This article is to show how to use CLK2 for PCIe ref clock for i.MX8MQ. Test Environment  i.MX8MQ + BSP L5.10.52 Background In order to cost down, some customers used CLK2 as PCIe reference clock as below while no external OSC installed, which is different with i.MX8MQ EVK design, so no clock output for PCIe.  Checked L4.14.98_2.3.0 and found it added internal PLL for PCIe clock support. Solution The attached patch based on 4.14.98 can’t be used directly on 5.10.52, the following is the main modification for PLLOUT of PCIe clock. PLLOUT Monitor Configuration Register contains bits to control the clock that will be generated on the CCM clock mapped to CLK2_P/N.        

     The following steps allow you to toggle a pin on i.MX 8M Mini EVK, you can use the EVK as not gate, trigger a wake up signal, etc. With an script and modifying the device tree you can read an input and get as output the invert input.   On the Host.   Cloning the Linux kernel repository.   Clone the i.MX Linux Kernel repo to the home directory. cd ~ git clone -b lf-5.10.72-2.2.0 https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/linux-imx cd linux-imx/   Patching the device tree.   Open the imx8mm-evk.dtsi file: vim arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-evk.dtsi For the purpose of this example, uart3 has to be "disabled" in order to avoid pins conflict, so change "okay" to "disabled": &uart3 {        pinctrl-names = "default";        pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_uart3>;        assigned-clocks = <&clk IMX8MM_CLK_UART3>;        assigned-clock-parents = <&clk IMX8MM_SYS_PLL1_80M>;        fsl,uart-has-rtscts;        status = "disabled"; }; Add the following lines in the iomuxc node: &iomuxc {       pinctrl-names = "default";       pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_hog>; ​       pinctrl_hog: hoggrp {               fsl,pins = <                       MX8MM_IOMUXC_ECSPI1_SS0_GPIO5_IO9               0x19                       MX8MM_IOMUXC_ECSPI1_MISO_GPIO5_IO8              0x19               >;       };   Build the device tree.   Setup your toolchain, for example: source /opt/fsl-imx-wayland/5.10-hardknott/environment-setup-cortexa53-crypto-poky-linux Generate config file. make imx_v8_defconfig Compile the device tree. make freescale/imx8mm-evk.dtb Copy the .dtb file to the EVK, for example with scp: scp imx8mm-evk.dtb root@<EVK_IP>:/home/root Alternatively, you may copy the .dtb file directly to the FAT32 partition where the Kernel and Device Tree files are located.   On the EVK Board.   Switching the device tree.   To copy the updated device tree to the corresponding partition, first create a directory. mkdir Partition_1 Mount the partition one. mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 Partition_1/ Copy or move the device tree into partition one. cp imx8mm-evk.dtb Partition_1/ Reboot the board. reboot   Create an script.   Use vi: vi toggle.sh Add the following lines: #!/bin/bash ​ echo 136 > /sys/class/gpio/export echo in > /sys/class/gpio/gpio136/direction ​ echo 137 > /sys/class/gpio/export echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio137/direction echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio137/value ​ while : do ​ if [[($(cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio136/value) == "0")]]; then         echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio137/value else         echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio137/value        fi ​ done Save the file: :wq Change file permissions: chmod +x toggle.sh   Toggling a pin.   In this example we are using the pin "UART3_CTS" like an input and "UART3_RTS" like an output. To toggle the pin, run the script: ./toggle.sh

     The following steps allow you to add a pad Wakeup on i.MX 8QuadMax MEK CPU Board. On the Host.   Cloning the Linux kernel repository.   Clone the i.MX Linux Kernel repo to the home directory. cd ~ git clone -b lf-5.10.72-2.2.0 https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/linux-imx cd linux-imx/ Patching the device tree.   Open the imx8qm-mek.dts file: vim arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm-mek.dts Add the following lines: &lsio_gpio2{       pad-wakeup-num = <1>;       pad-wakeup = <81 4 1>; }; In the line pad-wakeup-num = <1>; , the number "1" corresponds to the number of pads that you want to add. The line pad-wakeup = <81 4 1>; has three parameters: The first parameter corresponds to the "pin_id", you can find it in include/dt-bindings/pinctrl/pads-imx8qm.h , in this example we are using "IMX8QM_MIPI_CSI1_I2C0_SDA". The second parameter corresponds to the "'type'", you can find it in the i.MX 8QuadMax Applications Processor Reference Manual, in the page 802:   For this example we are using "LOW". The third parameter corresponds to the "line", the number of bit in 32bit gpio group, you can find it in include/dt-bindings/pinctrl/pads-imx8qm.h In this example, "IMX8QM_MIPI_CSI1_I2C0_SDA" belongs to gpio group 2, line 1. Build the device tree.   Setup your toolchain, for example: source /opt/fsl-imx-wayland/5.10-hardknott/environment-setup-cortexa53-crypto-poky-linux Generate config file. make imx_v8_defconfig Compile the device tree. make freescale/imx8qm-mek.dtb Copy the .dtb file to the MEK CPU Board, for example with scp: scp imx8qm-mek.dtb root@<MEK_CPU_Board_IP>:/home/root Alternatively, you may copy the .dtb file directly to the FAT32 partition where the Kernel and Device Tree files are located. On the MEK CPU Board.   Switching the device tree.   To copy the updated device tree to the corresponding partition, first create a directory. mkdir Partition_1 Mount the partition one. mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 Partition_1/ Copy or move the device tree into partition one. cp imx8qm-mek.dtb Partition_1/ Reboot the board. reboot How to wake up the i.MX 8QuadMax MEK CPU Board.   In this example a wire was soldered on "R204":     Run the following command on the MEK CPU Board: echo mem > /sys/power/state And you will see something like: [   53.769266] PM: suspend entry (deep) [   53.902130] Filesystems sync: 0.129 seconds [   53.908068] Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.002 seconds) done. [   53.917189] OOM killer disabled. [   53.920420] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.001 seconds) done. [   53.929626] printk: Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug) Connect the wire that was soldered on "R204" to ground, the MEK CPU Board will wake up and you will see something like: [   54.687125] fec 5b040000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down [   54.689876] PM: suspend devices took 0.756 seconds [   54.709570] Disabling non-boot CPUs ... [   54.710562] CPU1: shutdown [   54.711582] psci: CPU1 killed (polled 0 ms) [   54.714360] CPU2: shutdown [   54.715376] psci: CPU2 killed (polled 0 ms) [   54.717365] CPU3: shutdown [   54.718382] psci: CPU3 killed (polled 0 ms) [   54.719887] CPU4: shutdown [   54.720884] psci: CPU4 killed (polled 4 ms) [   54.722213] CPU5: shutdown [   54.723229] psci: CPU5 killed (polled 0 ms) [   54.724731] Enabling non-boot CPUs ... [   54.725388] Detected VIPT I-cache on CPU1 [   54.725423] GICv3: CPU1: found redistributor 1 region 0:0x0000000051b20000 [   54.725486] CPU1: Booted secondary processor 0x0000000001 [0x410fd034] [   54.726455] CPU1 is up [   54.726930] Detected VIPT I-cache on CPU2 [   54.726947] GICv3: CPU2: found redistributor 2 region 0:0x0000000051b40000 [   54.726976] CPU2: Booted secondary processor 0x0000000002 [0x410fd034] [   54.727478] CPU2 is up [   54.727955] Detected VIPT I-cache on CPU3 [   54.727971] GICv3: CPU3: found redistributor 3 region 0:0x0000000051b60000 [   54.728001] CPU3: Booted secondary processor 0x0000000003 [0x410fd034] [   54.728497] CPU3 is up [   54.729806] Detected PIPT I-cache on CPU4 [   54.729825] GICv3: CPU4: found redistributor 100 region 0:0x0000000051b80000 [   54.729857] CPU4: Booted secondary processor 0x0000000100 [0x410fd082] [   54.730490] CPU4 is up [   54.730985] Detected PIPT I-cache on CPU5 [   54.730999] GICv3: CPU5: found redistributor 101 region 0:0x0000000051ba0000 [   54.731021] CPU5: Booted secondary processor 0x0000000101 [0x410fd082] [   54.731679] CPU5 is up [   54.756440] hdmi_rx_hd_core_clk: failed to set clock parent -16 [   54.765828] gpio-mxc 5d0a0000.gpio: wakeup by pad, line 1 [   54.844242] ahci-imx 5f020000.sata: external osc is used. [   54.913582] caam 31400000.crypto: registering rng-caam [   54.918358] PM: resume devices took 0.148 seconds [   55.096663] OOM killer enabled. [   55.099814] Restarting tasks ... done. [   55.111833] PM: suspend exit  

     The following steps allow you to build a bootable image in two different ways and also how to enable and use SCFW debug monitor. There are four files needed to generate a bootable image: ├── bl31.bin ├── u-boot.bin   ├── mx8qm-ahab-container.img     └── scfw_tcm.bin There are some ways to get the four files, one way is with Yocto and other way is with stand alone build. Get the four files needed to generate a bootable image with Yocto.   To get the four files needed with Yocto, you have to build an i.MX 8QuadMax image, maybe some steps are not necessary. 1.-Host packages. sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib \ build-essential chrpath socat cpio python python3 python3-pip python3-pexpect \ xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping python3-git python3-jinja2 libegl1-mesa \ libsdl1.2-dev pylint3 xterm rsync curl 2.-Setting up the Repo utility. mkdir ~/bin (this step may not be needed if the bin folder already exists) curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo chmod a+x ~/bin/repo export PATH=~/bin:$PATH 3.-Yocto Project Setup. git config --global user.name "Your Name" git config --global user.email "Your Email" git config --list mkdir imx-yocto-bsp cd imx-yocto-bsp repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-hardknott -m imx-5.10.72-2.2.0.xml repo sync 4.-Build configurations. DISTRO=fsl-imx-xwayland MACHINE=imx8qmmek source imx-setup-release.sh -b imx8qmmek 5.-Building an image. bitbake imx-image-full The four files needed to generate a bootable image are in: ~/imx-yocto-bsp/imx8qmmek/tmp/deploy/images/imx8qmmek/imx-boot-tools Note: With Yocto you can not enable the SCFW debug monitor. For more information see the i.MX Yocto Project User's Guide. Get the four files needed to generate a bootable image with stand alone build.   To build all required binaries from source you can use standard aarch64 Linux toolchain, on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: sudo apt-get install gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu Get the bl31.bin file - Arm Trust Firmware.   Download source from: git clone -b lf-5.10.72-2.2.0 https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-atf Build: cd imx-atf make clean PLAT=imx8qm CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make PLAT=imx8qm CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- bl31 The compiled bl31.bin location: build/imx8qm/release/bl31.bin Get the u-boot.bin file - u-boot.   Download source from: git clone -b lf-5.10.72-2.2.0 https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/uboot-imx Build: cd uboot-imx make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- imx8qm_mek_defconfig make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- The compiled u-boot.bin location: ./u-boot.bin Get the mx8qmb0-ahab-container.img file - iMX Seco. wget https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/NMG/MAD/YOCTO/imx-seco-3.7.4.bin chmod +x imx-seco-3.7.4.bin ./imx-seco-3.7.4.bin --auto-accept The mx8qmb0-ahab-container.img file location: imx-seco-3.7.4/firmware/seco/mx8qmb0-ahab-container.img Get the scfw_tcm.bin file - SCFW.   Download and Install a GNU Toolchain.   Look at the packages/imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.7.4/doc/pdf/ , chapter Porting Guide, sub-chapter Tool Chain to check which GNU Toolchain version corresponds to the SCFW you are building. The imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.7.4 version uses the GNU Toolchain version gcc-arm-none-eabi-8-2018-q4-major . It is recommended to install toolchain in “opt” folder: cd /opt sudo wget https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu-rm/8-2018q4/gcc-arm-none-eabi-8-2018-q4-major-linux.tar.bz2 sudo tar xjf gcc-arm-none-eabi-8-2018-q4-major-linux.tar.bz2 Download and Install a Arm GCC toolchain. It is recommended to install toolchain in “opt” folder: sudo wget https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/7.3-2018.05/aarch64-linux-gnu/gcc-linaro-7.3.1-2018.05-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz sudo tar -Jxvf gcc-linaro-7.3.1-2018.05-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.xz After installing the toolchain, set up the environment variable relevant for building. export ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/gcc-linaro-7.3.1-2018.05-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu- export TOOLS=/opt Build the scfw_tcm.bin file. cd ~ wget https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/NMG/MAD/YOCTO/imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.7.4.bin chmod +x imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.7.4.bin ./imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.7.4.bin --auto-accept cd imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.7.4/src Extract the desired scfw porting kit: tar -xvf scfw_export_mx8qm_b0.tar.gz cd scfw_export_mx8qm_b0/ Build without debug monitor: make clean make qm B=mek R=B0 Build with debug monitor: make clean make qm B=mek D=1 M=1 R=B0 DDR_CON=imx8qm_dcd_1.6GHz The scfw_tcm.bin file location: build_mx8qm_b0/scfw_tcm.bin   Generate the bootable image.   Once you have the four files needed to generate a bootable image, use imx-mkimage tool. Download source from: git clone -b lf-5.10.72-2.2.0 https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-mkimage Copy the four binaries to iMX8QM folder. You have to rename some files. If you got the four binaries with Yocto. cp ~/imx-yocto-bsp/imx8qmmek/tmp/deploy/images/imx8qmmek/imx-boot-tools/bl31-imx8qm.bin ~/imx-mkimage/iMX8QM/bl31.bin cp ~/imx-yocto-bsp/imx8qmmek/tmp/deploy/images/imx8qmmek/imx-boot-tools/u-boot-imx8qmmek.bin-sd ~/imx-mkimage/iMX8QM/u-boot.bin cp ~/imx-yocto-bsp/imx8qmmek/tmp/deploy/images/imx8qmmek/imx-boot-tools/mx8qmb0-ahab-container.img ~/imx-mkimage/iMX8QM cp ~/imx-yocto-bsp/imx8qmmek/tmp/deploy/images/imx8qmmek/imx-boot-tools/mx8qm-mek-scfw-tcm.bin ~/imx-mkimage/iMX8QM/scfw_tcm.bin If you got the four binaries with stand alone build. cp ~/imx-atf/build/imx8qm/release/bl31.bin ~/imx-mkimage/iMX8QM cp ~/uboot-imx/u-boot.bin ~/imx-mkimage/iMX8QM cp ~/imx-seco-3.7.4/firmware/seco/mx8qmb0-ahab-container.img ~/imx-mkimage/iMX8QM cp ~/imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.7.4/src/scfw_export_mx8qm_b0/build_mx8qm_b0/scfw_tcm.bin ~/imx-mkimage/iMX8QM Build the bootable image. cd ~/imx-mkimage make SOC=iMX8QM flash The compiled file is flash.bin and its location is: iMX8QM/flash.bin   Flash the bootable image.   To flash the bootable image follow the next steps: -Copy the flash.bin and uuu.exe in a folder. -Change SW2 on the base board to 000100 (from MSB to LSB, 1-ON and 0-OFF) to boot from the Serial Downloader. -Run the following command in Command Prompt: uuu.exe -b sd flash.bin -Power on the MEK CPU board.   SCFW debug monitor.        If the SCFW is compiled using the M=1 option (default is M=0) then it will include a debug monitor. This can be used to R/W memory or registers, R/W power state, and dump some resource manager state. Production SCFW should never have the monitor enabled (M=0, the default)!      The debug monitor allows command-line interaction via the SCU UART. Inclusion of the debug monitor affects SCFW timing and therefore should never be deployed in a product! Note the terminal needs to be in a mode that sends CR or LF for a new line (not CR+LF). The following commands are supported: Command                                   Description exit                                              exit the debug monitor quit                                              exit the debug monitor reset [mode]                                request reset with mode (default = board) reboot partition [type]                  request partition reboot with type (default = cold) md.b address [count]                  display count bytes at address md.w address [count]                 display count words at address md[.l] address [count]                 display count long-words at address mm.b address value                   modify byte at address mm.w address value                  modify word at address mm[.l] address value                  modify long-word at address ai.r ss sel addr                            read analog interface (AI) register ai.w ss sel addr data                  write analog interface (AI) register fuse.r word                                 read OTP fuse word fuse.w word value                      write value to OTP fuse word dump rm                                    dump all the resource manager (RM) info dump rm part [part]                    dump all partition info for part (default = all) dump rm rsrc [part]                    dump all resource info for part (default = all) dump rm mem [part]                  dump all memory info for part (default = all) dump rm pad [part]                    dump all pad info for part (default = all) power.r [resource]                     read/get power mode of resource (default = all) power.w resource mode            write/set power mode of resource to mode (off, stby, lp, on) info                                             display SCFW/SoC info like unique ID, etc. seco lifecycle change                send SECO lifecycle update command (change) to SECO seco info                                    display SECO info like Lifecycle, SNVS state, etc. seco debug                                dump SECO debug log seco events                               dump SECO event log seco commit                              commit SRK and/or SECO FW version update pmic.r id reg                               read pmic register pmic.w id reg val                        write pmic register pmic.l id                                      list pmic info (rail voltages, etc) Resource and subsystem (ss) arguments are specified by name. All numeric arguments are decimal unless prefixed with 0x (for hex) or 0 (for octal). Testing SCFW debug monitor to display count long-words at address on Linux side and on SCU side. -Change SW2 on the base board to 001100 (from MSB to LSB, 1-ON and 0-OFF) to boot from the SD card. -Power on the MEK CPU board. -Open Tera Term and you will see: Hello from SCU (Build 5263, Commit 9b3d006e, Aug 20 2021 12:20:10) ​ DDR frequency = 1596000000  ROM boot time = 262368 usec      Boot time = 24583 usec         Banner = 10 usec           Init = 9038 usec         Config = 3232 usec            DDR = 2677 usec        SConfig = 444 usec           Prep = 5039 usec ​ *** Debug Monitor *** ​ >$ -Run the following commands: power.r power.w db on power.w dblogic on power.w mu_1a on -Example reading on Linux side: md.l 0x5d1c0000 10 -You will see: >$ md.l 0x5d1c0000 10 5d1c0000: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 5d1c0010: 00010201 23c34600 d63fdb21 00000000 5d1c0020: 00f00200 18000000 -Example reading on SCU side: md.l 0x41cac080 10 -You will see: >$ md.l 0x41cac080 10 41cac080: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 41cac090: 0d070201 ff0001f1 ffff8000 ffff00fb 41cac0a0: 00f00000 18000000 For more information see the System Controller Firmware Porting Guide.

We will build a remote debug environmet of Qt Creator in this user guide.   Contents 1 Change local.conf file in Yocto 2 2 Build and deploy Yocto SDK 2 2.1 Build full image SDK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.2 Deploy SDK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Configure QT Kit 2 3.1 Setup device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3.2 Configure QT version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.3 Configure gcc and g++ manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.4 Configure gdb manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.5 Configure Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.6 Very important thing!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 Test result

This article introduces how to connect a device via Bluetooth to the i.MX8M family of boards.

Hello everyone, this document will explain on how to create and run a custom script for UUU (Universal Update Utility) tool Requirements: I.MX 8M Mini EVK Linux Binary Demo Files - i.MX 8MMini EVK (L5.10.35) UUU Serial console emulator (tera term or putty) Text editor (Notepad++, nano, etc) UUU is a pretty flexible tool since it uses the Fastboot protocol through uboot to flash the desired images, this will make possible to create a custom script to add many uboot commands to customize further the boot settings. In this example I will create a custom script which will flash uboot and Linux rootfs and write a Cortex-M binary to the FAT partition of the eMMC. At the same time I’ll create and modify a set of environmental variables, this variables will have a set of uboot commands that will load to the TCM this same binary before the device starts booting into Linux.   Creating the script For this document I'll be using Notepad++ but any text editor may be used instead, since the scripts used by UUU are written in plain text. The very first line of the script must be the version number which will represent the minimum UUU version that UUU can parse this script. For this case that version is 1.2.39 After it, we will add all standard commands to flash uboot and filesystem into the eMMC. Note: This may be also copied from the uuu.auto script inside the Demo files. Please note that the UUU commands format is PROTOCOL: CMD, for this example we will be using mainly SDP and FB protocols which corresponds to the serial download protocol and Fastboot respectively. For a list of all supported UUU protocols and commands please refer to the UUU documentation here: https://github.com/NXPmicro/mfgtools/releases/download/uuu_1.4.165/UUU.pdf Now add the following commands to the script, this will download and write into eMMC FAT partition, which was created when flashing the .wic image, the Cortex-M binary.   FB: ucmd setenv fastboot_buffer ${loadaddr} FB: download -f hello_world_test.bin FB[-t 20000]: ucmd fatwrite mmc ${emmc_dev}:1 ${fastboot_buffer} hello_world_test.bin ${fastboot_bytes}   #fatwrite write file into a dos filesystem "<interface> <dev[:part]> <addr> <filename> [<bytes> [<offset>]] - write file 'filename' from the address 'addr' in RAM  to 'dev' on 'interface' Note: The Cortex-M binary was named as hello_world_test.bin, but any example name may be used. At this point, in the script we will be using only uboot commands as seen above, in this case was fatwrite. The script will look as following: If the script is run now uboot (imx-boot-imx8mmevk-sd.bin-flash_evk), rootfs (imx-image-multimedia-imx8mmevk.wic) will be flashed and the Cortex-M binary (hello_world_test.bin) written to the FAT partition of the eMMC. To add environmental variables to modify uboot boot settings, i.e. overwrite the dtb variable so the EVK will select the RPMSG dtb, this in case the Cortex-M example needs to be run at the same time as Cortex-A. FB: ucmd setenv fdtfile imx8mm-evk-rpmsg.dtb Next add to the UUU script the set of uboot commands in form of environmental variables that will load to the TCM the Cortex-M binary   FB: ucmd setenv loadm4image "fatload mmc ${emmc_dev}:1 0x48000000 hello_world_test.bin; cp.b 0x48000000 0x7e0000 0x20000" FB: ucmd setenv m4boot "run loadm4image; bootaux 0x48000000" Note: This can be changed to load it to different targets not only TCM, for example DRAM. Now for the set of environmental variable to run when uboot starts booting into Linux we may add it to the variable mmcboot. Also adding the command to save the environmental variables set so the settings persist after reboot, this by adding the following commands to the script:   FB: ucmd setenv mmcboot "run m4boot; $mmcboot" FB: ucmd saveenv The resulting script will be the following: Now just save the script and name it as you see fit, for this example the name will be custom_script.auto.   Running the script To run a UUU script is pretty simple, just make sure that the files used in the script are in the same folder as the script. Windows > .\uuu.exe  custom_script.auto Linux $ sudo ./uuu custom_script.auto   Wait till it finish, turn the board off, set it to boot from eMMC and turn it on, the EVK will boot into Linux automatically and will launch the Cortex-M core automatically. We may also, double check that the environmental variables were written correctly by stopping at uboot and using the printenv command For this test I have used the Prebuilt image which includes sample Cortex-M4 examples for the EVK   further flexibility UUU scripts can be customized even more, for example using macros, so the script can take input arguments so it may be possible to select the uboot, rootfs, Cortex-M binary and dtb to be used when booting, and to be used for other i.MX chips as well. The resulting script will be as following: Note: Here is assumed that the dtb file is already at the FAT partition, if not same procedure may be added as the Cortex-M binary. To run a script which expect to have input arguments is as follow: Windows > .\uuu.exe -b uuu_cortexM_loader.auto imx-boot-imx8mmevk-sd.bin-flash_evk imx-image-multimedia-imx8mmevk.wic hello_world_test.bin imx8mm-evk-rpmsg.dtb Linux $ sudo ./uuu -b uuu_cortexM_loader.auto imx-boot-imx8mmevk-sd.bin-flash_evk imx-image-multimedia-imx8mmevk.wic hello_world_test.bin imx8mm-evk-rpmsg.dtb Please find both UUU scripts attached and feel free to use them. Hope this helps everyone to better understand how this tool works and the capabilities it have.

Materials: i.MX8M Plus EVK Rev. A USB cable type-C USB cable type-B AC Adapter EA1045CR Micro SD (Optional) 88W8997-based wireless modules Software: Yocto Project Mobaxterm Personal Edition v20.2 Build 4296 This test was done on an i.MX8M Plus EVK with Linux 5.10. Hardknott.   To achieve this, you need to identify your WI-FI module and look for the necessary drivers for that module, in my case I am using the 88W8997 module that comes with the i.MX8M Plus, but you can select any other WI-FI module you want.   In my case I build a basic image on Yocto, following the Yocto users guide, I bitbake just the core boot image that allows me to boot the i.MX8M plus. Deploy your image on an SD or eMMC. These instructions apply to SD and MMC cards although for brevity, and usually, only the SD card is listed. For a Linux image to be able to run, four separate pieces are needed: Linux OS kernel image (zImage/Image) Device tree file (*.dtb) Bootloader image Root file system (i.e., EXT4)   The Yocto Project build creates an SD card image that can be flashed directly. This is the simplest way to load everything needed onto the card with one command. A .wic image contains all four images properly configured for an SD card. The release contains a pre-built .wic image that is built specifically for the one board configuration. It runs the Wayland graphical backend. It does not run on other boards unless U-Boot, the device tree, and rootfs are changed. When more flexibility is desired, the individual components can be loaded separately, and those instructions are included here as well. An SD card can be loaded with the individual components one-by-one or the .wic image can be loaded and the individual parts can be overwritten with specific components. The rootfs on the default .wic image is limited to a bit less than 4 GB, but re-partitioning and re-loading the rootfs can increase that to the size of the card. The rootfs can also be changed to specify the graphical backend that is used. Carry out the following command to copy the SD card image to the SD/MMC card. Change sdx below to match the one used by the SD card. $ sudo dd if=<image name>.wic of=/dev/sdx bs=1M && sync The entire contents of the SD card are replaced. If the SD card is larger than 4 GB, the additional space is not accessible. As this build does not contain the driver integrated we need to add it manually on Linux user space. Follow these instructions to load the driver modules and bring up the 88W8987-based wireless module, more info can be found on the next link: https://www.nxp.com/products/wireless/wi-fi-plus-bluetooth/2-4-5-ghz-dual-band-2x2-wi-fi-5-802-11ac-plus-bluetooth-5-3-solution:88W8997?tab=Documentation_Tab   Use the nano editor included in the pre-built image to edit and verify the module parameters in the wifi_mod_para.conf configuration file.   Add the following lines to the configuration file: PCIE8997 = { cfg80211_wext=0xf wfd_name=p2p max_vir_bss=1 cal_data_cfg=none drv_mode=7 ps_mode=2 auto_ds=2 fw_name=nxp/pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin } Load the modules in the kernel:   Verify the kernel debug messages in the command output   Verify that the module is now visible to the system:     Now that the module is ready to work, we need to enable it, in my case the Wi-Fi is named mlan0, it could vary on other Linux systems.   In the case you need to see which networks are available you can scan it and select the one you need.   Identify your network and add it to the  WPA supplicant file:     Associate the Wi-Fi with config:   Check if you have right SSID associated:   Use DHPC to get the IP   Ping any public site you know to check the network.   In the case you have a Temporary failure in name resolution you will need to change the default DNS that was assigned by DHCP:     Modify /etc/resolv.conf file and add the DNS of your preference, for my case I add the one that uses Google, as they have access to the most common web pages.   And with that should work.    

The i.MX 8QuadXPlus Multisensory Enablement Kit (MEK) is a NXP development platform based on Cortex A-35 + Cortex-M4 cores. Built with high-level integration to support graphics, video, image processing, audio, and voice functions, the i.MX 8X processor family is ideal for safety-certifiable and efficient performance requirements. This tutorial shows how to enable the Cortex-M4 using the MCUXpresso SDK package and loading the binary from the network. NOTE: It is also possible to load the Cortex-M4 image from the SCFW using the imx-mkimage utility. But now we are going to focus on MCUXpresso. Setting up the machine   Install cmake on the host machine: $ sudo apt-get install cmake Download the armgcc toolchain and export the location as ARMGCC_DIR: $ export ARMGCC_DIR=<your_path_to_arm_gcc>/gcc-arm-none-eabi-9-2020q2/ NOTE: The ARMGCC_DIR variable needs to be exported on the terminal used for compilation. To setup the TFTP server on the host machine: Configuring your Host PC for TFTPPermalink   The first step is to install all the prerequisite packages for TFTP: $ sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp Create a TFTP folder in your desired location with root owner and the “rwx” permission for all users: $ sudo mkdir /tftpboot $ sudo chmod –R 777 /tftpboot $ sudo chown –R root /tftpboot Create a configuration file for the TFTP with the following content. (The server_args parameter must match with the folder created above) $ cat /etc/xinetd.d/tftp service tftp { protocol = udp port = 69 socket_type = dgram wait = yes user = root server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd server_args = -s /tftpboot disable = no } Restart the xinetd service: $ sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart You can place any file at the TFTP folder and load it through U-Boot, you can also create symbolic links from your building directory avoiding to copy and paste your zImage and dtb files every time. Configuring your Host PC for NFSPermalink   Install all the needed packages for NFS: $ sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server Create a folder for placing your rootfs: $ mkdir /tftpboot/rfs Add the following line in the end of your /etc/exports file: /tftpboot/rfs *(rw,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) Restart the NFS service: $ sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart Place your rootfs or create a symbolic link for the NFS folder.    Downloading the SDK Download the MCUXpresso following these steps: Click on “Select Development Board”; Select MEK-MIMX8QX under “Select a Device, Board, or Kit” and click on “Build MCUXpresso SDK” on the right; Select “Host OS” as Linux and “Toolchain/IDE” as GCC ARM Embedded; Add “FreeRTOS” and all the wanted Middleware and hit “Request Build”; Wait for the SDK to build and download the package. Building the image All demos and code examples available on the SDK package are located in the directory <<SDK_dir>>/boards/mekmimx8qx/. This tutorial shows how to build and flash the hello_world demo but similar procedures can be applied for any example (demo, driver, multicore, etc) on the SDK. To build the demo, enter the armgcc folder under the demo directory and make sure that the ARMGCC_DIR variable is set correctly. $ cd ~/SDK_2.3.0_MEK-MIMX8QX/boards/mekmimx8qx/demo_apps/hello_world/armgcc $ export ARMGCC_DIR=<your_path_to_arm_gcc>/gcc-arm-none-eabi-9-2020q2/ Run the build_release.sh script to build the code. $ ./build_release.sh NOTE: If needed, give the script execution permission by running chmod +x build_release.sh. This generates the M4 binary (hello_world.bin) under the release folder. Copy this image to the /tftpboot/ directory on the host PC. NOTE: This procedure shows how to build the M4 image that runs on TCM. To run the image from DDR, use the build_ddr_release.sh script to build the binary under the ddr_release folder. Flashing the image Open two serial consoles, one for /dev/ttyUSB0 for Cortex-A35 to boot Linux, and one for /dev/ttyUSB1 for Cortex-M4 to boot the SDK image. On the A35 console, with a SD Card with U-Boot, stop the booting process and enter the following commands to load the M4 binary to TCM: => dhcp => setenv serverip <ip_from_host_pc> => tftp 0x88000000 hello_world.bin => dcache flush => bootaux 0x88000000 Then the M4 core will load the image to the /dev/ttyUSB1 console.    

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Software environment: L5.4.47_2.2.0 Hardware i.MX8QXPC0 EVK board In the uuu script we can see the bootloader imx-boot-imx8qxpc0mek-sd.bin-flash is necessary. The default BSP build generate in the yocto project is with the spl, some customers are confused about the how to build the imx-boot-imx8qxpc0mek-sd.bin-flash. Here I give the manually compile way and generate it in yocto. In the yocto generate it is more convenient than the manually compile way. Hope this can do help for you.

Linux kernel provide some apis to allow changing dtb node after system booted. But the node change must happen before the driver loading. We can use gereral dtb file and add some dts node after system boot.

    The meta layer is designed for those guys who want to use i.MX8M series SOC and Yocto system to develop AGV and Robot.    The platform includes some key components: 1, ROS1 (kinetic, melodic) and ROS2(dashing, eloquent, foxy) 2, Real-time Linux solution : Xenomai 3.1 with ipipe 5.4.47 patch 3, Industrial protocol : libmodbus, linuxptp, ros-canopen, EtherCAT(TBD) 4, Security: Enhanced OpenSSL, Enhanced GmSSL, Enhanced eCryptfs, secure key store, secure boot(TBD), SE-Linux(TBD),  Dm-verity(TBD) The first release bases on i.MX Yocto release L5.4.47 2.2.0 and You need download Linux 5.4.47_2.2.0 according to​​ https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/IMX_YOCTO_PROJECT_USERS_GUIDE.pdf  firstly. And then you can follow the below guide to build and test ROS and Xenomai. A, clone meta-robot-platform from gitee.com git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v0.1-L5.4.47-2.2.0 B, Adding the meta-robot-platform layer to your build 1,  copy meta-robot-platform into <i.MX Yocto folder>/source 2, You should create a symbol link: setup-imx-robot.sh -> sources/meta-robot-platform/imx/meta-robot/tools/setup-imx-robot.sh C, How to build Robot image (example for i.MX8MQ EVK board) $ DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r kinetic -b imx8mqevk-robot-kinetic [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r melodic -b imx8mqevk-robot-melodic ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r dashing -b imx8mqevk-robot-dashing ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r eloquent -b imx8mqevk-robot-eloquent ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r foxy -b imx8mqevk-robot-foxy ] $ bitbake imx-robot-core [or bitbake imx-robot-system ] [or bitbake imx-robot-sdk ] And if you add XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury" in local.conf, you also can build real-time image with Xenomai by the below command: $ bitbake imx-robot-core-rt [or bitbake imx-robot-system-rt ] D, Robot image sanity testing //ROS1 Sanity Test #source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.sh [or # source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.sh ] #echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH #roscore & #rosnode list #rostopic list #only kinetic #rosmsg list #rosnode info /rosout //ROS2 Sanity Test #source ros_setup.sh #echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH #ros2 topic list #ros2 msg list #only dashing #ros2 interface list #(sleep 5; ros2 topic pub /chatter std_msgs/String "data: Hello world") & #ros2 topic echo /chatter E, Xenomai sanity testing #/usr/xenomai/demo/cyclictest -p 50 -t 5 -m -n -i 1000 F, vSLAM demo You can find orb-slam2 demo under <i.MX Yocto folder>/sources/meta-robot-platform/imx/meta-robot/recipes-demo/orb-slam2. You should choose DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland due to it depends on OpenCV with gtk+.   //////////////////////////////////////// update for Yocto L5.4.70 2.3.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v0.2-L5.4.70-2.3.0 for Yocto release L5.4.70 2.3.0 and it supports i.MX8M series (8MQ,8MM,8MN and 8MP) and i.MX8QM/QXP.  git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v0.2-L5.4.70-2.3.0 Updating: 1, Support i.MX8QM and i.MX8QXP 2, Add ROS driver of RPLIDAR and Orbbec 3D cameras in ROS1 3, Upgrade OpenCV to 3.4.13. 4, Add imx-robot-agv image with orb-slam2 demo 5, Fix the issue which failed to create image when adding orb-slam2 6, Fix the issue which failed to create imx-robot sdk image when add package ISP and ML Note: Currently, orb-slam2 demo don't run on i.MX8MM platform due to its GPU don't support OpenGL ES3. imx-robot-sdk image is just for building ROS package on i.MX board, not  for cross-compile. You can try "bitbake imx-robot-system -c populate_sdk" to create cross-compile sdk without gmssl-bin. diff --git a/imx/meta-robot/recipes-core/images/imx-robot-system.bb b/imx/meta-robot/recipes-core/images/imx-robot-system.bb index 1991ab10..68f9ad31 100644 --- a/imx/meta-robot/recipes-core/images/imx-robot-system.bb +++ b/imx/meta-robot/recipes-core/images/imx-robot-system.bb @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += " \ ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11 wayland', 'weston-xwayland xterm', '', d)} \ ${ISP_PKGS} \ " -IMAGE_INSTALL += " clblast openblas libeigen opencv gmssl-bin" +IMAGE_INSTALL += " clblast openblas libeigen opencv" IMAGE_INSTALL += " \ ${ML_PKGS} \   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for Yocto L5.4.70 2.3.2  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v0.3-L5.4.70-2.3.2 for Yocto release L5.4.70 2.3.2 .  git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v0.3-L5.4.70-2.3.2 Updated: 1, Upgrade to L5.4.70-2.3.2 2, Enable xenomai rtdm driver 3, Add NXP Software Content Register and BSP patches of i.MX8M Plus AI Robot board. Note: How to build for AI Robot board 1, DISTRO=imx-robot-wayland MACHINE=imx8mp-ddr4-ipc source setup-imx-robot.sh -r melodic -b imx8mp-ddr4-ipc-robot-melodic 2, Add BBLAYERS += " ${BSPDIR}/sources/meta-robot-platform/imx/meta-imx8mp-ai-robot " in bblayers.conf 3, bitbake imx-robot-sdk or bitbake imx-robot-agv   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for v1.0-L5.4.70-2.3.2  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v1.0-L5.4.70-2.3.2 .  git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v1.0-L5.4.70-2.3.2 Updated: 1, Upgrade ROS1 Kinetic Kame to Release 2021-05-11 which is final sync. 2, Add IgH EtherCAT Master for Linux in i.MX Robot platform. //////////////////////////////////////// Update for v1.1-L5.4.70-2.3.2  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v1.1-L5.4.70-2.3.2 .  git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v1.1-L5.4.70-2.3.2 Updated: 1, Add more packages passed building in ROS1 Kinetic Kame. 2, Change the board name (From IPC to AI-Robot) in Uboot and kernel for i.MX8M Plus AI Robot board. You can use the below setup command to build ROS image for AI Robot board: DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mp-ai-robot source setup-imx-robot.sh -r kinetic -b imx8mp-ai-robot-robot-kinetic DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mp-ai-robot source setup-imx-robot.sh -r melodic -b imx8mp-ai-robot-robot-melodic DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mp-ai-robot source setup-imx-robot.sh -r dashing -b imx8mp-ai-robot-robot-dashing DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mp-ai-robot source setup-imx-robot.sh -r eloquent -b imx8mp-ai-robot-robot-eloquent DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mp-ai-robot source setup-imx-robot.sh -r foxy -b imx8mp-ai-robot-robot-foxy BTW, you should add BBLAYERS += " ${BSPDIR}/sources/meta-robot-platform/imx/meta-imx8mp-ai-robot " in conf/bblayers.conf.   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for v1.2-L5.4.70-2.3.3  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v1.2-L5.4.70-2.3.3 .  git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v1.2-L5.4.70-2.3.3 Updated: 1, Update to Yocto release L5.4.70-2.3.3 2, Enable RTNet FEC driver, test on i.MX8M Mini EVK and i.MX8M Plus EVK. For the detailed information,  Please refer to the community post 移植实时Linux方案Xenomai到i.MX ARM64平台 (Enable Xenomai on i.MX ARM64 Platform)    //////////////////////////////////////// Update for v2.1-L5.10.52-2.1.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v2.1-L5.10.52-2.1.0 .  git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v2.1.1-L5.10.52-2.1.0 Updated: 1, Update to Yocto release L5.10.52-2.1.0 2, Add ROS1 noetic, ROS2 galactic and rolling 3, Upgrade Xenomai to v3.2 4, Add vSLAM demo orb-slam3 5, Upgrade OpenCV to 3.4.15 for ROS1 A, Adding the meta-robot-platform layer to your build 1,  copy meta-robot-platform into <i.MX Yocto folder>/source 2, You should create a symbol link: setup-imx-robot.sh -> sources/meta-robot-platform/imx/meta-robot/tools/setup-imx-robot.sh B, How to build Robot image (example for i.MX8M Plus EVK board) $ DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r kinetic -b imx8mpevk-robot-kinetic [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r melodic -b imx8mpevk-robot-melodic ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r noetic-b imx8mpevk-robot-noetic] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r dashing -b imx8mpevk-robot-dashing ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r eloquent -b imx8mpevk-robot-eloquent ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r foxy -b imx8mpevk-robot-foxy ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r galactic -b imx8mpevk-robot-galactic ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r rolling -b imx8mpevk-robot-rolling ] $ bitbake imx-robot-agv [or bitbake imx-robot-core ] [or bitbake imx-robot-system ] [or bitbake imx-robot-sdk ]   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for v2.2-L5.10.72-2.2.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v2.2-L5.10.72-2.2.0 .  git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v2.2.0-L5.10.72-2.2.0 Updated: 1, Update to Yocto release L5.10.72-2.2.0   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for v2.2.3-L5.10.72-2.2.3  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v2.2.3-L5.10.72-2.2.3.  repo init -u https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-hardknott -m imx-5.10.72-2.2.3.xml git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v2.2.3-L5.10.72-2.2.3 1,  copy meta-robot-platform into <i.MX Yocto folder>/source 2, You should create a symbol link: setup-imx-robot.sh -> sources/meta-robot-platform/imx/meta-robot/tools/setup-imx-robot.sh Updated: 1, Update to Yocto release L5.10.72-2.2.3 2, Update ISP SDK (isp-imx) patch for Github changing.   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for v3.1-L5.15.71-2.2.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v3.1-L5.15.71-2.2.0.  repo init -u https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-kirkstone -m imx-5.15.71-2.2.0.xml git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v3.1-L5.15.71-2.2.0 1,  copy meta-robot-platform into <i.MX Yocto folder>/source 2, You should create a symbol link: setup-imx-robot.sh -> sources/meta-robot-platform/imx/meta-robot/tools/setup-imx-robot.sh Updated: 1, Update to Yocto release L5.15.71-2.2.0 and ROS1 Noetic and ROS2 Foxy to last version 2, Add ROS2 Humble and remove EOL distributions (ROS1 Kinetic, Melodic and ROS2 Dashing, Eloquent and Galactic). How to build Robot image (example for i.MX8M Plus EVK board) $DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r noetic-b imx8mpevk-robot-noetic [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r foxy -b imx8mpevk-robot-foxy ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r humble -b imx8mpevk-robot-humble ] $ bitbake imx-robot-sdk [or bitbake imx-robot-core ] [or bitbake imx-robot-system ] [or bitbake imx-robot-agv ]   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for v3.3-L5.15.71-2.2.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v3.3-L5.15.71-2.2.0.  repo init -u https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-kirkstone -m imx-5.15.71-2.2.0.xml git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout v3.3-L5.15.71-2.2.0 1,  copy meta-robot-platform into <i.MX Yocto folder>/source 2, You should create a symbol link: setup-imx-robot.sh -> sources/meta-robot-platform/imx/meta-robot/tools/setup-imx-robot.sh Updated: 1, Add vSLAM ROS demo based on i.MX vSLAM SDK and i.MX AIBot. The demo video is here: Autonomous Navigation with vSLAM, Based on the i.MX 8M Plus Applications Processor   2, Enable DDS Security and SROS2 for ROS 2’s security features. How to build Robot image (example for i.MX8M Plus EVK board) $DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r noetic-b imx8mpevk-robot-noetic [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r foxy -b imx8mpevk-robot-foxy ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r humble -b imx8mpevk-robot-humble ] $ bitbake imx-robot-sdk [or bitbake imx-robot-agv ] [or bitbake imx-robot-system ] [or bitbake imx-robot-core ]   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for v4.0-L6.1.55-2.2.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release package meta-robot-platform-v4.0-L6.1.55-2.2.0.  repo init -u https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-mickledore -m imx-6.1.55-2.2.0.xml git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/meta-robot-platform.git git checkout mickledore-6.1.55 1,  copy meta-robot-platform into <i.MX Yocto folder>/source 2, You should create a symbol link: setup-imx-robot.sh -> sources/meta-robot-platform/imx/meta-robot/tools/setup-imx-robot.sh Updated: 1, Migrate i.MX Robot platform to Yocto mickledore with L6.1.55. 2, Add ROS2 iron. How to build Robot image (example for i.MX8M Plus EVK board) $DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r humble -b imx8mpevk-robot-humble [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r iron -b imx8mpevk-robot-iron ] [or DISTRO=imx-robot-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mpevk source setup-imx-robot.sh -r noetic-b imx8mpevk-robot-noetic] $ bitbake -k imx-robot-sdk [or bitbake imx-robot-agv ] [or bitbake imx-robot-system ] [or bitbake imx-robot-core ]  

BSP: L5.4.47-2.2.0-rc2 Board: imx8QM B0 HW:  LVDS2HDMI , MIPIDSI2HDMI. It is the porting of i.MX8QM dpu loopback to isi. to the 5.4.y, with the addition of the MIPI-DSI loopback and the HDMI loopback.  Overview of the DC capture configuration: For enabling the capture: only DC 0 Stream 0  and DC 1 Stream 1 can be captured The pixel link Master address should be set to 3 because the Receiver Address at ISI is 3 and can't be changed. To continue displaying the stream, the Receiver Address at LVDS and DSI or HDMI should be changed to 3. It is possible to change the RA by using GPIO of the modules.   Patches: Create V4L2 device enabling the capture of by the ISI of DC loop-backs. Enable ISI capture from DSI 0 / LVDS 1 in 1920x1080 (at the same time.) Enable ISI capture from HDMI in 2840x2160 (half with even pixel) in 1920x2160. While capturing with the ISI, the captured screen continue to be displayed. Remark: Ov5640 cameras are also enabled in the same dtb. So 4 stream in 1920x1080 can be captured at the same time. Installation and gstreamer command: See readme

Header 1 Header 2 Video rendering gst-launch videotestsrc ! mfw_v4lsink Audio rendering gst-launch audiotestsrc ! alsasink WAV Audio rendering gst-launch filesrc location=test.wav ! wavparse ! alsasink Video rendering selecting caps gst-launch videotestsrc ! capsfilter name='video/x-raw-yuv,format=(fourcc)I420' ! mfw_v4lsink gst-launch videotestsrc ! 'video/x-raw-yuv,format=(fourcc)I420' ! mfw_v4lsink

Attached is the Kernel image needed to construct the Linux Image i.MX 6Dual/6Quad Power Consumption Measurement Linux Image

The i.MX 6 D/Q/DL/S/SL Linux 3.10.53_1.1.0 GA release is now available on www.freescale.com ·         Files available           Name Description L3.10.53_1.1.0_LINUX_DOCS i.MX 6 D/Q/DL/S/SL Linux   3.10.53_1.1.0 GA BSP documentation. L3.10.53_1.1.0_iMX6QDLS_Bundle i.MX 6 D/Q/DL/S  Linux   3.10.53_1.1.0 GA BSP Binary Demo Files L3.10.53_1.1.0_iMX6SL_Bundle i.MX 6 SL  Linux   3.10.53_1.1.0 GA BSP Binary Demo Files L3.10.53_1.1.0_AACP_CODECS AAC Plus Codec for the i.MX 6 D/Q/DL/S/SL Linux 3.10.53_1.1.0   GA BSP y IMX_6_MFG_L3.10.53_1.1.0_TOOL Manufacturing Tool and Documentation for Linux   3.10.53_1.1.0 GA BSP y ·         Target HW boards o   i.MX6DL  SABRE SD board o   i.MX6Q  SABRE SD board o   i.MX6DQ SABRE AI board o   i.MX6DL SABRE AI board o   i.MX6SL EVK board New Features ·                             Please refer to formal Release Note document for all details. Known issues For known issues and limitations please consult the release notes located in the BSP documentation package.

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.

Host TFTP and NFS Configuration Now configure the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server and Networked File System (NFS) server. U-Boot will download the Linux kernel and dtb file using tftp and then the kernel will mount (via NFS) its root file system on the computer hard drive. 1. TFTP Setup   1.1.1 Prepare the TFTP Service   Get the required software if not already set up. On host for TFTP: Install TFTP on Host $ sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa   (Note: There are a number of examples in various forums, etc, of how to automatically start the TFTP service - but not all are successful on all Linux distro's it seems! The following may work for you.)   Start the tftpd-hpa service automatically by adding a command to /etc/rc.local. $ vi /etc/rc.local   Now, just before the exit 0 line edit below command then Save and Exit. $ service tftpd-hpa start  Now, To control the TFTP service from the command line use: $ service tftpd-hpa restart    To check the status of the TFTP service from the command line use: $ service tftpd-hpa status   1.1.1 Setup the TFTP Directories Now, we have to create the directory which will contain the kernel image and the device tree blob file. $ mkdir -p /imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/tftp Then, copy the kernel image and the device tree blob file in this directory. $ cp {YOCTO_BUILD_DIR}/tmp/deploy/images/{TARGET}/zImage /imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/tftp $ cp {YOCTO_BUILD_DIR}/tmp/deploy/images/{TARGET}/<dtb file> /imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/tftp   OR we can use the default directory created by yocto {YOCTO_BUILD_DIR}/tmp/deploy/images/{TARGET}/ The tftpd-hpa service looks for requested files under /imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/tftp The default tftpd-hpa directory may vary with distribution/release, but it is specified in the configuration file: /etc/default/tfptd-hpa. We have to change this default directory with our directory   Edit default tftp directory $ vi /etc/default/tftpd-hpa   Now, change the directory defined as TFTP_DIRECTORY with your host system directory which contains kernel and device tree blob file. Using created directory TFTP_DIRECTORY=”/imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/tftp” OR Using Yocto directory path TFTP_DIRECTORY=”{YOCTO_BUILD_DIR}/tmp/deploy/images/{TARGET}” Restart the TFTP service if required $ service tftpd-hpa restart   1.2 NFS Setup 1.2.1 Prepare the NFS Service Get the required software if not already set up. On host for NFS: Install NFS on Host $ sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server The NFS service starts automatically. To control NFS services : $ service nfs-kernel-server restart To check the status of the NFS service from the command line : $ service nfs-kernel-server status 1.2.2 Setup the NFS Directories Now, we have to create the directory which will contain the root file system. $ mkdir -p /imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/nfs   Then, copy the rootfs in this directory. $ cp -R {YOCTO_BUILD_DIR}/tmp/work/{TARGET}-poky-linux-gnueabi/{IMAGE}/1.0-r0/rootfs/* /imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/nfs   OR we can use the default directory created by yocto. $ {YOCTO_BUILD_DIR}/tmp/work/{TARGET}-poky-linux-gnueabi/{IMAGE}/1.0-r0/rootfs 1.2.3 Update NFS Export File The NFS server requires /etc/exports to be configured correctly to access NFS filesystem directory to specific hosts. $ vi /etc/exports Then, edit below line into the opened file. <”YOUR NFS DIRECTORY”> <YOUR BOARD IP>(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) Ex. If you created custom directory for NFS then, /imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/nfs <YOUR BOARD IP>(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) Ex: /imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/nfs 192.168.*.*(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) OR /{YOCTO_BUILD_DIR}/tmp/work/{TARGET}-poky-linux-gnueabi/{IMAGE}/1.0-r0/rootfs <YOUR BOARD IP>(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)   Now, we need to restart the NFS service. $ service nfs-kernel-server restart   2 Target Setup   We need to set up the network IP address of our target. Power On the board and hit a key to stop the U-Boot from continuing. Set the below parameters, setenv serverip 192.168.0.206       //This must be your Host IP address The path where the rootfs is placed in our host has to be indicated in the U-Boot, Ex. // if you choose default folder created by YOCTO setenv nfsroot /{YOCTO_BUILD_DIR}/tmp/work/{TARGET}-poky-linux-gnueabi/{IMAGE}/1.0-r0/rootfs   OR // if you create custom directory for NFS setenv nfsroot /imx-boot/imx6q-sabre/nfs Now, we have to set kernel image name and device tree blob file name in the u-boot, setenv image < zImage name > setenv fdt_file <dtb file name on host> Now, set the bootargs for the kernel boot, setenv netargs 'setenv bootargs console=${console},${baudrate} ${smp} root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp nfsroot=${serverip}:${nfsroot},v3,tcp' Use printenv command and check loadaddr and fdt_addr environment variables variables for I.MX6Q SABRE, loadaddr=0x12000000 fdt_addr=0x18000000   Also, check netboot environment variable. It should be like below, netboot=echo Booting from net ...; run netargs; if test ${ip_dyn} = yes; then setenv get_cmd dhcp; else setenv get_cmd tftp; fi; ${get_cmd} ${image}; if test ${boot_fdt} = yes || test ${boot_fdt} = try; then if ${get_cmd} ${fdt_addr} ${fdt_file}; then bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdt_addr}; else if test ${boot_fdt} = try; then bootz; else echo WARN: Cannot load the DT; fi; fi; else bootz; fi; Now, set environment variable bootcmd to boot every time from the network, setenv bootcmd run netboot Now finally save those variable in u-boot: saveenv Reset your board; it should now boot from the network: U-Boot 2016.03-imx_v2016.03_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga+ga57b13b (Apr 17 2018 - 17:13:43 +0530)  (..) Net:   FEC [PRIME] Normal Boot Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0   Booting from net ... Using FEC device TFTP from server 192.168.0.206; our IP address is 192.168.3.101 Filename 'zImage'. Load address: 0x12000000 Loading: #################################################################         #################################################################         #################################################################         #################################################################         #################################################################         #################################################################         ###########################################################         2.1 MiB/s done Bytes transferred = 6578216 (646028 hex) Using FEC device TFTP from server 192.168.0.206; our IP address is 192.168.3.101 Filename 'imx6q-sabresd.dtb'. Load address: 0x18000000 Loading: ####         1.8 MiB/s done Bytes transferred = 45893 (b345 hex) Kernel image @ 0x12000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x646028 ] ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 18000000   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x18000000   Using Device Tree in place at 18000000, end 1800e344 switch to ldo_bypass mode!   Starting kernel ...

Detailed Features List of i.MX35 PDK board I.MX35 CPU Card Additional Resources I.MX35 PDK Board Flashing SD Card i.MX35 PDK Board Flashing NAND i.MX35 PDK Linux Booting SD Loading Redboot Binary Directly to RAM Fixing Redboot RAM Bug Fixing Redboot RAM bug (CSD1 not activated)