topic Re: UUU Tool in i.MX Processors

UUU Tool

drb55 — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:22:56 GMT

Does the UUU Tool work with the iMX287EVK hardware (Linux or Windows 11)? If so, can someone direct me to a link or document that has instructions to download custom images. Thanks

Dan

Re: UUU Tool

AldoG — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:40:45 GMT

Hello,

Yes, please have a look to the following:
https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools/issues/85

Best regards,
Aldo.

Re: UUU Tool

drb55 — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:56:36 GMT

Hi Aldo,

Thank you for the response, but I am way behind the curve on using the UUU Tool.

HW; i.MX287EVK

BootMode; USB0

OTG Cable Connected

Setup UUU Tool

git clone https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools.git
cd mfgtools
sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev libbz2-dev libzstd-dev pkg-config cmake libssl-dev g++
cmake . && make

What I know, which is not much, the lsusb returns the following;

Serial Console has no error codes displayed.

Other UUU comands return an error;

drb@drb-virtual-machine:~/mfgtools/uuu$ ./uuu save/u-boot+2019.01.sb
uuu (Universal Update Utility) for nxp imx chips -- libuuu_1.5.21-3-gcbff795

Wait for Known USB Device Appear...
Error: fail open file: >save/u-boot+2019.01.sb

What is the relationship between the UUU Tool and U-Boot?

I don't know what other questions to ask, anything that you think would help is appreciated.

I would also be very interested in any document that gives high level view or summary of booting the imx series of processors. I will be repeating this boot effort with the imx6ULL, so any documentation that can provide a road map for the different processors in the iMX series would be extremely helpful and lower the learning curve.

Thanks

Dan

Re: UUU Tool

AldoG — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:09:25 GMT

Hello,

Regarding UUU and uboot relationship you may check this community document here:
https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors-Knowledge-Base/Flashing-Linux-BSP-using-UUU/ta-p/1110679

Also, you may check the tool documentation:
https://github.com/nxp-imx/mfgtools/releases/download/uuu_1.4.243/UUU.pdf

From the error you’re seeing is whether the tool is not able to locate the file uboot.sb or not able to use it, I would recommend to double check the path is correct and try using sudo.

For boot process is pretty similar between all processors, but to have more precise information I would recommend to check the reference manual, in your case the i.MX6ULL reference manual, chapter 8 System Boot.
https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=IMX6ULLRM

If you later on have more questions do not hesitate to create a new community thread

Best regards,
Aldo.