This example makes use of a U-Boot image as a bootloader. U-Boot is commonly used as a bootloader for Linux devices and is provide by the Freescale Linux BSP. The default memory layout of the Freescale U-Boot port can be modified to meet the encrypted boot requirements. This is shown in figure 5. As it can be seen, this layout is similar to any other U-Boot port, with the addition of the security mechanisms appended at the end of the image.                          Figure  Chosen memory layout of the encrypted u-boot 1)Assumptions In designing a U-Boot image as an encrypted boot solution, there are three assumptions which accelerate and simplify the construction process. . The U-boot image can be build for multiple board configuration, but for demonstration purposes this example uses i.MX6 Solo X . The user is familiar with the secure configuration for U-Boot and is able to properly sign and boot a U-Boot image. . The encrypted image will be constructed by an individual party, and there is no need to worry about provisioning the DEK. 2)Requirements The components required to build an encrypted image are shown below. Note that the majority of these components are the product of following the signing U-Boot image procedure.    a)Code Signing Tool in encryption mode o To build the CST in encryption mode, run the following command make OSTYPE=linux ENCRYPTION=yes HAB_RELEASE=~/hab/hab_release release o Note: that CST is not in encryption mode by default. This feature needs to be enabled before encrypting the bootloader image. The performance of the CST might be affected, due to its dependency on the host entropy. Refer to the CST User Guide for more details.   b) iMX6 Solo X device in secure mode   c) U-Boot image with secure boot support enabled. o To configure U-Boot to be built with secure boot support, CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT will need to be defined in the board header file (i.e. at include/configs/mx6q_arm2.h)   d) Signed U-Boot image o A U-Boot image with a CSF and digital signature attached. 3) Implementation Many different implementations for constructing a encrypted U-boot image are possible. The right implementation depends on the solution’s requirement. The presented implementation is intended to provide the foundation principles; it can be modified to meet different needs.

Video Streaming over Ethernet This section shows how to stream a video over Ethernet using UDP and RTP. Be sure to have the newest gst-plugin-good installed to ensure the best streaming quality. Define the environment variable HOST with the ip address of the receiver machine (that one that will show the video). $ export HOST=XX.XX.XX.XX Do you know how to get caps? i.MX 27 Video GST Caps H264 (MX->PC) in i.MX27: gst-launch-0.10 -v mfw_v4lsrc capture-width=640 capture-height=480 ! mfw_vpuencoder width=640 height=480  /     codec-type=std_avc ! rtph264pay ! udpsink host=$HOST port=5000 in PC: gst-launch-0.10 -v --gst-debug=2 udpsrc port=5000 /   caps ="application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, clock-rate=(int)90000, encoding-name=(string)H264, /   profile-level-id=(string)42001e, sprop-parameter-sets=(string)Z0IAHqaAoD2Q, payload=(int)96, /   ssrc=(guint)3296222373, clock-base=(guint)2921390826, seqnum-base=(guint)35161" ! /   rtph264depay  ! ffdec_h264 ! autovideosink MPEG4 (MX->PC) in i.MX27 gst-launch-0.10 -v mfw_v4lsrc capture-width=352 capture-height=288 ! mfw_vpuencoder width=352 height=255 bitrate=64 codec-type=std_mpeg4 ! rtpmp4vpay send-config=true / ! udpsink host=10.29.244.32 port=5000 Set send-config to true to send configuration with the video. Ensures better deconding PC gst-launch-0.10 -v --gst-debug=2 udpsrc port=5000 caps ="application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, clock-rate=(int)90000, / encoding-name=(string)MP4V-ES, profile-level-id=(string)2, config=(string)000001b002000001b59113000001000000012000c888800f50b042414103, / payload=(int)96, ssrc=(guint)4006671474, clock-base=(guint)3714140954, seqnum-base=(guint)29742" / ! rtpmp4vdepay ! ffdec_mpeg4 ! autovideosink MPEG4 (MX->MX) Sender gst-launch-0.10 -v mfw_v4lsrc capture-width=640 capture-height=480 ! mfw_vpuencoder width=640 height=480  codec-type=std_mpeg4 ! rtpmp4vpay send-config=true ! udpsink host=$HOST port=5000 Receiver gst-launch-0.10 -v udpsrc port=5000 caps= "application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, clock-rate=(int)90000, / encoding-name=(string)MP4V-ES, profile-level-id=(string)4, config=(string)000001b004000001b59113000001000000012000c888800f514043c14103, / payload=(int)96, ssrc=(guint)907905085, clock-base=(guint)2029414707, seqnum-base=(guint)22207" ! rtpmp4vdepay ! / mfw_vpudecoder codec-type= std_mpeg4 min_latency=true ! mfw_v4lsink sync=false   Setting min_latency true gives the better latency for the streaming H264 (MX->MX) Sender gst-launch-0.10 -v mfw_v4lsrc capture-width=640 capture-height=480 ! mfw_vpuencoder width=640 height=480  codec-type=std_avc ! rtph264pay ! udpsink host=10.29.240.51 port=5000 Receiver gst-launch-0.10 -v udpsrc port=5000 caps="application/x-rtp, media=(string)video, clock-rate=(int)90000" ! rtph264depay ! mfw_vpudecodr codec-type=std_avc ! mfw_v4lsink sync=false

UPDATE: Note that this document describes eIQ Machine Learning Software for the NXP L4.14 BSP release. Beginning with the L4.19 BSP, eIQ Software is pre-integrated in the BSP release and this document is no longer necessary or being maintained. For more information on eIQ Software in these releases (L4.19, L5.4, etc), please refer to the "NXP eIQ Machine Learning" chapter in the Linux User Guide for that specific release.  Original Post: eIQ Machine Learning Software for iMX Linux 4.14.y kernel series is available now. The NXP eIQ™ Machine Learning Software Development Environment enables the use of ML algorithms on NXP MCUs, i.MX RT crossover processors, and i.MX family SoCs. eIQ software includes inference engines, neural network compilers, and optimized libraries and leverages open source technologies. eIQ is fully integrated into our MCUXpresso SDK and Yocto development environments, allowing you to develop complete system-level applications with ease. Source download, build and installation Please refer to document NXP eIQ(TM) Machine Learning Enablement (UM11226.pdf) for detailed instructions on how to download, build and install eIQ software on your platform. Sample applications To help get you started right away we've posted numerous howtos and sample applications right here in the community. Please refer to eIQ Sample Apps - Overview. Supported platforms eIQ Machine learning software for i.MX Linux 4.14.y supports the L4.14.78-1.0.0 and L4.14.98-2.0.0 GA releases running on i.MX 8 Series Applications Processors. For more information on artificial intelligence, machine learning and eIQ Software please visit AI & Machine Learning | NXP.

Hi everybody, The attached document walks you through to build a Linux image for UDOO Quad board with QT5 support by using a Yocto Project build environment. The Kernel used in this process is 3.14.52. I hope you find it useful. Best regards, Carlos

        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! If customers have questions about the document, she can submit case to me by our saleforce system. the following is how to submit cases to us: ******************************************************************************************************************************************* In case a new customer is asking how to submit a technical case on nxp.com ,here is a template for your reference. 1) Please visit www.nxp.com and click on Support on the top of the webpage. 2) Select Sales and Support under Support Resources session. 3) Scroll down to the bottom ,click on “hardware & Software” . 4) Register by your business email to enter NXP Community 5) Get verification email and verify your account. 6) Select "contact support" on the top and click “submit a new case” to start the process. ******************************************************************************************** Then label : "please forward it to TIC Weidong Sun" in your content , I can get it. NXP TIC team Weidong.Sun 2017-03-16 in Shanghai China

Hello Community, Freescale’s MFG Tool Updated for Windows Embedded Compact and i.MX6 Platform TES Electronic Solutions (India) Private Limited has updated Freescale MFG tool for Windows Embedded Compact (7/2013) The Tool is tested on TES Electronic solution’s “MAGIK2 Evaluation Board” And Freescale’s “Saber SD” Evaluation Board www.tes-dst.com Thanks, Misbah

Important: If you have any questions or would like to report any issues with the DDR tools or supporting documents please create a support ticket in the i.MX community. Please note that any private messages or direct emails are not monitored and will not receive a response.   These are the detailed programming aids for the registers associated with DRAM initialization (DDR3 and LPDDR2) of the MX6DQP (also known as Rev 2 or Dual/Quad Plus), and covers the Sabre_SD boards and DDR3 based Auto Infotainment board. The last work sheet tab in the tool formats the register settings for use with the ARM RealView debugger (.inc) and the DDR Stress Test. It can be manually converted, by the user, to the DS5 .ds format or to a DCD file format used by uboot or other. The programming aids were developed based on NXP development boards and can be customized by the user for their board design. This tool serves as an aid to assist with programming the DDR interface of the MX6DQP and is based on the DDR initialization scripts developed by the R&D team and no guarantees are made by this tool. The following are some general notes regarding this tool: • Refer to the "How To Use" tab in the tool as a starting point to use this tool. • This tool may be updated on an as-needed basis for bug fixes or future improvements.  There is no schedule for aforementioned maintenance. • The MX6DQP adds a new third party IP called the NoC. The programming for these registers are automatically updated in the tool given a set of user input MMDC parameters and should not be modified manually.

Here are two patchs: Patch 1: 0001-I.MX6-SSI_ASRC_P2P_Capture-for-SabreSD-board-Kernel-.patch Patch 2: 0001-I.MX6-SSI_ASRC_P2P-Capture-for-SebreSD-board.patch Patch 1 is based on patch 2.     memory <-- ASRC_Output FIFO | ASRC_Input FIFO <-- SSI_RX FIFO <-- Audio Codec                                              |           |     ASRC Out clk ASRCK1 <---|           |--->   ASRC In clk None                                              |           |     ASRC OutPut width            |           |       ASRC InPut width and data format     is set by arecord            <---|           |--->   is set by ASRC P2P parameter     parameter                          |           |                                             |           |     support 44100/48000          |           |       support 44100/48000     and S24_LE/S16_LE     <---|           |--->   and S24_LE/S16_LE    You can use:     arecord -Dhw:0,1 -c 2 -f S16_LE/S24_LE -r 44100/48000 XXX.wav     aplay XXX.wav     to test this patch.

NFS After LTIB installation, follow the instructions below to configure and build Linux Image and Root File System. TIP: Type: $./ltib --help to get more information on ltib In the folder where LTIB were installed, execute the file: $./ltib It should take some minutes to complete the installation. Configure the ltib to select the options and packages to be defined and installed in Linux Image and Root File System. $./ltib -c     or     $./ltib -m config The menu configuration should appear: To configure for use the system with NFS, go to: Target Image Generation -> Target Image -> NFS Only For basic compilation, exit LTIB. It will compile and add some pre-built packages to make the target file system.

    Attached is the SDHC DMA read supported patch, it is based on WCE600_MX51_ER_1104, it was verified on iMX51 EVK board. The SDHC DMA read can reduce the NK copy time, in this way it can speed up the WinCE boot.

Video Unit Test The BSP provides a package that allows testing of several i.MX 31 peripherals on the PDK. The name of this package is 'imx-test'.   The name of the package may vary according to SDK release, at the time of the writing SDK 1.4 was used, on SDK 1.2 the name of a similar package was 'mxc-misc'   For more information on the imx-test package refer to the SDK 1.4 manual, imx31_Linux_RM.pdf, chapter 49 - Unit Tests. This file is available on BSP tarball Testing To test the image sensor and the display on the PDK follow the steps below: Enable imx-test and util-linux packages: $ ./ltib -c Once "ltib" finishes boot the system. On the target board: $ modprobe mxc_v4l2_capture Check if /dev/video0 was created $ ll /dev/video* lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root            6 Jan 1 20:47 /dev/video -> video0 crw-rw----     1 root root    81,   0 Jan 1 20:47 /dev/video0 crw-rw----     1 root root    81, 16 Jan 1 20:46 /dev/video16 Now run the unit tests: $./mxc_v4l2_overlay.out -iw 640 -ih 480 -ow 480 -oh 640 -r 4 -fr 30 -t 10 - capture images with the sensor and display on the LCD $./mxc_v4l2_capture.out -w 640 -h 480 -r 0 -c 150 -fr 30 test3.yuv - capture images and save on /unit-tests/test3.yuv $./mxc_v4l2_output.out -iw 640 -ih 480 -ow 480 -oh 640 -d 4 -fr 60 test3.yuv - capture images and save on /unit-tests/test3.yuv   For usage syntax type: command -help. ./mxc_v4l2_output.out -help Source Code If you want to check the source code, on the host machine "ltib" install path type: $./ltib -m prep -p imx-tests Then, go to <ltib install path>/rpm/BUILD/imx-test-2.3.2/test/mxc_v4l2_test

MX6X_DDR3_调校_应用手册_V4_20150730.doc

Introduction i.MX25 PDK Board Get Started Bootloader i.MX25 PDK Board Flashing NAND i.MX25 PDK Board Flashing SD Card i.MX25 PDK Board Flashing SPI NOR I.MX25 PDK U-boot SDCard I.MX25 PDK U-boot SplashScreen I.MX25 PDK Using FEC

This steps are basically the same used to boot Linux mainline on i.MX 31 ADS, just replacing Network Driver cs89x0 by i.MX 27 internal FEC. Download Linux kernel 2.6.30: $ wget -c http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.30.tar.bz2 Extract this: $ tar jxvf linux-2.6.30.tar.bz2 Export CROSS_COMPILE environmet: $ export PATH="$PATH:/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.1.2-glibc-2.5-nptl-3/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin/" $ export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- Unselect all no essentials features: $ make ARCH=arm allnoconfig Start the configuration menu: $ make ARCH=arm menuconfig Change/Select the kernel options below. Select the MXC/iMX platform and iMX27ADS board: System Type ->             ARM system type -> (X) Freescale MXC/iMX-based             Freescale MXC Implementations  ->                            MXC/iMX Base Type -> (X) MX2-based                            MX2 Options  -> [*] Support MX27ADS platforms (NEW) Select ARM EABI standard to compile the kernel: Kernel Features  --->           [*] Use the ARM EABI to compile the kernel Add support to Linux Binary Format ELF: Userspace binary formats ->              [*] Kernel support for ELF binaries Add support to Network (TCP/IP): [*] Networking support  ->          Networking options  ->                           [*] Packet socket                           [*] Unix domain sockets                           [*] PF_KEY sockets                           [*] TCP/IP networking                                    [*] IP: kernel level autoconfiguration                                    [*]     IP: DHCP support Select network driver (FEC), serial driver and unselect VGA console: Device Drivers  ->                      [*] Network device support  --->                                       [*]   Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)  --->                                              [*]   FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)                      Character devices  ->                              Serial drivers  --->                                       [*] IMX serial port support                                       [*]   Console on IMX serial port                      Graphics support  ->                              Console display driver support  --->                                         [ ] VGA text console Add support to NFS and support to use it as root file system: File systems  ->                           [*] Network File Systems (NEW)  ->                                    [*]   NFS client support                                    [*]     Root file system on NFS Compile the kernel: $ make ARCH=arm Copy the created zImage to tftp directory: $ cp arch/arm/boot/zImage /tftpboot/ Configure your RedBoot to boots with this kernel: load -r -b 0x100000 /tftpboot/zImage exec -b 0x100000 -l 0x200000 -c "noinitrd console=ttymxc0,115200 root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=10.29.240.191:/tftpboot/rootfs ip=dhcp" Change the default network device on RedBoot to internal FEC: Default network device: mxc_fec Connect the network cable on FEC connector (connector T3). Notes: We are using rootfs from LTIB then select to get parameters from DHCP: "Target System Configuration" Options  --->               [*] start networking                      Network setup  --->                            [*]   get network parameters using dhcp

One of the important features that differentiates Xenomai from other real-time Linux extensions is its ability to offer hard real-time support to user-space applications. Ease of use of the user-space programming model should outweigh any gain one could expect from running the application directly from kernel space. User-space applications are memory protected from other processes, thus cannot crash the kernel should something goes wrong. Xenomai also provides generic building blocks for building different RTOS interfaces called skins, These skins imitates the different RTOS APIs thus allowing easy porting of existing applications to Xenomai. Required software 1. The current BSP version for iMX6 from Freescale is 3.0.35 does not fully work with the latest version Xenomai because the accompanying I-pipe patch does not support SMP. To use the latest I-pipe patch, a newer Linux kernel is need. Grab the latest stable kernel:   $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git   $ cd ~/linux-stable   $ git branch -a   $ git checkout remotes/origin/linux-3.8.y -b linux-3.8.y   $ git checkout v3.8.1 -v v3.8.1 2. Configure the kernel. Make sure the kernel is built without any errors before patching it with Xenomai.   $ export ARCH=arm   $ export CROSS-COMPILE=arm-fsl-linux-gnueabi- $ make imx_v6_v7_defconfig $ make -j16 uImage 3. Note that this is a device-tree enabled kernel. You'll also need to generate the flattened device tree that U-Boot will pass to the kernel.   $ make imx6q-sabrelite.dtb 4. This step is not needed if your U-Boot supports device-tree kernel. Grab the latest U-Boot: $ git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git $ cd u-boot/ $ make mx6qsabrelite_config $ make -j16 5. The boot script will need to updated to load the device-tree into memory and pass it to the bootm command.   U-Boot > setenv bootcmd 'fatload mmc 1 0x22000000 uImage; fatload mmc   1 0x11000000       imx6q-sabrelite.dtb; bo otm 0x22000000 – 0x11000000' 6. Grab the latest I-pipe patch from Adeos    $ wget http://download.gna.org/adeos/patches/v3.x/arm/ipipe-core-3.8-   arm-1.patch 7. Grab the latest Xenomai    $ wget http://www.xenomai.org/index.php/Xenomai:News#2013-10-           05_Xenomai_2.6.3   $ tar -xvjf xenomai-2.6.3.tar.bz2 Patching the kernel 1. Prepare the target kernel. This is to assume that the Linux kernel and I-pipe patch are located relatively to Xenomai.   $ cd xenomai-2.6.3   $ ./scripts/prepare-kernel.sh --linux=../linux-stable/ --adeos=../linux-stable/ipipe-core-3.8-arm-1.patch –arch=ARM   $ ./configure CFLAGS="-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfp3" LDFLAGS="-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfp3" --host=arm-fsl-linux-gnueabi 2. Build and installation   $ make -j8   $ sudo root   $ export PATH=/opt/freescale/usr/local/gcc-4.6.2-glibc-2.13-linaro-multilib-2011.12/fsl-linaro-toolchain/bin/:$PATH   $ make DESTDIR=~/BSP/ltib/rootfs install    Testing the installation 1. Verifying the kernel. If everything works, the kernel boot logs should messages like:    I-pipe: head domain Xenomai registered.   Xenomai: hal/arm started.   Xenomai: scheduling class idle registered.   Xenomai: scheduling class rt registered.   Xenomai: real-time nucleus v2.6.2.1 (Day At The Beach) loaded.   Xenomai: debug mode enabled.   Xenomai: starting native API services.   Xenomai: starting POSIX services.   Xenomai: starting RTDM services. 2. Comparison of Xenomai and unpatched Linux kernel real-time performance. We ran a couple benchmarks on a Freescale I.MX6q Sabrelite board to do the comparison. The tests used default configurations and fully stressed the system in order to measure scheduling jitter.                               Linux   Kernel     Zero load     100% loaded     Average latency   (us)     Worst-case   latency (us)     Average latency   (us)     Worst-case   latency (us)     Standard     4.625       41.311     5.120     1849.91   Patched with   Xenomai     4.825       15.568     6.654     16.655 The tests measure the jitter relative to expected time on a periodic task running every 1 millisecond. Data show the Xenomai implementations stand out for having by far the smallest difference between light and full load in the worst case. Stock Linux fare much worse as the timers miss a lot wake ups.

Most i.MX8QXP/QM customers already work on L4.14.98 GA for their Auto product, like C-V2X TBOX, Car infortainment system. Some customers also want to adopt OP-TEE in their security design, but OP-TEE on i.MX8QXP/QM platform don't support HW cryptography accelerating which base on CAAM module. So I worked on the issue last week and fixed it. The package meta-optee-add-on_4.14.98_2.0.0_ga.tgz is Yocto layer which includes all patches for fixing the issue. Software environments as the belows: Linux kernel: imx_4.14.98_2.0.0_ga HW platform:  i.MX8QM/QXP MEK. How to build: 1, decompress meta-optee-add-on_4.14.98_2.0.0_ga.tgz and copy meta-optee-add-on to folder (Yocto 4.14.98_2.0.0_ga dir)/sources/ 2, Run DISTRO=fsl-imx-wayland MACHINE=imx8qxpmek source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build-optee and add BBLAYERS += " ${BSPDIR}/sources/meta-optee-add-on " into (Yocto 4.14.98_2.0.0_ga dir)/build-optee/conf/bblayers.conf  3, Run bitbake fsl-image-validation-imx. 4, You can run xtest or xtest -l 1 4007 on your MEK board to test optee crypto feature after completing build image. You can find it only take about one second comparing no CAAM accelerating when test "regression_4007.11 Generate RSA-2048 key".

This document provide an overall guide how to get started with i.MX6 development. There are several chapters: 1. how to get necessary docs from freescale website; 2. how to setup environment and build your own images;3. Hardware design consideration;4. How to get help. I hope the doc will bring you in i.MX world more easily, and hope you all have a fun in it.

System Memory Usage and Configuration Introduction This document describes i.MX android memory usage, layout and configuration for the entire system. Total DDR memory usage When i.MX Android is running, the DDR memory will be used by the following components: Linux Kernel reserved space, including: kernel text, data section and initrd kernel page tables       Normal zone space managed by kernel’s MM (high memory zone is also included) Used by application by brk() or malloc() in libc Used by kernel by mm api, like: kmalloc, dma_alloc, vmalloc       Reserved memory for GPU drivers, used by GPU libs, drivers Android surface view, normal surface buffers VPUs working buffer and bitstream (we allocate the VPU buffer from GPU driver to make a unify method of allocation) Reserved space for framebuffer BG triple buffers Framebuffer display are always required to have triple and large buffers       Memory layout The following diagram shows the default memory usage and layout on i.MX6Q/DL platform. Memory configuration According to different type of product and different hardware configurations (ddr size, screen resolution, camera), customer may do some configurations to the memory layout and usage to optimize their system. Some memory reservation can be configured by command line or modifying the code. The kernel reserved space cannot be adjusted. It is controlled by the kernel and the Normal zone size and it depends on the total DDR size and the reserved spaces. Reserved GPU memory size can be adjusted by adding "gpumem=" parameters in kernel commandline. It's size is highly depends on the screen resolution, the video stream decoding requirement and the camera resolution, fps. gpumem=<size>M Reserved memory size for BG (background) framebuffer can be configured by command line fbmem=<fb0 size>,<fb2 size>,<fb4 size>,<fb5 size> For example: If you have two display devices, one is XGA LVDS, the other is HDMI 1080p device (default 32bpp), you have to specify the BG buffer size for them: fbmem=10M,24M The size is calculated by xres*yres*bpp*3: 10M ~= 1024x768x4(32bpp)x3(triple buffer) 24M ~= 1920x1080x4(32bpp)x3(triple buffer)

This is the procedure and patch to set up Ubuntu 13.10 64bit Linux Host PC and building i.MX6x L3.0.35_4.1.0. It has been tested to build GNOME profile and with FSL Standard MM Codec for i.MX6Q SDB board. A) Basic Requirement: Set up the Linux Host PC using ubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.iso Make sure the previous LTIB installation and the /opt/freescale have been removed B) Installed the needed packages to the Linux Host PC $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gettext libgtk2.0-dev rpm bison m4 libfreetype6-dev $ sudo apt-get install libdbus-glib-1-dev liborbit2-dev intltool $ sudo apt-get install ccache ncurses-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev gcc g++ libtool $ sudo apt-get install uuid-dev liblzo2-dev $ sudo apt-get install tcl dpkg $ sudo apt-get install asciidoc texlive-latex-base dblatex xutils-dev $ sudo apt-get install texlive texinfo $ sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 $ sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-i386 $ sudo apt-get install u-boot-tools $ sudo apt-get install scrollkeeper $ sudo apt-get install gparted $ sudo apt-get install nfs-common nfs-kernel-server $ sudo apt-get install git-core git-doc git-email git-gui gitk $ sudo apt-get install meld atftpd $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so   /usr/lib/librt.so C) Unpack and install the LTIB source package and assume done on the home directory: $ cd ~ $ tar -zxvf L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_source. tar.gz $ ./L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_source/install      After that, you will find ~/ltib directory created D) Apply the patch to make L3.0.35_4.1.0 could be installed and compiled on Ubuntu 13.10 64bit OS $ cd ~/ltib $ git apply 0001_make_L3.0.35_4.1.0_compile_on_Ubuntu_13.10_64bit_OS.patch What the patch is doing: a) The patch modifies the following files:    dist/lfs-5.1/base_libs/base_libs.spec    dist/lfs-5.1/m4/m4.spec    dist/lfs-5.1/ncurses/ncurses.spec b) Add the following files to the pkgs directory:    pkgs/m4-1.4.16-1383761043.patch    pkgs/m4-1.4.16-1383761043.patch.md5 E) Then, it is ready to proceed the rest of the LTIB env setup process: $ cd ~/ltib $ ./ltib -m config $ ./ltib Reference: L3.0.35_4.1.0_130816_docs/doc/mx6/Setting_Up_LTIB_host.pdf https://community.freescale.com/message/332385#332385 https://community.freescale.com/thread/271675 https://community.freescale.com/message/360556#360556 m4 compilation issue: 1. https://github.com/hashdist/hashstack/commit/f6be2a58de62327d05e052d89c9aa931d4c926b3 2. https://github.com/hashdist/hashstack/issues/81 rpm-fs package failed to build issue: https://community.freescale.com/message/355771#355771 scrollkeeper is for the gnome-desktop compilation NOTE: When compiling gstreamer, this warning was pop up.  Just ignore it seems okay.