upgrade_tool
upgrade_tool is the software developed by Rockchip for USB flashing on Linux platform.
Installation for upgrade_tool
Please download and extract the following file to install upgrade_tool:
Usage for upgrade_tool
- Command Line Mode
- Interactive Mode
upgrade_tool is used in command line mode similar to rkdeveloptool.
In command line mode, upgrade_tool does not support the selection of a Maskrom device, nor can it select the storage media to be written to.
If you need to select a specific one from multiple devices, use interactive mode.
View connected Maskrom devices
./upgrade_tool ld
Write file
upgrade_tool does not automatically decompress compressed files when writing to them.
First extract the used files and specify the extracted files in upgrade_tool.
sudo ./upgrade_tool db <loader>
sudo ./upgrade_tool wl 0 <image>
Download links for the required Loader and Image files can be found below.
Reboot device
sudo ./upgrade_tool rd
If upgrade_tool is executed without any arguments, it will automatically enter interactive mode.
This mode will first ask to select the device to be written to:
$ sudo ./upgrade_tool
Using /home/rock/Linux_Upgrade_Tool/config.ini
Program Log will save in the /root/upgrade_tool/log/
List of rockusb connected
DevNo=1 Vid=0x2207,Pid=0x350b,LocationID=21 Mode=Maskrom
DevNo=2 Vid=0x2207,Pid=0x350b,LocationID=22 Mode=Maskrom
DevNo=3 Vid=0x2207,Pid=0x350b,LocationID=23 Mode=Maskrom
Found 3 rockusb,Select input DevNo,Rescan press <R>,Quit press <Q>:
After selecting the device, upgrade_tool displays all commands available in the current mode. Thereafter the operation is similar to command line mode.
SPI U-Boot and Loader
The SPI/U-boot/loader file is related to the SoC model, you can find it in the following list according to the corresponding SoC model of the product.
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ROCK 3 / Zero 3 Family: (Corresponding SoC models: RK3566/RK3568/RK3568J)
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ROCK 4 Family: (Corresponding SoC models: RK3399/RK3399-T/RK3399(Rockchip OP1))
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ROCK 5 Family: (Corresponding SoC models: RK3588/RK3588S/RK3588S2)
Parallel Write
Since upgrade_tool blocks the current terminal when writing to a device, if you need to write to multiple devices at the same time, you need to execute upgrade_tool multiple times to create multiple interactive mode sessions.