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Title: Adding SPI Flash to A64-OLinuXino-1Ge16GW
Post by: tbultel on March 05, 2020, 06:03:11 PM

Hi,

I would like to add a SPI flash on my A64-OLinuXino-1Ge16GW, to put uboot on it.
I found this:
https://fr.rs-online.com/web/p/products/1712222/

When it is soldered, do I have something else to do, to have the CPU loading
uboot from it ?
Thanks !

Title: Re: Adding SPI Flash to A64-OLinuXino-1Ge16GW
Post by: LubOlimex on March 06, 2020, 04:46:24 PM

Yeah, this memory should work. But check the schematic there are some other components to be placed also.

About the software check here: https://www.olimex.com/wiki/ArmbianHowTo#Update_SPI_flash

Title: Re: Adding SPI Flash to A64-OLinuXino-1Ge16GW
Post by: tbultel on March 07, 2020, 11:02:48 AM

Thanks, I will doublechek the missing parts on the schematics.
I am customed to MTD devices, so I think it should even be possible
to flash it from Linux instead of from u-boot.

My question was rather:
How will the board boot on it ? In the other manufacturer boards I have been
working on in the past, there was usually dip switches to select the boot from either SD, emmc, and SPI flash.
How does this work with the A64 ?

Thanks !

Title: Re: Adding SPI Flash to A64-OLinuXino-1Ge16GW
Post by: JohnS on March 07, 2020, 01:02:25 PM

Determined by the A64 internal BROM.

John

Title: Re: Adding SPI Flash to A64-OLinuXino-1Ge16GW
Post by: LubOlimex on March 09, 2020, 08:18:52 AM

There is priority order. SD > eMMC > SPI flash > USB. The first place that the boot process finds proper boot sequence is the selected one. Read here:

https://linux-sunxi.org/BROM#A64

Title: Re: Adding SPI Flash to A64-OLinuXino-1Ge16GW
Post by: tbultel on March 15, 2020, 06:57:47 PM

Thanks for the link, that was very useful

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