topic Re: How to get started with i.Mx 8 ? in i.MX Processors https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939766#M140687 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>You have already reached the file system and now you are at the system prompt. All the information you saw after "Starting kernel" is the kernel booting and now you are ready to go. At that point, you can start using it as any other (or almost) Linux computer. For some customizations and custom user applications you might require to build and install your own Yocto image. This might be a good start point for you:</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php?title=IMX8" title="https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php?title=IMX8">iMX8 Application Media Processor | iMX8 Processor | RidgeRun</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Best Regards,</P><P>-Marco</P><P><A class="" data-content-finding="Community" href="https://community.nxp.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ridgerun.com%2F" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3d9ce7; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px calc(12px + 0.35ex) 0px 0px;" target="_blank">https://www.ridgerun.com</A></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:48:13 GMT marcomadrigal 2019-06-03T21:48:13Z How to get started with i.Mx 8 ? https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939765#M140686 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #51626f; font-family: arial,helvetica,'helvetica neue',verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">I just purchased and powered up i.MX 8QuadXPlus MEK CPU Board.&nbsp; I'm interfacing with the board from host terminal.&nbsp; On powerup, U-Boot runs.&nbsp; Name of CPU, memory size and lots of information is displayed on the terminal.&nbsp; Then, it says, Starting kernel . . .&nbsp; lots of information is displayed such as Virtual kernel memory layout.&nbsp; Then, it says</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #51626f; font-family: arial,helvetica,'helvetica neue',verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Welcome to NXP i.MX Release Distro 4.14-sumo (sumo) !<SPAN style="color: #001000; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;"> &nbsp;&nbsp; What does this mean?</SPAN></SPAN></P><P>I cannot tell if Linux mounted a root file system.</P><P></P><P>After displaying lot more information, I get login prompt as follows:</P><P>imx8qxpmek login:</P><P>Is Kernel done executing, I don't see any indication that User init program is running?&nbsp; Is the board shipped with user init program?</P><P></P><P>My goal is to use this board to develop embedded USB Host.&nbsp; What do I need to learn about Linux to get started?&nbsp; What's my next step?</P><P></P><P>I entered &lt;root&gt; at login prompt.&nbsp; Now I get following prompt:</P><P><A href="mailto:root@imx8qxpmek:~">root@imx8qxpmek:~#</A></P><P></P><P>What do I enter at this prompt?</P><P></P><P></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:04:21 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939765#M140686 anaseem 2019-06-03T20:04:21Z Re: How to get started with i.Mx 8 ? https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939766#M140687 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>You have already reached the file system and now you are at the system prompt. All the information you saw after "Starting kernel" is the kernel booting and now you are ready to go. At that point, you can start using it as any other (or almost) Linux computer. For some customizations and custom user applications you might require to build and install your own Yocto image. This might be a good start point for you:</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php?title=IMX8" title="https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php?title=IMX8">iMX8 Application Media Processor | iMX8 Processor | RidgeRun</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Best Regards,</P><P>-Marco</P><P><A class="" data-content-finding="Community" href="https://community.nxp.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ridgerun.com%2F" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3d9ce7; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px calc(12px + 0.35ex) 0px 0px;" target="_blank">https://www.ridgerun.com</A></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:48:13 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939766#M140687 marcomadrigal 2019-06-03T21:48:13Z Re: How to get started with i.Mx 8 ? https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939767#M140688 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I haven't developed in Linux before.&nbsp; Is Yocto image Linux distribution?</P><P>How do I get started with embedded Linux based development using MEK development platform?&nbsp; What software tools do I use to ?&nbsp; What is system address space? where do I place my application code?</P><P>What documentation do I need?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:58:03 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939767#M140688 anaseem 2019-06-03T21:58:03Z Re: How to get started with i.Mx 8 ? https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939768#M140689 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Amer</P><P></P><P>below links may be useful</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://imxdev.gitlab.io/tutorial/imx_8qxp_launch_and_preview/" title="https://imxdev.gitlab.io/tutorial/imx_8qxp_launch_and_preview/">i.MX 8QXP MEK launch and preview - i.MXDev Blog</A>&nbsp;</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-based-processors-and-mcus/i.mx-applications-processors/i.mx-8-processors/i.mx-8x-family-arm-cortex-a35-3d-graphics-4k-video-dsp-error-correcting-code-on-ddr:i.MX8X?tab=Documentation_Tab" title="https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-based-processors-and-mcus/i.mx-applications-processors/i.mx-8-processors/i.mx-8x-family-arm-cortex-a35-3d-graphics-4k-video-dsp-error-correcting-code-on-ddr:i.MX8X?tab=Documentation_Tab">i.MX 8X Applications Processors| Arm® Cortex®-A35, Cortex-M4 | NXP</A>&nbsp;</P><P>Linux documentation<BR /><A class="link-titled" href="https://www.nxp.com/support/developer-resources/evaluation-and-development-boards/i.mx-evaluation-and-development-boards/i.mx-software-and-development-tool:IMX-SW" title="https://www.nxp.com/support/developer-resources/evaluation-and-development-boards/i.mx-evaluation-and-development-boards/i.mx-software-and-development-tool:IMX-SW">i.MX Software | NXP</A>&nbsp;</P><P>look at bottom of below page for useful linux porting links</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://www.jann.cc/2013/08/31/porting_linux_to_a_new_board.html?highlight=nand" title="https://www.jann.cc/2013/08/31/porting_linux_to_a_new_board.html?highlight=nand">Porting Linux to a new board — Christian's Blog</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Best regards<BR />igor</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 23:21:03 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939768#M140689 igorpadykov 2019-06-03T23:21:03Z Re: How to get started with i.Mx 8 ? https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939769#M140690 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>I'm not ready to create custom user applications yet.&nbsp; This means I won't need Yocto yet.</P><P></P><P>First, I want to create and run simple 'C' language "Hello World" program in MEK.&nbsp; What are my options for doing that?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:06:57 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939769#M140690 anaseem 2019-06-07T22:06:57Z Re: How to get started with i.Mx 8 ? https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939770#M140691 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>one can look at SDK_MEK-MIMX8QX (attached document Getting Started with</P><P>MCUXpresso SDK for i.MX 8QuadXPlus.pdf describes Hello World example)</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://mcuxpresso.nxp.com/en/welcome" title="https://mcuxpresso.nxp.com/en/welcome">Welcome | MCUXpresso SDK Builder</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Best regards<BR />igor</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 08 Jun 2019 04:16:29 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939770#M140691 igorpadykov 2019-06-08T04:16:29Z Re: How to get started with i.Mx 8 ? https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939771#M140692 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="color: #000011;">&gt;&gt; </SPAN>one can look at SDK_MEK-MIMX8QX (document Getting Started with</P><P style="border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; color: #51626f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none currentColor;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; MCUXpresso SDK for i.MX 8QuadXPlus.pdf</P><P style="border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; color: #51626f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none currentColor;">Please provide link to this document</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 09 Jun 2019 06:05:39 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939771#M140692 anaseem 2019-06-09T06:05:39Z Re: How to get started with i.Mx 8 ? https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939772#M140693 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>&gt;Please provide link to this document</P><P></P><P><A _jive_internal="true" class="link-titled" href="https://community.nxp.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1162153-1-448709/Getting Started with MCUXpresso SDK for i.MX 8QuadXPlus.pdf" title="https://community.nxp.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1162153-1-448709/Getting+Started+with+MCUXpresso+SDK+for+i.MX+8QuadXPlus.pdf">https://community.nxp.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1162153-1-448709/Getting+Started+with+MCUXpresso+SDK+for+i.MX+8Qu…</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:43:59 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/How-to-get-started-with-i-Mx-8/m-p/939772#M140693 igorpadykov 2019-06-10T13:43:59Z