Quick start to recover a ATF in a damaged storage device. In this case, a blanked LS1012AFRWY QSPI, which is the only BL2 and FIP storage device on board, is restored using CW TAP, CW 4NET and Flex-Installer.
Download firmware using flex-installer
nxplayerscape@nxp-global-cas:~/Downloads/josephs-downloads/Flex-Installer-LDP$ flex-installer -i download -f firmware_ls1012afrwy_qspi.boot
Please specify correct '-m <machine>'
Valid machine name: ls1012ardb ls1012afrwy ls1021atwr ls1028ardb ls1043ardb ls1046ardb ls1046afrwy ls1088ardb_pb ls2088ardb lx2160ardb_rev2 lx2162aqds imx6qpsabresd imx6qsabresd imx6sllevk imx7ulpevk imx8mmevk imx8mnevk imx8mpevk imx8mqevk imx8qmmek imx8qxpmek imx8ulpevk
nxplayerscape@nxp-global-cas:~/Downloads/josephs-downloads/Flex-Installer-LDP$ flex-installer -i download -f firmware_ls1012afrwy_qspi.boot -m ls1012afrwy
Downloading http://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/sdk/sdk2110/firmware_ls1012afrwy_qspi.boot ...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
-rw-rw-r-- 1 nxplayerscape nxplayerscape 0 abr 6 13:27 firmware_ls1012afrwy_qspi.boot
Downloading http://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/sdk/sdk2110/boot_LS_arm64_lts_5.10.tgz ...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 342M 100 342M 0 0 5695k 0 0:01:01 0:01:01 --:--:-- 5752k
Downloading http://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/sdk/sdk2110/rootfs_sdk2110_ubuntu_main_arm64.tgz ...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 809M 100 809M 0 0 5641k 0 0:02:26 0:02:26 --:--:-- 3109k
Downloaded distro images [Done]
nxplayerscape@nxp-global-cas:~/Downloads/josephs-downloads/Flex-Installer-LDP$ flex-installer -i download -f firmware_ls1012afrwy_qspiboot.img
Please specify correct '-m <machine>'
Valid machine name: ls1012ardb ls1012afrwy ls1021atwr ls1028ardb ls1043ardb ls1046ardb ls1046afrwy ls1088ardb_pb ls2088ardb lx2160ardb_rev2 lx2162aqds imx6qpsabresd imx6qsabresd imx6sllevk imx7ulpevk imx8mmevk imx8mnevk imx8mpevk imx8mqevk imx8qmmek imx8qxpmek imx8ulpevk
nxplayerscape@nxp-global-cas:~/Downloads/josephs-downloads/Flex-Installer-LDP$ flex-installer -i download -f firmware_ls1012afrwy_qspiboot.img -m ls1012afrwy
Downloading http://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/sdk/sdk2110/firmware_ls1012afrwy_qspiboot.img ...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 1617k 0 1617k 0 0 1529k 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 1529k
-rw-rw-r-- 1 nxplayerscape nxplayerscape 1656690 oct 25 2021 firmware_ls1012afrwy_qspiboot.img
boot_LS_arm64_lts_5.10.tgz already exists
rootfs_sdk2110_ubuntu_main_arm64.tgz already exists
Downloaded distro images [Done]
Create a PBL project
Note: Need to create a custom board connection based on: How to create a CWTAP to LS Series Processors JTAG-Link.
Try to dump 16 MB of memory.
Look for downloaded firmware
Flash it to qspi using flash programmer.
Press the reset button on LS1012AFRWY.
Doesn't need to disconnect CWTAP.
Hope this helps when no storage device has a valid binary to get to U-boot, when a board is running U-Boot or Tiny Distro, it can update any SW easily. Ask any questions you may have.
Best regards, Joseph
