distclean make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- omap4430sdp_config make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- ift |
The x-loader (MLO) should now be ready.
Finally, you simply need to copy MLO and u-boot.bin files to the SD card.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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