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ARM Cross Compiler
- Linaro: https://launchpad.net/linaro-toolchain-binaries
Bootloader
- Das U-Boot – the Universal Boot Loader http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
- Source – http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
Linux Kernel
- Linus's Mainline tree: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=summary
- Linux omap tree: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap.git
- TI Linux source tree: http://git.ti.com/git/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git
- TI’s overall Processor SDK build and test process: http://arago-project.org/git/projects/tisdk-build-scripts.git
- Arago Project TI Staging tree: http://arago-project.org/git/projects/?p=linux-am33x.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/v3.2-staging
- Embedian smarc-t335x kernel source tree for linux 3.2: http://git.embedian.com/developer/linux-smarc-t335x-v3.2.git
- Embedian smarc-t335x kernel source tree for linux 3.12 and after: http://git.embedian.com/developer/smarc-ti-linux-kernel
ARM based rootfs
- Debian Squeeze: http://www.debian.org/

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To build Embedian’s smarct335x u-boot and linux kernel, you will need to install the Linaro arm compiler that TI used for their release:
For

For u-boot 2014.04, u-boot 2014.07, Linux 3.2, Linux 3.12 and Linux 3.14, use the following newer v2017.01 and Linux kernel v4.9.41, use Linaro arm compilier that TI used in theirAMSDK 6 and AMSDK7..their Processor SDK 04.01.00.06

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$ wget -c http://releases.linaro.org/archive/13.04/components/toolchain/binaries/gcc-linaro-6.2-2016.11/arm-linux-gnueabihf/gcc-4.7-2013.04-20130415_linuxlinaro-6.2.1-2016.11-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz

$ sudo tar -C /opt -xJf gcc-linaro-6.2.1-2016.11-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.04-20130415_linux.tar.xz

$ export CC=/opt/gcc-linaro-6.2.1-2016.11-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-

For u-boot v2016.05 and Linux kernel v4.4.12, use Linaro arm compilier that TI used in their Processor SDK 03.00.00.04

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$ wget https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/5.3-2016.02/arm-linux-gnueabihf/gcc-linaro-5.3-2016.02-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz

$ export CC=/opt/sudo tar -C /opt -xJf gcc-linaro-5.3-2016.02-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.04-20130415_linux.tar.xz

$ export CC=/opt/gcc-linaro-5.3-2016.02-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-

For
For u-boot 2015.07 and Linux and Linux 4.1.10, you need to use the following newer Linaro arm compilier that TI used in their Processor SDK 02.00.01.07.

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$ wget -c

https

 http://releases.linaro.org/archive/15.05/components/toolchain/binaries/arm-linux-gnueabihf/gcc-linaro-4.9-2015.05-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz

$ sudo tar -C /opt -xJf gcc-linaro-4.9-2015.05-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz

$ export CC=/opt/gcc-linaro-4.9-2015.05-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-

For u-boot v20162014.05 and Linux kernel v4.4.12, use 04, u-boot 2014.07, Linux 3.2, Linux 3.12 and Linux 3.14, use the following newer Linaro arm compilier that TI used in their Processor SDK 03.00.00.04theirAMSDK 6 and AMSDK7..

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$ wget httpswget http://releases.linaro.org/archive/13.04/components/toolchain/binaries/5.3-2016.02/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf/gcc-linaro-54.37-20162013.0204-x8620130415_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz

$ sudo tar -C /opt -xJf gcc-linaro-5.3-2016.02-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihfarm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.04-20130415_linux.tar.xz

$ export CC=/opt/gcc-linaro-5.3-2016.02-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihfarm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.04-20130415_linux/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-

Test:

If this test fails, verify that you have the 32bit libraries installed on your development system.

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Clone the U-Boot source code from Embedian Git Server.

Download:

For u-boot v2014.04 (AMSDK6 and AMSDK7v2017.01 (Processor-SDK-04.01.00.06):

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/smarc-t335x-uboot.git

$ cd smarc-t335x-uboot

$ git checkout v2014v2017.0401-smarct33smarct3x

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For SBC-SMART-MEN

$ git checkout v2014.04-smartmen

If Boot up from eMMC, change #define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV from 0 to 1 in include/configs/smarct335x_evm.h file and compile again.

For u-boot v2016.05 (Processor-SDK-03.00.00.04):

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/smarc-t335x-uboot.git

$ cd smarc-t335x-uboot

$ git checkout v2016.05-smarct3x

For u-boot v2014v2015.07 (Processor-SDK-0102.00.00.0300):

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/smarc-t335x-uboot.git
$ cd smarc-t335x-uboot
$ git checkout v2014v2015.07-smarct33

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If Boot up from eMMC, change mmcdev=0 to mmcdev=1 in include/configs/smarct335x_evm.h file and compile again.

Configure and Build:

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$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} distclean

$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} smarct335x_evm_uart3_configdefconfig

$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC}

For u-boot v2015v2014.07 (Processor-SDK-0201.00.00.0003):

Download

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/smarc-t335x-uboot.git
$ cd smarc-t335x-uboot
$ git checkout v2015v2014.07-smarct33

For u-boot v2016v2014.05 (Processor-SDK-03.00.00.0404 (AMSDK6 and AMSDK7):

Download

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/smarc-t335x-uboot.git
$ cd smarc-t335x-uboot
$ git checkout v2016v2014.0504-smarct3xsmarct33

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For SBC-SMART-MEN

$ git checkout v2014.04-smartmen

Configure and Build:

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$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} distclean
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} smarct335x_evm_uart3_defconfigconfig
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC}

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The uartx in u-boot config (defconfig) file is to specify the debug console outputs.

Linux Kernel

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Download:

For 34.2 (AMSDK69.41 (Processor-SDK-04.01.00.06, Stable, LTS release):

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/linux-smarc-t335xti-v3linux-kernel.2.git

$ cd linux-smarc-t335x-v3.2ti-linux-kernel

$ git checkout v3.2_SMARCT335xPSP_smarct3x-processor-sdk-04.0601.00.11

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For board SBC-SMART-MEN:

$ git checkout v3.2_SBC_SMARTMEN

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For 4.4.12 (Processor-SDK-03.00.00.04, Stable, LTS):

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$ makegit ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} distcleanclone git@git.embedian.com:developer/smarc-ti-linux-kernel.git
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} smarc_t335x_defconfigcd smarc-ti-linux-kernel
$ makegit ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} uImage modules

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checkout smarct3x-processor-sdk-linux-03.00.00.04

For 4.1.y (Processor-SDK-02.00.01.07, Stable, LTS):

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/smarc-ti-linux-kernel.git

$ cd smarc-ti-linux-kernel

$ git checkout smarcsmarct3x-tiprocessor-sdk-linux-302.1200.y01

For 3.14.y (Processor-SDK-01.00.00.03, Stable, LTS):

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/smarc-ti-linux-kernel.git

$ cd smarc-ti-linux-kernel

$ git checkout smarc-ti-linux-3.14.y

For 43.112.y (Processor-SDK-02.00.01.07AMSDK7, Stable, LTS):

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/smarc-ti-linux-kernel.git

$ cd smarc-ti-linux-kernel

$ git checkout smarct3xsmarc-processorti-sdk-linux-023.0012.01

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Configure and Build (v3.12 and later):

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$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} distclean

$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} smarc_t335x_defconfig

$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} zImage modules am335x-smarct335x.dtb

For 3.2 (AMSDK6, Stable, LTS release):

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$ git clone git@git.embedian.com:developer/linux-smarc-tit335x-linux-kernelv3.2.git

$ cd linux-smarc-ti-linux-kernelt335x-v3.2

$ git checkout smarct3x-processor-sdk-linux-03.00.00.04

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v3.2_SMARCT335xPSP_04.06.00.11

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For board SBC-SMART-MEN:

$ git checkout v3.2_SBC_SMARTMEN

Configure and Build:

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$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} distclean

$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} smarc_t335x_defconfig

$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} zImageuImage modules am335x-smarct335x.dtb

Note:

The kernel sources packaged in this release do not have the required PM firmware binary already copied in the firmware/ folder of the kernel sources. Due to this building the kernel using the default kernel configuration will fail with this error:

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To resolve this for kernel 3.14, kernel 4.1, kernel 4.4 and kernel 4.49, after you clone the kernel sources, copy the firmware elf binary into the firmware/ folder of kernel sources

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and make the kernel again.

Root File System

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Arago:

User	Password
root	N/A

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$ wget -c ftp://ftp.embedian.com/public/dev/minfs/trusty/smarcsmarct3x-ubuntu14ubuntu-14.04.tar.gz

Verify:

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$ md5sum smarcsmarct3x-ubuntu14ubuntu-14.04.tar.gz

e883c8fca4ab5c6e396ee54202f20e3505db5b85224e84e9898a1c5925703b8b  smarc-ubuntu14.04.tar.gz

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$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=${DISK} bs=1M count=16

Create Partition Layout:

With util-linux v2.26, sfdisk was rewritten and is now based on libfdisk.

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$ sudo sfdisk --version

sfdisk from util-linux 2.27.1

Create Partitions:

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title	sfdisk >=2.26.x

$ sudo sfdisk ${DISK} <<-__EOF__

1M,48M,0xE,*

,,,-

__EOF__

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title	sfdisk <=2.25

$ sudo sfdisk --in-order --Linux --unit M ${DISK} <<-__EOF__

1,48,0xE,*

,,,-

__EOF__

Format Partitions:

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for: DISK=/dev/mmcblk0

$ sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 ${DISK}p1 -n boot

$ sudo mkfs.ext4 ${DISK}p2 -L rootfs

for: DISK=/dev/sdX

$ sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 ${DISK}1 -n boot

$ sudo mkfs.ext4 ${DISK}2 -L rootfs

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On some systems, these partitions may be auto-mounted...

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$ sudo mkdir -p /media/boot/

$ sudo mkdir -p /media/rootfs/

for: DISK=/dev/mmcblk0

$ sudo mount ${DISK}p1 /media/boot/

$ sudo mount ${DISK}p2 /media/rootfs/

for: DISK=/dev/sdX

$ sudo mount ${DISK}1 /media/boot/

$ sudo mount ${DISK}2 /media/rootfs/

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title	~/uEnv.txt

optargs="consoleblank=0 mem=512M"
#u-boot eMMC specific overrides; Angstrom Distribution (SMARC T335X) 2014-05-20
kernel_file=zImage
initrd_file=initrd.img

loadaddr=0x82000000
initrd_addr=0x88080000
fdtaddr=0x88000000
fdtfile=am335x-smarct335x.dtb

initrd_high=0xffffffff
fdt_high=0xffffffff

loadimage=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${loadaddr} ${kernel_file}
loadinitrd=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${initrd_addr} ${initrd_file}; setenv initrd_size ${filesize}
loadfdt=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${fdtaddr} /dtbs/${fdtfile}
#

##Un-comment to enable systemd in Debian Wheezy
#optargs=quiet init=/lib/systemd/systemd

console=ttyO3ttyS3,115200n8
mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk1p2 ro
mmcrootfstype=ext4 rootwait fixrtc

mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} root=${mmcroot} rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype} ${optargs}

#zImage:
uenvcmd=run loadimage; run loadfdt; run mmcargs; bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}

#zImage + uInitrd: where uInitrd has to be generated on the running system.
#boot_fdt=run loadimage; run loadinitrd; run loadfdt
#uenvcmd=run boot_fdt; run mmcargs; bootz ${loadaddr} ${initrd_addr}:${initrd_size} ${fdtaddr}

###Begin Rootfs from NFS
#serverip=192.168.1.51
#rootpath=/srv/nfs/smarct335x/ubuntu1204/
#nfsopts=nolock,acdirmin=60
#netargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} ${optargs} root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=${serverip}:${rootpath},${nfsopts} rw ip=dhcp
##netboot=echo Loading kernel from SDCARD and booting from NFS ...; run loadimage; run netargs; bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}
##uenvcmd=run netboot
###End Rootfs from NFS

###Begin Load kernel from TFTP
#netmask=255.255.255.0
#ipaddr=192.168.1.65
#serverip=192.168.1.51
#netboot=echo Loading kernel and device tree from TFTP and booting from NFS ...; setenv autoload no; tftp ${loadaddr} ${kernel_file}; tftp ${fdtaddr} ${fdtfile}; run netargs; bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}
#uenvcmd=run netboot
###End Load kernel from TFTP

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For kernel 3.1412.y and after, the serial port device descriptor changes from ttyS to ttyO to ttyS

The above uEnv.txt file needs to change accordingly. (ttyO3 ttyS3 --> ttyS3ttyO3)

SD card will always be emulated as /dev/mmcblk1 at kernel 3.12 and newer version

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title	directory where your root file system is

$ sudo tar xvfz smarct335x-rootfs-image-smarct335x-sdk6.tar.gz -C /media/rootfs

Ubuntu 14.04:

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title	directory where your root file system is

$ sudo tar xvfz smarc-ubuntu14.04.tar.gz -C /media/rootfs

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optargs="consoleblank=0 mem=512M"
#u-boot eMMC specific overrides; Angstrom Distribution (SMARC T335X) 2014-05-20
kernel_file=zImage
initrd_file=initrd.img

loadaddr=0x82000000
initrd_addr=0x88080000
fdtaddr=0x88000000
fdtfile=am335x-smarct335x.dtb

initrd_high=0xffffffff
fdt_high=0xffffffff

loadimage=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${loadaddr} ${kernel_file}
loadinitrd=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${initrd_addr} ${initrd_file}; setenv initrd_size ${filesize}
loadfdt=load mmc ${mmcdev}:${mmcpart} ${fdtaddr} /dtbs/${fdtfile}
#

##Un-comment to enable systemd in Debian Wheezy
#optargs=quiet init=/lib/systemd/systemd

console=ttyO3ttyS3,115200n8
mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ro
mmcrootfstype=ext4 rootwait fixrtc

mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} root=${mmcroot} rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype} ${optargs}

#zImage:
uenvcmd=run loadimage; run loadfdt; run mmcargs; bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}

#zImage + uInitrd: where uInitrd has to be generated on the running system.
#boot_fdt=run loadimage; run loadinitrd; run loadfdt
#uenvcmd=run boot_fdt; run mmcargs; bootz ${loadaddr} ${initrd_addr}:${initrd_size} ${fdtaddr}

###Begin Rootfs from NFS
#serverip=192.168.1.51
#rootpath=/srv/nfs/smarct335x/ubuntu1204/
#nfsopts=nolock,acdirmin=60
#netargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} ${optargs} root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=${serverip}:${rootpath},${nfsopts} rw ip=dhcp
##netboot=echo Loading kernel from SDCARD and booting from NFS ...; run loadimage; run netargs; bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}
##uenvcmd=run netboot
###End Rootfs from NFS

###Begin Load kernel from TFTP
#netmask=255.255.255.0
#ipaddr=192.168.1.65
#serverip=192.168.1.51
#netboot=echo Loading kernel and device tree from TFTP and booting from NFS ...; setenv autoload no; tftp ${loadaddr} ${kernel_file}; tftp ${fdtaddr} ${fdtfile}; run netargs; bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdtaddr}
#uenvcmd=run netboot
###End Load kernel from TFTP

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For kernel 3.1412.y and after, the serial port device descriptor changes from ttyS to ttyO to ttyS

The above uEnv.txt file needs to change accordingly. (ttyO3 ttyS3 --> ttyS3ttyO3)

The uEnv.txt file only changes mmcroot from /dev/mmcblk1 (SD) to /dev/mmcblk0 (eMMC)

Copy real rootfs to rootfs partition:

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$ pushd /media/rootfs

$ sudo tar cvfz ~/smarct335x-emmc-rootfs.tar.gz .

$ sudo mv ~/smarct335x-emmc-rootfs.tar.gz /media/rootfs/home/root

$ popd

Remove SD card:

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$ sync

$ sudo umount /media/boot

$ sudo umount /media/rootfs

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$ export DISK=/dev/mmcblk0

Erase SD cardeMMC Flash:

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$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=${DISK} bs=1M count=16

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$ sudo sfdisk --in-order --Linux --unit M ${DISK} <<-__EOF__

1,48,0xE,*

,,,-

__EOF__

In SDK6, Arago rootfs will mount partition2 as /media/mmcblk0p2 automatically after executing the above command. Umount the partition first.

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$ sudo cp -v MLO u-boot.img zImage uEnv.txt /media/boot/

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The U-Boot for SD Boot up and eMMC Boot up has one line difference in include/configs/smarct335x_evm.h. The mmcdev is 0 for SD boot up and is 1 for eMMC boot up.

Only for v3.12.y or after:

Install Kernel Device Tree Binary

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$ sudo mkdir -p /media/boot/dtbs

$ sudo cp -v am335x-smarct335x.dtb /media/boot/dtbs

Install Root File System

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$ sudo tar -zxvf smarct335x-emmc-rootfs.tar.gz -C /media/rootfs

Unmount eMMC:

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$ sync

$ sudo umount /media/boot

$ sudo umount /media/rootfs

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If your rootfs id Ubuntu, you need to modify /media/rootfs/etc/fstab and change the mount point from /dev/mmcblk1p2 to /dev/mmcblk0p2 before un-mounting it.

Switch your Boot Select to eMMC and you will be able to boot up from eMMC now.

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