英伟达Xavier NX 开发系列之如何升级单独分区 kernel dtb

需求是：每一次的调试需要烧录kernel的时候，都需要将target device短接进入recover烧录模式，再通过USB将已经编译好的内核烧录到target板上，那么有没有其它更好的方式升级呢 ？ 可以在target device直接编译好的内核kernel和更新dtb，该具体如何操作呢?

nvidia给出的技术支持是，更新一个单独的分区，那么具体是如何操作呢 ？

Updating an Individual Partition

The current-release of BSP supports updating individual partitions (excluding the partitions BCT, mb1, and APP).

准备工作：

You perform an individual partition update in two steps:

1. Prepare a Bootloader update payload (BUP) on the host system.

在编译sdk的环境先将bl_update_payload编译出来

2. Trigger an update on the target device.

To prepare the Bootloader update payload

在编译环境下，先通过如下操作即可生成

1. Enter these commands on the host system:

$ cd ${Tot_BSP}/Linux_for_Tegra

$ sudo ./l4t_generate_soc_bup.sh <processor>

Where <processor> is:

• For Jetson TX2, t18x

• For Jetson AGX Xavier , t19x

The script generates a BUP named bl_update_payload in the directory at Linux_for_Tegra/payloads_<processor>/bl_update_payload/.

按照说明大概流程，按照流程需求大概整个脚本来

将上面编译好的bl_update_payload的文件拷贝到target device上面

2. Copy the BUP to any convenient location on the target device whose partitions are to be updated.

To trigger the update process

将bl_update_payload拷贝到target device上面的 /opt/ota_package/ 路径上

1. Move the BUP bl_update_payload to the directory /opt/ota_package/.

在target device 中的/opt/ota_package/ 下面创建一个update_list.conf 文件

注意在update_list.conf 文件中编辑填充如下内容：

#
# commands run on the target device
#
# cd /opt/ota_package
# sudo mv bl_update_payload .
# sudo echo 'kernel current' > update_list.conf
# sudo echo 'kernel-dtb current' >> update_list.conf
# sudo nv_part_update update_list.conf //在target device上面真正执行更新的命令
# sudo reboot  //升级完毕后，需要手动执行重启系统才能生效

#cat /proc/version   //通过对比版本即可查阅是否升级成功

2. Create a file named update_list.conf and edit it to add the names and slots of the partition(s) to be updated.

For example, you could update the partitions cpu-bootloader and bootloader-dtb in their non-current slots by adding these lines:

cpu-bootloader non-current   //此处为nvidia给出的参考说明，

bootloader-dtb non-current  //此处为nvidia给出的参考说明，

3. To trigger the update, run the script nv_part_update with the name of the file update_list.conf as an input parameter:

$ sudo nv_part_update update_list.conf   //在target device上面真正执行更新的命令

Examples

NVIDIA provides several examples of how to apply image-based OTA update for some specific use cases:

• Modifying the intermediate partition layout

• Upgrading release 32.3, 32.4, or 32.5 to the current release with partition layout customization

• ota-demo-host.sh and ota-demo-target.sh sample scripts

• Update on customized devices

For more details about these examples, see the file:

Linux_for_Tegra/‌tools/‌ota_tools/‌version_upgrade/‌Image_based_OTA_Examples.txt

This file is included in the OTA tool package ota_tools_<rel>_aarch64.tbz2.