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cbootimage(1) NVIDIA Tegra Firmware Signing Tool cbootimage(1)

NAME

cbootimage - tegra BCT compiler

SYNOPSIS

cbootimage [ options ] configfile [ inputimage ] outputimage

DESCRIPTION

This program is used to create images suitable to place into the boot flash of a device using a Tegra SoC. There are two primary modes of operation of cbootimage:

1
Compile a textual representation of a BCT into a binary image.
2
Generate an entire boot image from a previously compiled BCT and a bootloader binary.

Platforms supported

  • Tegra20
  • Tegra30
  • Tegra114
  • Tegra124
  • Tegra132
  • Tegra210

COMMANDS

Generate the new bct file from the given config file.
Print help text and exit.

OPTIONS

Output debugging information.
Specify the odm_data value (in hex).
Select target device. Must be one of: 20, 30, 114, 124, 132, 210.
Select target device. Must be one of: tegra20, tegra30, tegra114, tegra124, tegra32, tegra210.
Copy input image data and update bct configs into new image file

EXAMPLES

To generate a bct file from a text description obtained either through bct_dump(1) or cbootimage-configs:

$ cbootimage -gbct -t124 PM375_Hynix_2GB_H5TC4G63AFR_RDA_924MHz.bct.cfg PM375_Hynix_2GB_H5TC4G63AFR_RDA_924MHz.bct
New BCT file PM375_Hynix_2GB_H5TC4G63AFR_RDA_924MHz.bct has been successfully generated!

To generate a boot image file including the newly generated bct:

cbootimage -t124 jetson-tk1-emmc.img.cfg jetson-tk1-emmc.img
Image file jetson-tk1-emmc.img has been successfully generated!

RETURN VALUE

If any error occurs a non zero exit status is returned.

SEE ALSO

tegrarcm(1),bct_dump(1)

6 October 2015 cbootimage-1.8