Error: SMDFILE is not set for SMD/SMD_b partition on Jetson NX 8GB while flashing

[yogeshbabar420]

Using:

1. Jetson_Linux_R35.1.0_aarch64
2. nvidia-l4t-jetson-uefi-R32.6.1-20211119125725
3. on Seeed Studio’s Nvidia Jetson Xavier NX 8GB module.
4. Host computer is Fedora 35
5. This is what I get on flash.sh:

$ sudo ./flash.sh jetson-xavier-uefi-min internal

Not signing of kernel-dtb
Skip generating system.img
Existing tbcfile(/home/ybabar/flashing/Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader/uefi_jetson.bin) reused.
131072+0 records in
131072+0 records out
67108864 bytes (67 MB, 64 MiB) copied, 0.380908 s, 176 MB/s
	Sync'ing esp.img ... done.
copying tbcdtbfile(/home/ybabar/flashing/Linux_for_Tegra/kernel/dtb/tegra194-p2972-0000-uefi.dtb)... done.
Error: SMDFILE is not set for SMD/SMD_b partition

I have attached complete flash script logs as well as UART serial console logs here.

UART_serial_console_logs.out (1.7 KB)
flash_script_logs.out (10.9 KB)

[kayccc]

@lakshantha.d please help to check if can have suggestions. Thanks

[lakshantha.d]

Hello @yogeshbabar420,

Could you link the exact Seeed Jetson product that you are using so that I can support you further?

Thank you.

[yogeshbabar420]

Hello @lakshantha.d

Thanks for your response. Here are the details:

1. Seeed Studio reComputer J202 V1.0

2. The attached sticker at the bottom has this serial number:

    reComputer J202 - 4
   S/N: 102991714223800042
   

3. For your reference I have attached a image of the board where you can see all the info.
   

   

4. I can not be 100% sure but I beleive this is the exact device:
   a) Seeed Studio Link →
   reComputer J202 -Carrier Board for Jetson Nano/Xavier NX(without Power Adapter) - Seeed Studio

   b) Carrier Board Data sheet → https://files.seeedstudio.com/wiki/reComputer/reComputer-J202-carrier-board-datasheet.pdf

I hope this will help. Let me know if you need any other information.

Regards,

[yogeshbabar420]

Hello, can you please look into my issue ?

[lakshantha.d]

Hello @yogeshbabar420,

What is nvidia-l4t-jetson-uefi-R32.6.1-20211119125725 and where did you find it?

And is there any reason for the flash command sudo ./flash.sh jetson-xavier-uefi-min internal?

Because normally you would flash the emmc using:

sudo ./flash.sh jetson-xavier-nx-devkit-emmc mmcblk0p1

[yogeshbabar420]

Hello,

• ‘nvidia-l4t-jetson-uefi-R32.6.1-20211119125725’ is nothing but a UEFI firmware which nvidia released for Jetson devices. You can get it from here - https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/downloads#?search=uefi

• ‘sudo ./flash.sh jetson-xavier-uefi-min internal’ will flash the UEFI firmware on Jetson NX. The internal option would install it on eMMCC. So internal is referring to mmcblk0p1 only.

• You can find more information from here - https://developer.download.nvidia.com/embedded/L4T/UEFI_Readme_8.26.html?t=eyJscyI6ImdzZW8iLCJsc2QiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb29nbGUuY29tLyJ9

• Morever I have resolved my issue by using the ‘Jetson_Linux_R32.6.1_aarch64.tbz2’ and ‘nvidia-l4t-jetson-uefi-R32.6-20210809062450.tbz2’ . I guess there was some compatibility issue. As soon as I used this combination everything went smooth.

Regards,