Provided by: tegrarcm_1.8-2build1_amd64 
NAME
tegrarcm - Tegra firmware download utility
SYNOPSIS
tegrarcm [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
This program is used to send code to a Tegra device in recovery mode. It supports both unlocked devices,
and those locked with a PKC (private key). It is not capable of flashing firmware to a device, but can be
used to download firmware that is then capable of flashing. For example in ChromeOS tegrarcm is used to
download a special build of U-Boot to the target Tegra device with a payload that it then flashes to the
boot memory device.
Devices with PKC enabled may be handled in two different ways:
1. Data may be signed on-the-fly, during communication with the Tegra device, by providing the --pkc
options. This method is the simplest, but requires access to the device's PKC during the download
process.
2. The signing and download steps may be separated. Signed data may first be prepared offline,
without requiring access to a Tegra device, using the --gen-signed-msgs option. The signed data
may later be sent to a Tegra device using the --download-signed-msgs option.
Both of these steps require use of the --signed-msgs-file option to indicate where to write/read
the signed messages. This option provides a base filename, to which various extensions will be
appended, to form the final filenames for the various signed data/messages.
This method is more complex, but allows separation of the download and signing processes. For
example, a highly secure signing machine could generate the signed messages and pass them to a
factory system for download to the Tegra device.
Platforms supported
• Tegra20
• Tegra30
• Tegra114
• Tegra124
How to use
— Connect a USB cable from your development system to your Tegra device. You will either need a USB
A to A cable or A to micro B depending on the target board.
— Find the appropriate BCT file for your board. For reference boards, BCT files can be found in the
L4T distribution from NVIDIA.
— Build some firmware for your device (such as U-Boot)
— Run tegrarcm to download the firmware
COMMANDS
readbct
Read the BCT from the target device and write it to bctfile.
OPTIONS
--bct bctfile
Specify the BCT file to download to the Tegra device. This file contains memory configuration
information for the board. BCT files can be obtained through the NVIDIA L4T distribution or
generated with cbootimage and a proper configuration file.
--bootloader blfile
Specify the bootloader file to download to the Tegra device. This is the firmware file that will
be downloaded and executed.
--loadaddr loadaddr
Specify the address the bootloader will be loaded at. This should be specified in hex and is
typically 0x108000 for a Tegra20 device or 0x80108000 for a Tegra30, Tegra114, or Tegra124 device.
--entryaddr entryaddr
Specify the entry address that control will be passed to after the firmware is loaded. This
should be specified in hex. If this option is omitted it is assumed to be the same as the load
address.
--version
Print the version number and exit.
--help Print help text and exit.
--miniloader mlfile
Read the miniloader from the specified file instead of using the built-in one.
--miniloader_entry mlentry
Specify the entry address of the miniloader.
--usb-port-path path
Specify the physical USB port path of the Tegra device to control.
--pkc key.der
Specify the key file for secured devices. The private key should be in DER format.
--gen-signed-msgs
Generate signed messages for PKC secured devices.
--signed-msgs-file msg_file_prefix
Specify messages file name prefix.
--download-signed-msgs
Download signed messages.
--soc tegra_soc_#
Specify Tegra SoC chip model number, ie, 124.
--usb-timeout timeout_ms
Specify usb transfer timeout value in ms, 0 for unlimited timeout.
USB PORT PATH
By default, tegrarcm operates on the first USB applicable device it finds. In a system that contains
multiple Tegra devices, the user may wish to specify which device tegrarcm should operate upon. The
--usb-port-path option allows this, and in a manner that is most immune to the set of attached USB
devices varying.
Note that the USB port path is associated with a physical USB port on a particular hub. This value will
vary if you physically re-organize your USB connections. This feature is still useful even if your USB
topology changes, providing you have some other mechanism to differentiate attached devices. For example,
you could use a wrapper script around tegrarcm that identifies the appropriate device by other means,
then automatically calculates the USB port path using the procedures below, and passes the value to
tegrarcm.
To determine the USB port path of a device, you must plug it in and find the current USB bus and USB
device number of the device, then map that to the USB port path. Simply run lsusb to find the current USB
bus and device number. If you have multiple NVIDIA devices attached, you may need to unplug and replug
the Tegra device to ensure you know which is which (all while not changing the state of any other USB
devices so you don't confuse yourself).
$ lsusb
[...]
Bus 003 Device 039: ID 0955:7721 NVidia Corp.
Bus 003 Device 045: ID 0955:7140 NVidia Corp.
[...]
Then, to determine the USB port path, do one of:
1. Execute udevadm on the USB device, and look for the DEVPATH entry. The final component in the path
is the USB port path:
$ udevadm info /dev/bus/usb/003/045
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-10/3-10.4
N: bus/usb/003/045
E: BUSNUM=003
E: DEVNUM=045
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-10/3-10.4
2. Look at all the sub-directories of /sys/bus/usb/devices/* that do not contain either ":" or "usb".
Each of these will contain a busnum and devnum file. Find the directory which matches the lsusb
output, and use its name:
$ cat /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-10.4/busnum
3
$ cat /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-10.4/devnum
45
Alternatively, you may already have udev rules that create a device node symlink for the device
(after some specific identification algorithm). In that case, you can search the udev output for
MAJOR/MINOR values, or /sys/bus/usb/devices/* directories for "dev" files, that match the device
node the symlink points to.
Once the port path is known, this value will not vary unless your USB connections are physically
changed, so you can use it over and over without repeating the steps above.
EXAMPLES
1) To download U-Boot to Seaboard, with no PKC enabled:
$ sudo tegrarcm --bct seaboard.bct --bootloader u-boot.bin --loadaddr 0x108000
bct file: seaboard.bct
bootloader file: u-boot.bin
load addr 0x108000
entry addr 0x108000
device id: 0x7820
uid: 0x33c20c0413fb217
RCM version: 2.1
downloading miniloader to target...
miniloader downloaded successfully
Chip UID: 0x33c20c0413fb217
Chip ID: 0x20
Chip ID Major Version: 0x1
Chip ID Minor Version: 0x4
Chip SKU: 0x18 (t25)
Boot ROM Version: 0x1
Boot Device: 0x3 (SPI)
Operating Mode: 0x3 (developer mode)
Device Config Strap: 0x0
Device Config Fuse: 0x0
SDRAM Config Strap: 0x0
sending file: seaboard.bct
- 4080/4080 bytes sent
seaboard.bct sent successfully
sending file: u-boot.bin
- 268314/268314 bytes sent
u-boot.bin sent successfully
2) To read the BCT from a system:
$ sudo tegrarcm --bct ventana.bct readbct
bct file: ventana.bct
device id: 0x7820
reading BCT from system, writing to ventana.bct...done!
3) To download U-Boot to Jetson TK1, with PKC enabled, in one step:
$ sudo tegrarcm --bct=jetson-tk1.bct --bootloader=u-boot.bin --loadaddr=0x83d88000 --pkc=rsa_priv.der
bct file: jetson-tk1-bct.bct
bootloader file: u-boot.bin
load addr 0x83d88000
entry addr 0x83d88000
device id: 0x7140
uid: 0x640010017410b1000000000016020540
RCM version: 64.1
downloading miniloader to target at address 0x4000e000 (136920 bytes)...
miniloader downloaded successfully
Chip UID: 0x000000017410b1000000000016020540
Chip ID: 0x40
Chip ID Major Version: 0x1
Chip ID Minor Version: 0x1
Chip SKU: 0x81 (t124)
Boot ROM Version: 0x1
Boot Device: 0x2 (EMMC)
Operating Mode: 0x6 (odm secure mode with PKC)
Device Config Strap: 0x0
Device Config Fuse: 0x0
SDRAM Config Strap: 0x3
sending file: jetson-tk1-bct.bct
- 8192/8192 bytes sent
jetson-tk1-bct.bct sent successfully
sending file: u-boot.bin
| 440004/440004 bytes sent
u-boot.bin sent successfully
4) To generate signed messages that will allow later downloading of U-Boot to Jetson TK1 with PKC
enabled:
$ sudo tegrarcm --gen-signed-msgs --signed-msgs-file rel_1001.bin --bootloader=u-boot.bin --loadaddr 0x83d88000 --soc 124 --pkc rsa_priv.der
bootloader file: u-boot.bin
load addr 0x83d88000
entry addr 0x83d88000
Create file rel_1001.bin.qry...
Create file rel_1001.bin.ml...
Create file rel_1001.bin.bl...
5) To download previously-generated signed messages to Jetson TK1 with PKC enabled:
$ sudo tegrarcm --download-signed-msgs --signed-msgs-file rel_1001.bin --bct=jetson-tk1-bct.bct --bootloader=u-boot.bin --loadaddr 0x83d88000
bct file: jetson-tk1-bct.bct
bootloader file: u-boot.bin
load addr 0x83d88000
entry addr 0x83d88000
device id: 0x7140
uid: 0x640010017410b1000000000016020540
download signed query version rcm from file rel_1001.bin.qry
RCM version: 64.1
download signed miniloader rcm from file rel_1001.bin.ml
downloading miniloader to target at address 0x4000e000 (137572 bytes)...
miniloader downloaded successfully
Chip UID: 0x000000017410b1000000000016020540
Chip ID: 0x40
Chip ID Major Version: 0x1
Chip ID Minor Version: 0x1
Chip SKU: 0x81 (t124)
Boot ROM Version: 0x1
Boot Device: 0x2 (EMMC)
Operating Mode: 0x6 (odm secure mode with PKC)
Device Config Strap: 0x0
Device Config Fuse: 0x0
SDRAM Config Strap: 0x3
sending file: jetson-tk1-bct.bct
- 8192/8192 bytes sent
jetson-tk1-bct.bct sent successfully
sending file: rel_1001.bin.bl
- 256/256 bytes sent
rel_1001.bin.bl sent successfully
sending file: u-boot.bin
| 440004/440004 bytes sent
u-boot.bin sent successfully
RETURN VALUE
If any error occurs a non zero exit status is returned.
SEE ALSO
cbootimage(1),
AUTHOR
Allen Martin, <amartin@nvidia.com>
tegrarcm-1.8 29 November 2012 tegrarcm(1)