Creating SPL File

Follow the steps below to create the SPL file for VisionFive 2.

Locate to your desired directory to store the tools files. For example, the home directory.
Example:
```
cd ~ # home directory
```
Download the source code for U-Boot compilation.
```
git clone https://github.com/starfive-tech/Tools
```
Switch to the code branch by executing the following command:
```
cd Tools
git checkout master
git pull
```
Type the following to generate SPL tool under the spl_tool directory.
```
cd spl_tool/
make
```
Figure 1. Example Output
Type the following to generate SPL file:
```
./spl_tool -c -f ${U_BOOT_PATH}/spl/u-boot-spl.bin
```
Tip: Modify the {U_BOOT_PATH} to the path of u-boot from before.
Result:
You will see a new file named u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out generated under {U_BOOT_PATH}/spl. Refer to Updating SPL and U-Boot section in VisionFive 2 Single Board Computer Quick Start Guide to flash u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out.
Figure 2. Example Output