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--- products:sbc:vim1s:development:erase-emmc [2022/08/22 23:11]
hyphop [How-to check boot-loaders content]
+++ products:sbc:vim1s:development:erase-emmc [2022/08/24 02:00] (current)
hyphop old revision restored (2022/08/23 15:37)
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 eMMC boot-loader can be stored on ''/dev/mmcblk0'' and special areas ''/dev/mmcblk0boot0'' or ''/dev/mmcblk0boot0''.
-==== Cleanup all eMMC boot-loaders ====
+==== Cleanup eMMC boot loaders ====
+Cleanup special eMMC boot areas.
 ```sh
-dd if=/dev/zero count=1 bs=1M | sudo tee /dev/mmcblk?boot? >/dev/null
+dd if=/dev/zero count=8192 | sudo tee /dev/mmcblk?boot? >/dev/null
 ```
-==== Get block-device names for boot-loaders ====
+Also need cleanup eMMC common boot area.
+```sh
+sudo dd if=/dev/zero count=2000 seek=1 of=/dev/mmcblk0
 ```
-ls -1 /dev/mmcblk?boot? /dev/bootloader?
-```
 <WRAP important >
+''/dev/mmcblk0'' maybe different, please check how-to [[#get-block-device-names-for-boot-loaders]]
+</WRAP>
-''/dev/bootloader?'' is just aliases for ''/dev/mmcblk?boot?''
+==== Universal method for cleanup all eMMC boot-areas ====
+```sh
+sudo dd if=/dev/zero count=8192 | sudo tee /dev/mmcblk?boot? >/dev/null
+sudo dd if=/dev/zero count=2000 seek=1 of=$(ls /dev/mmcblk?boot?|grep -m1 -o /dev/mmcblk.)
+```
+==== Get block-device names for boot loaders ====
+Get block-device names for special boot areas.
+```shell
+~$ ls -1 /dev/mmcblk?boot? /dev/bootloader?
+/dev/bootloader0
+/dev/bootloader1
+/dev/mmcblk0boot0
+/dev/mmcblk0boot1
+```
+<WRAP important >
+''/dev/bootloader?'' same areas as ''/dev/mmcblk?boot?'', but shifted by 512 bytes
 </WRAP>
-==== How-to check boot-loaders content ====
+Get eMMC block-device name.
-this example display empty content for special boot-loaders areas
+```shell
+~$ ls -1 $(ls /dev/mmcblk?boot?|grep -m1 -o /dev/mmcblk.)
+/dev/mmcblk0
+```
+==== How-to check boot loaders content ====
+This example display empty content for special boot-loaders areas.
 ```shell
-~$ for m in /dev/mmcblk?boot?;do dd if=$m count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C; done
+~$ for m in /dev/bootloader?;do echo $m; dd if=$m count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C ;done
+/dev/bootloader0
 00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
 00000200
+/dev/bootloader1
 00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
 00000200
 ```
-next example display valid boot-loader header ''@ML''
+Display same but for other boot areas names.
 ```shell
-~$ dd if=/dev/mmcblk2 count=1 skip=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C | head -n1
+~$ for m in /dev/mmcblk?boot?;do echo $m; dd if=$m skip=1 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C ;done
-00000000  40 4d 4c 20 8d 66 31 ed  00 00 00 00 80 05 00 00  |@ML .f1.........|
+/dev/mmcblk2boot0
+00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
+*
+00000200
+/dev/mmcblk2boot1
+00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
+*
+00000200
 ```
+Next example display valid boot loader header ''@ML''.
+```shell
+~$ dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 count=1 skip=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C | head -n1
+00000000  40 4d 4c 20 8d 66 31 ed  00 00 00 00 80 05 00 00  |@ML .f1.........|
+```
 /*

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