EspressoBin@GlobalScaleTechnologies - UEFI BOOT

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Here are some notes about pasts and successfull experiments with UEFI boot from u-boot on ARM64 EspressoBin.

They were done on the 8th of september 2020 for OPNSense and on the 19th oo july 2021.
I still had to make a detailed howto, but it may be usefull for advanced users waiting for some tests.

They may also work ‘as-is’ or mainly close to on MochaBIn but I have not tested.

IPFIRE TRY

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usb reset
load usb 0:2 $kernel_addr_r /efi/boot/bootaa64.efi
load usb 0:1 $fdt_addr_r /dtb-5.10.50-ipfire/marvell/armada-3720-espressobin-v7-emmc.dtb
bootefi $kernel_addr_r $fdt_addr_r
... BOOT OK Linux lts

USB2 = KO
USB3 = OK

OPNSENSE TRY

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=> setenv fdt_name 'dtb/marvell/armada-3720-espressobin.dtb'
=> setenv image_name 'EFI/BOOT/bootaa64.efi'
=> setenv bootmmc 'mmc dev 0;fatload mmc 0:1 $kernel_addr $image_name;fatload mmc 0:1 $fdt_addr $fdt_name; bootefi $kernel_addr'
=> run bootmmc

Will be updated soon…
Keep your eyes open.

Take care, shared as is, use it at your own risks !