There is a very quick way to find out which line cause the crash in logcat, Generally, if some native service crashes, look in the crash log in logcat like this: I/DEBUG ( 2253): *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** I/DEBUG ( 2253): Build fingerprint: 'freescale/sabresd_6dq/sabresd_6dq:4.0.4/R13.3-rc3/eng.b18293.20120710.124535:user/test-keys' I/DEBUG ( 2253): pid: 3043, tid: 3080 >>> /system/bin/mediaserver <<< I/DEBUG ( 2253): signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr deadbaad I/DEBUG ( 2253): r0 deadbaad r1 00000001 r2 a0000000 r3 00000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): r4 00000000 r5 00000027 r6 00bfd370 r7 40c1ef18 I/DEBUG ( 2253): r8 00004349 r9 00000000 10 000003f5 fp 00000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): ip ffffffff sp 418876a0 lr 400ff1b5 pc 400fb91c cpsr 60000030 I/DEBUG   ( 2253):  ip ffffffff  sp 418876a0  lr 400ff1b5  pc 400fb91c  cpsr 60000030 We can see it’s possibly related to some code that we debugged, but don’t know exactly where or which line of code, Android has a tool to convert this log to a more precise log. As a quick example, if you got this crash in logcat: F/libc ( 3043): Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0xdeadbaad (code=1) I/DEBUG ( 2253): *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** I/DEBUG ( 2253): Build fingerprint: 'freescale/sabresd_6dq/sabresd_6dq:4.0.4/R13.3-rc3/eng.b18293.20120710.124535:user/test-keys' I/DEBUG ( 2253): pid: 3043, tid: 3080 >>> /system/bin/mediaserver <<< I/DEBUG ( 2253): signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr deadbaad I/DEBUG ( 2253): r0 deadbaad r1 00000001 r2 a0000000 r3 00000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): r4 00000000 r5 00000027 r6 00bfd370 r7 40c1ef18 I/DEBUG ( 2253): r8 00004349 r9 00000000 10 000003f5 fp 00000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): ip ffffffff sp 418876a0 lr 400ff1b5 pc 400fb91c cpsr 60000030 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d0 3e4ccccd00000000 d1 7e37e43c3e4ccccd I/DEBUG ( 2253): d2 0000004042000000 d3 4200000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d4 3ff0000000000000 d5 3ff0000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d6 4220000041300000 d7 3e4ccccd3e4ccccd I/DEBUG ( 2253): d8 000000000000685d d9 00000000010bee7c I/DEBUG ( 2253): d10 0000000000000000 d11 0000000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d12 0000000000000000 d13 0000000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d14 0000000000000000 d15 0000000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d16 0000000000000000 d17 3ff0000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d18 7e37e43c8800759c d19 0000000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d20 bfe0000000000000 d21 405443dab91ed79f I/DEBUG ( 2253): d22 0000000000000000 d23 3f40624dd2f1a9fc I/DEBUG ( 2253): d24 7fff80007fff0000 d25 3f6328e1cb8c85e0 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d26 0000000000000000 d27 0000000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d28 0000000000000000 d29 0000000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): d30 0000000000000000 d31 0000000000000000 I/DEBUG ( 2253): scr 28000010 I/DEBUG ( 2253): I/DEBUG ( 2253): #00 pc 0001791c /system/lib/libc.so I/DEBUG ( 2253): #01 pc 00003f3e /system/lib/libcutils.so (__android_log_assert) I/DEBUG ( 2253): #02 pc 0006c436 /system/lib/libstagefright.so (_ZN7android8OMXCodec16drainInputBufferEPNS0_10BufferInfoE) I/DEBUG ( 2253): #03 pc 0006cbc2 /system/lib/libstagefright.so (_ZN7android8OMXCodec17drainInputBuffersEv) I/DEBUG ( 2253): #04 pc 0006f570 /system/lib/libstagefright.so (_ZN7android8OMXCodec4readEPPNS_11MediaBufferEPKNS_11MediaSource11ReadOpti onsE) I/DEBUG ( 2253): #05 pc 00051aba /system/lib/libstagefright.so (_ZN7android11AudioPlayer5startEb) I/DEBUG ( 2253): #06 pc 0005411e /system/lib/libstagefright.so (_ZN7android13AwesomePlayer18startAudioPlayer_lEb) I/DEBUG ( 2253): #07 pc 0005554a /system/lib/libstagefright.so (_ZN7android13AwesomePlayer6play_lEv) I/DEBUG ( 2253): #08 pc 000558e0 /system/lib/libstagefright.so (_ZN7android13AwesomePlayer4playEv) I/DEBUG ( 2253): #09 pc 00027f4e /system/lib/libmediaplayerservice.so (_ZN7android17StagefrightPlayer5startEv) I/DEBUG ( 2253): #10 pc 00024dda /system/lib/libmediaplayerservice.so (_ZN7android18MediaPlayerService6decodeEixxPjPiS2_) I/DEBUG ( 2253): I/DEBUG ( 2253): code around pc: I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400fb8fc 4623b15c 2c006824 e026d1fb b12368db \.#F$h.,..&..h#. I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400fb90c 21014a17 6011447a 48124798 24002527 .J.!zD.`.G.H'%.$ I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400fb91c f7f47005 2106ee22 eebef7f5 f04fa901 .p.."..!......O. I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400fb92c 460a5380 93032006 94029401 ea7af7f5 .S.F. ........z. I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400fb93c 4622a905 f7f52002 f7f4ea84 2106ee0e .."F. .........! I/DEBUG ( 2253): I/DEBUG ( 2253): code around lr: I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400ff194 41f0e92d 4c0c4680 447c2600 68a56824 -..A.F.L.&|D$h.h I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400ff1a4 e0076867 300cf9b5 dd022b00 47c04628 gh.....0.+..(F.G I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400ff1b4 35544306 37fff117 6824d5f4 d1ee2c00 .CT5...7..$h.,.. I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400ff1c4 e8bd4630 bf0081f0 00028346 41f0e92d 0F......F...-..A I/DEBUG ( 2253): 400ff1d4 9004b086 f602fb01 460c461f 46154814 .........F.F.H.F I/DEBUG ( 2253): I/DEBUG ( 2253): memory map around addr deadbaad: I/DEBUG ( 2253): becef000-bed10000 [stack] I/DEBUG ( 2253): (no map for address) I/DEBUG ( 2253): ffff0000-ffff1000 [vectors] I/DEBUG ( 2253): You can see it’s related to which lib, but don’t know which line. So, let’s go to your source code, for example: mydroid; after do $. build/envsetup.sh$ lunch sabresd_6dp-eng $ development/scripts/stack Then you have a prompt: Reading native crash info from stdin The you just copy all the crash log in above to this prompt. And then Key in EOF (CTRL+D) in this prompt. You will get output like this: Reading symbols from /home/b33651/proj/ics/out/target/product/sabresd_6dq/symbols pid: 3043, tid: 3080 >>> /system/bin/mediaserver <<< signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr deadbaad   r0 deadbaad r1 00000001 r2 a0000000 r3 00000000   r4 00000000 r5 00000027 r6 00bfd370 r7 40c1ef18   r8 00004349 r9 00000000 10 000003f5 fp 00000000   ip ffffffff sp 418876a0 lr 400ff1b5 pc 400fb91c Stack Trace:   RELADDR FUNCTION FILE:LINE   0001791c __libc_android_abort+92 /home/b33651/proj/ics/bionic/libc/unistd/abort.c:82   00003f3e __android_log_assert+94 /home/b33651/proj/ics/system/core/liblog/logd_write.c:246   0006c436 android::OMXCodec::drainInputBuffer(android::OMXCodec::BufferInfo*)+138 /home/b33651/proj/ics/frameworks/base/media/libstagefright/OMXCodec.cpp:3181   0006cbc2 android::OMXCodec::drainInputBuffers()+102 /home/b33651/proj/ics/frameworks/base/media/libstagefright/OMXCodec.cpp:3125   0006f570 android::OMXCodec::read(android::MediaBuffer**, android::MediaSource::ReadOptions const*)+136 /home/b33651/proj/ics/frameworks/base/media/libstagefright/OMXCodec.cpp:4020   00051aba android::AudioPlayer::start(bool)+134 /home/b33651/proj/ics/frameworks/base/media/libstagefright/AudioPlayer.cpp:93   0005411e android::AwesomePlayer::startAudioPlayer_l(bool)+70 /home/b33651/proj/ics/frameworks/base/media/libstagefright/AwesomePlayer.cpp:953   0005554a android::AwesomePlayer::play_l()+202 /home/b33651/proj/ics/frameworks/base/media/libstagefright/AwesomePlayer.cpp:888   000558e0 android::AwesomePlayer::play()+20 /home/b33651/proj/ics/frameworks/base/media/libstagefright/AwesomePlayer.cpp:837   00027f4e android::StagefrightPlayer::start()+6 /home/b33651/proj/ics/frameworks/base/media/libmediaplayerservice/StagefrightPlayer.cpp:90   00024dda android::MediaPlayerService::decode(int, long long, long long, unsigned int*, int*, int*)+206 /home/b33651/proj/ics/frameworks/base/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp:1428 So, you get more reason logs. Note: The Android directory must have built once. The crash log better aligns with your Android build environment.

Most common issues with bringup and memory stability come down to memory/system setup during startup phase of i.MX device.   This Python script allows you to dump IVT/DCD tables and data from a i.MX binary (either generated as result of build process or a simple dump of SD/NOR/NAND... content) and analyze them in an easier way. Should work with i.MX 6 and i.MX53 binaries.   Parser for i.MX 6 will also try to print out register values it recognizes, and also parse specific register fields, helping to analyze the data faster. This can be extended if needed to other registers/values.   imxbin.py works with Python3.x and imxbin_2x.py with Python 2.x, so choose appropriate version.   Vladan

You already know. Your source code is one week old now, so please, update it! $ repo sync What was the changes? Please, read the output and determinate what file was changed. Directory tree This is what I have under fsl-community-bsp directory: $ tree -d -L 2 -A . ├── build_mx53 │   ├── conf │   ├── sstate-cache │   └── tmp ├── build_mx6 │   ├── conf │   ├── sstate-cache │   └── tmp ├── downloads │   └── git2 └── sources     ├── base     ├── meta-fsl-arm     ├── meta-fsl-arm-extra     ├── meta-fsl-demos     ├── meta-openembedded     └── poky Sstate-cache keeps the pre-build packages cache so once one package is built, and it´s not changes, no need to re-build it again. If a team shares the same build environment, the sstate-cache folder can be shared as well. I´m not personally used to configure it, so, please, follow the doc: Yocto Project Reference Manual The downloads folder is shared for any build folder. It holds every package´s source code. For example, the ssh source code (and this source code can be built for any architecture) In addition, you may want to share the download folder with your team (one download folder for the complete team), so please, go to Yocto Project Reference Manual and look for DL_DIR. Build_mx6 tree .../build_mx6$ tree -d -L 2 -A . ├── conf ├── sstate-cache └── tmp     ├── buildstats     ├── cache     ├── deploy     ├── log     ├── pkgdata     ├── sstate-control     ├── stamps     ├── sysroots     ├── work     └── work-shared Inside tmp folder you will find images and build results. Images is placed inside deploy. Build statistics like initial and final time for each package/task are under buildstats The complete log for any 'bitbake' you did is under log. Take a look, for example, on the file  log/cooker/imx6qsabresd/11111111111.log. Please, notice that 111111111 is the PID number, so every time you run bitbake you have a different one. The source code, the patches, and the logs for the last bitbake, for each package is under work. Take a look on the files under tmp/work/imx6qsabresd-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-imx/3.0.35-r37.14/ for example, for the kernel. .../build_mx6$ tree -d -L 1 -A tmp/work/imx6qsabresd-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-imx/3.0.35-r37.14/ tmp/work/imx6qsabresd-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-imx/3.0.35-r37.14/ ├── deploy-linux-imx ├── deploy-rpms ├── git ├── image ├── license-destdir ├── package ├── packages-split ├── pkgdata ├── pseudo ├── sysroot-destdir └── temp Go under temp, and see a lot of log.* and run.*: .../build_mx6$ ls tmp/work/imx6qsabresd-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-imx/3.0.35-r37.14/temp/ log.do_bundle_initramfs             log.do_uboot_mkimage                run.do_package_write_rpm.28992      run.perform_packagecopy.16364 log.do_bundle_initramfs.28986       log.do_uboot_mkimage.2325           run.do_patch                        run.populate_packages.16364 log.do_compile                      log.do_unpack                       run.do_patch.2556                   run.read_shlibdeps.16364 log.do_compile.3483                 log.do_unpack.1155                  run.do_populate_lic                 run.read_subpackage_metadata.28992 log.do_compile_kernelmodules        log.task_order                      run.do_populate_lic.10988           run.split_and_strip_files.16364 log.do_compile_kernelmodules.29051  run.base_do_fetch.28859             run.do_populate_sysroot             run.split_kernel_module_packages.16364 log.do_configure                    run.base_do_unpack.1155             run.do_populate_sysroot.17692       run.split_kernel_packages.16364 log.do_configure.3048               run.BUILDSPEC.28992                 run.do_qa_configure.3048            run.sstate_create_package.10988 log.do_deploy                       run.debian_package_name_hook.16364  run.do_qa_staging.17692             run.sstate_create_package.16364 log.do_deploy.617                   run.do_bundle_initramfs             run.do_sizecheck                    run.sstate_create_package.17692 log.do_fetch                        run.do_bundle_initramfs.28986       run.do_sizecheck.2323               run.sstate_create_package.2724 log.do_fetch.28859                  run.do_compile                      run.do_strip                        run.sstate_create_package.28992 log.do_install                      run.do_compile.3483                 run.do_strip.2321                   run.sstate_create_package.617 log.do_install.2327                 run.do_compile_kernelmodules        run.do_uboot_mkimage                run.sstate_task_postfunc.10988 log.do_package                      run.do_compile_kernelmodules.29051  run.do_uboot_mkimage.2325           run.sstate_task_postfunc.16364 log.do_package.16364                run.do_configure                    run.do_unpack                       run.sstate_task_postfunc.17692 log.do_packagedata                  run.do_configure.3048               run.do_unpack.1155                  run.sstate_task_postfunc.2724 log.do_packagedata.2724             run.do_deploy                       run.emit_pkgdata.16364              run.sstate_task_postfunc.28992 log.do_package_write_rpm            run.do_deploy.617                   run.fixup_perms.16364               run.sstate_task_postfunc.617 log.do_package_write_rpm.28992      run.do_fetch                        run.package_depchains.16364         run.sstate_task_prefunc.10988 log.do_patch                        run.do_fetch.28859                  run.package_do_filedeps.16364       run.sstate_task_prefunc.16364 log.do_patch.2556                   run.do_install                      run.package_do_pkgconfig.16364      run.sstate_task_prefunc.17692 log.do_populate_lic                 run.do_install.2327                 run.package_do_shlibs.16364         run.sstate_task_prefunc.2724 log.do_populate_lic.10988           run.do_package                      run.package_do_split_locales.16364  run.sstate_task_prefunc.28992 log.do_populate_sysroot             run.do_package.16364                run.package_fixsymlinks.16364       run.sstate_task_prefunc.617 log.do_populate_sysroot.17692       run.do_packagedata                  run.package_get_auto_pr.16364       run.sysroot_cleansstate.3048 log.do_sizecheck                    run.do_packagedata.2724             run.package_get_auto_pr.2327        run.sysroot_stage_all.17692 log.do_sizecheck.2323               run.do_package_qa.16364             run.package_get_auto_pr.617         run.write_specfile.28992 log.do_strip                        run.do_package_rpm.28992            run.package_name_hook.16364 log.do_strip.2321                   run.do_package_write_rpm            run.patch_do_patch.2556 For each package, you will be able to see the log for the latest task, and what was done on the latest task. For example: log.do_compile - shows the log output from latest do_compile made for kernel run.do_compile - shows the compile command line log.do_compile.111111 - shows the log output from 1111111 time of do_compile In order to know the tasks and the task sequence, take a look to log.taskorder file For the images generated, you will find something like that: .../build_mx6$ ls -la tmp/deploy/images/imx6qsabresd/ total 146260 drwxr-xr-x 2 user user     4096 Mar  6 21:21 . drwxrwxr-x 3 user user     4096 Mar  6 21:12 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 67108864 Mar  6 21:21 core-image-base-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.rootfs.ext3 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 83886080 Mar  6 21:21 core-image-base-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.rootfs.sdcard -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 18782361 Mar  6 21:21 core-image-base-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.rootfs.tar.bz2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user       55 Mar  6 21:21 core-image-base-imx6qsabresd.ext3 -> core-image-base-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.rootfs.ext3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user       57 Mar  6 21:21 core-image-base-imx6qsabresd.sdcard -> core-image-base-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.rootfs.sdcard lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user       58 Mar  6 21:21 core-image-base-imx6qsabresd.tar.bz2 -> core-image-base-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.rootfs.tar.bz2 -rw-rw-r-- 2 user user   439697 Mar  6 21:12 modules--3.0.35-r37.14-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.tgz lrwxrwxrwx 2 user user       54 Mar  6 21:12 modules-imx6qsabresd.tgz -> modules--3.0.35-r37.14-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.tgz -rw-rw-r-- 2 user user      294 Mar  6 21:20 README_-_DO_NOT_DELETE_FILES_IN_THIS_DIRECTORY.txt lrwxrwxrwx 2 user user       35 Mar  6 21:16 u-boot.imx -> u-boot-imx6qsabresd-v2013.10-r0.imx lrwxrwxrwx 2 user user       35 Mar  6 21:16 u-boot-imx6qsabresd.imx -> u-boot-imx6qsabresd-v2013.10-r0.imx -rwxr-xr-x 2 user user   297984 Mar  6 21:16 u-boot-imx6qsabresd-v2013.10-r0.imx lrwxrwxrwx 2 user user       53 Mar  6 21:12 uImage -> uImage--3.0.35-r37.14-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.bin -rw-r--r-- 2 user user  4042496 Mar  6 21:12 uImage--3.0.35-r37.14-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.bin lrwxrwxrwx 2 user user       53 Mar  6 21:12 uImage-imx6qsabresd.bin -> uImage--3.0.35-r37.14-imx6qsabresd-20140306173758.bin You can access any generated image, the image name ending with the yearmothdaypid (long number) is the real image, and every time your bitbake complete, it generate a new image. The symbolic link points to the latest created image. The .ext3 file is the EXT3 image for the rootfs. (you can copy it directly to SD card using dd: $sudo dd if=core-image-base.ext3 of=/dev/sdb2 ) The .sdcard file is the complete image to be copied to sdcard. It´s u-boot+uImage+rootfs The .tar.bz2 file is the tarball for the rootfs, you can extract it on your PC. uImage is the latest kernel image u-boot is the latest u-boot image. and so on. Play around with generated files. A lot of them I don´t know. And a lot of them I don´t use. For a standard image generation you only need to know where the final images is placed. Any question, comment, issue, please let me know. Before you go, let your bitbake creates the biggest image ever: $ bitbake fsl-image-gui Note (24Feb2014): Required disk space for build image is ~44GB Start it and let it finish while you do something else. Go HOME Go to Task #2 Go to Task#4

How to change Linux Kernel configuration file in Yocto Project metalayer Preparing the requirements Download the metalayer Git clone the Linux Kernel source code Customize the configuration Copy the configuration to the metalayer Install the patch in the Linux Kernel recipe Build the new image with the different Linux Kernel configuration How to change Linux Kernel configuration file in Yocto Project metalayer It is common that the metalayer providing a Linux Kernel recipe includes a default configuration file for the Linux Kernel source code (the defconfig file). There are several approaches to customize the Linux Kernel source code and defconfig file. This article presents the option to patch the defconfig from the Linux Kernel source code and is a good approach to be used with meta-fsl-bsp-release or meta-imx . Preparing the requirements The list of requirements: the target metalayer (in this example, it's meta-imx:imx-5.4.3-2.0.0 ) the same Linux Kernel source code, but git cloned Download the metalayer For example, take BSP release imx-5.4.3-2.0.0 for meta-imx $ mkdir <BSP_DIR> $ cd <BSP_DIR> $ repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-zeus -m imx-5.4.3-2.0.0.xml $ repo sync $ MACHINE=imx8mnevk DISTRO=fsl-imx-xwayland source ./imx-setup-release.sh -b bld-xwayland‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Git clone the Linux Kernel source code Use the very same Linux Kernel source code from the metalayer. In this example, open the file sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx_5.4.bb to get the git repository, and git commit. $ cd ~ $ git clone git://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/linux-imx.git $ cd linux-imx $ git checkout fd263a3edd95dfe812397fabf1059b5f99bba2ab -b change_defconfig‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Customize the configuration Using the default defconfig as a base, configure the Linux Kernel, and then use make menuconfig to change the configuration as desired. After the customization, generate a new defconfig file and replace the default one. The step by step with all the commands can be see in next snippet: $ export ARCH=arm64 $ export CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- $ make defconfig $ make menuconfig $ make savedefconfig $ cp defconfig arch/arm64/configs/defconfig‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ The customization can be highlighted by git, in this example the result is show in next log: $ git status On branch change_defconfig Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) modified: arch/arm64/configs/defconfig Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) defconfig no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Review the change and create a commit, with that commit, create a patch. TIP: The defconfig file can also be directly changed. The make menuconfig can be skipped in that case. $ git add arch/arm64/configs/defconfig $ git commit -s -m "defconfig: Customize defconfig" $ git format-patch -1 0001-defconfig-Customize-defconfig.patch‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Copy the configuration to the metalayer Now that the Linux Kernel configuration is customized, and a patch to the kernel is created, copy over that patch to the metalayer, and install it to the Linux Kernel recipe file. $ mkdir <BSP_DIR>/sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx/ $ cp 0001-defconfig-Customize-defconfig.patch <BSP_DIR>/sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx/‍‍ Install the patch in the Linux Kernel recipe The Linux Kernel recipe for this example is linux-imx_5.4.bb . Edit the file to install the patch. $ gedit <BSP_DIR>/sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx_5.4.bb‍ Add the following line: SRC_URI += "file://0001-defconfig-Customize-defconfig.patch "‍ The resultant change is show above: $ cd <BSP_DIR>/sources/meta-imx/ $ git diff diff --git a/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx_5.4.bb b/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx_5.4.bb index 214647abb..3f926314c 100644 --- a/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx_5.4.bb +++ b/meta-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-imx_5.4.bb @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ KERNEL_BRANCH ?= "imx_5.4.3_2.0.0" LOCALVERSION = "-2.0.0" KERNEL_SRC ?= "git://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/linux-imx.git;protocol=https" SRC_URI = "${KERNEL_SRC};branch=${KERNEL_BRANCH}" +SRC_URI += "file://0001-defconfig-Customize-defconfig.patch " SRCREV = "fd263a3edd95dfe812397fabf1059b5f99bba2ab"‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Build the new image with the different Linux Kernel configuration Remember to change the current directory to the metalayer. Build the image again. The new image binary reflects the changes in Linux Kernel, and in case the change removes some kernel module, the rootfs also reflects the change. $ cd <BSP_DIR>/bld-xwayland $ bitbake‍ <image-name>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

INTRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS CREATE A NEW PROJECT GPU EXAMPLE GSTREAMER EXAMPLE 1. INTRODUCTION:      The below steps show how to create different application examples using Elipse IDE. 2. REQUIREMENTS:      A fully working image and meta-toolchain generated in Yocto . You can follow the  next training: Yocto Training - HOME      Install and configure the Yocto Eclipse Plug-in. For more details about this requirement please refer to Setting up the Eclipse IDE for Yocto Application Development         To demonstrate the steps, L3.14.28  BSP, fsl-image-qt5 image and i.MX6Q SABRE-SDP board were used. 3. CREATE A NEW PROJECT      Follow the section Creating a Hello World Project of this document Setting up the Eclipse IDE for Yocto Application Development 4. GPU EXAMPLE           For this project we use the source code found in the fsl-gpu-sdk that can be downloaded from:      https://www.freescale.com/webapp/Download?colCode=IMX6_GPU_SDK&location=null&Parent_nodeId=1337637154535695831062&Parent…      Follow section 3 and create a new project named gputest.      From the IMX6_GPU_SDK choose one of the examples of GLES2.0 folder. In this case the 01_SimpleTriangle is chosen.      Copy the .c and .h files to the src directory of the gputest project. The Project Explorer window should look like this:              Add the needed files and libraries to compile and link in the Makefile.am file found in the ´src´ folder. The Makefile.am file should have the below content:          bin_PROGRAMS = gputest          gputest_SOURCES = gputest.c fsl_egl.c fslutil.c          AM_CFLAGS = @gputest_CFLAGS@          AM_LDFLAGS = @gputest_LIBS@ -lstdc++ -lm -lGLESv2 -lEGL -lX11 -ldl          CLEANFILES = *~ ​    Add the PATH to CFLAGS where the compiler will look for the headers at Project->Properties->Autotools->configure:           In this project there is no need to add extra PATHs for the headers. Apply the changes by clicking on Reconfigure Project. Build the project To test the file you can send the executable to the board with:           $ scp gputest root@<board_ip>:/home/root      $./gputest      You should get the next output in the display: 5. GSTREAMER EXAMPLE      For this project we use the source code found at Basic tutorial 1: Hello world! - GStreamer SDK documentation - GStreamer SDK documentation    Follow section 3 and create a new project named Gstreamer.    Copy the code of the basic tutorial to your Gstreamer.c file.    Add the needed files and libraries to compile and link in the Makefile.am file found in the ´src´ folder. The Makefile.am file should have the below content:                           bin_PROGRAMS = Gstreamer      Gstreamer_SOURCES = Gstreamer.c      AM_CFLAGS = @Gstreamer_CFLAGS@      AM_LDFLAGS = @Gstreamer_LIBS@ -lstdc++  -lVDK -lm -lGLESv2 -lGAL -lEGL  -ldl -lgstreamer-0.10 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lrt -lxml2 -lglib-2.0      CLEANFILES = *~         ​    Add the PATH to CFLAGS where the compiler will look for the headers at Project->Properties->Autotools->configure:           For this example the next lines are added             -I${Sysroot}/usr/include/gstreamer-1.0        -I${Sysroot}/usr/include/glib-2.0        -I${Sysroot}/usr/include/libxml2        -I${Sysroot}/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include      Apply the changes by clicking on Reconfigure Project. Build the project To test the file you can send the executable to the board with:           $ scp Gstreamer root@<board_ip>:/home/root To execute the application on the board:      $./Gstreamer The board should have internet access and the application should play the video found at http://docs.gstreamer.com/media/sintel_trailer-480p.webm

1.  Software change for Certification Test Compared to standard Linux/Android release, you may need to do below software changes to implement the certification tests, it is applicable from imx_3.10.31_1.1.0 Linux BSP GA release, for the release before that, user may need to apply the related patches before doing below things, and some examples may be different for former releases, the user needs to change accordingly. See the detailed information in this document “How to do USB Compliance Test for 3.10.y kernel”. And there is also a link describes the patch for USB Certification Test: Patch to make i.MX6DQ USB to support test modes for certification test 2. I.MX6 series USB Certification Guide http://cache.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/user_guide/IMXUSBCGUG.pdf Include the descriptions of all the Certification Test requirements, equipment, procedures for I.MX6 series. For example, Host/Device High Speed Eye Diagram Test(眼图测试).   3. Description of USBCertification related Registers AN4589 Configuring USB on i.MX 6 Series Processors http://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/app_note/AN4589.pdf   4. I.MX6Q/I.MX6DL/I.MX6SL/ I.MX6SX Certification Reports, see attachments   5. Checklist and TPL, see attachments. Original Attachment has been moved to: I.MX6SX-Checklist-and-TPL.zip

These days I supported a customer to enable LVDS in function. The data format between external LVDS in chip and i.MX6 CSI is RGB565, with HSYNC and VSYNC signals available. So we take gated mode configuration for i.MX6 CSI. Customer environment:  i.MX6 D  + Linux LTIB 4.0.0 BSP By default,  RGB565 gated mode is not supported by Linux LTIB 4.0.0 V4L2 capture driver, here is a summary for what we need to change for the driver to support RGB565 gated mode. Please apply the attached patch "0001-ENGR00262270-IPU3-Basic-16-bit-generic-data-support.patch". By this patch, IPU_PIX_FMT_GENERIC_16 can be supported by ipu3 driver. For V4L2 capture setup, file linux-3.0.35/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/mxc_v4l2_capture.c,  function mxc_v4l2_s_fmt(), add code segment like this:                  switch(f->fmt.pix.pixelformat) {                  ............................................................................                  case V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG8:                           size = f->fmt.pix.width * f->fmt.pix.height * 2;                           bytesperline = f->fmt.pix.width * 2;                           break;                  default:                           break;                  }                  Also for file linux-3.0.35/drivers/media/video/mxc/capture/ipu_csi_enc.c,  function csi_enc_setup(), please add code segment:                  else if (cam->v2f.fmt.pix.pixelformat == V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG8)                            pixel_fmt = IPU_PIX_FMT_GENERIC_16;           By the modifications above, IPU_PIX_FMT_GENERIC_16 can be set for the CSI IDMAC channel. For sensor driver, please set pixel format to IPU_PIX_FMT_GENERIC_16 Don't forget to set GATED MODE and data with to 16 bits for CSI param in file linux-3.0.35/drivers/media/video/capture/mxc_v4l2_capture.c, function mxc_v4l2_s_param                 csi_param.clk_mode = IPU_CSI_CLK_MODE_GATED_CLK;                 csi_param.data_width = IPU_CSI_DATA_WIDTH_16; Please ensure CSI->MEM IDMAC channel should be choosed      The key point is that for CSI RGB565 gated mode support, the pixel format for IDMAC channel should be set to GENERIC 16, and for CSI port configuration, the pixel format is BAYER mode.

This patch is for i.MX6 ESPI controller slave mode (SPI timing mode 0 and 3) support. Hardware prepare:   Connect two i.MX6 Sabresd boards, remove U14 SPI nor device, connect two boards like:          MISO --- MISO          MOSI --- MOSI          SS     --- SS          CLK   --- CLK          GND  ---  GND Software prepare: 1>Apply patch spi_slave_2013_10_12.patch on 3.0.35_4.1.0 Linux BSP release.     Note two board all need choose CONFIG_IMX6_SDP_MISCSPI, CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV of kernel Symbol: IMX6_SDP_MISCSPI [=y]                                                                                                              Location:   |     -> Device Drivers                                                                                                                      |       -> Misc devices (MISC_DEVICES [=y]) Symbol: SPI_SPIDEV [=y]  Location:                                                                                                                                            |     -> Device Drivers                           |       -> SPI support (SPI [=y])    Spi master board choose CONFIG_SPI_IMX_VER_2_3 Symbol: SPI_IMX_VER_2_3 [=y] Location:                                                                                                                                           |     -> Device Drivers                                                                                                                                 |       -> SPI support (SPI [=y])                                                                                                                       |         -> Choose IMX SPI work mode (<choice> [=y])    Spi slave board choose CONFIG_SPI_IMX_VER_2_3_SLAVE. Symbol: SPI_IMX_VER_2_3_SLAVE [=y] Location:                                                                                                                                           |     -> Device Drivers                                                                                                                                 |       -> SPI support (SPI [=y])                                                                                                                       |         -> Choose IMX SPI work mode (<choice> [=y]) 2>Compile test application  mxc_spi_test1.c to generate mxc_spi_test. 3> Test steps : First  spi slave board input cmd mxc-spi-test –D 0 –b 32 –L 32 Then spi master board input cmd mxc-spi-test –D 0 –b 32 –L 32           This tool will write its buffer ( the content is same in two side ) to the  other board  through  SPI bus , then read data from the other board , and compare with its write buffer.

In i.MX8MQ and i.MX8M Mini, the codec used is WM8524, which only supports audio playback. Although 8M Mini does have PDM microphone interface (MICFIL), there is no support for audio record via I2S. This guide will show you how to add audio recording driver in i.MX8MQ/8MM step by step.   Hardware: i.MX8MQ/8MM Evk, I2S output digital microphone OS: Android/Linux Kernel version: 4.14.78 For detailed steps, please see attachment.

        The document will introduce how to setup cross‐compiling environment for android android7.1.1 BSP on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, The purpose is to help i.MX customers create android BSP environment quickly, from this, save customer’s time and let them focus on the development of their product. Customer can compile android7.1.1 BSP according to the following steps: ‐‐Installing Ubuntu160.4.2 LTS 1. Running software updater to update system       Customer can download ubuntu‐16.04.2‐desktop‐amd64.iso from https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop Then install it to VMware workstation player v12 or PC, after finishing installation, use “Software Updater” to update system. 2. Installing necessary packages    Before compiling android7.1.1 source code, we need to install some neccesary software packages, see following, please! $ sudo apt-get install gnupg $ sudo apt-get install flex $ sudo apt-get install bison $ sudo apt-get install gperf $ sudo apt-get install build-essential $ sudo apt-get install zip $ sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev $ sudo apt-get install libc6-dev $ sudo apt-get install lib32ncurses5-dev $ sudo apt-get install x11proto-core-dev $ sudo apt-get install libx11-dev $ sudo apt-get install lib32z1-dev $ sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev $ sudo apt-get install tofrodos $ sudo apt-get install python-markdown $ sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils $ sudo apt-get install xsltproc $ sudo apt-get install uuid-dev:i386 liblzo2-dev:i386 $ sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib $ sudo apt-get install subversion $ sudo apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client $ sudo apt-get install uuid uuid-dev $ sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev liblz-dev $ sudo apt-get install liblzo2-2 liblzo2-dev $ sudo apt-get install lzop $ sudo apt-get install git-core curl $ sudo apt-get install u-boot-tools $ sudo apt-get install mtd-utils $ sudo apt-get install android-tools-fsutils $ sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk 3. Downloading android7.1.1 source code, u‐boot, linux kernel 3.1 Downloading android7.1.1 source code 3.1.1 Getting source code from google .    if users can access google site, she can get source code accroding to steps in "Android_User's_Guide.pdf" released by NXP 3.1.2 Getting source code from the server of tsinghua university( this is for customer in China ) Steps: (1) Getting repo # cd ~ # mkdir myandroid # mkdir bin # cd bin # git clone https://aosp.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/android/git-repo.git/ # cd git‐repo # cp ./repo ../ (2) Modifying repo File Open ~/bin/repo file with 'gedit' and Change google address From REPO_URL = 'https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo' To REPO_URL = ' https://gerrit-google.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/git-repo (3) Setting email address # cd ~/myandroid # git config --global user.email "email address" # git config --global user.name "name" [ Email & Name should be yours] (4) Modifying manifest.xml # ~/bin/repo init -u https://aosp.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/android/platform/manifest -b android-7.1.1_r13 # cd ~/myandroid/.repo # gedit manifest.xml Then change the value of fetch to " https://aosp.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/android/ ", like following: <manifest> <remote name="aosp" fetch="https://aosp.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/android/" /> <default revision="refs/tags/android-5.1.1_r1" ...... (5) # ~/bin/repo sync [Note] During runing repo sync, maybe errors will occur like the following: ...... * [new tag] studio‐1.4 ‐> studio‐1.4 error: Exited sync due to fetch errors Then 'repo sync' exits. But don't worry about it, continue to run the command please ! " ~/bin/repo sync", downloading source code will be continous. 3.2 Getting uboot source code $ cd ~/myandroid/bootable $ mkdir bootloader $ cd bootloader $ git clone git://git.freescale.com/imx/uboot-imx.git uboot-imx $ cd uboot-imx $ git checkout n7.1.1_1.0.0-ga 3.3 Downloading linux kernel $ cd ~/myandroid $ git clone git://git.freescale.com/imx/linux-imx.git kernel_imx $ cd kernel_imx $ git checkout n7.1.1_1.0.0-ga 4. Downloading android7.1.1 BSP source code and patch it above source code 4.1 Android7.1.1 BSP can be downloaded from the link: Android OS for i.MX Applications Processors|NXP  ---Board Support Packages (66) After downloading it, copy it to /opt/ 4.2 Patch it to android source code $ cd ~/myandroid $ source /opt/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source/code/N7.1.1_1.0.0/and_patch.sh $ help $ c_patch /opt/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source/code/N7.1.1_1.0.0/ imx_N7.1.1_1.0.0 If everything is OK, "c_patch" generates the following output to indicate the successful patch: 5. Compiling android7.1.1 BSP source code for i.MX boards $ export ARCH=arm $ export CROSS_COMPILE=~/myandroid/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/arm/armlinux-androideabi-4.9/bin/arm-linux-androideabi- $ cd ~/myandroid $ source build/envsetup.sh $ lunch sabresd_6dq-user $ make –j2   (Using 2 CPU cores to compile) Probably, users will enconter this error during compiling: [Solve it like this:] $ export ANDROID_JACK_VM_ARGS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xmx4g" $  cd ~/myandroid $ ./prebuilts/sdk/tools/jack-admin kill-server then run "make " to continue compiling. After compiling, we can see images in output path: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope above items can help you! 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The i.MX 6 Android 13.4.1.03 patch release is now available on www.freescale.com IMX6_R13.4103_ANDROID_LDO_PATCH This patch release is based on the i.MX6 Android R13.4.1 release. The purpose of this patch release is to manage the LDO and PMIC ramp-up time correctly.

CLBlast (https://github.com/CNugteren/CLBlast) is a modern, lightweight, performant and tunable OpenCL BLAS library written in C++11. CLBlast implements BLAS routines: basic linear algebra subprograms operating on vectors and matrices. I enable the library on i.MX8MQ EVK/ i.MX8QXP MEK based on Vivante GPU GC7000L and  i.MX8QM MEK Vivante GPU GC7000XSVX. And I also tune its performance on i.MX8MQ/8QM/8QXP following https://github.com/CNugteren/CLBlast/blob/master/doc/tuning.md. The attached Yocto Recipe bb file base on L4.14.98 GA release.

For detailed view, please check out the attached file.

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

In the IMX8MM SDK unfortunately we cannot find any example about of use a GPIO as an input with interrupt.  To use a GPIO as input with interrupt we need to keep in mind how the GPIO IRQs works in the ARM Cortex M4.   We can find in Table 7-2 (CM4 Interrupt Summary) of IMX8MMRM (IMX8MM Reference Manual) the GPIOs IRQs are divided by two parts:     Combined interrupt indication for GPIOn signal 0 throughout 15  Combined interrupt indication for GPIOn signal 16 throughout 31    This basically means, the pines of GPIOn from 0 to 15 are handled by Combined interrupt indication for GPIOn signal 0 throughout 15 and the pines from 16 to 31 are handled by Combined interrupt indication for GPIOn signal 16 throughout 31.    In SDK we can find these definitions in:  <SDK root>/devices/MIMX8MM6/MIMX8MM6_cm4.h (Remember this is for IM8MM SDK)    In this example I will use GPIO5_IO12 (ECSPI2_MISO) as Input with IRQ and GPIO5_IO11 (ECSPI_MOSI) as Output of IMX8MM-EVK. I will connect the Output to the Input and will see the behavior of the IRQ in Rising and Falling edge.    For this example I will connect ECSPI2_MOSI (GPIO5_IO11) to ECSPI_MISO (GPIO5_IO12):   See the below definitions:   #define IN_GPIO   GPIO5  This define the GPIO base of the IN pin  #define IN_GPIO_PIN  12u  This define the pin number (for in)  #define IN_IRQ  GPIO5_Combined_0_15_IRQn  This define the IRQ number (72 in this case)  #define GPIO_IRQ_HANDLER  GPIO5_Combined_0_15_IRQHandler  This is a "pointer" to function that will handle the interrupt  #define IN_NAME  "IN GPIO5_IO12"  This is only a name or description for the pin    See below definitions:    #define OUT_GPIO  GPIO5  This is the GPIO base of OUT pin  #define OUT_GPIO_PIN  11u  This define the pin number (for out)  #define OUT_NAME  "OUT GPIO5_IO11"  This is only a name or description for the pin      Now the below section is the IRQ handler (which was defined before)😞   The GPIO_ClearPinsInterruptFlags(IN_GPIO, 1u << IN_GPIO_PIN); refers to GPIOx_ISR register:      For this example, the IRQ Handler will print "IRQ detected ............" in each interrupt.    We will create two different GPIOs config, one for Output and other one for Input with IRQ Falling edge:    Then configure the GPIOs and IRQ:     EnableIRQ refers to enable the 72 IRQ.   GPIO_PortEnableInterrupts refers to GPIOx_IMR: Finally, the example put the out GPIO5_IO11 in High state and then in low state many. First the IRQ is configured as Falling edge, then as Rising edge.     I will attach the complete source file.    To compile it you can use ARMGCC toolchain directly, but I like to use VSCode with MCUXpresso integration.  Once, when you have your .bin file (in my case igpio_led_output.bin) you can load to board with UUU tool: In your Linux machine: sudo uuu -b fat_write igpio_led_output.bin mmc 2:1 gpio.bin In U-boot board: u-boot=> fastboot 0   Then, when the .bin file was loaded, you can load to the CORTEX M4 in U-boot with: u-boot=> fatload mmc 2:1 ${loadaddr} gpio.bin 7076 bytes read in 14 ms (493.2 KiB/s) u-boot=> cp.b 0x80000000 0x7e0000 0x10000 u-boot=> bootaux 0x7e0000 ## No elf image ar address 0x007e0000 ## Starting auxiliary core stack = 0x20020000, pc = 0x1FFE02CD... u-boot=>   NOTE: You can load the binary to cortex m4 with Custom bootscripts for practicity.   Once the binary loaded in M4 core you should see in seria terminal this logs (Remember GPIO5_IO11 and GPIO5_IO12 must be connected to get the same logs):    And the logs when you disconnect the GPIO5_IO11 and GPIO5_IO12 in execution time:  🔴Disconnection (Red color) 🔵Reconnection (Blue color)   I hope this can helps.     Best regards!    Salas. 

This is a tool for screen capture under DRM (Direct Render Manager). This also a revised version for previous “drmfbcap” (DRM Framebuffer Capture). Unlike the FB based system under which we can capture the frame buffer easily through reading the device node, the DRM is much more complex and secure-protected. No direct way for reading framebuffer data from user space. Under DRM case, we need to open the DRM device, query the resource, get and map the FB object and then read the buffer eventually. With this tool, we can capture the buffer content from a DRM device and output as raw RGB/YUV data. Features: Capture all planes or specific plane, including hidden/covered planes or planes (overlays) managed by applications directly. Both RGB and YUV supported (auto detect). Tile format (VSI Super-Tile) is also supported. Repeat mode which can capture frames continuously. Tool was built as static linked, in this case, it should be working in both Linux and Android.   Important notes: Behavior of DRM subsystem is different between Linux 4.x and 5.x/6.x. For Linux 4.x, you can capture the RGB buffer without any problem. But, there’s no API for YUV (multi-plane) buffer. To capture YUV, please patch kernel with: “kernel_0001-drm-Add-getfb2-ioctl_L4.14.98.patch”. For Linux 5.x, mapping/capturing the internal buffer is not allowed by default due to security reason. To overcome this temporary (for debug only), patch the kernel with: “0001-drm-enable-mapping-of-internal-object-for-debugging_L5.x.patch”. It contains a minor change to remove this guard. Both patches are included in attachment. To get more details about how to use this tool, try “-h” option to print the usage message. Enjoy!

Don't forget to update your source code. How to customize the image Enter <yocto>/source and find any image available: $ find -name *image*.bb ./meta-fsl-demos/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-gui-sdk.bb ./meta-fsl-demos/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-test.bb ./meta-fsl-demos/recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-gui.bb ./meta-fsl-demos/recipes-qt/images/qt-in-use-image.bb ./meta-fsl-demos/recipes-qt/images/qte-in-use-image.bb ./meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/images/initramfs-kexecboot-klibc-image.bb ./meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/images/initramfs-kexecboot-image.bb ./meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/imagemagick/imagemagick_6.7.5.bb ./meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/libsdl-image/libsdl-image_1.2.12.bb ./poky/meta-hob/recipes-core/images/hob-image.bb ./poky/meta-skeleton/recipes-multilib/images/core-image-multilib-example.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-devtools/mkelfimage/mkelfimage_svn.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-sato/images/core-image-sato-dev.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-sato/images/core-image-sato.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-sato/images/core-image-sato-sdk.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-qt/images/qt4e-demo-image.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-dev.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-core/images/build-appliance-image.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-mtdutils.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-extended/images/core-image-lsb-sdk.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-extended/images/core-image-basic.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-extended/images/core-image-lsb-dev.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-extended/images/core-image-lsb.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-graphics/images/core-image-directfb.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-graphics/images/core-image-x11.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-graphics/images/core-image-clutter.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-graphics/xcb/xcb-util-image_0.3.9.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mkimage_2012.04.01.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mkimage_2011.06.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mkimage_2011.03.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-rt/images/core-image-rt-sdk.bb ./poky/meta/recipes-rt/images/core-image-rt.bb The above images (and packages with 'image' in file name) may be used as a base image, where new packages may be added, or example of new images. bitbake -s  shows any *available* package locally. Grep for the name of desired package: $ bitbake -s | grep calibrat calibrateproto                      :0.0+gitAUTOINC+1da6fd1e2c7a49648245c98481fabea8b9690a8c-r2             libxcalibrate                       :0.0+gitAUTOINC+209d83af61ed38a002c8096377deac292b3e396c-r0             xinput-calibrator                   :0.7.5+gitAUTOINC+c01c5af807cb4b0157b882ab07a893df9a810111-r1 For example, the package name is xinput-calibrator, in order to include this package this would be the string needed. The dependency tree is shown with $ bitbake -g fsl-image-test For the fsl-image-test. Or any other image Include the package name on the image definition file. $ cd meta-fsl-demos/ $ vim recipes-fsl/images/fsl-image-test.bb Include the package name on IMAGE_INSTALL list: IMAGE_INSTALL += " \     packagegroup-fsl-gstreamer \     packagegroup-fsl-tools-testapps \     packagegroup-fsl-tools-benchmark \ xinput-calibrator \ " In order to include the package on any image, configure conf/local.conf file the as the following: MACHINE ??= 'imx6qsabresd' DISTRO ?= 'poky' PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_rpm" EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "debug-tweaks tools-sdk" USER_CLASSES ?= "buildstats image-mklibs image-prelink" PATCHRESOLVE = "noop" CONF_VERSION = "1" BB_NUMBER_THREADS = '8' PARALLEL_MAKE = '-j 8' ACCEPT_FSL_EULA = "1" CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "xinput-calibrator" And then $ bitbake fsl-image-test In order to add debug or native builder include on conf/local.conf: EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "tools-sdk" Every image created after that will include development tools. The same may be included in any bb image file. From Poky description: 'tools-sdk" - Adds development tools such as gcc, make, pkgconfig and so forth. "dev-pkg" - Adds -dev packages for all installed packages. This is useful if you want to develop against the libraries in the image. "tools-debug" - Adds debugging tools such as gdb and strace. If you don't like command line, or you prefer a window-like interface, you can take a look on HOB. See hob documentation https://www.yoctoproject.org/documentation/hob-manual See getting started video for hob Introducing Hob - YouTube Go to Yocto Training - HOME Go to Task #5 - Kernel

Some questions arise when we think about the Android boot sequence. What is the Zygote, init.rc, what is the difference between the linux kernel and the android linux kernel?. This document is intended to explain how the booting process runs. Consider the following graph: Step 1: Power On and System Startup When we press the power button, the Boot ROM code starts executing from a pre-defined location which is hardwired in ROM. It loads the Bootloader into RAM and starts executing. Step 2: Bootloader The bootloader is a small program which runs before Android does. This is NOT part of the Android operating system. The bootloader is the place where manufacturer puts their locks and restrictions. The bootloader executes in two stages. In the first stage it detects external RAM and loads a program which helps in the second stage. In the second stage, the bootloader setups the network, memory, etc, which requires to run kernel. The bootloader is able to provide configuration parameters or inputs to the kernel for specific purposes. The bootloader can be found at: <android source>/bootable/bootloader/legacy/usbloader This legacy loader contains 2 important files: 1- Init.s :: Initializes stacks, zeros the BSS segments and  call_main() in main.c 2- Main.c :: Initializes hardware (clocks, board, keyboard, console) and creates linux tags. Step 3: Kernel The Android kernel starts in a similar way as the linux kernel.  As the kernel launches, is starts to setup cache, protected memory, scheduling and loads drivers. When the kernel finishes the system setup, it looks for “init” in the system files. What is the difference between the linux and android kernels?, here's a list of changes/addons that the Android Project made to the Linux kernel: Binder: It is an Android specific interprocess communication mechanism and remote method invocation system. ashmem:  "Android Shared Memory". It is a new shared memory allocator, similar to POSIX SHM but with a different behavior and sporting a simpler file-based API. pmem: "Process memory allocator": It is used to manage large (1-16+ MB) physically contigous regions of memory shared between userspace and kernel drivers. logger:  This is the kernel support for the logcat command. wakelocks: It is used for power management files. It holds the machine awake on a per-event basis until wakelock is released. oom handling: It kills processes as available memory becomes low. alarm manager: It lets user space tell the kernel when it would like to wake up. RAM_CONSOLE: Allows to save kernel printk messages to a buffer in RAM, so that after a kernel panic they can be viewed in the next kernel invocation. USB gadget driver for ADB yaffs2 flash filesystem Step 4: init process Init is the very first process, we can say it is a root process, or the grandfather of all processes. The init process has two responsibilities.      1- Mounts directories like /sys , /dev    or /proc      2- Runs init.rc script - The init process can be found at /init :: <android source>/system/core/init - Init.rc file can be found at :: <android source>/system/core/rootdir/ Android has specific format and rules for init.rc files. More information about this rules can be found in: What is inside the init.rc and what is it used for. At  this stage, you can finally see the Android logo in your screen. Step 5: Zygote and Dalvik In Java, we know that a separate Virtual Machine instance will popup in memory for separate per app, but in the case of Android, the VM should run as quick as possible for an app. But what happens if you have several apps thus launching several instances of the Dalvik (VM)?, it would consume an immense amount of memory. To overcome this problem, the Android OS has a system called “Zygote”.  The Zygote enables code sharing across the Dalvik VM, achieving a lower memory footprint and minimal startup time.  Zygote is a virtual machine process that starts at system boot. The Zygote preloads and initializes core library classes. The Zygote loading process: Load Zygote Init class: <android source>/frameworks/base/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java registerZygoteSocket() :: It registers a server socket for zygote command connections. preloadClasses() :: Is a simple text file that contains a list of classes that need to be preloaded, you can find the file at <android source>/framework/base preloadResources()  :: Everything that is included in the android.R file will be loaded with this method (themes and layouts). At this time, you can see the boot animation. Step 6: System service After the above steps are completed,  Zygote launches the system services.  The Zygote forks a new process to launch the system services. Core services: Starting power manager Creating the Activity Manager Starting telephony registry Starting package manager Set activity manager service as system process Starting context manager Starting system contact providers Starting battery service Starting alarm manager Starting sensor service Starting window manager Starting Bluetooth service Starting mount service Other services: Starting status bar service Starting hardware service Starting NetStat service Starting connectivity service Starting Notification Manager Starting DeviceStorageMonitor service Starting Location Manager Starting Search Service Starting Clipboard Service Starting checkin service Starting Wallpaper service Starting Audio Service Starting HeadsetObserver Starting AdbSettingsObserver Now we have finally completed the booting process (system service are up and running in memory). Need to analyze the Android Bootup? The logcat ::  Use adb to get the booting process events from the logcat. ‘adb logcat –d –b events | grep “boot” ‘adb logcat –d | grep preload’ More information about ADB can be found here: Using ADB with your Sabre Board

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

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