Turing Pi2: Orin NX (node1) Flashing via RK1 (node4)

README.md

prerequisites

get from https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetson-linux-r365

• Jetson_Linux_R36.5.0_aarch64.tbz2
• sdkmanager_2.4.0-13236_arm64.deb
• Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R36.5.0_aarch64.tbz2

preperation

Turing Pi2

place RK1 or CM4 into Node4 place Nvidia Orin NX in node 1

packages

I am using Debian Trixie. I needed to install

• qemu-user-static:arm64 - Jetpack is a mix of x86_64 and aarch64 binaries
• uuid-runtime
• lz4
• zstd
• squashfs-tools
• cpio
• device-tree-compiler
• python3
• lzop

SDK, images, flashing tools on node 4

• extract Jetson_Linux_R36.5.0_aarch64.tbz2 to ./Linux_for_Tegra
• extract Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R36.5.0_aarch64.tbz2 to ./Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs USE sudo

tar xf Jetson_Linux_R36.5.0_aarch64.tbz2
sudo tar xf Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R36.5.0_aarch64.tbz2 -C Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/ --acl --xattrs

patch SDK for TuringPi2 which has no EEPROM

cd ./Linux_for_Tegra
sed -i 's/cvb_eeprom_read_size = <0x100>/cvb_eeprom_read_size = <0x0>/g' ./bootloader/generic/BCT/tegra234-mb2-bct-misc-p3767-0000.dts

patch SDK for newer ssh-keygen without DSA support

JetPack assumes a ssh-keygen which includes DSA support which was remove in noble and trixie. It will silently cause the image generation to fail, as the script uses the redirection 1> /dev/null 2>&1.

sed -i -e  '/ssh-keygen -t dsa/ d' ./tools/ota_tools/version_upgrade/ota_make_recovery_img_dtb.sh

prepare rootfs

cd ./Linux_for_Tegra
sudo ./apply_binaries.sh
sudo ./tools/l4t_flash_prerequisites.sh

add default user

sudo ./tools/l4t_create_default_user.sh -u orin -p orin -a -n orin

connection

For 2.4 Turing Pi2 Board

• connect A-A USB cable from node 4 to node 1
• run on BMC

tpi -p off             # (turns off all nodes)
tpi -u device -n 1     # put node1 into device mode
tpi -p on              # (turns on all nodes)

For 2.5.x Turing Pi2 Board

• connect one USB A Port of Node 4 to USB-C Port of Node 1

flash

inspired by https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/jp5-1-5-how-to-enable-super-mode-on-orin-nx/345890/6

sudo ADDITIONAL_DTB_OVERLAY_OPT="BootOrderNvme.dtbo" ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --external-device nvme0n1p1 -p "-c ./bootloader/generic/cfg/flash_t234_qspi.xml" -c ./tools/kernel_flash/flash_l4t_t234_nvme.xml --showlogs --network usb0  jetson-orin-nano-devkit-super internal

This flashes an Orin NX 16GB into "super" configuration with 40W and 157 TOPS