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Cover letter [U-Boot] [PATCH 00/14] Nokia RX-51 support
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So why not just replace the bootloader right away?

Booting process on n900:
1. Omap bootrom
2. Nokia X-Loader
3. Nokia NOLO Bootloader
4. Linux kernel
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To make it clear, I own N900 myself ;-)

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Nokia X-Loader and NOLO are stored in first nand part. It has size 128kB. Nokia X-Loader is signed (size 14.5kB), so cannot be replaced. NOLO bootloader is not signed (so theoretically can be replaced), but size is limited to 113kB. I do not know how to compile U-Boot binary with size < 113kB...

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Size of part where is stored linux kernel has 2MB and it is enought for
U-Boot with kernel image (~200kB + ~1.6MB). Also U-Boot can boot kernel
from eMMC/SD.

You didn't answer my question, so again ... why can't you replace NOLO? Because there's the 113kb limit? Use SPL then.

I only tried to boot U-Boot in qemu wich increased boot part - but not worked. (NOLO in qemu can boot u-boot without problems). So NOLO do some extra work - which I do not know... Also limit is problem to test on real n900.

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What do you mean? Did you crack yours open? Can you connect JTAG to the device? I didn't check on mine.

I have no idea if N900 has JTAG. And I think that nobody cracked X-Loader yet.

What do you mean, you don't need xloader, u-boot SPL can replace it.

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NOLO bootloader can be replaced/flashed via flasher-3.5 app throw USB. Also when NOLO is damaged (or cleared/replaced) it can restored - coldflashed again via flasher-3.5.

I know. So ... ? Basically you can use the TI flashes too since it all goes through the bootrom, right?

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What I tried:
I created mtd image where was X-Loader, NOLO and U-Boot. QEmu RX51 successfull booted this image and I got serial console and video screen output.

But when I created mtd image where was only X-Loader an U-Boot, QEmu RX51 was unable to boot (it freezed).

Why? Where? You know you can debug U-Boot in QEMU with GDB and diag the problem properly?

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So NOLO executing some code which inilialize board or someting else which must be done in U-Boot board code. There is no documentation or info about NOLO, so I cannot create working NOLO replacement.

Yes you can, either observe it or disas it.

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