Newbie Getting Started Help Please

VisionFive 2 （English Forum)
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Yes, the only way to update spl/uboot is by USB/TTL serial port adapter.

please see the detail how to setup serial converter

then, please move to this step https://doc-en.rvspace.org/VisionFive2/Quick_Start_Guide/VisionFive2_SDK_QSG/updating_spl_and_u_boot%20-%20vf2.html#updating_spl_and_u_boot-vf2__section_n4t_1qt_yvb

  1. setup tftp sever in your linux PC;
  2. download spl/uboot binaries to your tftp server path;
  3. visionfive2(eth0 or eth1) is connected to the pc over network cable;
  4. power on and serial port will pop-up startup log, then press any key to stay on uboot command line;
  5. config ipaddr for board and serverip for pc;
  6. tranfer and flash binaries by following the guide, make sure dont missing any letter or number when you copy the command;
  7. restart your board;
  8. here is the sample booting log, If you see in the boot log that the compile date of sp/uboot is 25th Dec., then the upgrade is successful
U-Boot SPL 2021.10 (Dec 25 2022 - 20:59:18 +0800)
DDR version: dc2e84f0.
Trying to boot from SPI

OpenSBI v1.0
   ____                    _____ ____ _____
  / __ \                  / ____|  _ \_   _|
 | |  | |_ __   ___ _ __ | (___ | |_) || |
 | |  | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ \ \___ \|  _ < | |
 | |__| | |_) |  __/ | | |____) | |_) || |_
  \____/| .__/ \___|_| |_|_____/|____/_____|
        | |
        |_|

Platform Name             : StarFive VisionFive V2
Platform Features         : medeleg
Platform HART Count       : 5
Platform IPI Device       : aclint-mswi
Platform Timer Device     : aclint-mtimer @ 4000000Hz
Platform Console Device   : uart8250
Platform HSM Device       : ---
Platform Reboot Device    : ---
Platform Shutdown Device  : ---
Firmware Base             : 0x40000000
Firmware Size             : 360 KB
Runtime SBI Version       : 0.3

Domain0 Name              : root
Domain0 Boot HART         : 1
Domain0 HARTs             : 0*,1*,2*,3*,4*
Domain0 Region00          : 0x0000000002000000-0x000000000200ffff (I)
Domain0 Region01          : 0x0000000040000000-0x000000004007ffff ()
Domain0 Region02          : 0x0000000000000000-0xffffffffffffffff (R,W,X)
Domain0 Next Address      : 0x0000000040200000
Domain0 Next Arg1         : 0x0000000042200000
Domain0 Next Mode         : S-mode
Domain0 SysReset          : yes

Boot HART ID              : 1
Boot HART Domain          : root
Boot HART Priv Version    : v1.11
Boot HART Base ISA        : rv64imafdcbx
Boot HART ISA Extensions  : none
Boot HART PMP Count       : 8
Boot HART PMP Granularity : 4096
Boot HART PMP Address Bits: 34
Boot HART MHPM Count      : 2
Boot HART MIDELEG         : 0x0000000000000222
Boot HART MEDELEG         : 0x000000000000b109


U-Boot 2021.10 (Dec 25 2022 - 20:59:18 +0800), Build: jenkins-github_visionfive2-4

CPU:   rv64imacu
Model: StarFive VisionFive V2
DRAM:  4 GiB
MMC:   sdio0@16010000: 0, sdio1@16020000: 1
Loading Environment from SPIFlash... SF: Detected gd25lq128 with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 16 MiB
OK
StarFive EEPROM format v2
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