We are pleased to announce that Config Tools for i.MX v25.03 are now available. Downloads & links To download the installer for all platforms, please login to our download site via:  https://www.nxp.com/design/designs/config-tools-for-i-mx-applications-processors:CONFIG-TOOLS-IMX Please refer to  Documentation  for installation and quick start guides. For further information about DDR config and validation, please go to this  blog post. Release Notes Full details on the release (features, known issues...) • Output Paths Overrides for toolchain project is fixed. • "Filter source files" search bar with case-sensitive checkbox is removed. • TEE – Sort for Peripheral Configurations table is added. DDR tool (part of Config tools for i.MX 25.03😞 [MX91] Added 1Gb and 2Gb DRAM configurations in the GUI. [MX9x] Enhanced Diagnostic tests to display DBI lane when DBI is enabled. [MX95][FW2024.09] Optimized PLL settings. [MX95][FW2024.09] Included missing registers in the retention list. [Mscale] Added a temperature derating GUI option for devices with LP4. [8MP] Updated PMIC configuration to correctly set 1.2V for 8M-Plus. [8MN] Improved board bus configuration. Enabled maximum number of available frequencies setpoints for all supported devices. Added EVK default configuration for all supported devices.

Test environment: i.MX8ULP EVK, SDK2.16 Some customer want to use LPUART2 in DSP domain on M33 core. This patch is based on lpuart_edma example.   Hardware test point:   You will get such log from LPUART2 if we enter 3 on keyboard LPUART EDMA example Send back received data Echo every 8 characters 33333333   Modify M33 debug console from LPUART1 to LPUART2 is similiar.

Test environment: i.MX8ULP EVK, SDK2.16 Some customer want to use LPUART2 in DSP domain on M33. This patch is based on lpuart_polling.   Hardware test point: If you send data from uart2, you will get such log from M33 console: reg = d2000000, 94000000 LPUART_WriteBlocking get readbuf = 73 get readbuf = 73  

This article explains how to get started with JTAG debugging of the Linux kernel running on the A55 of iMX93EVK. We will be using Lauterbach Trace32 to debug iMX93EVK. Here is a list of pre-requisites that is expected from the readers:- 1. Basic knowledge to get started on Trace32 - Please refer Learning and Training | Lauterbach TRACE32 2. You should have Linux source code and steps to build the kernel. 3. Trace32 Software with a license to debug A55 COMPONENTS   Hardware required: -   iMX93EVK running 6.6.52 BSP Lauterbach Power Debug E40 with a Debug cable Software required: - Trace32 Linux kernel source code   Linux Kernel Modifications Step 1:- In arch/arm64/configs/imx_v8_defconfig, please make sure that:- CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED=n CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO = y CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y   Step-2 :- Enabling JTAG debugging in Linux On iMX93EVK LPUART5 is MUX'd with the JTAG pins   so if we want to debug the linux kernel via JTAG, we will have to disable it. Go to the device tree source file - arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx93-11x11-evk.dts Change the status of the following node to 'disabled'     Step 2:- Build the kernel. vmlinux will be created as part of this. This has the Linux kernel along with the debug symbols required for Trace32 debugging. Step-3 At this point either you can copy the linux-imx folder to your local windows machine where Trace32 is installed, or you can simply map the linux machine as a network drive so that the same folder '/opt/samba/nxg05261/linux-imx' is accessible on windows. The motive of this exercise is to use 'vmlinux' and the linux source files present in this folder from trace32 cmm scripts that we will be executing.   Step-4 Replace the newly built kernel 'Image' - arch/arm64/boot/Image with the one present in the boot partition of imx93evk. You can simply copy this Image to iMX93EVK via scp and copy it to the folder - /run/media/boot-mmcblk0p1 Note:- Please make sure that the kernel version that is running on the box and the one you have built should be the same otherwise there will be debug symbols mismatch After copying the Image, reboot iMX93EVK. Debugging with Trace32 Step-1 Configuring Uboot bootargs Cpu idle state interferes with the JTAG debugging by impacting the clocks so we need to disable the cpu idle power management. We do this by appending "cpuidle.off=1" to the bootargs:- a. Stop at Uboot prompt. b. Execute command - setenv mmcargs "setenv bootargs ${jh_clock} ${mcore_clk} console=${console} root=${mmcroot}  cpuidle.off=1" [do not omit the inverted commas in the command] Step-2 Boot to Linux prompt   Step-3 Connect the USB cable of Lauterbach Power Debug probe to your windows machine and Open t32 - C:\T32\bin\windows64\t32start.exe   Select 'PowerView Instance' and click on 'Start'. A window like below will appear: -   Step- 4 Extract MMU translation info for the debugger For this either you can execute the below commands on the T32 in sequence: -   RESet SYStem.RESet SYStem.CPU IMX93-CA55 SYStem.JtagClock 10MHz SYStem.CONFIG.DEBUGPORTTYPE JTAG SYStem.Option EnReset OFF CORE.ASSIGN 1. 2. SYStem.Option MMUSPACES ON SYStem.Option IMASKASM ON SYStem.Mode Attach Data.LOAD.Elf <path_of_vmlinux> /NoCODE DO ~~/demo/arm/kernel/linux/board/generic-template/detect_translation.cmm OR simply edit the attached cmm script - detect_address_translation.cmm and modify the <path_of_vmlinux> as per your file location. Then execute it like this:- Do <file_path>/detect_address_translation.cmm In my case, this command was: - Do C:\Users\nxg05261\Documents\cmm_scripts\detect_address_translation.cmm Note:- <path_of_vmlinux> in my case was  C:\T32\demo\arm\bootloader\uboot\vmlinux. You can modify it as per the location where you have copied 'vmlinux' -- After executing the above commands, debugger address translation will be displayed: -    Now we will copy the above highlighted lines and paste it in the final cmm script that we will use for debugging. For readers' convenience this info has been collated into the final script - 'linux_attach_t32.cmm', attached with this blog.   Disclaimer:- The lines that are highlighted depends on the kernel version and customer design decisions, so it is strongly advised to take the output of detect_translation.cmm for your system and then paste it in the cmm script, instead of using the exact output that I have shown in the above picture. File -> Open File -> linux_attach_t32.cmm -- Click on 'Do' button to execute the script till the end. -- Set a breakpoint at start_kernel b.s start_kernel /Onchip   [Optional]Check the breakpoint via 'b.l'   -- Hit 'go' at t32 to let the cores execute the instructions, you will see 'running' state   -- Enter 'reboot' at Linux prompt and stop at Uboot command line prompt you will see trace32 at 'system down' state: - -- Execute 'system.mode.attach' at t32 to attach to the system, you will again see 'running' state -- Execute 'break' to stop the running state -- Check if the breakpoint 'start_kernel' still exist via command 'b.l' -- If you see the breakpoint is still set, Execute 'go' at t32 to take the cores to the running state. -- Then, at Uboot prompt, execute 'boot' so that it may load the linux kernel to the memory.   As soon as you do that you would see that Uboot will try to load kernel. The last print you will see on the serial console will be: - "Starting kernel …' the execution will stop and at t32 you will see that the breakpoint is hit, meaning the Program Counter is at the address of the function 'start_kernel'   Note- The Warning that you might observe[like in the above picture] means that trace32 is not able to find the source file 'main.c'. So you will not be able to see the 'C' source code at this point. To resolve this:- -- Right click on the 'List.auto' window where you see the assembly code. Click on 'Resolve Path' and navigate to the init/main.c in your kernel source code folder and click Open. You would see that the source path translation is now correct and you're able to view the disassembly as well as the source code: -     Now we will load kernel symbols and apply 2 breakpoints in the linux kernel to demonstrate kernel debugging:-   -- Load the kernel symbols Data.LOAD "C:\T32\demo\arm\bootloader\uboot\vmlinux"  H:0x0::0x0 /NoCODE /SOURCEPATH Z:\linux-imx   -- Apply breakpoints at t32 window b imx_rpmsg_init b imx_drm_bind   [Optionally] you can verify the breakpoints via 'b.l' These breakpoints are temporary as you can see in the above snapshot. That means after they are hit, they will be removed, so to make them permanent:- Right click the breakpoint -> Change -> Uncheck Temporary -> Click Ok like depicted in the following snapshots: -       Now, to reach the next breakpoint, execute 'go' on the t32 At this point linux kernel execution has reached the function imx_rpmsg_init   Again, to reach the next breakpoint, execute 'go'   So this is how you start debugging the linux kernel. Apart from this, there is a nice t32 feature called 'linux awareness' which allows you to easily debug the kernel loadable modules, user space applications amongst other things. To explore 'linux awareness', you can go about checking the 'Linux' drop down menu present at the top. Plenty of support documents are available on the web.       Feel free to drop in the comments section or DM if you have any queries. Happy debugging!!🙂🙂🙂🙂  

Overview   This document intends to provide one reference how to emulate i.MX8QM 1.3GHz part running on i.MX8QM MEK with 1.6GHz part based on i.MX Linux BSP release.   You can find i.MX8QM/QP processors datasheet on NXP web: i.MX 8QuadMax 1.3GHz Automotive and Infotainment Applications Processors; i.MX 8QuadPlus 1.3GHz Automotive and Infotainment Applications Processors; i.MX 8QuadPlus Industrial Applications Processors Data Sheet; i.MX 8QuadMax Industrial Applications Processors Data Sheet;   Key differences between 1.3GHz part and 1.6GHz part is as follows: Key Differences 1.6GHz part 1.3GHz part 8QM/8QP A72 core max frequency 1600MHz 1296MHz 8QM GPU max frequency core 800MHz  shader 1000MHz core 650MHz shader 700MHz 8QM VDD_GPU mode Overdrive mode Remove overdrive mode, only nominal 8QM VDD_GPU nominal operation range Min 0.95V Typ 1.0 V Max 1.1V Min 0.98V Typ 1.03125V Max 1.14V   Software Changes   Since Linux 6.6.23_2.0.0 BSP release, i.MX8QM/8QP 1.3GHz part is supported into i.MX Linux release by identifying the fuse of 1.3GHz part and configuring frequency and voltage automatically. If you have i.MX8QM MEK board with 1.6GHz part, before revision E, you can apply software changes to emulate 1.3GHz part configurations explicitly. The following software reference patches are built based on Linux 6.6.52-2.2.0 release: Component Patch Name Description Linux Kernel 0001-arm64-dts-imx8qm-remove-A72-core-1.6GHz-operating-po.patch Used to remove Cortex-A72 core 1.6GHz operating-points 0002-arm64-dts-imx8qm-set-GPU-operating-points-at-nominal.patch Used to remove GPU overdrive operating-points and set GPU core frequency as 650MHz, GPU shader frequency as 700MHz. SCFW 0001-Increase-VDD-of-GPU.patch Used to increase GPU voltage ATF 0001-plat-imx8-make-ATF-kick-off-A72-core-freq-at-1.3GHz.patch Used to kickoff A72 core and set its frequency as 1.3GHz in ATF   Validation Test Apply patch into Linux kernel, SCFW porting kit, ATF, follow 6.6.52_2.2.0 release document(www.nxp.com/design/design-center/software/embedded-software/i-mx-software/embedded-linux-for-i-mx-applications-processors:IMXLINUX) to build and deploy image.     After Linux OS boot up,  run below command to check A72 and GPU frequency,  for example: #cat /sys/kernel/debug/gc/clk gpu0 mc clock: 647981058 HZ. gpu0 sh clock: 695997687 HZ. gpu1 mc clock: 647990370 HZ. gpu1 sh clock: 695987994 HZ   #cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq 1296000   Measure VDD_GPU voltage from i.MX8QM MEK board TP53 and TP42

This tutorial outlines the steps required to set up and build a Yocto image for the FRDM-IMX93 board, including integrating the meta-imx-frdm recipes and applying a patch to enable UART3 support. Required Materials A computer running Linux (Ubuntu 22.04) FRDM-IMX93 board Network cable or WiFi configured on the board USB C cables   Installing the repo Utility $ mkdir ~/bin $ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo $ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo $ export PATH=${PATH}:~/bin Downloading i.MX Linux Yocto Release $ mkdir ${MY_YOCTO} # This directory will be the top-level directory $ cd ${MY_YOCTO} $ repo init -u https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-scarthgap -m imx-6.6.36-2.1.0.xml $ repo sync If errors occur during repo init, remove the .repo directory and run repo init again.   Integrating meta-imx-frdm Recipes into Yocto $ cd ./sources $ git clone https://github.com/nxp-imx-support/meta-imx-frdm.git $ cd meta-imx-frdm $ git checkout imx-frdm-1.0   Applying the Patch $ mv /home/<user_name>/Downloads/FRDM-IMX93-LPUART3-SUPPORT.patch . $ git apply FRDM-IMX93-LPUART3-SUPPORT.patch Setting Up the Build Environment $ cd ../../ $ MACHINE=imx93frdm DISTRO=fsl-imx-xwayland source sources/meta-imx-frdm/tools/imx-frdm-setup.sh -b frdm-imx93 Compiling the Kernel $ bitbake -c deploy virtual/kernel Once the compilation is complete, the new device tree will be located at: tmp/deploy/images/imx93frdm/imx93-11x11-frdm.dtb Flashing the Modified Device Tree You can flash the modified device tree using the uuu tool with the method described in this community post   To flash the device tree using network method, boot the board and connect it to the network using a cable or WiFi. Then, use scp to transfer the file. #For eMMC Boot $ cd tmp/deploy/images/imx93frdm/ $ scp imx93-11x11-frdm.dtb root@<frdm_ip>:/run/media/boot-mmcblk0p1/ $ reboot #For SD Boot $ cd tmp/deploy/images/imx93frdm/ $ scp imx93-11x11-frdm.dtb root@<frdm_ip>:/run/media/boot-mmcblkp1/ $ reboot   Using UART3 After rebooting, UART3 will be available on GPIO14 and GPIO15 of the RPi connector on the board.     Results:  

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This guide provides a step-by-step approach for beginners looking to flash a custom Kernel Image or device tree on an NXP i.MX board. Sometimes, we need to customize the Kernel Image or modify the device tree for our board. Fortunately, NXP provides the UUU (Universal Update Utility) tool, which allows us to flash and use a custom Kernel Image or update the device tree on our board.   Requirements Before proceeding, ensure you have the following: - The latest version of the UUU Tool. - An i.MX EVK board (i.MX6, i.MX7, i.MX8, i.MX9). - The power supply for the board. - Two USB cables (USB-C or Micro USB, depending on your board).   Preliminary Steps To customize the Kernel Image or device tree, refer to the following community posts: - How to Fix FRDM-IMX93 Linux Kernel BSP - How to Compile Linux Kernel Image and Device Tree Using Yocto SDK   Once you have your customized Linux Kernel Image or device tree ready, follow the steps below to deploy it to your board.   Flashing the Kernel Image or Device Tree Connect and Prepare the Board 1. Connect the USB debug cable and the OTG cable from your board to your host computer. 2. Power on your board and stop the boot process at the U-Boot stage by pressing a key in the terminal. 3. Enter fastboot mode by running the following command in the U-Boot terminal: u-boot -> fastboot 0   Flash the Custom Kernel Image or Device Tree   4. Open a terminal on your host computer and navigate to the directory containing the new Kernel Image or device tree. 5. Flash the new files using the following command: $ uuu -b fat_write <file_name> mmc <device>:<partition> <file_name_in_board> Example: $ uuu -b fat_write imx93-11x11-evk.dtb mmc 0:1 imx93-11x11-evk-custom.dtb In this example, the file imx93-11x11-evk.dtb stored on the host machine is flashed to the board's eMMC device, saving it as imx93-11x11-evk-custom.dtb.   Note: If you are using Linux, run the command with sudo. - For eMMC and SD card, the command is the same; just ensure you use the correct device number. - On the i.MX93, device 0 corresponds to eMMC, and device 1 corresponds to the SD card.   Update U-Boot Environment Variables   6. Exit fastboot mode by pressing CTRL+C. This returns you to the U-Boot terminal. 7. Set up the environment variablesto use the new files: For the Kernel Image: u-boot -> setenv image <custom_image_name> u-boot -> saveenv u-boot -> reset For the Device Tree: u-boot -> setenv fdtfile <custom_device_tree_name> u-boot -> saveenv u-boot -> reset The board should now boot using your modified Kernel Image and device tree.  

Platform: i.MX8MP EVK L6.6.52 , SDK2.16 The rpmsg_lite_pingpong_rtos demo in SDK will complete 100 times ping-pong and then destory the rpmsg connection and related resources. For Linux kernel, there is no such rpmsg api to finish similiar thing,  which will case imx-rproc imx8mp-cm7: imx_rproc_kick: failed (0, err:-62) , this error indicates that the remoteproc is still try to kick up M7 after rpmsg_lite_pingpong_rtos destory the rpmsg resources.   Here is a simple workaround for this error. 1. drivers/rpmsg/imx_rpmsg_pingpong.c Destory ept when saying goodbye. 2.drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c Disable virtuequeue callback(->imx_rproc_kick) in _rpmsg_destory_ept.   Result: No imx-rproc imx8mp-cm7: imx_rproc_kick: failed (0, err:-62) after 100 times ping-pong    

GUI Guider version:  1.9.x LVGL version: v8.x.x , v9.x.x Host software requirements: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04 or Debian 12 Hardware requirements: FRDM i.MX 93 Development Board i.MX 93 Evaluation Kit   Steps: 1. Export your project from the folder GUI-Guider-Projects to your Linux PC.            2. Build an image for iMX93 using The Yocto Project.    a. Based on iMX Yocto Porject Users Guide set directories and download the repo $ mkdir imx-bsp-6.6 $ cd imx-bsp-6.6 $: repo init -u https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-scarthgap -m imx-6.6.52-2.2.0.xml $ repo sync Use distro fsl-imx-xwayland and select machine imx93evk and use this commnad with a build folder name: $ MACHINE=imx93evk DISTRO=fsl-imx-xwayland source ./imx-setup-release.sh - b bld-imx93evk b. Use bitbake command to start the build process. Also, add the -c populate_sdk to get the toolchain. $ bitbake imx-image-full -c populate_sdk  c. Install the Yocto toolchain located on <build-folder>/tmp/deploy/sdk/.  $ sudo sh ./fsl-imx-xwayland-glibc-x86_64-imx-image-full-armv8a-imx93evk-toolchain-6.6-scarthgap.sh d. Install ninja utility on the build host $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade -y $ sudo apt install ninja-build e. Unzip the gui guider and lvgl sources $ cd meta-gui-guider/recipes-graphics/gui-guider/gui-guider/ $ unzip gui-guider.zip $ cd ../../lvgl/lvgl/ $ unzip lvgl.zip $ cd ../../gui-guider/gui-guider/ $ mv ../../lvgl/lvgl/ . $ cd ports/linux/ f. Change the interpreter on build.sh from #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash. $ nano build.sh -- #!/bin/sh ++ #!/bin/bash g. use the following commands to make build.sh executable $ dos2unix build.sh $ chmod +x build.sh h. Execute the build.sh $ ./build.sh i. Copy the binary to the iMX93 using a USB or SCP.    RESULTS:     I hope this article will be helpful

GUI Guider version: 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 1.8x LVGL version: v8.x.x Host software requirements: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04 or Debian 12 Hardware requirements: Evaluation Kit for the i.MX 93 Applications Processor. (i.MX 93 Evaluation Kit | NXP Semiconductors) On this guide we will use the IMX-MIPI-HDMI accessory board to connect the iMX93 with a HDMI Monitor. (IMX-MIPI-HDMI Product Information|NXP) This board is usually provided with the iMX8M Mini and the iMX8M Nano.  Steps: 1. Copy your project from the folder GUI-Guider-Projects to your Linux PC.  2. Build an image for iMX93 using The Yocto Project.    a. Based on iMX Yocto Porject Users Guide set directories and download the repo $ mkdir imx-bsp-6.1.1-1.0.0 $ cd imx-bsp-6.1.1-1.0.0 $ repo init -u https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-langdale -m imx-6.1.1-1.0.0.xml $ repo sync Use distro fsl-imx-xwayland and select machine imx93evk and use this commnad with a build folder name: $ MACHINE=imx93evk DISTRO=fsl-imx-xwayland source ./imx-setup-release.sh - b bld-imx93evk b. Use bitbake command to start the build process. Also, add the -c populate_sdk to get the toolchain. $ bitbake imx-image-multimedia -c populate_sdk  c. Install the Yocto toolchain located on <build-folder>/tmp/deploy/sdk/.  $ sudo sh ./fsl-imx-xwayland-glibc-x86_64-imx-image-multimedia-armv8a-imx93evk-toolchain-6.1-langdale.sh d. Install ninja utility on the build host $ sudo apt install ninja-build e. For Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04, copy the lv_conf.h file from lvgl-simulator to lvgl $ cp lvgl-simulator/lv_conf.h lvgl/ f. Change the interpreter on build.sh from #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash. This is an important step! g. Then, enter to linux folder and use the following commands to make build.sh executable $ dos2unix build.sh $ chmod +x build.sh h. Execute the build.sh $ ./build.sh i. Copy the binary to the iMX93 using a USB or SCP.  2. On the target iMX93 follow these steps. a. On Uboot, use fatls interface device:partition fatls mmc 0:1 (Device 0 : Partition 1) With this command, we will be able to list device tree files. => fatls mmc 0:1 b. Select imx93-11x11-evk-rm67199.dtb and use the command editenv fdtfile  => editenv fdtfile Output example edit: imx93-11x11-evk-rm67199.dtb c. In edit command line put the selected device tree .dtb d. Use saveenv command to save environment and continue with the boot process. e. Finally, run the GUI Application $ ./gui_guider&   I hope this article will be helpful. Best regards, Brian.

Hardware:​  Soc: NXP i.MX 93 11x11 EVK FPGA:​ Lattice ECP5 Evaluation Board   Deploy the driver of FlexSPI and Test​​ Apply below patch into Linux kernel and compile. (6.1.55-2.2.0 is tested)​ git apply 0001-Added-flexspi-fpga-module-support-of-i.MX93.patch​ make imx_v8_defconfig​ make –j8​ Copy the generated imx93-11x11-evk-flexspi-m2-fpga.dtb to the boot partition​ Set the dtb in uboot​ setenv fdtfile imx93-11x11-evk-flexspi-m2-fpga.dtb ​ saveenv​ boot​ Copy the generated imx93_flexspi_fpga.ko and the test app source file flexspi_fpga_latency_test.c to home directory Run blow command to do the test​ gcc flexspi_fpga_latency_test.c​ ./a.out 128​ ​ About driver and test app​ ​The driver can be installed in test app automatically. Insmod command is called in test app as below.​ insmod imx93_flexspi_fpga.ko mux=1 div=30​ The parameter mux can be set to 0,1,2,3. Means 24MHz, 1000MHz, 800MHz, 625MHz root clock. And div is the divider. In default, 1000/30 = 33MHz is applied. More details of hardware connection: Since the adapter board is not on NXP website and it is just for test, there are two options. Use fly-wire to connect flexspi and lattice fpga instead of the adapter card. Use M.2 adapter card but need be produced by customer themselves.  If M.2 adapter is not used, fly-wire can be applied to connect i.MX93 to FPGA. The column of Pads is a pad list that can bring out signal lines from the bottom layer of i.MX93 EVK. i.MX 93 Pads of imx93 FPGA ECP5 SD3_CLK TP912 B10 SD3_CMD TP913 A9 SD3_DATA0 TP914 C6 SD3_DATA1 TP915 C7 SD3_DATA2 TP916 E8 SD3_DATA3 TP917 D8 GND   GND J1003-2 1V8   VCCIO0 Remove JP10 Jumper   It is also possible that the customer would choose M.2 adapter card solution. The adapter card is simple and cheap. It can be redesigned easily with attached schematic as reference. Make sure the board thickness is 0.8mm. And recommend to apply GND copper to improve signal quality. The schematic is attached. To get the information about the demo from Lattice perspective, please check the link below. Lattice QSPI to NXP MPU Reference Design | Lattice Reference Design  

This article describe i.M93 RGMII to PHY connection, delay adding tips. i.MX93 don't support delay in both FEC and QOS port in i.MX93 side. It also provide solution on i.MX93 how to connect MAC to MAC in HW & SW. Thanks! 

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This document mainly introduces how to use gpio usb id. This can provide more options to avoid pin conflicts.   iMX93 11x11 evk uses a peripheral circuit built with a typeC chip to perform USB role switch. However, in many cases, the hardware design does not have the same typeC circuit as the evk, and the USB ID is needed to do switch. The two USB IDs of the current iMX93 are muxed with the eQOS pins. The probability of this conflict is very high. So we need to use an alternative solution “gpio usb id”  to avoid this pin allocation conflict. MX93_PAD_ENET1_MDC__HSIOMIX_OTG_ID1 MX93_PAD_ENET1_MDC__ENET_QOS_MDC MX93_PAD_ENET1_TD3__HSIOMIX_OTG_ID2 MX93_PAD_ENET1_TD3__ENET_QOS_RGMII_TD3   Based on lf-6.6.52-2.2.0  

    Xenomai is real-time framework, which can run seamlessly side-by-side Linux as a co-kernel system, or natively over mainline Linux kernels (with or without PREEMPT-RT patch). The dual kernel nicknamed Cobalt, is a significant rework of the Xenomai 2.x system. Cobalt implements the RTDM specification for interfacing with real-time device drivers. The native linux version, an enhanced implementation of the experimental Xenomai/SOLO work, is called Mercury. In this environment, only a standalone implementation of the RTDM specification in a kernel module is required, for interfacing the RTDM-compliant device drivers with the native kernel. You can get more detailed information from Home · Wiki · xenomai / xenomai · GitLab       I have ported xenomai 3.1 to i.MX Yocto 4.19.35-1.1.0, and currently support ARM64 and test on i.MX8MQ EVK board. I did over night test( 5 real-time threads + GPU SDK test case) and stress test by tool stress-ng on i.MX8MQ EVK board. It looks lile pretty good. Current version (20200730) also support i.MX8MM EVK.     You need git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git, and git checkout xenomai-4.19.35-1.1.0-20200818 (which inlcudes all patches and bb file) and add the following variable in conf/local.conf before build xenomai by command bitbake xenomai.  XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt"  PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-imx = "4.19-${XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE}" IMAGE_INSTALL_append += " xenomai" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury" PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-imx = "4.19-${XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE}" IMAGE_INSTALL_append += " xenomai" If XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt", you can build dual kernel version. And If XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury", it is single kernel with PREEMPT-RT patch. The following is test result by the command (/usr/xenomai/demo/cyclictest -p 99 -t 5 -m -n -i 1000  -l 100000😞 //Over normal Linux kernel without GPU SDK test case T: 0 ( 4220) P:99 I:1000 C: 100000 Min: 7 Act: 10 Avg: 9 Max: 23 T: 1 ( 4221) P:99 I:1500 C: 66672 Min: 7 Act: 10 Avg: 10 Max: 20 T: 2 ( 4222) P:99 I:2000 C: 50001 Min: 7 Act: 12 Avg: 10 Max: 81 T: 3 ( 4223) P:99 I:2500 C: 39998 Min: 7 Act: 11 Avg: 10 Max: 29 T: 4 ( 4224) P:99 I:3000 C: 33330 Min: 7 Act: 13 Avg: 10 Max: 26 //Over normal Linux kernel with GPU SDK test case T: 0 ( 4177) P:99 I:1000 C: 100000 Min: 7 Act: 10 Avg: 11 Max: 51 T: 1 ( 4178) P:99 I:1500 C: 66673 Min: 7 Act: 12 Avg: 10 Max: 35 T: 2 ( 4179) P:99 I:2000 C: 50002 Min: 7 Act: 12 Avg: 11 Max: 38 T: 3 ( 4180) P:99 I:2500 C: 39999 Min: 7 Act: 12 Avg: 11 Max: 42 T: 4 ( 4181) P:99 I:3000 C: 33330 Min: 7 Act: 12 Avg: 11 Max: 36   //Cobalt with stress-ng --cpu 4 --io 2 --vm 1 --vm-bytes 512M --timeout 600s --metrics-brief T: 0 ( 4259) P:50 I:1000 C:3508590 Min:      0 Act:    0 Avg:    0 Max:      42 T: 1 ( 4260) P:50 I:1500 C:2338831 Min:      0 Act:    1 Avg:    0 Max:      36 T: 2 ( 4261) P:50 I:2000 C:1754123 Min:      0 Act:    1 Avg:    1 Max:      42 T: 3 ( 4262) P:50 I:2500 C:1403298 Min:      0 Act:    1 Avg:    1 Max:      45 T: 4 ( 4263) P:50 I:3000 C:1169415 Min:      0 Act:    1 Avg:    1 Max:      22   //Cobalt without GPU SDK test case T: 0 ( 4230) P:50 I:1000 C: 100000 Min: 0 Act: 0 Avg: 0 Max: 4 T: 1 ( 4231) P:50 I:1500 C:   66676 Min: 0 Act: 1 Avg: 0 Max: 4 T: 2 ( 4232) P:50 I:2000 C:   50007 Min: 0 Act: 1 Avg: 0 Max: 8 T: 3 ( 4233) P:50 I:2500 C:   40005 Min: 0 Act: 1 Avg: 0 Max: 3 T: 4 ( 4234) P:50 I:3000 C:   33338 Min: 0 Act: 1 Avg: 0 Max: 5 //Cobalt with GPU SDK test case T: 0 ( 4184) P:99 I:1000 C:37722968 Min: 0 Act: 1 Avg: 0 Max: 24 T: 1 ( 4185) P:99 I:1500 C:25148645 Min: 0 Act: 1 Avg: 0 Max: 33 T: 2 ( 4186) P:99 I:2000 C:18861483 Min: 0 Act: 1 Avg: 0 Max: 22 T: 3 ( 4187) P:99 I:2500 C:15089187 Min: 0 Act: 1 Avg: 0 Max: 23 T: 4 ( 4188) P:99 I:3000 C:12574322 Min: 0 Act: 1 Avg: 0 Max: 29 //Mercury without GPU SDK test case T: 0 ( 4287) P:99 I:1000 C:1000000 Min: 6 Act: 7 Avg: 7 Max: 20 T: 1 ( 4288) P:99 I:1500 C:  666667 Min: 6 Act: 9 Avg: 7 Max: 17 T: 2 ( 4289) P:99 I:2000 C:  499994 Min: 6 Act: 8 Avg: 7 Max: 24 T: 3 ( 4290) P:99 I:2500 C:  399991 Min: 6 Act: 9 Avg: 7 Max: 19 T: 4 ( 4291) P:99 I:3000 C:  333322 Min: 6 Act: 8 Avg: 7 Max: 21 //Mercury with GPU SDK test case T: 0 ( 4222) P:99 I:1000 C:1236790 Min: 6 Act: 7 Avg: 7 Max: 55 T: 1 ( 4223) P:99 I:1500 C:  824518 Min: 6 Act: 7 Avg: 7 Max: 44 T: 2 ( 4224) P:99 I:2000 C:  618382 Min: 6 Act: 8 Avg: 8 Max: 88 T: 3 ( 4225) P:99 I:2500 C:  494701 Min: 6 Act: 7 Avg: 8 Max: 49 T: 4 ( 4226) P:99 I:3000 C:  412247 Min: 6 Act: 7 Avg: 8 Max: 53 //////////////////////////////////////// Update for Yocto L5.4.47 2.2.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release for Yocto release L5.4.47 2.2.0 and it supports i.MX8M series (8MQ,8MM,8MN and 8MP). You need to git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git,  and git checkout xenomai-5.4.47-2.2.0. You need to add the following variable in conf/local.conf before build xenomai by command bitbake imx-image-multimedia.  XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt"  PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-imx = "5-${XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE}" IMAGE_INSTALL_append += " xenomai" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury" PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-imx = "5-${XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE}" IMAGE_INSTALL_append += " xenomai" //////////////////////////////////////// Update for Yocto L5.4.70 2.3.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release  for Yocto release L5.4.70 2.3.0 and it supports i.MX8M series (8MQ,8MM,8MN and 8MP) and i.MX8QM/QXP. You need to git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git and git checkout xenomai-5.4.70-2.3.0. Updating: 1, Support i.MX8QM and i.MX8QXP 2, Fix altency's the issue which uses legacy API to get time   //////////////////////////////////////// update for Yocto L5.4.70 2.3.2  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release for Yocto release L5.4.70 2.3.2. You need to git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git, and git checkout xenomai-5.4.70-2.3.2. Updating: 1, Enable Xenomai RTDM driver in Linux Kernel 2, Currently CAN, UART, GPIO,  SPI and Ethernet (in debug for RTNet)  are added in Xenomai. 3, Add KERNEL_DEVICETREE += " freescale/imx8mp-rt-evk.dtb " in sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/conf/machine/imx8mpevk.conf to enable relative device in Xenomai domain, for example rt-imx8mp-flexcan.   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for Yocto L5.4.70 2.3.4  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release for Yocto release L5.4.70 2.3.4. You need to git clone  https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git and git checkout xenomai-5.4.70-2.3.4. Updating: 1, Enable RTNet FEC driver 2, Currently CAN, UART, GPIO,  SPI and Ethernet ( FEC Controller)  are added in Xenomai. 3, Add KERNEL_DEVICETREE += " freescale/imx8mp-rt-evk.dtb " in sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/conf/machine/imx8mpevk.conf and KERNEL_DEVICETREE += " freescale/imx8mm-rt-ddr4-evk.dtb " in sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/conf/machine/imx8mmddr4evk.conf to enable rt_fec device in Xenomai domain. Verifying the network connection by RTnet Ping Between i.MX8M Mini EVK and i.MX8M Plus EVK a, Setup test environment 1, Connect ENET1 of  i.MX8M Plus EVK (used as a master) and  ENET of i.MX8M Mini EVK (used as a slave) of  to a switch or hub 2, Modify /usr/xenomai/etc/rtnet.conf in i.MX8M Plus EVK board as the following: @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MODULE_EXT=".ko" # RT-NIC driver -RT_DRIVER="rt_eepro100" +RT_DRIVER="rt_fec" RT_DRIVER_OPTIONS="" # PCI addresses of RT-NICs to claim (format: 0000:00:00.0) @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ REBIND_RT_NICS="" # The TDMA_CONFIG file overrides these parameters for masters and backup # masters. Leave blank if you do not use IP addresses or if this station is # intended to retrieve its IP from the master based on its MAC address. -IPADDR="10.0.0.1" -NETMASK="" +IPADDR="192.168.100.101" +NETMASK="255.255.255.0" # Start realtime loopback device ("yes" or "no") RT_LOOPBACK="yes" @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ TDMA_MODE="master" # Master parameters # Simple setup: List of TDMA slaves -TDMA_SLAVES="10.0.0.2 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.4" +TDMA_SLAVES="192.168.100.102" # Simple setup: Cycle time in microsecond TDMA_CYCLE="5000" 3, Modify /usr/xenomai/etc/rtnet.conf in i.MX8M Mini EVK board as the following: @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MODULE_EXT=".ko" # RT-NIC driver -RT_DRIVER="rt_eepro100" +RT_DRIVER="rt_fec" RT_DRIVER_OPTIONS="" # PCI addresses of RT-NICs to claim (format: 0000:00:00.0) @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ REBIND_RT_NICS="" # The TDMA_CONFIG file overrides these parameters for masters and backup # masters. Leave blank if you do not use IP addresses or if this station is # intended to retrieve its IP from the master based on its MAC address. -IPADDR="10.0.0.1" -NETMASK="" +IPADDR="192.168.100.102" +NETMASK="255.255.255.0" # Start realtime loopback device ("yes" or "no") RT_LOOPBACK="yes" @@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ STAGE_2_CMDS="" # TDMA mode of the station ("master" or "slave") # Start backup masters in slave mode, it will then be switched to master # mode automatically during startup. -TDMA_MODE="master" +TDMA_MODE="slave" # Master parameters # Simple setup: List of TDMA slaves -TDMA_SLAVES="10.0.0.2 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.4" +TDMA_SLAVES="192.168.100.102" # Simple setup: Cycle time in microsecond TDMA_CYCLE="5000" 4, rename imx8mm-rt-ddr4-evk.dtb to imx8mm-ddr4-evk.dtb in /run/media/mmcblk1p1,  rename imx8mp-rt-evk.dtb to imx8mp-evk.dtb in /run/media/mmcblk1p1, and reboot board. 5, Run the below command on i.MX8M Mini EVK board. cd /usr/xenomai/sbin/ ./rtnet start & 5, Run the below command on i.MX8M Plus EVK board. cd /usr/xenomai/sbin/ ./rtnet start & When you see the log (rt_fec_main 30be0000.ethernet (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control rx/tx) and you can run command "./rtroute" to check route table if the slave IP (192.168.100.102) is in route.. b, Verify the network connection using the command below: ./rtping -s 1024 192.168.100.102 //////////////////////////////////////// Update for Yocto L5.10.52 2.1.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release for Yocto release L5.10.52 2.1.0. You need to git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git and git checkout xenomai-5.10.52-2.1.0. Updating: 1, Upgrade Xenomai to v3.2 2, Enable Dovetail instead of ipipe. Copy xenomai-arm64 to <Yocto folder>/sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel, and add the following variable in conf/local.conf before build Image with xenomai enable by command bitbake imx-image-multimedia. XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt" IMAGE_INSTALL_append += " xenomai" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury" IMAGE_INSTALL_append += " xenomai" Notice: If XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt", you can build dual kernel version. And If XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury", it is single kernel with PREEMPT-RT patch.  Latency testing of Xenomai3.2+Dovetail with isolating CPU 2,3 ( Xenomai 3.2 on 8MM DDR4 EVK with GPU test case (GLES2/S08_EnvironmentMappingRefraction_Wayland) + iperf3 + 2 ping 65000 size + stress-ng --cpu 2 --io 2 --vm 1 --vm-bytes 256M --metrics-brief )😞 The following is test result by the command (/usr/xenomai/demo/cyclictest -a 2,3 -p 50 -t 5 -m -n -i 1000) root@imx8mmddr4evk:~# /usr/xenomai/demo/cyclictest -a 2,3 -p 50 -t 5 -m -n -i 1000 # /dev/cpu_dma_latency set to 0us policy: fifo: loadavg: 5.96 6.04 6.03 7/155 1349 T: 0 ( 615) P:50 I:1000 C:63448632 Min: 0 Act: 0 Avg: 0 Max: 55 T: 1 ( 616) P:50 I:1500 C:42299087 Min: 0 Act: 0 Avg: 1 Max: 43 T: 2 ( 617) P:50 I:2000 C:31724315 Min: 0 Act: 0 Avg: 1 Max: 51 T: 3 ( 618) P:50 I:2500 C:25379452 Min: 0 Act: 0 Avg: 1 Max: 53 T: 4 ( 619) P:50 I:3000 C:21149543 Min: 0 Act: 0 Avg: 1 Max: 47 //////////////////////////////////////// Update for Yocto L5.10.72 2.2.2  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release for Yocto release L5.10.72 2.2.2. You need to git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git and git checkout xenomai-5.10.72-2.2.2. Updating: 1, Upgrade Xenomai to v3.2.1 Copy xenomai-arm64 to <Yocto folder>/sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel, and add the following variable in conf/local.conf before build Image with xenomai enable by command bitbake imx-image-multimedia. XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt" IMAGE_INSTALL_append += " xenomai" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury" IMAGE_INSTALL_append += " xenomai" //////////////////////////////////////// Update for Yocto L5.15.71 2.2.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release for Yocto release L5.15.71 2.2.0. You need to git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git and git checkout xenomai-5.15.71-2.2.0. Updating: 1, Upgrade Xenomai to v3.2.2 Copy xenomai-arm64 to <Yocto folder>/sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel, and add the following variable in conf/local.conf before build Image with xenomai enable by command bitbake imx-image-multimedia. XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt" IMAGE_INSTALL:append += " xenomai" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury" IMAGE_INSTALL:append += " xenomai"   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for Yocto L6.1.55 2.2.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release for Yocto release L6.1.55 2.2.0. You need to git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git recipes-rtlinux-xenomai -b Linux-6.1.x Updating: 1, Upgrade Xenomai to v3.2.4 and support i.MX93 2, Enable EVL (aka Xenomai 4) for i.MX93 and legacy i.MX(6/7D/8X/8M) Copy recipes-rtlinux-xenomai to <Yocto folder>/sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/, and add the following variable in conf/local.conf before build Image with xenomai enable by command bitbake imx-image-multimedia. XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt" IMAGE_INSTALL:append += " xenomai" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury" IMAGE_INSTALL:append += " xenomai" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "evl" IMAGE_INSTALL:append += " libevl"   //////////////////////////////////////// Update for Yocto L6.6.52 2.2.0  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New release for Yocto release L6.6.52 2.2.0. You need to git clone https://gitee.com/zxd2021-imx/xenomai-arm64.git recipes-rtlinux-xenomai -b Linux-6.6.52 Updating: 1, Upgrade Xenomai to v3.3 and support i.MX91/93/95 2, Upgrade EVL (aka Xenomai 4),  libevl to r50 and support i.MX91/93/95 Copy recipes-rtlinux-xenomai to <Yocto folder>/sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/, and add the following variable in conf/local.conf before build Image with xenomai enable by command bitbake imx-image-multimedia. XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "cobalt" IMAGE_INSTALL:append += " xenomai" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "mercury" IMAGE_INSTALL:append += " xenomai" or XENOMAI_KERNEL_MODE = "evl" IMAGE_INSTALL:append += " libevl"    

Introduction. i.MX8ULP boot partition is handled by imx-boot image as the 8M family processors and i.MX 9 series processors, keeping the usage of imx-mkimage and UUU tools for updating the firmware to the boot media. The difference is that this processor is focus on working over Cortex-M, starting from boot which is handled by uPower ROM, it can boot Application Domain or Real Time Domain firmware images meanwhile other processors boot is less flexible, focusing on Cortex-A. This guide will explore this flexibility and it's intended for board users that test prebuilt images, want to get started with imx-boot customization, want to run SDK/Standalone examples on Cortex-M or need to perform recovery to their boards. 1. Hardware Setup. Retrieve your silicon revision from the TOP marking; BUILD A1 in this case. Identify your board in the base board silkscreen, you can work with MCIMX8ULP-EVK or MCIMX8ULP-EVK9. Connect 5V power source to P1. Connect USB type-A to type-C to USB0 J15. Connect USB type-A to type-micro-B to DEBUG J17.   2. Firmware Images Gathering. $ cd ~/Projects/ $ git clone https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-mkimage.git Make sure that you use all images from the same release, this document uses first release for IMX8ULP; LF6.1.22. Download Sentinel Firmware retrieving the version from Release Notes. After installation copy the firmware for the silicon revision owned, mx8ulpa1 is used for REV A1. $ cd ~/Projects/ $ wget https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/NMG/MAD/YOCTO/firmware-sentinel-0.10.bin $ chmod a+x firmware-sentinel-0.10.bin $ ./firmware-sentinel-0.10.bin $ cp firmware-sentinel-0.10/mx8ulpa1-ahab-container.img ~/Projects/imx-mkimage/iMX8ULP/ Remaining firmware will be obtained from a Yocto build, is the method that requires less steps. Make sure that the MACHINE variable matches your board. $ mkdir ~/Projects/Yocto-BSP-i.MX $ cd ~/Projects/Yocto-BSP-i.MX/ $ repo init -u https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-mickledore -m imx-6.1.22-2.0.0.xml $ repo sync $ MACHINE=imx8ulp-lpddr4-evk DISTRO=fsl-imx-xwayland source ./imx-setup-release.sh -b i.MX8ULPEVK $ bitbake core-image-minimal $ cd tmp/deploy/images/imx8ulp-lpddr4-evk/ $ cp bl31-imx8ulp.bin ~/Projects/imx-mkimage/iMX8ULP/bl31.bin $ cp u-boot-imx8ulp-lpddr4-evk.bin-sd ~/Projects/imx-mkimage/iMX8ULP/u-boot.bin $ cp u-boot-spl.bin-imx8ulp-lpddr4-evk-sd ~/Projects/imx-mkimage/iMX8ULP/u-boot-spl.bin $ cp imx-boot-tools/upower.bin ~/Projects/imx-mkimage/iMX8ULP/upower.bin Cortex-M firmware can be built with VS Code in Windows or by Standalone build in Linux, make sure that you have the GNU toolchain installed. Build the Power Mode Switch demo, is easier to work with it later in this document we will explore other type of demos. $ cd ~/Projects/ $ cp ~/Public/EVK-MIMX8ULP-power_mode_switch.zip . $ unzip EVK-MIMX8ULP-power_mode_switch.zip # Rename directory for this example, you can skip and use the default name. $ mv power_mode_switch/ Standalone-IMX8ULP-Power-Switch $ cd Standalone-IMX8ULP-Power-Switch/ $ ls $ chmod a+x *.sh $ ./clean.sh $ export ARMGCC_DIR=/opt/arm-gnu-toolchain-12.3.rel1-x86_64-arm-none-eabi/ # Adding a custom line (607) to print a custom message. # freq = CLOCK_GetFreq(kCLOCK_Cm33CorePlatClk); # PRINTF("\r\n#################### Standalone Built 02/21 ####################\n\r\n"); # PRINTF("\r\n#################### Power Mode Switch Task ####################\n\r\n"); $ nano source/power_mode_switch.c $ ./build_release.sh $ cp release/sdk20-app.bin ~/Projects/imx-mkimage/iMX8ULP/m33_image.bin $ ./clean.sh 3. Build and flash imx-boot firmware for Singleboot M33. This test will use Single boot – eMMC 1000_0000 pin config mode. Singleboot_M33 image stores AP FW and RT FW in eMMC, at boot time both cores work. $ cd ~/Projects/imx-mkimage/ $ make clean $ make SOC=iMX8ULP REV=A1 flash_singleboot_m33 $ cp iMX8ULP/flash.bin ~/Public/imx-boot.bin-flash_singleboot_m33 Set boot pins to 0100_0000 – Serial Download and power up the board. Flash the image using a Windows or Linux host through UUU tool. > uuu -b emmc .\imx-boot.bin-flash_singleboot_m33 Wait for UUU to print 'done' message for the command issued. 4. Test new imx-boot firmware. Set the boot pins to the config you build for and power up the board. Cortex-A output is sent through 3rd COM port and Cortex-M output through 4th. 5. Board running freertos_swtimer_cm33 and hello_world_cm33 demos. To run these demos build them through VS Code or Standalone build and copy them to imx-mkimage directory. $ cp <path to binary>/sdk20-app.bin ~/Projects/imx-mkimage/iMX8ULP/m33_image.bin $ cd ~/Projects/imx-mkimage/ $ make clean $ make SOC=iMX8ULP REV=A1 flash_singleboot_m33 $ cp iMX8ULP/flash.bin ~/Public/imx-boot.bin-flash_singleboot_m33 When this demos are running, they don't allow Cortex-A to get to U-boot, this is an issue when trying to flash new or recovery images, the board just reboots with the new FW but it's not written to eMMC, you can identify this situation when UUU prompts 100%, the command appears to hang and 'done' is not displayed. To flash a new firmware, IMX8ULP needs to boot from Serial Download pin config. Then run the script attached and go to step 4. > uuu .\uuu.auto 6. Running Dualboot demos for asynchronous operation. Dualboot are two images, AP FW which must be stored in eMMC and RT FW stored at FlexSPI0 NOR, at boot time both cores work. Boot is asynchronous and needs both images at the same time, this requires to flash two images at the same time, U-boot fastboot mode facilitates writing to eMMC while being able to use its console. Issue the following command at U-boot. => fastboot 0 Build the firmware images for A35-eMMC M33-NOR – 1000_0010* pin config. * You can also boot from LP mode – 1000_0001 pin config, this allows only M33 code to boot initially. $ make SOC=iMX8ULP REV=A1 flash_dualboot $ cp iMX8ULP/flash.bin ~/Public/imx-boot.bin-flash_dualboot $ make SOC=iMX8ULP REV=A1 flash_dualboot_m33 $ cp iMX8ULP/flash.bin ~/Public/imx-boot.bin-flash_dualboot_m33 > uuu -b emmc .\imx-boot.bin-flash_dualboot > uuu -b fat_write .\imx-boot.bin-flash_dualboot_m33 mmc 0:1 spi.bin => Ctrl + c => fatload mmc 0:1 ${loadaddr} spi.bin; setenv erase_unit 1000; setexpr erase_size ${filesize} + ${erase_unit}; setexpr erase_size ${erase_size} / ${erase_unit}; setexpr erase_size ${erase_size} * ${erase_unit}; sf probe 0:0; sf erase 0 ${erase_size} => sf write ${loadaddr} 0 ${filesize} Then go to step 4. Conclusion. This document explore all the boot configurations that feature the A35 storing its firmware in eMMC and M33 running its demo binary. Can help users that are looking to run demos on Cortex-M with their out-of-the-box board, continuing with them through the trial of different demos and boot modes to understand what are different outcomes, adapt the project in that way and develop the application over a template.

The doc gives an introduction about how to get and run the watch-face APK on i.MX.8ULP watch board based on Android 14.0.0_1.0.0. 1. Get source code Get the shell script and related patches from the attachment at the end of the article. Run Watchface_setup.sh. Watchface_setup.sh will download all the needed gits codes. combine with them and apply patches automatically. You need to clone the gits manually if network access is not good. 2. Build the project The project is in the sub-directory named "KWART_Kid_Launcher". Then you can build it either in Android studio or Android SDK. Android studio Open the project in Android studio and build it like regular. Android SDK Copy KWART_Kid_Launcher/ into vendor/nxp-opensource/fsl_imx_demo/ Add the following into the end of device/nxp/imx8ulp/watch_8ulp/watch_8ulp.mk. PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \ KWARTLauncher Rebuild the SDK. Please refer to Android User's Guide for more details about SDK building. make -j4 2>&1 | tee make.log 3. Install the APK Install the APK Android studio Run the app like regular. Android SDK Reflash the SDK images and the app will occur after boot finishes. Then you will find the following APP.  

This sharing introduces how to porting the deepseek to the #i.MX8MP i.MX93EVK  with the Yocto BSP by llama.cpp The main test model used in this document is the Qwen model that is distilled and quantized based on the deepseek model. For other versions of the deepseek model, you can refer to the steps in the document to download different models for testing. 1. Set up the demo ON PC a. Prepare the cross-compiling. See the i.MX Yocto Project User's Guide for detailed information how to generate Yocto SDK environment for cross-compiling. Get the User's Guide. To activate this Yocto SDK environment on your host machine, use this command:   :$ source <Yocto_SDK_install_folder>/environment-setup-cortexa53-crypto-poky-linux   b. Cross-compile the llama.cpp eg: i.MX93   :$ git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp :$ mkdir build_93 :$ cd build_93 :build_93$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Linux -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=aarch64 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=aarch64-poky-linux-gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=aarch64-poky-linux-g++ :build_93$ make -j8 :build_93$ scp bin/llama-cli root@<your i.MX93 board IP>:~/ :build_93$ scp bin/*.so root@<your i.MX93 board IP>:/usr/lib/   c. Get the DeepSeek model on the huggingface eg: Dowload the DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B-Q4_K_M.gguf model Download the required Deepseek model in the huggingface. ON Board a.Test the Deepseek on the i.MX93 board   :~/# ./llama-cli --model DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B-Q4_K_M.gguf     b. Results shown below:   2. Results Analysis The effects of different models on different boards were tested. It should be noted that the biggest obstacle limiting the running of the model on the board is memory.The test results including CPU and memory usage are as follows: a. i.MX8mp + DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B-IQ4_XS b. i.MX93 + DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B-Q4_K_M   After testing, the speed at which i.MX8MP runs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B-IQ4_XS to generate tokens is about 1 token per second. The speed at which i.MX93 runs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B-Q4_K_M to generate tokens is about 1.6 token per second.  The above test results for the generation speed are only rough test results and are for reference only. The above icons show the CPU and memory usage of i.MX during the DeepSeek model running. It should be pointed out that the CPU efficiency affects the speed of model token generation. The memory size of the board limits whether the model can run in the corresponding development board. This is a balance between running speed and required memory size. Higher accuracy, such as using a 7B model, will result in a decrease in running speed.

  Test Environment i.MX8MP EVK L6.6.52   Backgroud The default BSP will assign SAI3 and I2C3 to M7 when we use imx8mp-evk-rpmsg.dtb. If customer want to assign SAI3 and I2C3 to A53 and test audio in Linux while running M7 sdk with remoterpoc.   Test steps   1. Delete all of audio related code in SDK in below function. BOARD_BootClockRUN  BOARD_RdcInit 2. Modify Uboot   arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-evk-u-boot.dtsi   The RDC will assign SAI3, sdma3 and i2c3 to M7 when M7 start. So we need to delete these lines.      3. Add RDC config in ATF plat/imx/imx8m/imx8mp/imx8mp_bl31_setup.c  Assign SAI3, sdma3 and i2c3 to A53.    4.Modify imx8mp-evk-rpmsg.dts Delete rpmsg audio and i2c3. diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-evk-rpmsg-lpv.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-evk-rpmsg-lpv.dts index e43c4dafdb88..4edc0cb71b1c 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-evk-rpmsg-lpv.dts +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-evk-rpmsg-lpv.dts @@ -4,8 +4,3 @@ */ #include "imx8mp-evk-rpmsg.dts" - -&rpmsg_audio { - /delete-property/ fsl,enable-lpa; - /delete-property/ fsl,rpmsg-in; -}; diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-evk-rpmsg.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-evk-rpmsg.dts index ddf5f76adc3b..75c9234d84b2 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-evk-rpmsg.dts +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-evk-rpmsg.dts @@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ #include "imx8mp-evk.dts" / { - aliases { - i2c0 = &i2c1; - i2c1 = &i2c2; - i2c2 = &i2c_rpbus_3; - }; reserved-memory { #address-cells = <2>; @@ -45,70 +40,6 @@ rsc_table: rsc-table@550ff000 { no-map; }; - audio_reserved: audio@81000000 { - compatible = "shared-dma-pool"; - no-map; - reg = <0 0x81000000 0 0x10000000>; - }; - - micfil_reserved: mic_rpmsg@91000000 { - compatible = "shared-dma-pool"; - no-map; - reg = <0 0x91000000 0 0x100000>; - }; - }; - - sound-wm8960 { - status = "disabled"; - }; - - sound-micfil { - status = "disabled"; - }; - - rpmsg_audio: rpmsg_audio { - compatible = "fsl,imx8mp-rpmsg-audio"; - model = "wm8960-audio"; - fsl,rpmsg-channel-name = "rpmsg-audio-channel"; - fsl,enable-lpa; - fsl,rpmsg-out; - fsl,rpmsg-in; - assigned-clocks = <&clk IMX8MP_CLK_SAI3>; - assigned-clock-parents = <&clk IMX8MP_AUDIO_PLL1_OUT>; - assigned-clock-rates = <12288000>; - clocks = <&audio_blk_ctrl IMX8MP_CLK_AUDIOMIX_SAI3_IPG>, - <&audio_blk_ctrl IMX8MP_CLK_AUDIOMIX_SAI3_MCLK1>, - <&audio_blk_ctrl IMX8MP_CLK_AUDIOMIX_SDMA3_ROOT>, - <&clk IMX8MP_AUDIO_PLL1_OUT>, - <&clk IMX8MP_AUDIO_PLL2_OUT>; - clock-names = "ipg", "mclk", "dma", "pll8k", "pll11k"; - audio-codec = <&codec>; - memory-region = <&audio_reserved>; - power-domains = <&audiomix_pd>; - audio-routing = - "LINPUT1", "MICB", - "LINPUT3", "MICB"; - status = "okay"; - }; - - rpmsg_micfil: rpmsg_micfil { - compatible = "fsl,imx8mp-rpmsg-audio"; - model = "micfil-audio"; - fsl,rpmsg-channel-name = "rpmsg-micfil-channel"; - fsl,enable-lpa; - fsl,rpmsg-in; - assigned-clocks = <&clk IMX8MP_CLK_PDM>; - assigned-clock-parents = <&clk IMX8MP_AUDIO_PLL1_OUT>; - assigned-clock-rates = <196608000>; - clocks = <&audio_blk_ctrl IMX8MP_CLK_AUDIOMIX_PDM_IPG>, - <&audio_blk_ctrl IMX8MP_CLK_AUDIOMIX_PDM_ROOT>, - <&audio_blk_ctrl IMX8MP_CLK_AUDIOMIX_SDMA3_ROOT>, - <&clk IMX8MP_AUDIO_PLL1_OUT>, - <&clk IMX8MP_AUDIO_PLL2_OUT>; - clock-names = "ipg", "mclk", "dma", "pll8k", "pll11k"; - memory-region = <&micfil_reserved>; - power-domains = <&audiomix_pd>; - status = "okay"; }; imx8mp-cm7 { @@ -144,72 +75,10 @@ &flexspi { status = "disabled"; }; -/delete-node/ &i2c3; - -&i2c_rpbus_3 { - compatible = "fsl,i2c-rpbus"; - #address-cells = <1>; - #size-cells = <0>; - status = "okay"; - - pca6416: gpio@20 { - compatible = "ti,tca6416"; - reg = <0x20>; - gpio-controller; - #gpio-cells = <2>; - }; - - ov5640_1: ov5640_mipi@3c { - compatible = "ovti,ov5640"; - reg = <0x3c>; - pinctrl-names = "default"; - pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_csi0_pwn>, <&pinctrl_csi0_rst>; - clocks = <&clk IMX8MP_CLK_IPP_DO_CLKO2>; - clock-names = "xclk"; - assigned-clocks = <&clk IMX8MP_CLK_IPP_DO_CLKO2>; - assigned-clock-parents = <&clk IMX8MP_CLK_24M>; - assigned-clock-rates = <24000000>; - csi_id = <0>; - powerdown-gpios = <&gpio4 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; - reset-gpios = <&gpio4 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; - mclk = <24000000>; - mclk_source = <0>; - mipi_csi; - status = "disabled"; - - port { - ov5640_mipi_1_ep: endpoint { - remote-endpoint = <&mipi_csi1_ep>; - data-lanes = <1 2>; - clock-lanes = <0>; - }; - }; - }; - - codec: wm8960@1a { - compatible = "wlf,wm8960,lpa"; - reg = <0x1a>; - wlf,shared-lrclk; - SPKVDD1-supply = <&reg_audio_pwr>; - }; -}; - &pwm4{ status = "disabled"; }; -&sai3 { - status = "disabled"; -}; - -&micfil { - status = "disabled"; -}; - -&sdma3{ - status = "disabled"; -}; - &uart3 { status = "disabled"; };   Result We can play audio on wm8960 after we load M7 firmware.