U-Boot

U-Boot

Das U-Boot (Universal Bootloader) is an open source, primary boot loader used in embedded devices to package the instructions to boot the device's operating system kernel. It is available for a number of computer architectures, including 68k, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, MicroBlaze, MIPS, Nios, SuperH, PPC and x86.- Wikipedia

Host Computer / Board Connection

Connect Intel Edison to your Host Computer using the registered COM / TTY device and launch your serial interface, e.g. Linux

In Linux

$ dmesg
[11940.538090] ftdi_sio 6-1:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[11940.538137] usb 6-1: Detected FT232RL
[11940.538139] usb 6-1: Number of endpoints 2
[11940.538142] usb 6-1: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64
[11940.538144] usb 6-1: Endpoint 2 MaxPacketSize 64
[11940.538147] usb 6-1: Setting MaxPacketSize 64
[11940.540185] usb 6-1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
$ sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 115200

Bootup Cancel

******************************                                                  
PSH KERNEL VERSION: b0182b2b                                                    
                WR: 20104000                                                    
******************************                                                  

SCU IPC: 0x800000d0  0xfffce92c                                                 

PSH miaHOB version: TNG.B0.VVBD.0000000c                                        

microkernel built 11:24:08 Feb  5 2015                                          

******* PSH loader *******                                                      
PCM page cache size = 192 KB                                                    
Cache Constraint = 0 Pages                                                      
Arming IPC driver ..                                                            
Adding page store pool ..                                                       
PagestoreAddr(IMR Start Address) = 0x04899000                                   
pageStoreSize(IMR Size)          = 0x00080000                                   

*** Ready to receive application ***                                            


U-Boot 2014.04 (Jun 06 2016 - 14:40:07)                                         

       Watchdog enabled                                                         
DRAM:  980.6 MiB                                                                
MMC:   tangier_sdhci: 0                                                         
In:    serial                                                                   
Out:   serial                                                                   
Err:   serial                                                                   
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  1
boot >

U-Boot Commands from U-Boot

help

printenv

Bootup Kernel

U-Boot Commands from Linux

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