[PATCH] Documentation: i.MX: point out that barebox-*-u.img is i.MX6-specific

Sascha Hauer sha at pengutronix.de
Mon Dec 4 23:54:12 PST 2023


On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 12:47:05PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> We don't use the DCD table for RAM setup on i.MX8M, so no special
> barebox binary is needed for USB upload.
> 
> CONFIG_HABV4_IMAGE_SIGNED_USB is already i.MX6-specific, but point this
> out in the documentation explicitly as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/boards/imx.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks

Sascha

> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/boards/imx.rst b/Documentation/boards/imx.rst
> index 2a5168190620..13246599838b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/boards/imx.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/boards/imx.rst
> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ barebox supports generating signed images, signed USB images suitable for
>  *imx-usb-loader* and encrypted images.
>  
>  In contrast to normal (unsigned) images booting signed images via
> -imx-usb-loader requires special images:
> +imx-usb-loader on i.MX6 (but not in i.MX8M) requires special images:
>  DCD data is invalidated (DCD pointer set to zero), the image is then signed and
>  afterwards the DCD pointer is set to the DCD data again (practically making
>  the signature invalid).
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 
> 
> 

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