genio-tools 1.6.1

Tools for flashing boards using MediaTek Genio SoCs

Genio Tools

The Genio tools are a set of tools to flash, control or configure MediaTek boards, and in particular the Genio evaluation kits.

Please refer to IoT Yocto Develop Guide for usage.

Release Notes

Version 1.6

Released in 2025/03/31, version 1.6 provide the following updates:

1. genio-flash --list now shows dtbo that will be auto-loaded.
2. Add genio-flash --unload-dtbo argument to allow disabling specific auto-load dtbo files.
3. Add support for "RAW Image Type"

Raw Image support

If a raw_image.json is given, use the json file as partition file setting.

If not given, this image type checks a default set of image binary names. The name came from the MediaTek internal conversion tool. Refer to the document named "Converting Android Image to RAW Image and Flashing Using Public Tool" for details.

Version 1.5

• genio-flash now supports --daemon mode to flash multiple boards.
• New genio-multi-download-cli command to interact with the genio-flash daemon in a text-based UI.
• Add new argument --skip-erase to genio-flash to skip erasing the storage when flashing boards.
• Support genio-board power on Windows.