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--- nvflash [2011/07/28 23:35] – [Debian/Ubuntu Package] ggrandou
+++ nvflash [2023/07/08 00:04] (current) – [Installing nvflash] 94.102.224.209
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-====== nvflash ======
+====== NvFlash ====== nvflash is a utility provided by Nvidia for flashing Tegra devices. Nvflash runs on a host PC and communicates with the Tegra system (the AC100 in our case) through a dedicated USB port (the mini USB port on the AC100). nvflash is distributed by nvidia as a binary only. Sources are not available and the communication protocol in not publicly documented.
-nvflash is a utility provided by Nvidia for flashing Tegra devices. Nvflash runs on a host PC and communicates with the Tegra system (the AC100 in our case) through a dedicated USB port (the mini USB port on the AC100).
-nvflash is distributed by nvidia as a binary only. Sources are not available and the communication protocol in not publicly documented.
 ====== Installing nvflash ======
 ==== From the nvidia tegra developper site ====
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 <code>
 $ cd /tmp
-$ wget http://share.grandou.net/debian/nvflash/nvflash_20110628-1_all.deb
+$ wget http://share.grandou.net/debian/nvflash/nvflash_20110628-2_all.deb
-$ sudo dpkg -i nvflash_20110628-1_all.deb
+$ sudo dpkg -i nvflash_20110628-2_all.deb
 </code>
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+====== nvflash setup ======
+  - Powerdown your AC100
+  - Connect the USB cable between your AC100 and the host PC
+  - press CTRL and ESC keys, and while maintaining them pressed, powerup your AC100
+  - the AC100 power white LED should light on, the screen remains switched off
+  - download the bootloader into the CPU RAM, on your host PC, type:
+<code>
+$ nvflash --bl /usr/lib/nvflash/fastboot.bin --sync
+</code>
+Note: adapt the command with real path of your fastboot.bin
+Now the AC100 is ready to accept commands from nvflash
+====== nvflash commands ======
+Write the image <filename> partition <N> of your AC100:
+<code>$ nvflash -r --download <N> <filename></code>
+Read the partition <N> from the AC100 to the file <filename>:
+<code>$ nvflash -r --read <N> <filename></code>
+For a complete description of nvflash commands:
+<code>$ nvflash --help</code>