An i.MX50 customer encountered such kernel bug recently. Android UI has no response, because the suspend work queue is blocked:     suspend       pm_suspend         enter_state           suspend_prepare / suspend_finish             pm_prepare_console / pm_restore_console               vt_move_to_console                 vt_waitactive                   vt_event_wait                     wait_event_interruptible Confimed the same bug can also happen on imx6SL which is running linux 3.0.35. e.g. by echo standby/mem > /sys/power/state It takes over thousand suspend/resume cycles to reproduce the problem. The bug fix has been merged since linux 3.6: commit a7b12929be6cc55eab2dac3330fa9f5984e12dda

The i.MX27 multimedia applications processors balance high performance with low power consumption through an intelligent combination of dedicated hardware video accelerators and a fast ARM926EJ-S™ core. Both the i.MX27 and the i.MX27L processors provide an array of connectivity options and robust security. The rich feature set of the i.MX 27 processors make them an excellent choice for video- and voiceover- IP (V2IP) cordless and mobile phones, intelligent remote controls, point-of-sale terminals, control devices, low to mid end PNDs and many other wireless applications. i.MX Family Comparison Product Information on Freescale.com i.MX27 Multimedia Applications Processor i.MX27L Multimedia Applications Processor Evaluation/Development Boards and Systems IMX27PDK:  i.MX27 Development Kit Bootloader Compiling U-Boot for iMX27ADS Installing U-Boot on iMX27ADS Embedded Software and Tools Android OS for i.MX Applications Processors Partners / 3rd-Party Development Tools STK5:  Starter-Kit V for TX Modules with Freescale i.MX Processors (Karo Electronics) Additional Resources i.MX27 ADS Adding USB Host2 i.MX27 D1 Capture Kernel 2.6.22 Compiling U-Boot for i.MX27ADS IMX27-ADS i.MX27 ADS Board Flashing I.MX27 ADS Board Video i.MX27 ADS Board TV Out i.MX 27 ADS Adding USB Host2 i.MX 27 ADS Board Video GST Encode i.MX 27 ADS Board Video GST Play i.MX 27 ADS Compiling Linux Kernel Mainline i.MX 27 mDDR Issue i.MX 27 PDK I.MX27 PDK Board Flashing IMX27-Lite-Kit i.MX 27 Video GST Caps Installing U-Boot on i.MX27ADS

The following document contains a list of document, questions and discussions that are relevant in the community based on amount of views. If you are having a problem, doubt or getting started in i.MX processors, you should check the following links to see if your doubt is in there. Yocto Project Freescale Yocto Project main page‌ Yocto Training - HOME‌ i.MX Yocto Project: Frequently Asked Questions‌ Useful bitbake commands‌ Yocto Project Package Management - smart  How to add a new layer and a new recipe in Yocto  Setting up the Eclipse IDE for Yocto Application Development Guide to the .sdcard format  Yocto NFS & TFTP boot  YOCTO project clean  Yocto with a package manager (ex: apt-get)  Yocto Setting the Default Ethernet address and disable DHCP on boot.  i.MX x Building QT for i.MX6  i.MX6/7 DDR Stress Test Tool V3.00  i.MX6DQSDL DDR3 Script Aid  Installing Ubuntu Rootfs on NXP i.MX6 boards  iMX6DQ MAX9286 MIPI CSI2 720P camera surround view solution for Linux BSP i.MX Design&Tool Lists  Simple GPIO Example - quandry  i.MX6 GStreamer-imx Plugins - Tutorial & Example Pipelines  Streaming USB Webcam over Network  Step-by-step: How to setup TI Wilink (WL18xx) with iMX6 Linux 3.10.53  Linux / Kernel Copying Files Between Windows and Linux using PuTTY  Building Linux Kernel  Patch to support uboot logo keep from uboot to kernel for NXP Linux and Android BSP (HDMI, LCD and LVDS)  load kernel from SD card in U-boot  Changing the Kernel configuration for i.MX6 SABRE  Android  The Android Booting process  What is inside the init.rc and what is it used for.  Others How to use qtmultimedia(QML) with Gstreamer 1.0

This tutorial teaches how to flash bootloader using ATK. ATK (Advanced Toolkit) ATK (Advanced Toolkit) is a Windows software for programming the flash memory of i.MX boards. Using ATK This section will describe the procedure to erase the flash memory and program the bootloader. 1 - Connect a serial cable between PC and i.MX board. 2 - Some hardware configurations (switches) must be done to flash the board.    Set S18 switch as below: Switch S18 -> 111100 3 - Run ATK by clicking Start -> Programs -> AdvancedToolKit -> AdvancedToolKit      Set the options:    Device memory -> DDR; Custom Initial File -> (keep it unmarked)    Communication Channel -> Serial Port (Usually COM1) 4 - Click Flash Tools to erase, program or dump the the flash memory and click GO Flash Programming The next step is to program the bootloader image into the board's Flash following the steps below. 1 - Select the parameters as shown in the figure below and press Program.    The bootloader binary image file can be found into your Board Support PackageSet Program, NOR Spansion, Bi Swap 2 - Add it on Image File field and press Program. 3 - Close ATK, turn off the board and set switch back as shown in the picture below. Installing ATK on Linux Download ATK: Download. Extract ATK: # unzip ATK_1_41_STD_installer.zip Execute the default install process: # wine SETUP.EXE Get mfc42.dll and msvcp60.dll from a Windows Machine (C:\Windows\System32) and copy to wine system32 (/root/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32) Run ATK: # wine ADSToolkit_std.exe

Tested on imx28 EVK Rev. D. When plug-in or plug-out cable on eth0 port, eth1 port (and vice versa) will also be reset and the communication will be interrupted. Reason: Both Ethernet PHYs on EVK board share the same GPIO as their reset pin, in software the function name is mx28evk_enet_gpio_init. So any call to pdata->init() in fec.c will reset both PHY at the same time. In order to avoid such problem, you have to use 2 individual GPIO for the PHY reset.

The i.MX27 Application Development System (MCIMX27ADSE) is a development tool which is designed to run software applications designed for the i.MX27 processor. Features i.MX27 Multimedia Application Processor Two clock-source crystals, 32 KHz and 26 MHz Power management & Audio IC (MC13783) included battery charging, 10bit ADC, buck switchers, boost switcher, regulators, amplifiers, CODEC, SSI audio bus, real time clock, SPI control bus, USB OTG transceiver & touchscreen interface Multi-ICE debug support Two 512Mbit DDR-SDRAM devices, configured as one 128MB, 32-bit device One 256Mbit Burst Flash with 128Mbit Pseudo Static RAM (PSRAM) memory device, configured as one 16MB flash with 8MB PSRAM, 16-bit device An single board system with connections for LCD display panel, Keypad and Image sensor. Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) for reducing glue logic interface Software readable board revisions Configuration and user definable DIP switches Two SD/MMC, MS memory card connectors PCMCIA & ATA Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Two RS-232 transceivers and DB9 connectors (one configured for DCE and one for DTE operation) supporting on-chip UART ports External UART with RS-232 transceiver and DB9 connector Infrared transceiver that conforms to Specification 1.4 of the Infrared Data Association USB Host (HS & FS), USB OTG (HS & HS) interface Separate LCD panel assembly that connects to the main board Separate keypad unit with 36 push button keys Separate CMOS Image Sensor Card A 3.5 mm headset jack, a 3.5 mm line out jack, a 3.5 mm line in jack, a 3.5 mm microphone jack and a 2.5 mm microphone and headset jack Cirrus Logic CS8900A-CQ3Z Ethernet controller (10BASE-T), with RJ-45 connector AMD AM79C874 NetPHY (10BASE-T & 100BASE-X), with RJ-45 connector Two 32 × 3-pin DIN expansion connectors with most i.MX27 I/O signals Variable resistor for emulation of a battery voltage level NAND Flash card (Plugs into Main Board) which is included in the ADS kit LED indicators for power, Ethernet activity, and two LEDs for user defined status indication Universal power supply with 5 volt output @ 5 Amperes USB, RS-232 and RJ45 cables available in kit Kit Contains a main board an LCD display panel a keypad a NAND flash card an image sensor a TV encoder card, etc It supports application software, target-board debugging or optional extra memory.

Using the FEC on U-boot 1 - Start by programming U-boot into the SD or NAND, click here for SD or here for NAND. 2 - Boot the image programed on Step 1, for the SD Card: Personality Board settings:                   12345678 SW22 -> 00000000 SW21 -> 11000000  Debug Board settings:   SW5,6,7,8,9,10 -> OFF                    12345678   SW4 -> 10000001 For NAND:                              12345678   SW22 -> 00100000   SW21 -> 10011000  Debug Board settings:   SW5,6,7,8,9,10 -> OFF                      12345678     SW4 -> 10000001 Stop at u-boot prompt: MX25 U-Boot > 3 - Configure u-boot networking variables, replace the values according to your network configuration: MX25 U-Boot > setenv serverip 192.168.1.1 MX25 U-Boot > setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.2 MX25 U-Boot > setenv eth1addr 00:04:9f:00:3b:33 Update "ethact" var to enable the FEC. MX25 U-Boot > setenv ethact FEC0 4 - With the Ethernet cable connected, start a tftp transfer: MX25 U-Boot > tftpboot 0x80800000 uImage_mx25 FEC: enable RMII gasket Using FEC0 device TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2 Filename 'uImage_mx25'. Load address: 0x80800000 Loading: #################################################################              #################################################################              #################################################################              #################################################################              #################################################################              #################################################################              ##### done Bytes transferred = 2022396 (1edbfc hex) 5 - If you transfered the kernel image, you can boot it (Don't forget to update bootargs): MX25 U-Boot > bootm 0x80800000

This document explains how to create a DS-5 project to compile and debug the SDK and OBDS for iMX6 and iMX28 respectively. Attached you can find the .ds file for the iMX28 needed to debug in DS-5.

This describes how to perform frequency measurements of an external signal by using the Camera Sensor Interface (CSI) of an i.MX21/25/35 processor. Principle: A way to measure the frequency of a digital signal is to count the number of received rising or falling edges during a known amount of time. The CSI embeds a 16-bit frame counter. When programmed in non-gated clock mode, this counter increases at any rising edge on the VSYNC signal. Other signals of this interface could be ignored such: MCLK, PIXEL_CLK, HSYNC, DATA. Software example for the i.MX25: void CSI_init(void){       unsigned int tmp_value = 0;       /* It assumes that the VSYNC I/O is set to CSI mode */       /* Disable IPG_PER_CSI to save power consumption */       *((unsigned int *) CCM_CGR0) &= ~(0x1<<0);       /* HCLK_CSI and IPG_CLK_CSI should be enabled. */       *((unsigned int *) CCM_CGR0) |= (0x1<<18);       *((unsigned int *) CCM_CGR1) |= (0x1<<4);       /* Configuration of CSI_CSICR1 in non-gated clock mode */       tmp_value = 0;       tmp_value |= (1<<8);    // sync FIFO clear       tmp_value |= (1<<30);   // ext vsync enable       *((unsigned int *) CSI_CSICR1) = tmp_value;       // Reset frame counter       *((unsigned int *) CSI_CSICR3) |= (1<<15); } Then, every T seconds, the software has to read the register CSI_CSICR3. The 16-bit size field from bit 16 shows the current value of the frame counter (FRMCNT). This regular or irregular read could be done based on a GPT to have a known time reference. It is easy to calculate the frequency of the signal: Frequency = FRMCNT / T (Hz). At any time, the frame counter can be reset thanks to the bit 15 of the register CSI_CSICR3. NOTES: MCLK does not need to be enabled. The input frequency should not be higher than what can electrically support the VSYNC input. Please, refer to each i.MX datasheet for more information.

Introduction i.MX25 PDK Board Get Started Bootloader i.MX25 PDK Board Flashing NAND i.MX25 PDK Board Flashing SD Card i.MX25 PDK Board Flashing SPI NOR I.MX25 PDK U-boot SDCard I.MX25 PDK U-boot SplashScreen I.MX25 PDK Using FEC

This steps are basically the same used to boot Linux mainline on i.MX 31 ADS, just replacing Network Driver cs89x0 by i.MX 27 internal FEC. Download Linux kernel 2.6.30: $ wget -c http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.30.tar.bz2 Extract this: $ tar jxvf linux-2.6.30.tar.bz2 Export CROSS_COMPILE environmet: $ export PATH="$PATH:/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.1.2-glibc-2.5-nptl-3/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin/" $ export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- Unselect all no essentials features: $ make ARCH=arm allnoconfig Start the configuration menu: $ make ARCH=arm menuconfig Change/Select the kernel options below. Select the MXC/iMX platform and iMX27ADS board: System Type ->             ARM system type -> (X) Freescale MXC/iMX-based             Freescale MXC Implementations  ->                            MXC/iMX Base Type -> (X) MX2-based                            MX2 Options  -> [*] Support MX27ADS platforms (NEW) Select ARM EABI standard to compile the kernel: Kernel Features  --->           [*] Use the ARM EABI to compile the kernel Add support to Linux Binary Format ELF: Userspace binary formats ->              [*] Kernel support for ELF binaries Add support to Network (TCP/IP): [*] Networking support  ->          Networking options  ->                           [*] Packet socket                           [*] Unix domain sockets                           [*] PF_KEY sockets                           [*] TCP/IP networking                                    [*] IP: kernel level autoconfiguration                                    [*]     IP: DHCP support Select network driver (FEC), serial driver and unselect VGA console: Device Drivers  ->                      [*] Network device support  --->                                       [*]   Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)  --->                                              [*]   FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)                      Character devices  ->                              Serial drivers  --->                                       [*] IMX serial port support                                       [*]   Console on IMX serial port                      Graphics support  ->                              Console display driver support  --->                                         [ ] VGA text console Add support to NFS and support to use it as root file system: File systems  ->                           [*] Network File Systems (NEW)  ->                                    [*]   NFS client support                                    [*]     Root file system on NFS Compile the kernel: $ make ARCH=arm Copy the created zImage to tftp directory: $ cp arch/arm/boot/zImage /tftpboot/ Configure your RedBoot to boots with this kernel: load -r -b 0x100000 /tftpboot/zImage exec -b 0x100000 -l 0x200000 -c "noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200 root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=10.29.240.191:/tftpboot/rootfs ip=dhcp" Change the default network device on RedBoot to internal FEC: Default network device: mxc_fec Connect the network cable on FEC connector (connector T3). Notes: We are using rootfs from LTIB then select to get parameters from DHCP: "Target System Configuration" Options  --->               [*] start networking                      Network setup  --->                            [*]   get network parameters using dhcp

The i.MX28 family of multimedia applications processors is the latest extension of Freescale's ARM9 product portfolio. The i.MX28 family integrates display, power management, and connectivity features unmatched in ARM9-based devices, reducing system cost and complexity for cost sensitive applications. It also integrates CAN, USB and Ethernet connectivity with full AEC-Q100 automotive qualification for automotive applications. i.MX Family Comparison Product Information on Freescale.com i.MX280 i.MX280 Multimedia Applications Processor i.MX281 i.MX281 Multimedia Applications Processor i.MX283 i.MX283 Multimedia Applications Processor i.MX285 i.MX285 Multimedia Applications Processor i.MX286 i.MX286 Multimedia Applications Processor i.MX287 i.MX287 Multimedia Applications Processor Evaluation/Development Boards and Systems MCIMX28EVKJ: i.MX28 Evaluation Kit How to add support for a new NAND How to add a New on imx28 with Win CE Running a mainline kernel on a MX28EVK board How to enable SPI NOR boot for iMX28 (Spansion s25fl256s) Embedded Software and Tools Android OS for i.MX Applications Processors i.MX28 Software and Development Tool Resources Additional Resources Adding Support For a New NAND with i.MX28–NAND Analysis Adding Support For a New NAND with i.MX28 on Win CE Board bring-up and DDR initialization tools i.MX as a USB Playback/Capture Device on One OTG Port i.MX28: GPIO interrupt on both rising and falling edges How to enable SPI NOR boot for iMX28 (Spansion s25fl256s) Running a Mainline Kernel on an i.MX28 EVK Board Running mk_mx28_sd on Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit Precise Pangolin Host Setup for Building i.MX28 L2.6.35_MX28_SDK_10.12_SOURCE Use LCD_D11 pin for enet reset in iMX28

i.MX28 GPIO pins only support the following IRQ types: IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING, IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING, IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH and IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW. IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_BOTH is not supported. It application requires interrupt on both rising and falling edges, software can set the IRQ type to level trigger and set the polarity in reverse to the current GPIO input level. Below is the example. value = gpio_get_value(pdata->id_gpio) ? 1 : 0; if (value)     set_irq_type(gpio_to_irq(pdata->id_gpio), IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW); else     set_irq_type(gpio_to_irq(pdata->id_gpio), IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH); ... When GPIO input value is low, set the IRQ type to IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH. When the GPIO input value is high, set the IRQ type to IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW. Do the same checking in the GPIO IRQ handler. In this way, interrupts on both edges can be captured. This document was generated from the following discussion: i.MX28: GPIO interrupt on both rising and falling edges

These instructions used ltib-imx27ads-20071219. First, get u-boot v2.0: git clone http://git.denx.de/u-boot-v2.git u-boot-v2 Enter the U-Boot directory: cd u-boot-v2 Export the proper compilation paths and environment variables: export ARCH=arm export PATH="$PATH:/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.1.2-glibc-2.5-nptl-3/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin/" export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- Configure it for the i.MX27ADS board: make mx27ads_defconfig You may want to enable the FEC driver: make menuconfig And go to Drivers -> Network drivers and select Yes on i.MX FEC Ethernet driver Exit the config menu (don't forget to save the configuration) and just make it: make Or if you prefer the verbose mode make V=1 After a quick build, you should get a uboot.bin on your current directory. I used the ADS Toolkit to program the NOR flash.