topic Re: Problem with imx53 QSB and MfgTool in i.MX Processors

Problem with imx53 QSB and MfgTool

oliver81 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:56:43 GMT

Good morning,

I have a problem with the MfGTool on the imx53 Quick Start Board.

I run the command MX53loco-sd, as described in the manual, but it times out after displaying "jumping to OS image". The "Manufacturing Tool UCL user manual" describes that the host specific command "find" looks for BootStrap or Updater mode, but I can't find anything how these two modes are defined.

Would be nice if someone can point me in the right directory.

I start the device without SD Card until Freescale i.MX53 USB BulkIO Device is detected and then insert the MicroSD as descrived in several document and the comments in my ucl.xml

Kind regards

Oliver

Re: Problem with imx53 QSB and MfgTool

Yuri — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:22:29 GMT

General considerations as as following :

1.
To apply the MFG tool for firmware update, please use option Build mfg firmware
under LTIB. It builds special Linux version, that is intended to be loaded by the MFG
tool to DRAM of a target system and interface with the MFG in order to get target
images and write them to SD or NAND. This version is based on the same (Linux) settings
as the main one.

To select Mfgtools profile :

./ltib --selectype

Please use configurations (Profiles), that may be found on i.MX53 Web.
File \Profiles\MX53 Linux Update\OS Firmware\ucl.xml provides information, how
new configuration deployment is performed.

2.
When working with the MFG tools - in order to get more detailed information
about possible bugs - please connect UART console and use log on it.
(Say, we can see how Linux [updater release] starts and define if process is
successfully finished )

3.
It makes sense to get acquaint with MFG documentation, that may be found in MFG
package on the Web

https://www.freescale.com/webapp/Download?colCode=IMXMFG_TOOL&appType=license&location=null&fsrch=1&sr=1&Parent_nodeId=f…

i.MX Design Tools|Freescale

4.
Please look carefully over "ucl.xml", which provides commands to an updater, running on the target.
We can see, that usual Linux command (via a script) for partitioning /
formatting are transferred to the target and issued there.

Re: Problem with imx53 QSB and MfgTool

oliver81 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:04:55 GMT

Thank you for your answer. But it turned out that my problem was much simpler. I took MFGTool from

i.MX53 Software and Development Tool Resources Product Summary Page

which seems to have an outdated version of mfgTool with binaries from June 2011, when Quick Start R Board was not even delivered yet. I found a newer version which contains the correct profile also for the R Board.

Kind regards

Oliver