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diff --git a/android/vexpress/HOWTO_flashfirmware.txt b/android/vexpress/HOWTO_flashfirmware.txt index 78785c5..acb9369 100644 --- a/android/vexpress/HOWTO_flashfirmware.txt +++ b/android/vexpress/HOWTO_flashfirmware.txt @@ -1,27 +1,33 @@ Ensure that you update your Versatile Express board firmware to the latest version. To update your VE board firmware, please follow the instructions below: +* Clone the Linaro Versatile Express Firmware repository * Connect and mount your Versatile Express motherboard USB mass storage device to your PC -* Install the Recovery firmware from the "v5.0 VE DVD":https://silver.arm.com/download/download.tm?pv=1335158 onto your board. -* Download ARM's CPU Migration patch for version 5.0 from "silver.arm.com":https://silver.arm.com/download/download.tm?pv=1357386 -** Unzip the firmware zip to the root of the motherboard mounted drive -** Please contact "support@arm.com":mailto:support@arm.com for any issues related this firmware update +* Remove all of the existing files from the USB mass storage device +* Copy the Linaro Firmware to the board -* Download additional Linaro firmware (image.txt, board.txt, uefi.bin, ...) from "https://wiki.linaro.org/ARM/VersatileExpress?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=vemsd-armlt-20131122-001.zip":https://wiki.linaro.org/ARM/VersatileExpress?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=vemsd-armlt-20131122-001.zip -** Unzip the firmware zip to the root of the motherboard mounted drive -** Please "contact Linaro":http://www.linaro.org/engineering/getting-started/discuss for any issues related to this firmware update +For example: -* Unmount the Versatile Express motherboard +bc. git clone git://git.linaro.org/arm/vexpress-firmware.git +rm -rf /media/VEMSD/* +cp -R vexpress-firmware/* /media/VEMSD + +Once you have finished copying the firmware over: + +* Safely unmount the Versatile Express motherboard * Reboot the Versatile Express board -* At the "Cmd> " prompt, type the following commands: -Cmd> flash +* At the ARM Boot Loader "Cmd> " prompt, type the following commands: + +bc. Cmd> flash Cmd> eraseall Cmd> exit Cmd> reboot -** You may need to configure UEFI to boot from the image that you've created. See the "UEFI page":https://wiki.linaro.org/ARM/UEFI#Configure_UEFI on the Linaro Wiki for more details on configuring UEFI. - -You may want to set /media/VEMSD/config.txt AUTORUN to TRUE to be make the CoreTile boot from power on. -For TC2, you should set the DIP swich closest to the black reset button is down so that the Boot Monitor runs the boot script on power on. +* You may need to configure UEFI to boot from the image that you've created. See the "UEFI page":https://wiki.linaro.org/ARM/UEFI#Configure_UEFI on the Linaro Wiki for more details on configuring UEFI. +* You may want to set /media/VEMSD/config.txt AUTORUN to TRUE to be make the CoreTile boot from power on. +* For TC2, you should set the DIP swich closest to the black reset button down so that the Boot Monitor runs the boot script on power on. +* "Versatile Express version 5.2":https://silver.arm.com/browse/VE052 contains the original firmware and documentation for the Versatile Express platform +* Please contact "support@arm.com":mailto:support@arm.com for any issues related their firmware +* Please "contact Linaro":http://www.linaro.org/engineering/getting-started/discuss for any issues related to booting this release on the Versatile Express platform. <br> |