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.    

The A53 Debug Console Changing consists in several major updates like: RDC settings, Pinmux, Clocks and Ecosystem Updates.

 

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.

On imx8qm there are two DPUs(display process unit) and one ISI(image subsystem interface), ISI has 5 inputs and two of them are from DPU0 and DPU1.   This document demonstrates on how to loopback DPU1 outputs to ISI. Note that only mipi dsi0 of dpu0 and lvds1 of dpu1 can be loopbacked to isi.   Platform:                            imx8qm b0 mek OS:                                    yocto 4.14.78 ga hardware connection:        imx8qm lvds1 ====> it6263 cable =====> hdmi display.   1st: isi has 8 pipelines which can be assigned to any of the 5 inputs, this doc takes the 5th pipeline to sink the dpu1 input. So you will need to configure the isi_4( start from 0) source in the dts and write a simple v4l2 subdev for capture testing, the default isi_4 device will be /dev/video4.   2st: configure both framegen0 of dpu1 and lvds1's link to pixellink 3.   3st: write a v4l2 userspace program to capture from /dev/video4 device, take this vulkan-capture as an example. Note that Vulkan-capture is rendered by vulkan api, you can also take opengl es for rendering.   See the atttachments for details.   ======================================== 2019/11/12 update patches. ======================================== 2019/12/19 add patch. Support connect real display to DC1-LVDS1   Note: for ISI loopback,  it needs output of 2x GPIO (4x for HDMI-TX or combo PHY) to pixel_link_receiver_address: For iMX8QM: o LVDS: pixel_link_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[7:6]  o MIPI-DSI: pixel_link_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[7:6] o HDMI-TX: odd_pixel_link_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[7:6],even_pixel_link_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[5:4]   For iMX8QXP: o Combo MIPI-DSI / LVDS: pixel_link0_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[7:6], pixel_link1_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[5:4] 

platform: imx8qxp c0 mek OS: yocto 4.19.35_1.1.0 hardware connection: imx8qxp lvds0 => dummy panel ,  lvds1 => it6263 => display   On imx8qxp there are one DPU(display process unit) and one ISI(image subsystem interface), ISI supports input from dpu.   dpu block diagram: note that only dsi0 and lvds0 can be used for loopback. and this patch only test the lvds0, since lvds support dummy panel.   Please see the readme in the attchment for how to enale this feature.   Note: for ISI loopback,  it needs output of 2x GPIO (4x for HDMI-TX or combo PHY) to pixel_link_receiver_address: For iMX8QM: o LVDS: pixel_link_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[7:6]  o MIPI-DSI: pixel_link_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[7:6] o HDMI-TX: odd_pixel_link_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[7:6],even_pixel_link_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[5:4]   For iMX8QXP: o Combo MIPI-DSI / LVDS: pixel_link0_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[7:6], pixel_link1_receiver_address[1:0] = do_gpio_dr[5:4]   

For iMX6DQ, there are two IPUs, so they can support up to 4 cameras at the same time. But the default BSP can only support up to two cameras at the same time. The attached patch can make the BSP support up to 4 cameras based on 3.10.53 GA 1.1.0 BSP.   The 4 cameras can be: - 1xCSI, 3xMIPI - 2xCSI, 2xMIPI - 4xMIPI   For 4xMIPI case, the four cameras should be combined on the single MIPI CSI2 interface, and each camera data should be transfered on a mipi virtual channel.   In this patch, we given the example driver for Maxim MAX9286, it was verified working on iMX6DQ SabreAuto board. The input to MAX9286 is four 720P30 cameras. The verified camera boards:     (1) Onsemi AR0140+AP0101+MAX9271 boards.     (2) OmniVision OV10635+MAX9271 boards.   The MIPI CSI2 CVBS camera surround view solution can be found at: iMX6DQ ISL79985/79987 MIPI CSI2 CVBS camera surround view solution for Linux BSP The MIPI CSI2 CVBS HD camera surround view solution can be found at: iMX6DQ TP2854 MIPI CSI2 720P CVBS camera surround view solution for Linux BSP   The kernel patches: 0001-IPU-update-IPU-capture-driver-to-support-up-to-four-.patch      Updated IPU common code to support up to four cameras.   0002-Add-Max9286-support-on-SabreAuto-board-which-can-sup.patch      MAX9286 driver, it includes MAX9271, AP0101 and AR0140 drivers.   0003-Remove-the-page-size-align-requirement-for-v4l2-capt.patch      With this patch, the mxc_v4l2_tvin test application can use overlay framebuffer as V4l2 capture buffer directly.   0004-Max9286-skip-AP0101-camera-re-initialization.patch      If the camera board's power had been kept after initialized, this patch will bypass the re-initialization to reduce the start up time.   0005-Max9286-set-I2C-speed-to-400Kbps.patch     Set I2C to 400Kbps to reduce the AP0101+AR0140 initialization time.   0006-Max9286-add-retry-for-MAX9271-I2C-access.patch     Added retry for MAX9271 I2C access.   0007-Max9286-Add-support-for-OV10635-camera.patch     Updated code for OV10635 camera.   0008-Max9286-support-auto-detect-camera-number.patch     Make the Max9286 driver can detect the camera number automatically.     How to builld the kernel with MAX9286 support:       make imx_v7_defconfig       make menuconfig (In this command, you should select the MAX9286 driver:             Device Drivers  --->                   <*> Multimedia support  --->                         [*]   V4L platform devices  --->                               <*>   MXC Video For Linux Video Capture                                       MXC Camera/V4L2 PRP Features support  --->                                           <*>Maxim max9286 GMSL Deserializer Input support                                               Select Camera Sensor (OmniVision OV10635 camera sensor)  // Or (Onsemi AP0101 and AR0140 camera sensor)                                           <*>mxc VADC support                                           <*>Select Overlay Rounting (Queue ipu device for overlay library)                                           <*>Pre-processor Encoder library                                           <*>IPU CSI Encoder library)       make zImage       make dtbs   The built out image file:       arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-sabreauto.dtb       arch/arm/boot/zImage   "mxc_v4l2_tvin_max9286.tar.gz" is the test application, test command to capture the four cameras and render on 1080P HDMI display: /mxc_v4l2_tvin.out -ol 0 -ot 0 -ow 960 -oh 540 -d 1 -x 0 -g2d & /mxc_v4l2_tvin.out -ol 960 -ot 0 -ow 960 -oh 540 -d 1 -x 1 -g2d & /mxc_v4l2_tvin.out -ol 0 -ot 540 -ow 960 -oh 540 -d 1 -x 2 -g2d & /mxc_v4l2_tvin.out -ol 960 -ot 540 -ow 960 -oh 540 -d 1 -x 3 -g2d &   Some hardware check point on AR0140+AP0101+MAX9271 camera board (Please get MAX9286 and OV10635 schematics from Maxim): 1. In this patch, MAX9286's I2C address is 0x4D, so ADD0 and ADD1 should be connected to high. AP0101's I2C address is 0xBA, so SADDR should be connected to high.   2. AP0101's DOUT0~DOUT7 should be connected to MAX9271's DIN7~DIN0, the order should be switched, MSB connected to LSB.   3. MAX9271's GPO pin should be connected to AP0101's FRAME_SYNC pin. The pull down resistance on FRAME_SYNC pin should not be 0 ohm.   Some known limitation: 1. AP0101's VSYNC invalid time, last video line's HSYNC to VSYNC porch's max value is 255 pixel clocks, it is not enough for MAX9286 to generate the Frame End MIPI packets for each camera. So in order to let iMX6DQ to capture 1280x720 video for each camera, we had let AP0101 output 1280*724 frame size, and iMX6 will only capture 720 lines, the remained video data and Frame End will be ignored. This solution will not impact the function, but there will be "Error matching Frame Start with Frame End for Virtual Channel x" error reported from iMX6 MIPI_CSI_ERR1 register. Maxim suggested to use MAX96705 to relace the MAX9271, it can delay the VSYNC invalid time, then the MIPI error will be fixed.     2015-11-17 update: Updated for OV10635 camera support. File: L3.10.53_GA1.1.0_MAX9286_Surroundview_Patch_2015-11-17.zip   2015-12-04 update: File: L3.10.53_GA1.1.0_MAX9286_Surroundview_Patch_2015-12-04.zip Added patch 0009-Max9286-updated-PCLK-edge-setting-for-OV10635.patch to correct the OV10635 PCLK edge setting     2016-03-07 update: File L3.14.38_GA_MAX9286_Surroundview_Patch_2016-03-07.zip Added kernel patch for L3.14.38 GA 1.1.0 BSP.   2016-07-26 update: Files: L3.10.53_GA1.1.0_MAX9286_Surroundview_Patch_2016-07-26.zip; L3.14.38_GA1.1.0_MAX9286_Surroundview_Patch_2016-07-26.zip; L3.14.52_GA1.1.0_MAX9286_Surroundview_Patch_2016-07-26.zip. Added gstreamer support. Added MAX96705 support. Added patch for L3.14.52_GA1.1.0.   2017-12-11 update: Added CVBS surround view link: iMX6DQ TP2854 MIPI CSI2 720P CVBS camera surround view solution for Linux BSP     2021-04-26 update: Some customer reported, when system loading is heavy, sometimes, some camera will flicker left and right. It is caused by SFMC FIFO data lost. The original patch used IDMAC 0 and IDMAC 1 for two cameras on one IPU, this is not the best setting.  IDMAC 1 is fixed to use 1/4 SMFC FIFO and it will cause IDMAC 0 to use 1/4 SMFC FIFO too. And another 1/2 of SMFC FIFO can't be used in this case. Some code update to improve it: For each IPU, please use IDMAC 0 and IDMAC 2 to capture the two cameras. This needs change the hard coding in "drivers\media\platform\mxc\capture\ipu_csi_enc.c", "CSI_MEM1" and "IPU_IRQ_CSI1_OUT_EOF" should be changed to "CSI_MEM2" and "IPU_IRQ_CSI2_OUT_EOF". In this case, all SMFC FIFO can be used. And in "ipu_common.c", function ipu_probe(), the followed code should be changed to make IDMAC2 use high priority too. /* Set sync refresh channels and CSI->mem channel as high priority */ - ipu_idmac_write(ipu, 0x18800003L, IDMAC_CHA_PRI(0)); + ipu_idmac_write(ipu, 0x1880000FL, IDMAC_CHA_PRI(0));

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.

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

How to connect i.MX51 and Ubuntu using USB cable: i.MX51 Side Plug in USB cable. getprop debug.adb.usb - Shows that debug.adb.usb are not set by default setprop persist.service.adb.enable 0 -> disable adb setprop debug.adb.usb 1 - adb will be through USB (for Ethernet, use setprop debug.adb.usb 0) setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1 -> enable adb Example: # getprop debug.adb.usb  # # # setprop persist.service.adb.enable 0 disabling adb # adb_release android_usb gadget: high speed config #1: android setprop debug.adb.usb 1 # # setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1 enabling adb # adb_open adb_release adb_open android_usb gadget: high speed config #1: android # Ubuntu Side On Ubuntu side, the most important tip is regarding permission. ADB server MUST be started with root right. Example of right mistake: $ sudo <AND_SDK_DIR>/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb devices List of devices attached ????????????    no permissions  $ sudo <AND_SDK_DIR>/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb shell error: insufficient permissions for device How to proceed to get permission: $ sudo <AND_SDK_DIR>/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb kill-server $ sudo <AND_SDK_DIR>/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb start-server * daemon not running. starting it now * * daemon started successfully * $ sudo <AND_SDK_DIR>/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb devices List of devices attached 0123456789ABCDEF    device  $ sudo <AND_SDK_DIR>/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/adb shell ADB over Ethernet/Wi-Fi To make ADB work in i.MX51 using TCP: In your host machine: - Install Android SDK - export ADBHOST=BOARD_IP (setenv ADBHOST=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) - adb kill-server In your board: - make sure that ro.secure property is *not* set when the adbd daemon is launched, so edit the file default.prop - make sure that /dev/android_adb or /dev/android do *not* exist - stop adbd - start adbd Now you will be able to list the device: hamilton@saygon:/opt/work/androidsdk/android-sdk-linux_86/tools$ ./adb kill-server hamilton@saygon:/opt/work/androidsdk/android-sdk-linux_86/tools$ ./adb devices * daemon not running. starting it now * * daemon started successfully * List of devices attached emulator-5554   device

  1) Remove all "network" parameter from .../ltib-dir/rootfs/rc.d/rc.conf 2) Add the path of rootfs in the /etc/exports file: /home/user/ltib"dir/rootfs/rootfs *(rw,sync,no_root_squash)   then execute :- #exportfs -ra 3) Execute NFS server /etc/init.d/nfs restart  

It is often not easy to use company network to flash application, due to network security (proxy, etc...). We will see in this tutorial, how to flash a Linux application in a SD card with ONLY a SD card reader and simple standard Linux commands. SD card Memory Map A Linux application is divided in 3 parts: the bootloader the Linux Kernel the Linux Rootfs We will flash sequentially these 3 parts Flashing U-boot With the SD card Reader, we will flash the yellow part. In the [...]/ltib/rootfs/boot/ folder $ sudo dd if=u-boot.bin of=/dev/sdb bs=512 skip=2 seek=2 && sudo sync Flashing Linux Kernel With the SD card reader, we will flash the green part. Keep in mind that 1MB=1048576B -> Kernel Offset. $ sudo dd if=uImage of=/dev/sdb bs=1048576 seek=1 && sudo sync Configure U-boot variables To launch the Kernel, you need to configure U-boot. Plug the serial cable on the EVK: 115kbps, 8 bits, 1 stop and no parity EVK switches must be configured as below: DS1 DS2 DS3 DS4 DS5 DS5 DS7 DS8 DS9 DS10 Boot from SD/MMC Card 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Put the SD card in the EVK (bottom slot) and launch the app. In the hyperterminal type:   BBG U-Boot > printenv To print environnement variables Modify the bootcmd: BBG U-Boot > setenv bootcmd_mmc 'run bootargs_base bootargs_mmc;mmc read 0 ${loadaddr} 0x800 0x1800;bootm' "0x1800" is the size of the kernel. Must be bigger than uImage Kernel file (0x1800x512Byte=3MB) If you want to use the WVGA as display screen (kernel need to be configured with CLAA support), for LTIB1007 and after (before it was 'wvga' option): Script for LTIB1007's u-boot on i.MX51 EVK (copy/paste in the hyperterminal): setenv bootcmd_mmc 'run bootargs_base bootargs_mmc; mmc read 0 ${loadaddr} 800 1800 ; bootm' setenv bootargs_mmc 'setenv bootargs ${bootargs} root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait rw  init=/init' setenv bootargs_base' setenv bootargs console=ttymxc0,115200 di1_primary console=tty1' setenv bootcmd 'run bootcmd_mmc' saveenv Script for LTIB1007's u-boot on i.MX53 EVK (copy/paste in the hyperterminal): setenv bootcmd_mmc 'run bootargs_base bootargs_mmc; mmc read 0 ${loadaddr} 800 1800 ; bootm' setenv bootargs_mmc 'setenv bootargs ${bootargs} root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait rw  init=/init' setenv bootargs_base 'setenv bootargs console=ttymxc0,115200 di0_primary console=tty1' setenv bootcmd 'run bootcmd_mmc' saveenv You must have the following printenv: BBG U-Boot > printenv bootdelay=3 baudrate=115200 loadaddr=0x90800000 netdev=eth0 ethprime=FEC0 uboot_addr=0xa0000000 uboot=u-boot.bin kernel=uImage bootargs_nfs=setenv bootargs ${bootargs} root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp nfsroot=${serveri p}:${nfsroot},v3,tcp bootcmd_net=run bootargs_base bootargs_nfs; tftpboot ${loadaddr} ${kernel}; boot m load_uboot=tftpboot ${loadaddr} ${uboot} ethact=FEC0 bootargs=console=ttymxc0,115200 di1_primary root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait rw init =/init bootcmd_mmc=run bootargs_base bootargs_mmc; mmc read 0 ${loadaddr} 800 1800 ; bo otm bootargs_mmc=setenv bootargs ${bootargs} root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait rw init=/i nit bootargs_base=setenv bootargs console=ttymxc0,115200 di1_primary bootcmd=run bootcmd_mmc stdin=serial stdout=serial stderr=serial</br> Environment size: 748/131068 bytes BBG U-Boot > Create ext3 partition With the SD card reader, create an ext3 partition. You can use gparted, a graphical partition manager tool. Launch gparted: $ sudo gparted Create a new ext3 partition, with 20MB of offset: Copying Linux To copy rootfs folder generated by LTIB, type in the shell: $ sudo cp -r /[…]/ltib/rootfs/* /media/FreescaleSD/ && sudo sync Test application Put the SD in the slot slot and launch the application. Password is root.

Ubuntu distro uses dash instead of bash as shell, then change it to bash: # cd /bin # sudo rm sh # sudo ln -s bash sh Install all necessary packages by typing: sudo apt-get install patch g++ rpm zlib1g-dev m4 bison libncurses5-dev libglib2.0-dev gettext \ build-essential tcl intltool libxml2-dev liborbit2-dev libx11-dev ccache flex uuid-dev liblzo2-dev If under Ubuntu 64bit, install ia32-libs package: sudo apt-get install ia32-libs If you will install Xorg in your ltib, you will need to install this package: sudo apt-get install x11proto-core-dev If you will install gtk+ in your ltib, you will need to install the following packages: sudo apt-get install libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev Configure visudo file, as root using the command "/usr/sbin/visudo", and add the following line in the User privilege section: username ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rpm, /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin/rpm Where username is your user name, the name you use to do logon in your system. Classic Error messages and solutions under Ubuntu Can't exec "mconf": No such file or directory at /home/tic/ltib/bin/Ltibutils.pm line 972. exec: mconf /home/tic/ltib/config/main.lkc: No such file or directory at /home/tic/ltib/bin/Ltibutils.pm line 972. traceback:   Ltibutils::system_nb:972   main::get_plat_dir:2947     main:548 Started: Tue Feb 16 18:01:38 2010 Ended:  Tue Feb 16 18:59:26 2010 Elapsed: 3468 seconds Build Failed Solution: edit the ltib script line 925:                   # install the new package           $cmd  = "$cf->{sudo} $cf->{rpm} ";           $cmd .= "--root $cf->{rpmroot} ";           $cmd .= "--dbpath $cf->{rpmdb} ";           $cmd .= "--prefix $cf->{rpmipfx} " if $cf->{rpmipfx};           $cmd .= "--ignorearch -ivh ";           $cmd .= "--force "  unless $cf->{conflicts} || $cf->{hostinst};           $cmd .= "--replacepkgs --replacefiles " if $cf->{hostinst};           $cmd .= "--nodeps " if $cf->{nodeps};           $cmd .= "--excludedocs "; +        $cmd .= "--force-debian " if $rpm =~ m/rpm-fs/ && `uname -a` =~ m/ubuntu/i;           $cmd .= "--define '_tmppath $cf->{tmppath}' ";           $cmd .= "$rpm"; error: cannot open Name index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) error: cannot open Name index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) sudo rpm --root / --dbpath /tmp/rpm-tic/rpmdb -e --allmatches --nodeps --define '_tmppath /home/tic/ltib/tmp' rpm-fs 2>/dev/null sudo rpm --root / --dbpath /tmp/rpm-tic/rpmdb --ignorearch -ivh --force --nodeps --excludedocs --define '_tmppath /home/tic/ltib/tmp'  /tmp/rpm-tic/RPMS/i686/rpm-fs-4.0.4-1.i686.rpm rpm: please use alien to install rpm packages on Debian, if you are really sure use --force-debian switch. See README.Debian for more details. sudo /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin/rpm --root / --dbpath /opt/freescale/ltib/var/lib/rpm -Uv --justdb --notriggers --noscripts --nodeps  /tmp/rpm-tic/RPMS/i686/rpm-fs-4.0.4-1.i686.rpm sudo: /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin/rpm: command not found mkdir: cannot create directory `/opt/freescale': Permission denied Cannot create the download directory:   /opt/freescale/pkgs Either change to a global directory you have write permissions to, or create it as root.  Please set the permissions to 777 traceback:   main::check_dirs:2469   main::host_checks:1426     main:542 Started: Wed Nov 25 01:56:53 2009 Ended:  Wed Nov 25 02:07:42 2009 Elapsed: 649 seconds Build Failed solution : sudo chmod 777 /opt make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/texinfo-4.8' Making all in tools make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/texinfo-4.8/tools' make[2]: *** No rule to make target `all'.  Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/texinfo-4.8/tools' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/texinfo-4.8' make: *** [all] Error 2 error: Bad exit status from /home/tic/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.U8vEdX (%build) RPM build errors:     Bad exit status from /home/tic/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.U8vEdX (%build) Build time for texinfo: 55 seconds Failed building texinfo Died at ./ltib line 1380. traceback:   main::build_host_rpms:1380   main::host_checks:1435     main:542 Started: Wed Nov 25 20:10:43 2009 Ended:  Wed Nov 25 20:31:42 2009 Elapsed: 1259 seconds These packages failed to build: texinfo Build Failed solution : install ccache package in host + cd /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD + cd lkc-1.4 + make -j1 conf mconf gcc -O0 -Wall -g -fPIC -c conf.c -o conf.o bison -l -b zconf -p zconf zconf.y flex -L -Pzconf zconf.l make: flex: Command not found make: *** [lex.zconf.c] Error 127 error: Bad exit status from /home/tic/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.010CjL (%build) RPM build errors:     Bad exit status from /home/tic/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.010CjL (%build) Build time for lkc: 2 seconds Failed building lkc Died at ./ltib line 1380. traceback:   main::build_host_rpms:1380   main::host_checks:1435     main:542 Started: Thu Nov 26 00:33:46 2009 Ended:  Thu Nov 26 01:19:39 2009 Elapsed: 2753 seconds These packages failed to build: lkc Build Failed solution : install flex package in host Making all in po make[2]: Entering directory `/home/tic/ltib/rpm/BUILD/alsa-utils-1.0.11rc2/alsaconf/po' mv: cannot stat `t-ja.gmo': No such file or directory make[2]: *** [ja.gmo] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... mv: cannot stat `t-ru.gmo': No such file or directory make[2]: *** [ru.gmo] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tic/ltib/rpm/BUILD/alsa-utils-1.0.11rc2/alsaconf/po' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tic/ltib/rpm/BUILD/alsa-utils-1.0.11rc2/alsaconf' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 error: Bad exit status from /home/tic/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.93730 (%build) RPM build errors:     Bad exit status from /home/tic/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.93730 (%build) Build time for alsa-utils: 84 seconds Failed building alsa-utils f_buildrpms() returned an error, exiting traceback:   main:560 Started: Sat Nov 28 07:39:40 2009 Ended:  Sat Nov 28 08:17:18 2009 Elapsed: 2258 seconds These packages failed to build: alsa-utils Build Failed Exiting on error or interrupt solution : install package gettext and ja-trans checking for glib-genmarshal... no configure: error: Could not find a glib-genmarshal in your PATH error: Bad exit status from /home/tic/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.13030 (%build) RPM build errors:     Bad exit status from /home/tic/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.13030 (%build) Build time for glib2: 107 seconds Failed building glib2 f_buildrpms() returned an error, exiting traceback:   main:560 Started: Sat Dec  5 03:19:36 2009 Ended:  Sat Dec  5 03:29:46 2009 Elapsed: 610 seconds These packages failed to build: glib2 Build Failed Exiting on error or interrupt solution : install the package libglib2.0-dev

When to enable CONFIG_DEBUG_LL, choose the debug port and then CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK on i.MX6, system will hang. There is no error information there as below, Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel. Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0 Initializing cgroup subsys cpu Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct Linux version 4.1.15-00001-gd582989-dirty (jay@jay-ubuntu) (gcc version 4.9 20 150123 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #10 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 17 15:08:55 CST 2017 CPU: ARMv7 Processor [412fc09a] revision 10 (ARMv7), cr=10c53c7d CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing instruction cache Machine model: Freescale i.MX6 Quad SABRE Smart Device Board bootconsole [earlycon0] enabled cma: Reserved 448 MiB at 0x2a000000 Memory policy: Data cache writealloc -------------- hang -----------------‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ The patch fix it on android n7.1.1_1.0.0, kernel: 4.1.15.

Booting Linux Directly from SD/MMC Card     You can create a self-bootable SD or MMC card with Linux.     This tutorial describes how to create a complete Linux system (bootloader + Linux kernel + root file system) that boots from SD/MMC card.     This is very useful for people willing to demonstrate several Linux images that can be self-contained in SD/MMC cards. Flashing RedBoot on MMC using ATK     To boot Linux from a SD card, the first thing to do is to program the bootloader to the card. For this, click on the link below:     I.MX35 PDK Board Flashing SDCard Flashing RedBoot on MMC using DD     You can also use dd on any linux system to load redboot:   $ sudo dd if=./Desktop/mx35_3stack_redboot_mmc.bin of=/dev/sdd bs=512 skip=2 seek=2 Configuring Kernel to Boot From SD/MMC     Creating a Linux bootable MMC/SD Card.     Execute LTIB:   $ ./ltib -c     Choose configure the kernel:   [*] Configure the kernel     Change image generation to NFS:     Target Image Generation     Options --->     (X) NFS only     Compile Linux kernel with built-in support to MMC/SD and ext3:     Follow that sequence:     Device Drivers --->     <*> MMC/SD card support --->     <*> UniFi SDIO glue for Freescale MMC/SDIO     <*> Freescale i.MX Secure Digital Host Controller Interface support       File systems --->     <*> Ext3 journalling file system support     After the compilation copy the file ~/ltib/rootfs/boot/zImage to tftpboot directory:   $ cp ~/ltib/rootfs/boot/zImage /tftpboot Creating RedBoot Kernel Partition     Create RedBoot partitions and copy Linux kernel to it:     Turn MMC active:   RedBoot> factive MMC     Initialize flash partitions:   RedBoot> fis init       RedBoot> fis list     ... Read from 0x07ee0000-0x07eff000 at 0x00060000: .     Name FLASH addr Mem addr Length Entry point     RedBoot 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00040000 0x00000000     FIS directory 0x00060000 0x00060000 0x0001F000 0x00000000     RedBoot config 0x0007F000 0x0007F000 0x00001000 0x00000000     Load kernel to RAM:   RedBoot> load -r -b 0x100000 /tftpboot/zImage     Using default protocol (TFTP)     Raw file loaded 0x00100000-0x002c31b7, assumed entry at 0x00100000     Create a kernel partition with content of kernel image loaded to RAM:       RedBoot> fis create -f 0x200000 kernel         RedBoot> fis list     ... Read from 0x07ee0000-0x07eff000 at 0x00060000: .     Name FLASH addr Mem addr Length Entry point     RedBoot 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00040000 0x00000000     FIS directory 0x00060000 0x00060000 0x0001F000 0x00000000     RedBoot config 0x0007F000 0x0007F000 0x00001000 0x00000000     kernel 0x00200000 0x00100000 0x001E0000 0x00100000     If you reset your board you need to see:   Booting from [SD card, CSD Version 1.0]     If instead you see this message:   Booting from [unknown version card ]     This means your card is not support, please replace it with other card. Creating the Root File System     After storing the kernel image in the SD card, remove the card from the target board and insert it in your computer (running Linux).     In this example, Linux detected the SD card as /dev/sdb.     Now we need to create two partitions. The first partition will not be used, this is just reserved to RedBoot and kernel. The second partition will be used to store Linux Root File System.   # fdisk /dev/sdb     Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel     Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x526c22da.     Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.     After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.         Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)         Command (m for help): p         Disk /dev/sdb: 1023 MB, 1023934464 bytes     32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1008 cylinders     Units = cylinders of 1984 * 512 = 1015808 bytes     Disk identifier: 0x526c22da           Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System     Create the first partition with 8 MB; it already contains RedBoot and the kernel, as we stored previously:             Command (m for help): n     Command action       e extended       p primary partition (1-4)     p     Partition number (1-4): 1     First cylinder (1-1008, default 1):     Using default value 1     Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-1008, default 1008): +8M     Now, create the second partition using all remaining space on SD card:       Command (m for help): n     Command action       e extended       p primary partition (1-4)     p     Partition number (1-4): 2     First cylinder (10-1008, default 10):     Using default value 10     Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (10-1008, default 1008):     Using default value 1008         Command (m for help): p         Disk /dev/sdb: 1023 MB, 1023934464 bytes     32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1008 cylinders     Units = cylinders of 1984 * 512 = 1015808 bytes     Disk identifier: 0x526c22da     Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System     /dev/sdb1 1 9 8897 83 Linux     /dev/sdb2 10 1008 991008 83 Linux         Command (m for help): w   Now format the second partition as EXT3: # mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb2   Remove the SD card from your computer and insert again. Probably your Linux distribution will dectect it and will mount automatically.   On Ubuntu 8.10 it was mounted on /dev/media:   # mount   ...   /dev/sdb2 on /media/disk type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal) If your Linux didn't mount it, then you can mount it manually:   # mkdir -p /media/disk   # mount /dev/sdb2 -t ext3 /media/disk   Enter in your LTIB directory and copy the rootfs content to SD card:   # cd /home/alan/ltib-imx35/rootfs/   # cp -a * /media/disk/   Verify if it was copied correctly:   # ls -l /media/disk/   total 80   drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:55 bin   drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:53 boot   drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:55 dev   drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2009-03-12 14:41 etc   drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:53 home   drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:55 lib   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-03-12 14:47 linuxrc -> bin/busybox   drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2009-03-12 14:37 lost+found   drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:53 mnt   drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:53 opt   drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:53 proc   drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-12 10:10 root   drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:55 sbin   drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:53 sys   drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:53 tmp   drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:55 unit_tests   drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:55 usr   drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 2009-03-12 09:55 var   root@urubu:~/ltib-imx25/rootfs#     Now umount the SD card:   # umount /media/disk Configuring RedBoot to Load Kernel and Rootfs from SD/MMC Card     Remove the SD card from your computer and place again in the board.     Configure RedBoot to load the kernel from SD/MMC card and set up the kernel command parameter "root" to load the root file system from second SD/MMC card partition (/dev/mmcblk0p2)     RedBoot> fc     Run script at boot: true     Boot script:     Enter script, terminate with empty line     >> fis load kernel     >> exec -b 0x100000 -l 0x200000 -c "noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc ip=none"     >>     Boot script timeout (1000ms resolution): 1     Use BOOTP for network configuration: false     Gateway IP address: 10.29.244.254     Local IP address: 10.29.244.135     Local IP address mask: 255.255.0.0     Default server IP address: 10.29.240.182     Board specifics: 0     Console baud rate: 115200     Set eth0 network hardware address [MAC]: false     Set FEC network hardware address [MAC]: false     GDB connection port: 9000     Force console for special debug messages: false     Network debug at boot time: false     Default network device: lan92xx_eth0     Update RedBoot non-volatile configuration - continue (y/n)? y     ... Read from 0x07ee0000-0x07eff000 at 0x00060000: .     ... Erase from 0x00060000-0x00080000: .     ... Program from 0x07ee0000-0x07f00000 at 0x00060000: .       Now just reset the board and it will boot directly from SD/MMC card.

Getting Started for i.MX53 Quick Start Board Here is a quick overview you can follow to get your very first contact with i.MX53 QSB. Introduction Out of box i.MX53 QSB video booting up Ubuntu Original Video: Out of box i.MX53 QSB video booting up Ubuntu with some demo (GPU and VPU) Original Video: How to load a pre-built image Here, you should have loaded your board with the out-of-box SD card. Next step is create your own SD card with some pre-built image. You can find pre-built image packages from Freescale for Linux look for Linux Binary Demo file Please, go to Timesys wikipage[1] and see how to load a pre-built image. You can use some Freescale image or some Timesys image. Both will work! For loading linux OS you need at least 3 images: bootloader image kernel image root file system image or tarball Bootloader For iMX53QSB the default bootloader provided by Freescale is u-boot.You can build your own image using LTIB following the same procedure from here. Kernel You can build a new uImage (kernel binary image to be loaded by u-boot) using LTIB, and you can follow the instructions from here Root File System Root file system is a set of directories and files that become the system environment. How to Built Your Own Image Take BSP package on Freescale i.MX53 QSB web site. Prepare your computer to LTIB installation, see that you need All Boards LTIB. Transfer all images to the SD Card (it will be placed under <ltib_dir>/rootfs/boot). Configure your u-boot environment variable. Boot your board. In case you want to boot via NFS, please follow the next procedure instead. Take BSP package on Freescale i.MX 53 QSB web site. Prepare your computer to LTIB installation, see that you need @all_boards_ltib Configure your computer to be able to provide NFS service: Configure your TFTP server. Configure your NFS server. Configure your u-boot environment variable. Boot your board. Be aware the kernel command line you set on u-boot variable can configure the display.

This document explains how to bring-up u-boot & Linux via JTAG This procedure has been tested on: i.MX6 Solo X Sabre SD i.MX6UL EVK Prerequistes: Get the latest BSP for your board. This procedure was tested with L4.1.15. Build the 'core-image-minimal' image to bring-up your board (Detailed steps here) Optional- Build a meta-toolchain for your device 1.- Set board to boot from Serial dowloader mode or set it to boot from the SD card and remove the sd card We basically want the board to stall in boot ROM to attach to the target. 2.- Connect JTAG probe and turn on the board The device should stall trying to establish a connection to download an image, this will allow us to attach to the target. 3.- Load Device Configuration Data In 'normal' boot sequence the boot ROM takes care of reading the DCD and configuring the device accordingly, but in this case we are skipping this sequence and we need to configure the device manually. The script used by Lauterbach to parse and configure the device is called dcd_interpreter.cmm and can be found here. Search for the package for your specific device. The DCD configuration for your board should be on your u-boot directory: yocto_build_dir/tmp/work/<your board>imx6ulevk/u-boot-imx/<u-boot_version>2016.03-r0/git under board/freescale/<name of your board>mx6ul_14x14_evk/imximage.cfg This file (imximage.cfg) contains all the data to bring up DRAM among other early configuration options. 4.- Load U-boot If an SREC file of U-boot is not present build it (meta-toolchain installed required) the SREC file contains all the information required by the probe to load it and makes this process easier. To build the SREC simply type: make <your board defconfig>mx6ul_14x14_evk_defconfig  (all supported boards are found under u-boot_dir/configs) make If you cannot build an SREC or do not want to, you can use the u-boot.imx (located under yocto_build_dir/tmp/deploy/images/<your board name>/) or u-boot.bin files but you will need to figure out the start address and load address for these files, this can be done by examining the IVT on u-boot.imx (here is a useful document explaining the structure of the IVT). Let U-boot run and you should see its output on the console I will try to boot from several sources but it will fail and show you the prompt. 5.- Create RAMDisk After building the core-image-minimal you will have all the required files under yocto_build_dir/tmp/deploy/images/<your board name>/ You will need: zImage.bin - zImage--<Linux Version>--<your board>.bin Device tree blob - zImage--<Linux Version>--<your board>.dtb Root file system - core-image-minimal-<your board>.rootfs.ext4 We need to create a RAMDisk out of the root file system we now have, these are the steps to do so: Compress current Root file system using gzip: gzip core-image-minimal-<your board>.rootfs.ext4 If you want to keep the original file use: gzip -c core-image-minimal-<your board>.rootfs.ext4 > core-image-minimal-<your board>.rootfs.ext4.gz Create RAMDisk using mkimage: mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -n core-image-minimal -d core-image-minimal-<your board>.rootfs.ext4.gz core-image-minimal-RAMDISK.rootfs.ext4.gz.u-boot Output: Image Name: core-image-minimal Created: Tue May 23 11:28:55 2017 Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 3017939 Bytes = 2947.21 kB = 2.88 MB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 Here are some details on mkimage usage Usage: mkimage -l image -l ==> list image header information mkimage [-x] -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep -n name -d data_file[:data_file...] image -A ==> set architecture to 'arch' -O ==> set operating system to 'os' -T ==> set image type to 'type' -C ==> set compression type 'comp' -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex) -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex) -n ==> set image name to 'name' -d ==> use image data from 'datafile' -x ==> set XIP (execute in place) mkimage [-D dtc_options] [-f fit-image.its|-F] fit-image -D => set options for device tree compiler -f => input filename for FIT source Signing / verified boot not supported (CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE undefined) mkimage -V ==> print version information and exit 6.- Modify U-boot's environment variables Now we need to modify U-boot's bootargs as follows: setenv bootargs console=${console},${baudrate} root=/dev/ram rw We need to find out the addresses where u-boot will expect the zImage, the device tree and the initial RAMDisk, we can do it as follows: => printenv fdt_addr fdt_addr=0x83000000 => printenv initrd_addr initrd_addr=0x83800000 => printenv loadaddr loadaddr=0x80800000 Where: fdt_addr -> Device tree blob load address initrd_addr -> RAMDisk load address loadaddr -> zImage load address 7.- Load zImage, DTB and RAMDisk Now we know where to load our zImage, device tree blob and RAMDisk, on Lauterbach this can be achieved by running the following commands: Stop the target and execute: data.load.binary zImage.bin 0x80800000 data.load.binary Your_device.dtb 0x83000000 data.load.binary core-image-minimal-RAMDISK.rootfs.ext4.gz.u-boot 0x83800000 Let the device run again and deattach from the device in lauterbach this is achieved by: go SYStem.mode.NoDebug start the boot process on u-boot as follows: bootz ${loadaddr} ${initrd_addr} ${fdt_addr} You should now see the Linux kernel boot process on your terminal: After the kernel boots you should see its prompt on your terminal: Since we are running out of RAM there is no way for us to save u-boot's environment variables, but you can modify the source and compile u-boot with the new bootargs, by doing so you can create a Load script that loads all the binaries hits go and the boot process will continue automatically. One way to achieve this is to modify the configuration file under U-boot_dir/include/configs/<your board>.h find the mfgtool_args and modify accordingly. The images attached to this thread have been modified as mentioned.

Introduction This is a brief guide showing how to integrate the driver for the WF111 module to the i.MX6 BSP Release. In this case the WF111 driver is available on a repository and it’s in accordance with the Yocto Project, which allows to easily customize a linux distribution for your board. Requirements WF111 Documentation – Silicon Labs have made a great job of documenting the steps to add the WF111 driver to a Linux distribution and have created Application Note 996 (link below), which we will use as reference. http://www.silabs.com/documents/login/application-notes/AN996.pdf WF111 Driver - We will also be using the Yocto layer included on the following repository: https://github.com/engicam-stable/meta-engicam i.MX6 3.14.52 BSP Release – In out scenario the WF111 layer that will be imported includes a driver that it’s compatible with Linux Kernel 2.6.24 up to 4.1., which it’s important to keep in mind.   Installing the 3.14.52 BSP Release First, setup the 3.14.52 BSP as described on the i.MX Yocto Project User’s Guide.   Adding the WF111 Driver Layer Clone the WF111 Driver Layer to your sources folder inside the BSP Release directory. Since the 3.14.52 BSP Release is based on Fido we will clone the Fido branch of the driver repository. $ cd <BSP_RELEASE_DIR>/sources $ git clone https://github.com/engicam-stable/meta-engicam -b fido‍‍  Once the layer is cloned you would need to add the new later editing the bblayers.conf file located the following path: <BSP_RELEASE_DIR>/<BUILD_DIR>/conf/bblayers.conf By adding the following line to add the new layer.   BBLAYERS += " ${BSPDIR}/sources/meta-engicam "‍   This should make the wf111-driver available through bitbake since bitbake will now look into this layer for all available recipes. You can then add the driver to your image by adding the following line to the <BUILD_DIR>/conf/local.conf   IMAGE_INSTALL_append += "wf111-driver"‍ Or you may create a new image recipe that includes the wf111-driver package. However, there are certain kernel options that must be enabled for the driver to work.   Creating an append to configure the kernel options Before we can bake an image with the WF111 driver we would need to edit the kernel options as mentioned on Silabs AN996. The following kernel options must be enabled:   CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT CONFIG_MODULES CONFIG_FW_LOADER We would need to add the CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT as the other two options are enabled on the BSP by default.   This involves adding an addendum to the kernel recipe to change its configuration. You may either add this append to any layer. The best way to handle it would be using a new layer for all your customization. You can find how to create a new layer on the following document: https://community.nxp.com/docs/DOC-331917 We’ll use a new layer called meta-newlayer for this example. It’s important that this layer has a high priority so the changes from the bbappend are not overridden. The following alternative was suggested by Chris Hossack on the following thread: https://community.nxp.com/thread/376369 First, run the menuconfig tool on the bitbake environment: bitbake linux-imx -c menuconfig Enable the necessary options: Networking Support > Wireless > cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility   Save the configuration and exit. Then run the following bitbake command, which will create a config fragment file that contains the changed made to the default kernel options. bitbake linux-imx -c diffconfig We’ll make an append file that adds the required options.  Content of the config fragment:   CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y CONFIG_WEXT_CORE=y CONFIG_WEXT_PROC=y CONFIG_WEXT_SPY=y CONFIG_WEXT_PRIV=y CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT=y CONFIG_LIB80211=y CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP=y CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP=y CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP=y # CONFIG_LIB80211_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_HOSTAP=y # CONFIG_HOSTAP_FIRMWARE is not set‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍    Since we are appending the kernel layer we need to add the addendum on the same path as that of the original kernel recipe but within our layer and create the append file there. Also add the WF111.cfg file to the linux-imx directory:   We would need to copy (and you may rename it as well) to the folder where are will be creating the append recipe for the kernel. Copy:  <BSP_RELEASE>/<BUILD_DIR>/tmp/work/<MACHINE>-poky-Linux-gnueabi/linux-imx/<KERNEL_VERSION>/fragment.cfg To: <BSP_RELEASE>/sources/meta-newlayer/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx/WF111.cfg You can do so suing the following command: cp <BSP_RELEASE>/<BUILD_DIR>/tmp/work/<MACHINE>-poky-Linux-gnueabi/linux-imx/<KERNEL_VERSION>/fragment.cfg <BSP_RELEASE>/sources/meta-newlayer/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx/WF111.cfg‍ (Please note that the file was renamed for ease, but you may use any name for the config fragment)   We need to create the bbappend file on the following path (as it must be the same relative path as the original recipe it is appending) <BSP_RELEASE>/sources/meta-newlayer/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx_3.14.52.bbappend   The linux-imx_3.14.52.bbappend file would contain the following:   SRC_URI += "file://WF111.cfg"  do_configure_append() {          #this is run from         #./tmp/work/<MACHINE>-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-imx/3.14.52-r0/git          cat ../*.cfg >> ${B}/.config  }‍‍‍‍‍‍    After creating this recipe you should be able to bake any image from the BSP and see the driver there. I tested with the core-minimal-image and found that the files were indeed added to /lib/firmware. $ bitbake core-image-minimal ‍‍‍

The i.MX 8QXP MEK does not allow the OV5640/LVDS/LCD usage only by changing the device tree anymore. It occurs because the M4 owns the i2c resources, so the A core must use rpmsg to enable virtual drivers. Due to this, if the user changes the device tree, for instance, the *ov5640.dtb, the kernel won't boot, entering in the following loop: [    8.603353] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).      [    8.610025] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query.              [    8.616077] imx-drm display-subsystem: bound imx-drm-dpu-bliteng.2 (ops dpu_) [    8.624978] imx-drm display-subsystem: bound imx-dpu-crtc.0 (ops dpu_crtc_op) [    8.632526] imx-drm display-subsystem: bound imx-dpu-crtc.1 (ops dpu_crtc_op) [    8.639833] imx-drm display-subsystem: failed to bind ldb@562210e0 (ops imx_7 [    8.648428] imx-drm display-subsystem: master bind failed: -517 With the approach provided in this post, it is possible to make this change manually, only by changing the flash.bin at U-boot for a non-m4 one. In order to make the changes to the flash.bin file, it’s needed to obtain the following files: - u-boot.bin from internal u-boot provided by NXP. - scfw_tcm.bin from SCFW porting kit - bl31.bin from ARM Trusted Firmware - SECO firmware container image Disclaimer The described procedures in this document target a GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) and it’s focused on iMX8QXP B0 + BSP L4.19.35_1.1.0. Required packages 1 - Install ARM64 ToolChain: 1.1 - Install ARM64 GCC and G++ cross-compilers: # apt install gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-aarch64-linux-gnu 2 - Install ARM32 GCC6 ToolChain: 2.1 - Download the ARM32 6 Toolchain and install it: $ mkdir ~/gcc_toolchain $ cp ~/Downloads/gcc-arm-none-eabi-6-2017-q2-update-linux.tar.bz2 ~/gcc_toolchain/ $ cd ~/gcc_toolchain/ $ tar xvjf gcc-arm-none-eabi-6-2017-q2-update-linux.tar.bz2 # apt-get update # apt-get install srecord 3 - Download MKimage 3.1 - Create a new directory desired to the packages: $ mkdir flash_build $ cp flash_build 3.1 - Clone the MKimage: $ git clone https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-mkimage -b imx_4.19.35_1.1.0 4 - U-boot build 4.1 - Clone the U-boot  $ git clone https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/uboot-imx -b imx_v2019.04_4.19.35_1.1.0 $ cd uboot-imx 4.2 - Export the ARM64 ToolChain:  $ export ARCH=arm64 $ export CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu- 4.3 - Build it:  $ unset LDFLAGS $ make -j4 imx8qxp_mek_defconfig $ make 4.4 - Copy the binary files to the MKimage/iMX8QX directory:  $ cp spl/u-boot-spl.bin ../imx-mkimage/iMX8QX/ $ cp u-boot-nodtb.bin ../imx-mkimage/iMX8QX/ $ cd ..   5 - ARM Trusted Firmware 5.1 - Clone the imx-atf:  $ git clone https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-atf -b imx_4.19.35_1.1.0 $ cd imx-atf 5.2 - Build it:  $ unset LDFLAGS $ make PLAT=imx8qx bl31 5.3 - Copy the binary files to the MKimage/iMX8QX directory:  $ cp build/imx8qx/release/bl31.bin ../imx-mkimage/iMX8QX/ $ cd ..   6 - SCFW 6.1 - Export the ARM32 GCC6 Toolchain:  $ export TOOLS=~/gcc_toolchain/ 6.2 - Download the BSP L4.19.35_1.1.0_SCFW and copy it to the flash_build directory:  $ cp ~/Downloads/imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.2.7.1.tar.gz $ tar xvzf imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.2.7.1.tar.gz $ cd packages/ $ chmod a+x imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.2.7.1.tar.gz $ ./imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.2.7.1.bin 6.3 - Build it to i.MX 8QXP MEK B0:  $ cd imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.2.7.1/src/ $ tar xvzf scfw_export_mx8qx_b0.tar.gz $ cd scfw_export_mx8qx_b0/ $ make qx R=B0 B=mek 6.4 - Copy the binary file to the MKimage/iMX8QX directory:  $ cp build_mx8qx_b0/scfw_tcm.bin ../../../../imx-mkimage/iMX8QX/ $ cp ../../../../ 7 - SECO Firmware Container Image 7.1 - Download the SECO firmware binaries and copy it to the flash_build directory $ cp ~/Downloads/firmware-imx-7.9.bin . $ chmod a+x firmware-imx-7.9.bin 7.2 - Copy the binary files to the MKimage/iMX8QX directory:  $ cp firmware-imx-7.9/firmware/seco/mx8qx-ahab-container.img /imx-mkimage/iMX8QX/ 8 - Build flash.bin 8.1 - In a new terminal, open the imx-mkimage directory: $ cd flash_build/imx-mkimage 8.2 - Build it:  $ make SOC=iMX8QX flash 8.3 - Deploy it to the SDCard:  $ sudo dd if=iMX8QX/flash.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1k seek=32 && sync Now, you are able to use any non-rpmsg.dtb without kernel errors. Author: Pedro Jardim: pedro.jardim@nxp.com

Q: How to program i.MX6 eFUSE? A: what about using the mfg tool? In the end only the supplies, USB OTG and the boot mode pins need to be connected. The customers Idea was to have all devices (i.MX6 eFUSE, Flash, PFUZE, etc) pre- programmed before mounting on the board. I presented the flows we support (MFG Tool, Platform SDK) for eFUSE programming last Friday when I was at the customer. KITPF0100SKTEVBE Product Summary Page MfgTools is the most convenient way to burn eFuse. Or the customer can burn the fuse on their jig/socket board by the u-boot: How to Fuse in U-Boot U-Boot contains a tool, imxotp, which is used for fusing. U-Boot > imxotp imxotp - One-Time Programable sub-system Usage: imxotp imxotp read <index> - read fuse at 'index' imxotp blow [--force] <index> <value> - blow fuse at 'index' with hex value 'value' Tips: 'addr' to 'index': convert 'index' from 'address' index = (addr - otp_base) / 0x10 eg, addr is 0x021bc410, otp_base is 0x021bc400, the index = 1 '--force' must be present in order to blow the fuse. Command will abort if '--force' is missing. index = (addr - otp_base) / 0x10, where the addr is the address of the fuse you want to operate, the otp_base is the base address of the fuse block. 'value' should correspond to fuse settings according to the fuse map and desired fuse configuration. ---------------------------------- FIrst of all thanks for your reply. However both flow assumes the i.MX6 is already soldered on the board. Please note the specific request was if it is possible (and we can support a programming house) to pre program the efuses BEFORE they are soldered on the PCB thus on a standard programmer. Take an FLASH programmer as an example.