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#linux/Foundational_Components/Tools/GPIO_Tools
linux/Foundational_Components_Machine_Learning
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.. note::

At the time of 11.1 release, the corresponding Snagfactory version was v2.3.
At the time of 11.2 release, the corresponding Snagfactory version was v2.5.

.. ifconfig:: CONFIG_part_variant in ('AM62DX')

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BOOT_MACHINE_A53=am62dx_evm_a53_defconfig am62x_a53_usbdfu.config am6x_a53_snagfactory.config

.. ifconfig:: CONFIG_part_variant in ('AM62LX')

.. code-block:: make

BOOT_MACHINE_A53=am62lx_evm_defconfig am62x_a53_usbdfu.config am6x_a53_snagfactory.config

Generate the bootloader images using top-level makefile by running following
commands on the terminal from the top-level of the Linux SDK installer.

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* Once you load the YAML configuration file, the SnagFactory GUI tool will flash the device with
the specified configuration.

The following table outline the board names for snagfactory yaml configuration.

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.. list-table::
:header-rows: 1

* - Evaluation Board
- Family
- board
* - am62pxx-evm
- am6x
- am62p
* - am62xx-evm
- am6x
- am625
* - am62lxx-evm
- am62lx
- am62l3
* - am62xx-lp-evm
- am6x
- am625
* - am62sip-evm
- am6x
- am625
* - am64xx-evm
- am6x
- am6442
* - am62dxx-evm
- am6x
- am62d2

The example configuration files for **emmc** and **ospi-nand** and **ospi-nor** are as follows.

For reference, the :file:`ospi-nor.yaml` file for **am62p** platform can be as follows:
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- image: "<path_to_flash_binaries>/rootfs.ext4"
part: "rootfs"

For reference, the :file:`emmc.yaml` file for **am62l** platform can be as follows:

.. code-block:: text

boards:
"0451:6165": "am62l3"

soc-models:
am62l3-firmware:
tiboot3:
path: "<path_to_boot_binaries>/tiboot3.bin"
tispl:
path: "<path_to_boot_binaries>/tispl.bin"
u-boot:
path: "<path_to_boot_binaries>/u-boot.img"

am62l3-tasks:
- target-device: mmc0
fb-buffer-addr: 0x82000000
fb-buffer-size: 0x7000000

- task: gpt
args:
- name: rootfs
size: 15G

- task: reset

- task: flash
args:
- image: "<path_to_flash_binaries>/tiboot3.bin"
image-offset: 0x0
part: "hwpart 1"
- image: "<path_to_flash_binaries>/tispl.bin"
image-offset: 0x80000
part: "hwpart 1"
- image: "<path_to_flash_binaries>/u-boot.img"
image-offset: 0x280000
part: "hwpart 1"
- image: "<path_to_flash_binaries>/rootfs.ext4"
part: "rootfs"

**Snagboot Command-line Configuration and Device Flashing Procedure**

Snagrecover uses vendor-specific ROM code mechanisms to initialize external RAM and run U-Boot, without modifying any non-volatile memories.
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