The phyCORE-i.MX7 development kit is delivered with a pre-flashed eMMC. The following instructions for flashing images from a Network will be useful if you want to:

Flash images because eMMC is empty
Upgrade to a new release
Use custom built images

Pre-built images are available on PHYTEC's Artifactory. If you have built your own images by following the BSP Development Guide, then the images are located in: $YOCTO_DIR/build/tmp/deploy/images/imx7d-phyboard-zeta-004/

Note that the names of the images differ between releases. YOCTO_IMAGE in the instructions below refers to the Yocto image name that was used to build the image, and YOCTO_MACHINE refers to the machine that was selected to build the image. Refer to the "Built Images" section of the Quickstart pertaining to the specific release you are using for clarification on image names.

Setup

You will have to expand the rootfs partition of the SD Card such that it is large enough to hold your SD Card Image. This step needs to be performed only once for a given SD Card:
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- Take your bootable SD Card and connect it to your Ubuntu Host Machine.
- In the Terminal, install gparted:
  Host (Ubuntu)
  
  sudo apt-get install gparted
  
  CODE
- Run gparted:
  Host (Ubuntu)
  
  sudo gparted
  
  CODE
- Select the bootable SD Card in the upper right drop down menu:
- Select the rootfs partition:
- Select the Resize/Move button at the top toolbar:
- Enter the maximum size of the partition as the new size before hitting the Resize button:
- Apply the operation:
- Once the partition is successfully resized, close gparted. You will need this reformatted SD Card to complete the rest of this guide.
Download the following files to your Ubuntu Host Machine or locate the ones you built.
- SD Card Image - (you only need this file to flash the eMMC, the rest are for demonstrating how to update specific components on your eMMC and are not necessary)
- Kernel
- Device Tree
- U-Boot
- Root Filesystem

Copy the downloaded files to the SD Card:

Host (Ubuntu)

sudo cp ~/Downloads/fsl-image-validation-imx-imx7d-phyboard-zeta-004.sdcard.bz2 /media/user/e732e4aa-1a21-47b5-8dde-808da4af277f/home/root

#optional files
sudo cp ~/Downloads/zImage /media/user/e732e4aa-1a21-47b5-8dde-808da4af277f/home/root
sudo cp ~/Downloads/zImage-imx7d-phyboard-zeta-004.dtb /media/user/e732e4aa-1a21-47b5-8dde-808da4af277f/home/root
sudo cp ~/Downloads/u-boot.imx /media/user/e732e4aa-1a21-47b5-8dde-808da4af277f/home/root
sudo cp ~/Downloads/fsl-image-validation-imx-imx7d-phyboard-zeta-004.ext4 /media/user/e732e4aa-1a21-47b5-8dde-808da4af277f/home/root

CODE

Safely eject your SD Card and connect it to your phyCORE-i.MX7 development kit.
Configure your phyCORE-i.MX7 development kit to boot from SD Card and boot into Linux. See Boot Switch for more information.

Flash the eMMC

Since the UUIDs of the partitions in the sdcard image do not change, it is recommended that you manually format the SD card if you plan on using it after flashing the image to eMMC, otherwise if using the sdcard image for both eMMC and SD, mmcblk0p1 and mmcblk1p1 as well as mmcblk0p2 and mmcblk1p2 will have the same UUID.

Lets ensure that the file transferred successfully to the target.
Target (Linux)
```
ls ~
```
CODE
You should see the file fsl-image-validation-imx-imx7d-phyboard-zeta-004.sdcard.bz2 listed in the output of the above command.
Unmount the eMMC:
Target (Linux)
```
umount /run/media/mmcblk2p*
```
CODE
Now flash the eMMC:
Target (Linux)
```
bzip2 -dc fsl-image-validation-imx-imx7d-phyboard-zeta-004.sdcard.bz2 | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=1MB && sync
```
CODE
Now you are set to boot from eMMC. Poweroff the board, adjust the boot switches to boot from eMMC and then give it a shot!

Updating Individual Images

Updating individual images is not necessary if you just performed the steps above. The SD Card image contains everything it needs to configure your eMMC to boot into Linux (the SD Card Image contains the kernel, device tree, boot-loader and root filesystem). Updating each of these individually is only necessary if you made some change to the component in question and your eMMC has previously been flashed. The following instructions assume that you are booted into Linux from an SD Card.

Linux/DTB

Copy the kernel and device tree to the boot partition of the SD Card:
Target (Linux)
```
cp ~/zImage /run/media/mmcblk2p1
cp ~/zImage-imx7d-phyboard-zeta-004.dtb /run/media/mmcblk2p1/oftree
```
CODE
Notice that we changed the name of the device tree when we transferred it to the phyCORE-i.MX7. This is because U-Boot expects the device tree to be named oftree.

U-Boot

Unmount the eMMC:
Target (Linux)
```
umount /run/media/mmcblk2p*
```
CODE

Now write U-Boot:

Target (Linux)

sudo dd if=u-boot.imx of=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=512 seek=2 conv=fsync

CODE

Root Filesystem

Unmount the eMMC's rootfs partition:
Target (Linux)
```
umount /run/media/mmcblk2p2
```
CODE

Flash the root filesystem to the eMMC's 2nd partition:

Target (Linux)

dd if=fsl-image-validation-imx-imx7d-phyboard-zeta-004.ext4 of=/dev/mmcblk2p2 bs=1M && sync

CODE

Boot Options in U-Boot

The target can be booted from on-board media. In our standard configuration, this BSP release loads the kernel and root filesystem from MMC if an SD card is inserted in the micro SD card slot. If no SD card is present, it will boot from eMMC.

Stand Alone SD/MMC Card Boot

This is the default boot configuration. Simply type the following:

Target (U-Boot)

boot

CODE

You can always reset the boot environment settings back to their defaults with the following command:

Target (U-Boot)

env default -f -a
saveenv
reset

CODE

Stand Alone eMMC Boot

By default, the U-Boot environment is configured to autodetect which mmc interface U-boot was booted from (See Boot Configurations) and boot the kernel and root file system from the same device. However, if you would like to boot Linux from eMMC regardless of the boot source for U-Boot, then disable auto-detection and set the mmc boot device to mmc1 by modifying the environment as follows:

Target (U-Boot)

setenv mmcautodetect no
setenv mmcdev 1
setenv mmcroot '/dev/mmcblk2p2 rootwait rw'
saveenv 
reset

CODE

After resetting the board, let it boot fully into Linux.