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authorMehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>2026-08-14 10:17:56 +0200
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doc: board: toradex: add the Colibri VF50/VF61 page
The other Toradex modules are documented here, the Vybrid ones were not. Describe the build, the two ways of getting the image into NAND, and the flashloader command of the WinCE-era bootloader that modules from that era still carry. Acked-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com> Signed-off-by: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+.. sectionauthor:: Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@screeningeagle.com>
+
+Colibri VF50/VF61 Modules
+=========================
+
+- SoM: https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/colibri-arm-family/nxp-vybrid-vf5xx-vf6xx
+- Carrier boards: https://www.toradex.com/products/carrier-board/colibri-evaluation-board
+ and https://www.toradex.com/products/carrier-board/iris-carrier-board
+
+Quick Start
+-----------
+
+- Build U-Boot
+- Flash to NAND from a running U-Boot
+- Flash to NAND over recovery mode
+- Modules still carrying the WinCE bootloader
+
+Build U-Boot
+------------
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-
+ $ make colibri_vf_defconfig
+ $ make
+
+This produces ``u-boot.imx``, the image with the IVT for the Vybrid
+BootROM, ready to be written to the ``u-boot`` NAND partition.
+
+Flash to NAND from a running U-Boot
+-----------------------------------
+
+Load the image over TFTP or from a FAT formatted SD card and use the
+``update_uboot`` script from the default environment:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ Colibri VFxx # fatload mmc 0:1 ${loadaddr} u-boot.imx
+ Colibri VFxx # run update_uboot
+ Colibri VFxx # reset
+
+Flash to NAND over recovery mode
+--------------------------------
+
+With nothing bootable in NAND, the Vybrid BootROM falls back to the
+serial downloader on the USB client port. The `imx_usb_loader
+<https://github.com/boundarydevices/imx_usb_loader>`_ tool can push
+``u-boot.imx`` straight into OCRAM and run it:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ imx_usb u-boot.imx
+
+From the running U-Boot, flash NAND as in the previous section.
+
+Modules still carrying the WinCE bootloader
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Modules that were shipped with the WinCE-era Toradex bootloader (eBoot)
+offer a ``flashloader`` command that writes a U-Boot image to NAND:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ > flashloader u-boot.imx
+ > reboot
diff --git a/doc/board/toradex/index.rst b/doc/board/toradex/index.rst
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Toradex
aquila-imx95
colibri_imx7
colibri-imx8x
+ colibri_vf
smarc-imx8mp
smarc-imx95
verdin-am62