Programming bootloader i.MX6UL

[olli_mannisto]

This sounds like a very silly question but I just can't find the correct piece of documentation. 

How do you actually flash the bootloader? Do you flash the bootloader? The only hit for a programmer I could find is for some kind of linux-based programmer that appears to use USB and is for the firmware, not bootloader. I presume that'd also require you're running approved software on the i.MX6 design?

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I'm looking at using the i.Mx6 in our remote monitoring product, my some other options are Sitara and Renesans processors which have roughly similar capabilities. Personally I usually use microcontrollers which don't have an OS, so..

[igorpadykov · Accepted solution]

Hi Olli

i.MX6UL has ROM (it can not be reflashed by user) which is used for booting

and described in Chapter 8 System Boot i.MX6UL Reference Manual

http://www.nxp.com/docs/en/reference-manual/IMX6ULRM.pdf

Additional bootloaders, like uboot can be flashed to external boot devices like emmc, nand, e.t.c.

Procedures are described in documentation provided on link

i.MX Software|NXP 

Best regards
igor
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