June 17, 2024

Antminer S9 U-boot install - bootgen

The bootgen utility is a tool put together by Xilinx. They even provide a 255 page user guide! Source can be obtained here: The source consists of 56,000 lines of C++ and 17,000 lines of header files.

A real monster.

Build it

First step is: 
cd /u1/Projects/Zynq
git clone https://github.com/Xilinx/bootgen.git
cd bootgen
It is written in C++, so I need to "su; dnf install g++", then: 
make
cp bootgen /home/tom/bin
I get a few warnings, but the build completes, giving me "bootgen" which I install as shown above.

No ugly surprises .. yet.

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Tom's Computer Info / tom@mmto.org