Most engineers should incorporate the following fundamental methodology when designing and bringing up a new board design: 1. Review the schematics and layout to ensure proper connectivity of all devices 2. Once the board returns from the manufacturer, measure and document all of the voltage rails of each IC on the board (especially the SoC and DRAM) 3. Ensure JTAG debugger connectivity (due to the complexity of systems today, every new board design should have some “hooks” to allow JTAG connectivity, even if these are simply test points) 4. Bring up and ensure proper DRAM functionality; it is imperative the first three steps are precisely accomplished – often times, DRAM instability or non functionality is due to improper connection (including not being connected to the voltage net) or poor layout. Once these four steps are completed, the board can then proceed to a more broad based checkout of other peripherals using some type of compiled test code executed from DRAM. More often than not, the end user’s board will differ from Freescale reference design boards either in how the DRAMs are connected or simply by using a different DRAM vendor.  As such, tools were created to aid in the development of DRAM initialization scripts.  The resulting script, though targeted for the RealView development system (aka include files), can be easily ported to another debugger’s command syntax or to assembly code for use in boot loaders.  These tools are Excel spread sheet based and include a “How To Use” tab, making the tool usage relatively self-explanatory.  Each tool is unique to a specific i.MX processor and to the DRAM technology used with each processor.  This attached files are tools available for the following i.MX SoCs:

Here is an example for i.MX28 EVK board to support SPI NOR boot in uboot, kernel and MFGTool.   Attached files are the patches to support SPI NOR flash on i.MX28 EVK bord based on L2.6.35 ER11.09.01 BSP. It was verified on Spansion s25fl256s SPI NOR. "ER11.09.01_uboot_imx28_spi_nor.patch" is the Uboot patch. "ER11.09.01_kernel_imx28_spi_nor.patch" is the kernel patch. "ucl.xml" is the updated MFGTool config file, please update it to "Mfgtools-Rel\Profiles\MX28 Linux Update\OS Firmware\ucl.xml".   The uboot boot paramters for SPI: setenv bootargs_base 'setenv bootargs console=ttyAM0,115200' setenv loadaddr 0x42000000 setenv bootargs_spi 'setenv bootargs ${bootargs} root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=jffs2 rootwait rw ip=none' setenv bootcmd_spi 'run bootargs_base bootargs_spi;sf probe 2:0; sf read ${loadaddr} 0x100000 0x300000;bootm' setenv bootcmd 'run bootcmd_spi' saveenv   To boot the board from SPI NOR s25fl256s, the 4KB page region of the NOR should be put to top, the last 128KB of the NOR address space. The uboot.sb is about 220KB, it can't be put to 4KB and 64KB combined region. The IMX28 boot ROM can only handle simple page size for boot. All 4KB page region or all 64KB page region are both OK for boot, but combined region can't boot.   For default, the s25fl256s NOR's 128KB 4KB page size region is at the bottom of the NOR, we should update the OTP to set this region to TOP, in Uboot, we run the followed command to burn the OTP: MX28 U-Boot -> sf probe 2:0 MX28 U-Boot -> sf set_config_reg 0x04   To boot the i.MX28 EVK board from SPI2 NOR flash, the BM3~0 should be 0010.   In this example, we only used the JFFS2 file system. To support the UBIFS, there is a known issue, that the UBIFS will use vmalloc to alloc memory, and if SPI driver used the DMA, kernel will halt with error "kernel BUG at arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c:409!".   For 11.09.01 BSP, the default MFGTool rootfs "initramfs.cpio.gz" will be bigger than 4MB, but in i.MX28 bootlets code, the BSP only set ramdisk to 4MB, so we need modify this limitation for MFGTool.   Use command "./ltib -p imx-bootlets -m prep" to get the bootlets code, modify "ltib/rpm/BUILD/imx-bootlets-src-11.09.01/linux_prep/core/setup.c", function setup_initrd_tag(), change from "params->u.initrd.size =  0x00400000;" to "params->u.initrd.size =  0x00500000;". Modify "ltib/rpm/BUILD/imx-bootlets-src-11.09.01/updater.bd" and "updater_ivt.bd", change from "load 0.b    > 0x40800000..0x40c00000;" to "load 0.b    > 0x40800000..0x40d00000;".   Now the MFGTool rootfs size can be 5MB.   2013-05-09: Updated hardware rework: On iMX28 EVK board, rework J89 as followed and mount R320,R321,R322 and C178. MX28 U49 Pin1 /CS <-> NOR Pin7 CS# MX28 U49 Pin2  D0 <-> NOR Pin8 SI/IO1 MX28 U49 Pin5 DIO <-> NOR Pin15 SI/IO0 MX28 U49 Pin6 CLK<-> NOR pin 16 SCK. MX28 U49 Pin8 VCC <-> NOR Pin2 VCC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 MX28 U49 Pin4 GND <-> NOR Pin10 VSS MX28 U49 Pin3 /WP <-> NOR Pin9 WP MX28 U49 Pin7 /Hold <-> NOR Pin pin1 hold   Software reset issue for 32MB SPI NOR: For 32MB SPI NOR, after booted into kernel, the kernel driver will set SPI NOR to 4 bytes address mode, but for iMX28 SPI boot, it can only boot with 3 bytes address mode, if reset the iMX28 board but SPI NOR was not reset, it will fail to reboot. Hardware solution: when iMX28 was reboot, reset the SPI NOR too, the SPI NOR will work in 3 bytes address mode as default. Software solution: In kernel SPI NOR driver, always switch SPI NOR to 3 bytes address mode after each SPI NOR access, and switch to 4 bytes address mode before each access. There is no such issue if the SPI NOR size is less than 32MB.    

This is the procedure and patch to set up Ubuntu 12.04 64bit Linux Host PC and building i.MX28 L2.6.35_1.1.0_130130.  It has been tested to build GNOME profile and with FSL Standard MM codec. A) Basic Requirement: Set up the Linux Host PC using ubuntu-12.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso Make sure the previous LTIB installation and the /opt/freescale have been removed B) Installed the needed packages to the Linux Host PC $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gettext libgtk2.0-dev rpm bison m4 libfreetype6-dev $ sudo apt-get install libdbus-glib-1-dev liborbit2-dev intltool $ sudo apt-get install ccache ncurses-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev gcc g++ libtool $ sudo apt-get install uuid-dev liblzo2-dev $ sudo apt-get install tcl dpkg $ sudo apt-get install asciidoc texlive-latex-base dblatex xutils-dev $ sudo apt-get install texlive texinfo $ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs libc6-dev-i386 lib32z1 $ sudo apt-get install uboot-mkimage $ sudo apt-get install scrollkeeper $ sudo apt-get install gparted $ sudo apt-get install nfs-common nfs-kernel-server $ sudo apt-get install git-core git-doc git-email git-gui gitk $ sudo apt-get install meld atftpd C) Unpack and install the LTIB source package and assume done on the home directory: $ cd ~ $ tar -zxvf L2.6.35_1.1.0_130130_source.tar.gz $ ./L2.6.35_1.1.0_130130_source/install After that, you will find ~/ltib directory created D) Apply the patch to make L2.6.35_1.1.0 could be installed and compiled on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit OS $ cd ~/ltib $ git apply 0001_make_L2.6.35_1.1.0_130130_compile_on_ubuntu_12.04_64bit_OS.patch a) The patch modifies the following files:    dist/lfs-5.1/base_libs/base_libs.spec    dist/lfs-5.1/lkc/lkc.spec    dist/lfs-5.1/mux_server/mux_server.spec    dist/lfs-5.1/ncurses/ncurses.spec b) Add the following files to the pkgs directory:    pkgs/lkc-1.4-lib.patch    pkgs/lkc-1.4-lib.patch.md5 E) Then, it is ready to proceed the rest of the LTIB env setup process: $ cd ~/ltib $ ./ltib -m config $ ./ltib Reference: L2.6.35_1.1.0_130130_docs/doc/mx28/Setting_Up_LTIB_Host_on_Ubuntu_9_04.pdf https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-93394 https://community.freescale.com/message/332385#332385 https://community.freescale.com/thread/271675 https://community.freescale.com/message/360556#360556 scrollkeeper is for the gnome-desktop compilation NOTE: When compiling gstreamer, this warning was pop up.  Just ignore it seems okay.

A new release of the manufacturing tool is was recently made available, "imx-3.10.53_1.1.0_ga-mfg-tools". It can be found in the software download sections for the iMX6 family. However, it can be used to program an iMX28 in a Win7 64-bit host by adding a few files. The steps to do so are listed below and can be checked against the script in ucl2.xml.   Download the attached "28.vbs" file and place it into where the manufacturing tool was installed, typically in  <install_dir>\mfgtools\   Replace <install_dir>\mfgtools\Profiles\Linux\OS Firmware\ucl2.xml with the attached ucl2.xml.    Copy the attached files "updater_ivt.sb" and "fdisk-u.input" into <install_dir>\mfgtools\Profiles\Linux\OS Firmware\firmware Copy your iMX28 image file into <install_dir>\mfgtools\Profiles\Linux\OS Firmware\files.  The file should be renamed to "linux.sb" to conform with the ucl2.xml script. Copy your "rootfs.tar.bz2" file into <install_dir>\mfgtools\Profiles\Linux\OS Firmware\files To launch the manufacturing tool, double click on "28.vbs". Issue: After MfgTool has finished and the progress bars have turned green, clock on the Stop button or the program will start another cycle.

Introduction EMV stands for Europay, MasterCard and VISA, and is a global standard for inter-operation of integrated circuit cards (ICC) and ICC reader terminals (like point of sale (POS) terminals, automated teller machines (ATMs)) for authenticating credit and debit payment cards transactions. Any IC card reader must be certified to be EMV compliant. The EMV standard defines the interaction at the physical, electrical, data and application levels between the IC cards and IC card terminal. For the contact smartcards it is based on standard ISO/IEC 7816. Some of the i.MX embeds a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) which was designed to facilitate the communication to a mobile phone SIM card. It could be used to communicate indirectly with a banking smartcard due to the listed limitations in regards to the EMV requirements. Electrical Limitations The POS terminal must support 1.8V, 3.3V, and 5V smartcards. Depending on the i.MX, 1.8V or 3.3V could be supported but not both, and 5V is definitely out of the range of the I/O supplies. => a level adapter component is required between the i.MX and the smartcard. Protocol Limitations The communication between the IC card and the reader is asynchronous (almost a UART), but based on a common clock for synchronous operation. The ISO7816 standard defines the following: 1 ETU = F / D * 1 / f ETU is Elementary Time Unit, which is somehow the nominal time to transmit a bit (0 or 1). F or Fi is the clock rate conversion integer. D or Di is the baud rate adjustment integer. f is the frequency of the communication clock used between the controller and the smartcard. Below is a partial list of what the controller must support to pass the EMV certification, and the known limitations of the SIM controller: - baud rate at x1 (Fi/Di=372/1) => default speed for all smart cards =>  supported. - baud rate at x2 (Fi/Di=372/2 = 186/1) => a higher speed for some smart cards => not supported. - baud rate at x4 (Fi/Di=372/4 93/1) => a higher speed for some smart cards => not supported. - message length of 12ETU => specified for T=0 type smart card => supported. - error of -0.2ETU on message length of 12ETU => 11.8ETU smart card => not supported. - message length of 11ETU => specified for T=1 type smart card => supported. - error of -0.2ETU on message length of 11ETU => 10.8ETU smart card => not supported. Conclusion For these reasons, the i.MX SIM controller does not allow to pass the EMV certification without the usage of an external controller that must care of all these missing features. The SIM can still be used to communicate with that external controller such Atmel AT83C26, NXP TDA8023, Terridian, or On Semi. Freescale does not have driver neither reference design to support that configuration. This company has the expertise to work with EMV certification for the i.MX258 + a companion smartcard controller: http://www.alcineo.com

This page describes how to determine the NAND timing parameters for use in the NAND driver. This is independent of any OS that may be used. Analyzing NAND Datasheets  We use a spreadsheet to capture and analyze NAND features. That spreadsheet is [attached to this wiki page|Adding support for a new NAND with i.MX28– Nand Analysis^nand_analysis_template.xls]. We analyze a NAND as described below. We must have the NAND datasheet to do the analysis. Copy the *analysis spreadsheet* to a new filename with the exact part number(s) of the NAND(s) being analyzed. Fill in sheet 1 ("Cover Page") of the analysis spreadsheet. Work on sheet 3 next: Fundamental Features. Other tables. If the NAND is one of a family listed together in a data sheet, then analyze the whole family with one spreadsheet. You can use the "Similar to" rows for the additional members of the family. Add more rows if needed. Most NANDs have an asyncrhronous interface, so there is not a simple clock frequency involved. Instead, there are various setup times, hold times, and output delays that imply limits on the I/O rate to/from the NAND. The spreadsheet compares the NAND's timing specifications to see if sums of the setup, hold, and output times are shorter than the minimim read-cycle or write-cycle times. The spreadsheet is specifically intended for use with the Nand controller in STMP378x/i.MX233/i.mx28 chips, so the spreadsheet performs the timing calculations with the goal of deriving the timing parameters *TSU*, *TDS*, and *TDH* for those CPUs. If the TDS and/or TDH quantities {color:#ff0000}turn red{color} after all the timings have been computed, then the computed TDS and/or TDH are too short for the specified cycle-time of the NAND. In that case:           You will have to increase one or both of them in the software. Write a note somewhere in the analysis spreadsheet about the values that you choose, but don't mess up the automatic computations. Record how the flash denotes factory-marked bad-blocks. (Some use the first page of a block, some use the last page,, etc.) Compare it to this [current superset of bad-block marking methods [http://wiki.freescale.net/display/PSGSW/Storage+Media%2C+Flash+Bad+Block+Marks] used to detect any flash factory bad block. Example Analysis Examples of NAND datasheets and analyses can be found on the [Hynix NAND Page | http://wiki.freescale.net/display/PSGSW/Hynix+NAND+Flash+Documents].

Some i.MX25 customers reported an issue for the GPT timer, when using 120MHz (240MHz UPLL divided 2) clock source as the GPT per_clk, the timer will not be increased all the time in free-run mode. If using 66.5MHz IPG clock and 133MHz PER clock as the clock source, there are no such issue. There are 4 test cases in the attached test code. Case 0: in CCM_MCR, set bit 5 as 0 for 133MHz HCLK as the gpt_per_clk source;  in GPT_CR bit[8:6], set 0b001 ipg_clk (66.5MHz). There is no issue, the GPT counter is fixed at 4 between old_cnt and new_cnt. Case 1: in CCM_MCR, set bit 5 as 0 for 133MHz HCLK as the gpt_per_clk source;  in GPT_CR bit[8:6], set 0b010 ipg_clk_highfreq (133MHz). There is no issue, the GPT counter is fixed at 8 between old_cnt and new_cnt. Case 2: in CCM_MCR, set bit 5 as 1 for 240MHz UPLL divided by 2 as the gpt_per_clk source;  in GPT_CR bit[8:6], set 0b001 ipg_clk (60MHz). There is no issue, the GPT counter is fixed at 4 between old_cnt and new_cnt. Case 3: in CCM_MCR, set bit 5 as 0 for 240MHz UPLL divided by 2 as the gpt_per_clk source;  in GPT_CR bit[8:6], set 0b010 ipg_clk_highfreq (120MHz). There is issue, the GPT counter is not a fixed value between old_cnt and new_cnt, and sometimes it will be negative. Count 9874: 4 old_cnt: 0x188849dc new_cnt: 0x188849e0 Count 9877: 12 old_cnt: 0x18918400 new_cnt: 0x1891840c Count 9915: 4 old_cnt: 0x189aea90 new_cnt: 0x189aea94 Count 9937: -12 old_cnt: 0x18a42458 new_cnt: 0x18a4244c Count 9967: 4 old_cnt: 0x18adb17c new_cnt: 0x18adb180 In fact, it is not an issue, when using UPLL as the GPT clock source, the maxim frequency should be 60MHz. That's why all other three test case is OK and it only failed on this case.

This is an example of QR code encoding using i.MX28. The encoded QR image can show on the LCD display directly using frame buffer and the image saved as a BMP file. Board : i.MX28EVK BSP : L2.6.35_1.1.0_130130_source QR Code Lib:  qrencode-3.4.4.tar.gz Download from https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/ Libqrencode is a C library for encoding data in a QR Code symbol. This library is a free software made by Kentaro Fukuchi. Build the QR Code Lib source code into rootfs. 1. Create a new folder in <ltib>/dist/lfs-5.1/.     e.g. <ltib>/dist/lfs-5.1/qrencode 2. Copy the qrencode.spec to this new created folder 3. Build the source code    ./ltib –p qrencode.spec –m prep    ./ltib –p qrencode.spec –m scbuild    ./ltib –p qrencode.spec –m scdeploy Create and build the application in unit_test: - I use the existing unit_test package to build my application code. 1. Extract the source code of unit_test    ./ltib –p imx-test –m prep 2. cd <ltib>/rpm/BUILD/imx-test-2.6.35.3-1.1.0/test 3. mkdir qr_test 4. copy the Makefile and qr_test.c to qr_test folder 5. Build the unit_test     ./ltib –p imx-test  –m scbuild     ./ltib –p imx-test  –m scdeploy After built the code successfully, the qr_test.out will be generated in the unit_test folder. I start the board with NFS, so I can run the qr_test.out on the board directly. The command is : ./qr_test.out   (the default QR encode text is “http://www.freescale.com”) Or input the new text like this : ./qr_test.out –t https://community.freescale.com/community/imx The QR code  show on the display: And the BMP files will be generated in the unit_test folder.

Qt framework Qt is a cross-platform complete development framework with tools designed to streamline the creation of stunning native applications and amazing user interfaces for desktop, embedded and mobile platforms. Qt's cross-platform full framework and tools enables developers to target various desktop, embedded, mobile and real-time operating systems with one code base. Qt brings freedom to the developer saving development time, adding efficiency and ultimately shortening time to market. Building Qt Compile Qt for i.MX28 Building QT5 for i.MX53 Building QT for i.MX6 Qt on iMX6 Installing tools Installing and Configuring QT Creator (Ubuntu) Qt5 with Qt3D over Wayland rootfs Demos Qt5 Cinematic Experience Demo on i.MX6 Video - IMx 53 Qt5 qt3d demo Qt5 with Qt3D over Wayland rootfs Information Qt5 on i.MX6  DO's and DONT's Best Practices for QML

Question: When working with v1.6.0.55 using the standard profile for i.MX35 the tool fails most of the time when transferring the target root file system, on v1.6.0.42 it works just fine. The tags on the internal git don’t clearly mention a tool version, but a BSP. Wwhat are the differences between v1.6.0.55 and v1.6.0.42? Or to which tag(or commit) they correspond on git? Answer: 1.6.042 commit by looking at "Apps/MfgTool.exe/docs/changelog.txt": 1ca2a16df736ac51979a67423fef6a09bed6b7e2 And 1.6.055: "06a4f9190e34297b7273fc4bb4a92737e5bc837f"

When boot from battery, then plug in 5V cable, the actual charging current can't reach the preset charging current. It is because the HEADROOM_ADJ is not correctly set. Please use attached mx28_chargingcurrent_limit_bootfrombattery.patch. Grace

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 &amp; 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&amp;Tool Lists  Simple GPIO Example - quandry  i.MX6 GStreamer-imx Plugins - Tutorial &amp; 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

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.

Question: How to enable HAB on the MX28, following the recommendations of AN4555 to get the "get_hab_status()" function working, but has run into an issue. Question #1 They believe they have all the HAB components worked out that are inputs to the efltosb tool as they are able to successfully run U-boot to the interactive prompt.  However, at the point where they:     - call the rvt_report_status() function, their board says "### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###".      - call the rvt_entry(), their board prints some garbage characters on the screen and then hangs. This suggests that there is something wrong with the clock that in turn affects the baudrate on the serial console causing the above behavior. Question #2 Is there a concept of a "Bound Signature" in HABv4 as there is in HABv3? Any chance the addresses for the rvt_ calls are incorrect? Can you provide the u-boot source? Either Bound signature verification or UID is never mentioned in the HABv4 Application Note. So I suppose it is not supported. We have made assumptions about the RVT function pointer offsets.  The HAB 4 API does not explicitly say the offsets but uses a rvt_base::function_name notation.  We have assumed that function pointers are placed in order, at every word offset beyond the RVT header.  We have confirmed the RVT header exists at the latest address in the reference manual based on a memory dump but we cannot be certain the function offsets we have setup are correct. As far as source code, we modeled our changes for our mx28 board off of the hab.c and hab.h files available from the mainline u-boot for the mx6 architecture. This is basically the same code get_hab_status code that is written in the AN4555 document.  We did HAB API function pointer addresses to match the updated RVT base address and assumed offsets. Answer: Here are the first 3 instructions from report_status(), could your customer check the instructions from the address which they called is correct? <report_status>: :   b087b570        addlt   fp, r7, r0, ror r5 :   1c0e1c05        stcne   12, cr1, [lr], {5} :   22182433        andscs  r2, r8, #855638016      ; 0x33000000

In Chinese Twitter: Sino Weibo, one famous distributor mentioned “i.MX28 is the best choice in ARM9 core-based processor, no ‘one of’”. With high integration of analog module and digital module, i.MX28 is attracting more and more engineers in various applications. Despite its advantage, there are some mistakes one may commit or issues they may meet. The note records a number of issues/mistakes. Each case in the note comes from a real story. I hope the note will help you in your development work. And It is definitely welcomed for everyone to add your own content to the note.The more you share, the more you get.

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.

Flashing Kernel and Root File System using RedBoot Creating an image A kernel image and a root file system can be created using All Boards LTIB or compiling the kernel and setting the correct set of files. Create a root file system image from a set of files converting the files to a jffs2 file system. For this, install the package mtd-tools. In Ubuntu type apt-get install mtd-tools For making an root file system for flash, use the jffs2 file system like: mkfs.jffs2 -r rootfs -e 0x20000 -s 0x800 –n -o rootfs.jffs2 Where rootfs/ is the original set of file for the file system and rootfs.jffs2 is the output image file. Flashing Some connections errors can be avoided by Configuring RedBoot. The process below uses TFTP to copy the files between host and target. See All Boards TFTP for detail in configurations. Copy the kernel image and the root file system image to the TFTP dir. For example, in LTIB dir, type sudo cp ./rootfs/boot/zImage /tftpboot sudo cp rootfs.jffs2 /tftpboot/ Where /tftpboot is the dir configured for TFTP The next steps are performed in a Minicom session, and happens on the board. Formatting the flash: Format the flash redboot> fis init -f Make a Bad Block Table redboot> nand scan Flashing kernel Load kernel image (zImage) using the command below. Remember to modify the host IP address: redboot> load -r -b 0x100000 /tftpboot/zImage -h 10.29.244.99 The address 0x100000 is used as a temporary location Create the kernel at the right address (0x100000, for IMX27PDK) redboot> fis create -f 0x100000 kernel Flashing root file system Load root file system image (rootfs.jffs2) to the temporary address. Remember to modify the host IP address: redboot> load -r -b 0x100000 /tftpboot/rootfs.jffs2 -h 10.29.244.99 Create the root file system in the right address (0x600000, for IMX27PDK) redboot> fis create -f 0x600000 root Testing This step can be omitted! You can now load your kernel in the flash by typing: fis load kernel To know if the root file system written in the flash was correctly saved, execute the NFS file system and mount the flash. For load the the root file system by NFS, type: exec -c "noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200 root=nfs nfsroot=<server_ip>:<root_path_on_server> ip=dhcp" Wait the system go up, then mount the flash at /mnt. Reminde that the flash has a jffs2 file system. mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock4 /mnt ls /mnt List the /mnt contents. The output must be the right file system. For testing root file system on NAND, type exec -c "noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock4 rw rootfstype=jffs2 ip=dhcp" Modifying the initial script Reset the board and press CTRL-C. Type fc to modify the configurations and insert the initialization script. RedBoot> fc Run script at boot: true Boot script: Enter script, terminate with empty line >> fis load kernel >> exec -c "noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock4 rw rootfstype=jffs2 ip=dhcp" >> Boot script timeout (1000ms resolution): 1 Use BOOTP for network configuration: false Gateway IP address: 10.29.241.254 Local IP address: 10.29.241.6 Local IP address mask: 255.255.254.0 Default server IP address: 10.29.244.99 Board specifics: 0 Console baud rate: 115200 Set eth0 network hardware address [MAC]: false GDB connection port: 9000 Force console for special debug messages: false Network debug at boot time: false Update RedBoot non-volatile configuration - continue (y/n)? y ... Read from 0x07ee0000-0x07eff000 at 0x00080000: . ... Erase from 0x00080000-0x000a0000: . ... Program from 0x07ee0000-0x07f00000 at 0x00080000: . RedBoot> Remember to save the configuration in the flash by typing y Reset the system. To certify that the board is loading the system from flash, remove the ethernet cable.

First upload the U-Boot firmware using Network (Transferring file over network) or Serial (Transferring file over serial) This is a common serial transfer output: => loady ## Ready for binary (ymodem) download to 0xa0800000 at 115200 bps... CCmode, 1359(SOH)/0(STX)/0(CAN) packets, 9 retries ## Total Size      = 0x0002a388 = 172936 Bytes Unprotect the bootloader flash area: protect off C0000000 C003FFFF Erase the flash blocks: erase C0000000 C003FFFF Copy from RAM to Flash: If firmware has been thansfered over serial: cp.b A0800000 C0000000 2a388 If firmware has been transfered over tftp: cp.b 100000 C0000000 2a388 Installing U-Boot using BDI3000 You can use a BDI2000/3000 to write to the S71WS256 pSRAM: Get this config file. Thanks to the folks at Ultimate Solutions for being such a nice people and writing an almost ready file! Edit the [FLASH] section to this: [FLASH] CHIPTYPE              S29M32X16 CHIPSIZE                0x2000000 BUSWIDTH             16 FILE                        /home/lsantos/work/i.mx27/u-boot/u-boot-v2/uboot.bin ; change to you path FORMAT                 BIN 0xC0000000 ERASE                   0xC0000000 ERASE                   0xC0008000 ERASE                   0xC0018000 ERASE                   0xC0010000 ERASE                   0xC0020000 Don't forget to edit the [HOST] section to your machine's IP address. Telnet to the BDI - CONFIG: loading configuration file passed - CONFIG: loading register definition passed - TARGET: processing reset request - TARGET: BDI asserts TRST and RESET - TARGET: BDI removes TRST - TARGET: Bypass check 0x00000001 => 0x00000002 - TARGET: JTAG exists check passed - Core#0: ID code is 0x07926121 - TARGET: All ICEBreaker access checks passed - TARGET: BDI removes RESET - TARGET: BDI waits for RESET inactive - TARGET: resetting target passed - TARGET: processing target startup .... - TARGET: processing target startup passed Erase the first 128 KiB ADS>erase Erasing flash at 0xc0000000 Erasing flash at 0xc0008000 Erasing flash at 0xc0018000 Erasing flash at 0xc0010000 Erasing flash at 0xc0020000 Erasing flash passed Write the flash ADS>prog Programming /home/lsantos/work/i.mx27/u-boot/u-boot-v2/uboot.bin , please wait .... Programming flash passed Check everything went really well ADS>verify Verifying /home/lsantos/work/i.mx27/u-boot/u-boot-v2/uboot.bin , please wait .... Verifying target memory passed Now you can unplug the BDI and reset the board U-Boot 2.0.0-rc9-00136-gbf725a2-dirty (Jun 17 2009 - 15:45:23)  Board: Freescale i.MX27 ADS cfi_probe: cfi_flash base: 0xc0000000 size: 0x02000000  chip id: [2,882,1,01d] mpll:     265999329 Hz spll:     239999725 Hz arm:      177332886 Hz perclk1:    8866644 Hz perclk2:   17733288 Hz perclk3:   44333221 Hz perclk4:   17733288 Hz clkin26:   26000000 Hz ahb:       44333221 Hz ipg:       22166610 Hz Malloc space: 0xa7b00000 -> 0xa7f00000 (size  4 MB) Stack space : 0xa7af8000 -> 0xa7b00000 (size 32 kB) envfs: wrong magic on /dev/env0 no valid environment found on /dev/env0. Using default environment running /env/bin/init...  Hit any key to stop autoboot:  2  type update_kernel [<imagename>] to update kernel into flash type udate_root [<imagename>] to update rootfs into flash  uboot:/ Of course, this setup works with Redboot, just change the FILE entry at the [FLASH] section or use the prog command: ADS>prog 0xc0000000 /home/lsantos/work/i.mx27/redboot/build/install/bin/redboot.bin BIN Programming /home/lsantos/work/i.mx27/redboot/build/install/bin/redboot.bin , please wait .... Programming flash passed ADS>verify Verifying /home/lsantos/work/i.mx27/redboot/build/install/bin/redboot.bin , please wait .... Verifying target memory passed Rebooting ++... Read from 0x07ee0000-0x07f00000 at 0xc1fe0000: . ... Read from 0x07ed3000-0x07ed4000 at 0xc1fff000: . **Warning** FLASH configuration checksum error or invalid key Use 'fconfig -i' to [re]initialize database PMIC ID: 0x0000009b [Rev: 3.3] Ethernet FEC MAC address: is not set  Board Type: ADS Clock input: 26 MHz Booting from [NOR flash]  PHY ID 22 @ 1 FEC: [ HALF_DUPLEX ] [ disconnected ] [ 10M bps ]: Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:04:9f:00:af:7a Can't get BOOTP info for device!  RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROMRAM] Non-certified release, version FSL 200749 - built 19:37:28, Jun 17 2009  Platform: MX27 ADS/EVB (Freescale i.MX27 based) PASS 2.1 [x32 SDR] Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Red Hat, Inc.  RAM: 0x00000000-0x07f00000, [0x00025260-0x07ed1000] available FLASH: 0xc0000000 - 0xc2000000, 256 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each. RedBoot>

GStreamer has a simple feature to enable tracing, allowing the developer to do basic debugging. These can be done in two ways: Adding the parameter --gst-debug=LIST to the pipeline (a pipeline is a executed gst-launch command) Prepending the environment variable GST_DEBUG=LIST' LIST is a a comma-separated argument, indicating the GStreamer elements to trace. For example, if one needs to trace the sink element      $ GST_DEBUG=*sink*:5 gst-launch playbin2 uri=file:///sample.avi or      $ gst-launch playbin2 uri=file:///sample.avi --gst-debug=*sink*:5 Both commands produces the same log. In case want to trace for than one element, so can simple add the <element>:5, for example      $ GST_DEBUG=mfw_v4lsink:5,vpudec:5 gst-launch playbin2 uri=file:///sample.avi The number 5 indicates the log category, where 5 is the highest (the most verbose log you can get) and 0 produces no output (5=LOG, 4=DEBUG, 3=INFO, 2=WARN, 1=ERROR). Log can be huge in each pipeline run. One way to filter it is using the grep command. Before grepping, one needs to redirect the standard error to the standard output (GStreamer log goes always to stderr), so      $ GST_DEBUG=mfw_v4lsink:5,vpudec:5 gst-launch playbin2 uri=file:///sample.avi 2>&1 | grep <filter string> In case the log needs to be shared, it is important to remove the 'color' of the log, again, one just needs to add the parameter --gst-debug-no-color or prepend the env variable GST_DEBUG_NO_COLOR=1 ----- More shell variables that GStreamer react, can be found here https://developer.gnome.org/gstreamer/0.10/gst-running.html

D1 Capture - kernel 2.6.22 diff --exclude CVS -uNr linux-2.6.22/include/asm-arm/arch-mxc/memory.h linux-2.6.22.modified/include/asm-arm/arch-mxc/memory.h --- linux-2.6.22/include/asm-arm/arch-mxc/memory.h     2009-07-16 16:29:45.000000000 -0300 +++ linux-2.6.22.modified/include/asm-arm/arch-mxc/memory.h     2009-07-15 15:38:34.000000000 -0300 @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@     /* Size of contiguous memory for DMA and other h/w blocks */     #define CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE     SZ_16M    +     /*!      * @defgroup Memory_MX27 Memory Map      * @ingroup MSL_MX27 @@ -48,7 +49,7 @@     #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_ZONE_SIZE     #define MXC_DMA_ZONE_SIZE     ((CONFIG_DMA_ZONE_SIZE * SZ_1M) >> PAGE_SHIFT)     #else    -#define MXC_DMA_ZONE_SIZE     ((12 * SZ_1M) >> PAGE_SHIFT)   +#define MXC_DMA_ZONE_SIZE     ((20 * SZ_1M) >> PAGE_SHIFT)     #endif      static inline void __arch_adjust_zones(int node, unsigned long *zone_size, diff --exclude CVS -uNr linux-2.6.22/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/mxc_v4l2_capture.c linux-2.6.22.modified/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/mxc_v4l2_capture.c ---    linux-2.6.22/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/mxc_v4l2_capture.c     2009-07-16 16:29:43.000000000 -0300 +++ linux-2.6.22.modified/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/mxc_v4l2_capture.c     2009-07-16 16:08:02.000000000 -0300 @@ -1650,9 +1650,9 @@                  /* setup cropping */                 cam->crop_bounds.left = 0; -             cam->crop_bounds.width = 640; +             cam->crop_bounds.width = 800;                 cam->crop_bounds.top = 0; -             cam->crop_bounds.height = 480; +             cam->crop_bounds.height = 600;                 cam->crop_current = cam->crop_defrect = cam->crop_bounds;                 ipu_csi_set_window_size(cam->crop_current.width,                                                       cam->crop_current.height); @@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@                 cam->standard.id = V4L2_STD_UNKNOWN;                 cam->standard.frameperiod.denominator = 30;                 cam->standard.frameperiod.numerator = 1; -             cam->standard.framelines = 480; +             cam->standard.framelines = 600;                 cam->streamparm.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;                 cam->streamparm.parm.capture.timeperframe =                 cam->standard.frameperiod; cam->streamparm.parm.capture.capability = V4L2_CAP_TIMEPERFRAME; diff --exclude CVS -uNr linux-2.6.22/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/ov2640.c linux-2.6.22.modified/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/ov2640.c ---    linux-2.6.22/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/ov2640.c     2009-07-16 16:29:45.000000000 -0300 +++ linux-2.6.22.modified/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/ov2640.c     2009-07-16 16:07:03.000000000 -0300 @@ -698,12 +698,12 @@     #endif                            g_cam->streamparm.parm.capture.capturemode = 1;                 } else { -          out_width = 640; -          out_height = 480; +          out_width = 800; +          out_height = 600;                 g_cam->crop_bounds.left = 0; -          g_cam->crop_bounds.width = 640; +          g_cam->crop_bounds.width = 800;                 g_cam->crop_bounds.top = 0; -          g_cam->crop_bounds.height = 480; +          g_cam->crop_bounds.height = 600;                 g_cam->crop_current = g_cam->crop_defrect = g_cam->crop_bounds;     #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MX3                              ipu_csi_set_window_size(g_cam->crop_current.width ,