# Caraboot

**Repository Path**: afeng11/Caraboot

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: Caraboot
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: C
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2024-03-02
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-28

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## README

Caraboot
========

U-Boot for Carambola2/Lima/zte e8820/e8821 based boards


Build
-------

1) Build buildroot toolchain (http://buildroot.org)

Download:
```
cd your_work_dir
git clone git://git.buildroot.net/buildroot
git checkout 2016.02
```
  
Configure:
```
cd buildroot
make menuconfig
```
In Target Options select Target Architecture as MIPS (big endian) and Target Architecture Variant as mips 32r2.
In Toolchain select GCC Compiler version as gcc 4.7.x.
Save and exit.

Build:
```
make toolchain
```

2) Build Caraboot image

Download:
```
cd your_work_dir
git clone https://github.com/8devices/Caraboot.git
```

Configure:
Open Caraboot Makefile and change CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX to your buildroot binary path, i.e ```CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX=your_work_dir/buildroot/output/host/usr/bin/mips-linux- ```
```
cd Caraboot
vi/nano/gedit Makefile
```

Build:
```
make BOARD_TYPE=carambola2
```
or
```
make BOARD_TYPE=lima
```
or
```
make BOARD_TYPE=e8820
or
```
make BOARD_TYPE=e8821
```

The bootloader binary will be saved to ```bin/xxx_u-boot.bin``` file.
You can now use this file to upgrade your bootloader on Carambola2 (http://8devices.com/wiki/carambola2:uboot) or Lima (http://8devices.com/wiki/lima:uboot).