Building U-Boot (XELK)

Info Box Applies to Axel Ultra Applies to Axel Lite Applies to AXEL ESATTA Applies to SBC AXEL

History

Version	Date	XELK version	Notes
1.0.0	Nov 2013	XELK 1.0.0
1.2.0	May 2014	XELK 1.2.0
2.0.0	Nov 2014	XELK 2.0.0
2.1.0	May 2015	XELK 2.1.0
2.2.0	Feb 2016	XELK 2.2.0
2.3.1	Oct 2016	XELK 2.3.1
3.0.1	Nov 2017	XELK 3.0.1
4.0.0	Aug 2019	XELK 4.0.0

Quick reference

Repository Information

URL	git@git.dave.eu:axel/u-boot-imx.git
stable branch	axel
stable tag	xelk-4.0.0

U-Boot defconfigs

Platform	SOM ConfigID	defconfig
Axel DualLite	any	mx6qdlaxel_defconfig
Axel Q	any	mx6qdlaxel_defconfig

Detailed Instructions

It is assumed that the development environment has been set up.

• start the Linux development VM and login into the system
• open a terminal window and cd into U-Boot source code

cd axel/u-boot

• in case of needs you can update your local repository with the following git command

git pull

• configure the build environment

source ~/env.sh

• enter the source tree directory and run the following commands:

make mx6qdlaxel_defconfig
make

The former command selects the default XELK configuration suitable for latest Axel targets, while the latter builds the U-Boot binary image files (SPL and u-boot.img).

Binary files can be copied to the tftp root directory /tftpboot/axel/ with the following command:

cp SPL u-boot.img /tftpboot/axel/