Apalix imx8 recovery mode

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#1

Hello,

I have received new Apalis iMX8 module. Once powered on no Toradex Easy Installer was preinstalled so I am trying to flash TEZI onto it.

Boot log after start:

U-Boot 2018.03-toradex_imx_v2018.03_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga-bringup+g25f68add54 (Jul 17 2019 - 00:34:05 +0000)

CPU:   Freescale i.MX8QM revB A53 at 1200 MHz at 52C
DRAM:  2 GiB
MMC:   FSL_SDHC: 0, FSL_SDHC: 1, FSL_SDHC: 2
Loading Environment from MMC... OK
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Model: Toradex Apalis iMX8 QuadPlus 2GB Wi-Fi / BT V1.0B, Serial# 06572769

 BuildInfo:
  - SCFW cb6f758b, SECO-FW d7523fe8, IMX-MKIMAGE dd023400, ATF d6451cc
  - U-Boot 2018.03-toradex_imx_v2018.03_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga-bringup+g25f68add54

switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0(part 0) is current device
flash target is MMC:0
Net:   eth0: ethernet@5b040000
Fastboot: Normal
Normal Boot
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0(part 0) is current device
** No partition table - mmc 0 **
** No partition table - mmc 0 **
Booting from net ...
BOOTP broadcast 1
BOOTP broadcast 2
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.0.5 (1914 ms)
Using ethernet@5b040000 device
TFTP from server 192.168.10.1; our IP address is 192.168.0.5; sending through gateway 192.168.0.1
Filename 'Image'.
Load address: 0x80280000
Loading: T T T T T T T T T T
Retry count exceeded; starting again
BOOTP broadcast 1
BOOTP broadcast 2
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.0.5 (1918 ms)
Using ethernet@5b040000 device
TFTP from server 192.168.10.1; our IP address is 192.168.0.5; sending through gateway 192.168.0.1
Filename 'fsl-imx8qm-apalis.dtb'.
Load address: 0x83000000
Loading: T T T T T T T T T T
Retry count exceeded; starting again
WARN: Cannot load the DT

I have made changes to Ixora V1.0 board based on errata used latest nightly release of tezi but still no success. Below is the log after calling recovery script:

U-Boot 2018.03-toradex_imx_v2018.03_4.14.98_2.3.0_bringup+g553fb1fa86 (Oct 30 2020 - 17:36:38 +0000)

CPU:   Freescale i.MX8QM revB A53 at 1200 MHz at 52C
DRAM:  2 GiB
MMC:   FSL_SDHC: 0, FSL_SDHC: 1, FSL_SDHC: 2
Loading Environment from MMC... OK
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Model: Toradex Apalis iMX8 QuadPlus 2GB Wi-Fi / BT V1.0B, Serial# 06572769

 BuildInfo:
  - SCFW b929edfe, SECO-FW 27167ff2, IMX-MKIMAGE d7f9440d, ATF bb209a0
  - U-Boot 2018.03-toradex_imx_v2018.03_4.14.98_2.3.0_bringup+g553fb1fa86

switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0(part 0) is current device
"Synchronous Abort" handler, esr 0x96000007
elr: 0000000080080148 lr : 0000000080026ea0 (reloc)
elr: 00000000ffeee148 lr : 00000000ffe94ea0
x0 : 00000000fff047ec x1 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 00000000fd67e250 x3 : 0000000000000000
x4 : 0000000000000066 x5 : 00000000fff047ec
x6 : 0000000000000021 x7 : 00000000fd6a0f40
x8 : 00000000fd67dfa0 x9 : 0000000000000008
x10: 00000000ffffffd8 x11: 00000000fd67e368
x12: 0000000000009aef x13: 0000000000000200
x14: 000000000000003a x15: 00000000ffffffff
x16: 0000000000002080 x17: 0000000000000000
x18: 00000000fd68bda8 x19: 00000000fff0477a
x20: 00000000fff047ec x21: 0000000000000000
x22: 0000000000000000 x23: 0000000000000000
x24: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000
x26: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000
x28: 0000000000000000 x29: 00000000fd67e2c0

Resetting CPU ...

resetting ...

Please advise what to do to be able to flash TEZI onto it.

Regards, Mlinar

#2

Ok so after erasing all emmc partitions as noted here I have successfully loaded TEZI.

Regards, Mlinar

#3

Perfect that the issue is solved. Thanks for the feedback.

Best regards,
Jaski

#4

Just a side note; after erasing all partitions I had to rewrite config block from u-boot with cfgblock command

cfgblock create [-y] [barcode]

After that TEZI was able to flash image to module.

Regards, Mlinar

#5

Thanks for your Input.