In many cases (test certain modules, first boot-ups, DDR is not available), writing bare-metal (SDK) code with runs on iRAM (OCRAM) is the only possible scenario. The first (attached) patch creates a new linker file with proper sections and the second includes a tiny app (it should be tiny, by definition) using the previous file. These are the steps to have the setup ready: 1. Dowload latest i.MX6 SDK (v1.1.0 is the latest when writing this document). 2. Let GIT take the control (git init; git add .; git commit -m '1st commit') 3. Apply patches (git am < patch1; git am < patch2 ) 4. Compile             # This example is intended for a mx6q sabreSD, revision C             $ ./tools/build_sdk -target=mx6dq \                                 -board=smart_device \                                 -board_rev=c \                                 -app=iram     5. SD Card Flashing & Running: 5.1. ELF file & U-boot:    # Output image is located on:                 #   elf=output/mx6dq/minimal/smart_device_rev_c/minimal.elf                 $ dd if=$elf \                      of=/dev/sdb \                      seek=2048 bs=512; sync                 # Boot your board with your favorite u-boot version, just make                 # sure the bootelf command is presnet                 > mmc dev Y                 > mmc read 0x10800000 0x800 XXX                 > bootelf 0x10800000                where Y is the SD device and XXX are the records seen when dd flashing.             5.2  BIN file:    # Output image is located on:                 #   bin=output/mx6dq/minimal/smart_device_rev_c/minimal.bin                 $ dd if=$bin \                      of=/dev/sdb \                      seek=2 skip=2 bs=512; sync                 # Place the SD into your board and power-on. NOTES: + The first patch was taken from the internal discussion MX6 SDK (PLATLIB): has anyone created a stripped down version that will run from internal RAM?

Hi, the document "how to create ubuntu hardfloat rootfs for imx6d/q" was shared by Junping Mao. https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-95387 Here, i build the OpenCV based on the ubuntu hardfloat rootfs for i.MX6Q sabre board. Details about building instruction pls refer to the attachment. Thanks! 

The following are a couple of recommendations for setting up a Host machine for building the Android Nougat 7.1.1_1.0.0 BSP. Some of these recommendations are not exclusive of the Nougat release and may help in other scenarios. These also apply to using Virtual Machines as Host. Installing Open JDK 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 As mentioned on the Android guide for Establishing a Build Environment (http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html) there are no available supported OpenJDK 8 packages for Ubuntu 14.04, which is the version recommended and tested on the Nougat Android BSP. An alternative is downloading the Ubuntu 15.04 Open JDK 8 packages and installing them manually, which can be done by following this procedure: Download the .deb packages for 64-bit architecture from archive.ubuntu.com: openjdk-8-jre-headless_8u45-b14-1_amd64.deb with SHA256 0f5aba8db39088283b51e00054813063173a4d8809f70033976f83e214ab56c0 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/o/openjdk-8/openjdk-8-jre-headless_8u45-b14-1_amd64.deb  openjdk-8-jre_8u45-b14-1_amd64.deb with SHA256 9ef76c4562d39432b69baf6c18f199707c5c56a5b4566847df908b7d74e15849 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/o/openjdk-8/openjdk-8-jre_8u45-b14-1_amd64.deb  openjdk-8-jdk_8u45-b14-1_amd64.deb with SHA256 6e47215cf6205aa829e6a0a64985075bd29d1f428a4006a80c9db371c2fc3c4c http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/o/openjdk-8/openjdk-8-jdk_8u45-b14-1_amd64.deb  Once you have downloaded these three packages and checked the checksum for them install the packages (optional) install them by running: $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo dpkg -i openjdk-8-jre-headless_8u45-b14-1_amd64.deb $ sudo dpkg -i openjdk-8-jre_8u45-b14-1_amd64.deb $ sudo dpkg -i openjdk-8-jdk_8u45-b14-1_amd64.deb‍‍‍‍   Increasing SWAP to compensate for the lack of RAM Having insufficient RAM especially on the linking part of the image build may cause a number of issues that are difficult to troubleshoot. In these cases it’s good to take a look at the resource monitor to see if indeed the RAM was depleted. One way to make up for the limited RAM is using a bigger swap. Google recommends at least 16GB of RAM/swap so it’s not uncommon to create a 10GB swap when working in VM, to do this please use the following commands.    $ sudo fallocate -l 10g /mnt/10GB.swap $ sudo chmod 600 /mnt/10GB.swap $ sudo mkswap /mnt/10GB.swap $ sudo swapon /mnt/10GB.swap‍‍‍‍   Increasing heap size to avoid out of memory errors It is possible to encounter an out of memory error with the recommendation “try increasing heap size witj java option ‘-Xmx<size>’. If you encounter this error or would like to proactively avoid it you may run the following commands that will increase heap size to four gigabytes and then reset the Jack Server by killing it and starting it again. With the android environment initialized: $ cd my android $ export JACK_SERVER_VM_ARGUMENTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xmx4g" $ jack-admin kill-server && jack-admin start-server‍‍‍‍‍‍  Fixing Jack Servers errors due to multiple users on the Host Android Nougat uses Jack Server as mono-user by default. If this is not the case for your host you would need to choose different port numbers for each user and adjust SERVER_NB_COMPILE accordingly. You can also disable the Jack server by setting SERVER=false in your $HOME/.jack. Alternatively, you may also use the patch available on the following link to myandroid/prebuilts/sdk. It will help to fix the mono-user build restriction. When installing the jack-server, it will detect if Jack server is running in the same build machine and then generate a random ports for my build instead of using the default one. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-building/UWhJrXH8Vig

In an earlier topic (Linux fast boot on i.MX6 Sabresd board.) about Linux fast boot on i.MX6 SabreSD board, the demo showed an application startup procedure including u-boot boot, Linux kernel boot, rootfs mount, demo application load and run. Additionally, this demo shows a live video on a LVDS screen from board CSI camera. Its total boot up time is about 1.x seconds. Now, based on Linux fast boot, we integrate it with another demo application: surround view, this demo shows 4 different live videos on LVDS screen from 4 UDP data sockets. In this demo video is drawn by GPU to screen, that means the frame buffers decode by video decoder directly pass to GPU, which is not same as previous demo. The encode video format is also MJPEG in this demo. This demo creates 4 different threads every thread handle one UDP socket, receive buffer, push this buffer to video decoder, get frame buffer from video decoder, pass this buffer to GPU, start GPU render, command GPU draw the render buffer to the screen; this thread needs to occupy one ARM processor to show every video smoothly. So we need a i.MX 6DQ board in this demo. Hardware: i.MX 6DQ SabreSD board Software: 12.09 GA BSP Difference with previous fast boot demo: U-boot difference with previous fast boot demo. 1: Add logo show. (For remove CSI2, V4L2, Capture modules ) Kernel different with previous fast boot demo. 1: Add SMP support. 2: Add Network support. (IPV4, PHY, network driver(FEC)) 3: Remove CSI2, V4L2, Capture. (Remove this need in U-boot procedure Freescale logo show on the screen! ) 4: Add GPU support in kernel. Rootfs difference with previous fast boot demo: 1: Keep rc.s firstly run, while in previous fast boot demo, demo is the firstly running program on rootfs. 2: Get rid of almost all service in rc.conf just keep “mount /proc and /sys” service. Network performance on this demo Software : The default network receive buffer is about 128KB. This default size is too small for this demo; the demo application can't fetch receive buffer in time while kernel network stack will discard some UDP packets if we don't enlarge it. We enlarge this receive buffer through command in inittab before demo running. Hardware: i.MX6 DQ TOI less than 1.2 version has some Ethernet mac layer issue, this issue will also cause some UDP packets lost. So please ensure the SabreSD board i.MX6 DQ chip TOI version is equal 1.2 or more. Attached are some files for your reference. Below patches assume this SabreSD board boot from SD3 and default display port is LVDS1. 1: U-boot and kernel patches based on 12.09. 2: Demo application based on 12.09 vpu test program and vpu test program running configure file. 3: Rootfs startup scripts.

    Gigabit Ethernet should be one of most beautiful features in our imx6 platform which will bring more colorful dreams to many customers. But recently,many people responsed that there were great performance gaps between using Android and Linux. Now let me give an exploration here.     Same hardware, same kernel, different performance,why?     In linux, its data throughput can reach 400Mbps.In JB, it can only get to 200Mbps.     From the below info, we can see it should be related with frames dropping.      root@android:/ # busybox ifconfig eth0      eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:9F:02:6C:E1                inet addr:192.168.0.100  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0                inet6 addr: fe80::204:9fff:fe02:6ce1/64 Scope:Link                UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1                RX packets:7382672 errors:71828 dropped:789 overruns:71828 frame:71828                TX packets:4147006 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000                RX bytes:2568845018 (2.3 GiB)  TX bytes:284789020 (271.5 MiB)      In TCP stack, there are three buffers involved in iperf test case:tcp_mem; tcp_rmem; tcp_wmem.      All of them are described by three variables which will influence a lot for iperf test result.      In linux,I got a snapshot for them:      root@sabresd_6dq:/# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem      18240      24320     36480      root@sabresd_6dq:/# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem      4096       87380     778240      root@sabresd_6dq:/# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem      4096       16384     778240      In Android,I also got them to compare to:      root@sabresd_6dq:/# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_mem      9285      12380     18570      root@sabresd_6dq:/# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem      4096       87380     396160      root@sabresd_6dq:/# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem      4096       16384     396160      The tcp_mem varibles define how the TCP stack should behave in kernel memory management.The first value tells the kernel the low threshold. The second value tells the kernel at which point to start pressuing memory usage down. The third one tells the kernel how many memory pages it may use maximally. If it is reached,TCP streams and packets start geting dropped until to a safe level.      In tcp_rmem, the first value defines the minimum receive buffer for each TCP connection and this buffer is always allocated to a TCP socket.The second one defines the default receive buffer size. The third one specifies the maximum receive buffer that can be allocated for a TCP socket.      In tcp_wmem, three varibles also be given to describle the TCP send buffer for each TCP socket.      We can check how these values come from in kernel code.There is an algorithm in kernel_imx/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +450.     limit = nr_free_buffer_pages() / 8;     limit = max(limit, 128UL);     sysctl_tcp_mem[0] = limit / 4 * 3;     sysctl_tcp_mem[1] = limit;     sysctl_tcp_mem[2] = sysctl_tcp_mem[0] * 2;     /* Set per-socket limits to no more than 1/128 the pressure threshold */     limit = ((unsigned long)sysctl_tcp_mem[1]) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 7);     max_wshare = min(4UL*1024*1024, limit);     max_rshare = min(6UL*1024*1024, limit);     sysctl_tcp_wmem[0] = SK_MEM_QUANTUM;     sysctl_tcp_wmem[1] = 16*1024;     sysctl_tcp_wmem[2] = max(64*1024, max_wshare);     sysctl_tcp_rmem[0] = SK_MEM_QUANTUM;     sysctl_tcp_rmem[1] = 87380;     sysctl_tcp_rmem[2] = max(87380, max_rshare);      From the above algorithm, we can see tcp_mem,tcp_wmem[2],tcp_rmem[2] all related with nr_free_buffer_pages() which stands for amount of free RAM allocatable within ZONE_DMA and ZONE_NORMAL.      So here, we can find the root cause of performance gap between Android and Linux. There is big gaps in free RAM while running different OS. In fact, in android, Google has introduced one mechanism to tune these values through propertity. Now we are using default AOSP's values, you can refer to them in device/fsl/imx6/etc/init.rc.For wifi and Ethernet, they are both using net.tcp.buffersize.wifi. # Define TCP buffer sizes for various networks #   ReadMin, ReadInitial, ReadMax, WriteMin, WriteInitial, WriteMax,     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.default 4096,87380,110208,4096,16384,110208     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.wifi    524288,1048576,2097152,262144,524288,1048576     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.lte     524288,1048576,2097152,262144,524288,1048576     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.umts    4094,87380,110208,4096,16384,110208     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.hspa    4094,87380,262144,4096,16384,262144     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.hsupa   4094,87380,262144,4096,16384,262144     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.hsdpa   4094,87380,262144,4096,16384,262144     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.hspap   4094,87380,1220608,4096,16384,1220608     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.edge    4093,26280,35040,4096,16384,35040     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.gprs    4092,8760,11680,4096,8760,11680     setprop net.tcp.buffersize.evdo    4094,87380,262144,4096,16384,262144 I tried to change the above values but unfortunately got no obvious improvement.Hi,why???? so another topic,how tcp_mem and tcp_rmem cowork in kernel? In android, we only have way to tuning tcp_rmem or tcp_wmem settings but not tc_mem. Take "iperf -c" for example, tcp_rmem will be filled up according to the frequency of Gigabit ethernet clock. And then it will be repacked acoording to the size of tcp_mem.If tcp_mem is smaller, more times will be triggered and if it has exceeds the max value dropping frames will be triggered. Then retransport will be launched in TCP. At last, performance will downgrade. It is just like go surfing using Gigabit but with a rubbish notebook. You still can't enjoy good performance of Gigabit ethernet. Why kernel calculate tcp_mem like this in ipv4? Maybe they consider the balance between single high-bandwidth and multiple connections. You can imagine if we change the tcp_mem to use a solid big value, it may cause the board deny connections because of a lack of memory allocation in tcp init. Here I will give out several method to improve our android ethernet performance. Enlarge your memory size in board design phase.      I have double checked it by testing in our SabreAuto board whose memory is 2G whose download speed can reach to 270 Mbps about 50Mbps over Sabresd. Try to use older version android, if you can use ICS, you can abandon JB4.3. Compared with newer android version, old version will take less memory and there will leave more free memory to use. Using ICS, we can reach 380 Mbps downloading while in JB4.3, it can only get to 210 Mbps. If you are using sabresd's Gigabit ethernet for a very important case, you can balance it if you can throw other memory eaters like GPU. I have checked it if we disable GPU, the performance can reached to 340 Mbps in JB4.3 with about 50% improvement. Change tcp_mem algorithm to enlarge its max value threshold. Like you can change  "sysctl_tcp_mem[2] = sysctl_tcp_mem[0] * 2" to "sysctl_tcp_mem[2] = sysctl_tcp_mem[0] * 3" above. You can see there won't be framedropping any more. Or you can also refer to How To: Network / TCP / UDP Tuning to hard code it. But like its author said in it, it is not recommended for those support multiple users or multiple connections. for it maybe cause the board to deny connections because of a lack of memory allocation. Tune tcp_rmem and tcp_wmem through the following patches in android. you will get bidirectional 320Mbps. But if you use ifconfig tool to set static ip you will not get these parameters set. For AOSP's framework only support DHCP now. For this case, you can manually echo these parameters in console before doing test.                Gerrit Code Review                Gerrit Code Review Change kernel's scheduler policy config.      Disable CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED and only enable CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED will contribute some enhancement.      With the above changes, I have tested on Sabresd RevC1 using android4.3GA, the bidirection speed can both reach 390~400Mbps.

    On latest iMX8QXP MEK board, the hardware connected the SCU_GPIO0_00 and SCU_GPIO0_01 pins for SCU debug UART, and customer can enable "#define ALT_DEBUG_SCU_UART" from "imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.1/src/scfw_export_mx8qx_b0/platform/board/mx8qx_mek/board.c" to open the SCFW debug UART for early board bring up.     And if customer enabled "#define ALT_DEBUG_UART" from board.c, then SCFW will use ADC_IN2 and ADC_IN3 pins for debug UART.     In this document, it is another choice, SCFW can also use UART0_RX and UART0_TX pins as SCU debug UART for early board bring up. It is based on released "imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.1.tar.gz".     That means on early MEK boards and customer boards which haven't reserved debug UART for SCU, they can also check the SCFW boot log from UART0 port. "scfw-porting-kit-1.1-sc_uart-on-uart0.patch" is the reference patch for such modification. Enable "#define ALT_DEBUG_SCU_UART_ON_UART0" to make it work. Note: since UART0 pins had been used in SCFW, they can't be used in UBoot and linux kernel at the same time, so when debuging UBoot and Linux kernel, you need disable "ALT_DEBUG_SCU_UART_ON_UART0" in SCFW, or you can use other UART port and pins.

Before reading: only a personal works and sharing, not any form of "release". I didn't find any confidential information from the packages. So, I'm publishing it here. This is only for testing purpose. Do NOT use it for building a product. Use it at your own risk!! Yocto is flexible and powerful, and also, big and slow (when building). Sometimes we only need to build uboot or kernel or some piece of testing code. It's really a waste of time to build-up the whole Yocto environment which may cost over 50GB disk space and over 3 hours of building. I've made some scripts and sum them up to form a toolset for building uboot, kernel and some testing code out of Yocto environment. It's only a simple container and expect to use with uboot and kernel source code from formal Freescale release and a SDK built from Yocto project. GitHub source repo:       https://github.com/gopise/gopbuild What’s made off (a full package, not only the container): 1.    Some scripts and configurations files. 2.    SDK built from Yocto. 3.    Uboot/kernel from specific version. 4.    A hello-world to demonstrate how to build app in this environment. 5.    A slimmed rootfs binary from specific BSP pre-built as base. Will customize base on the source under “rootfs” folder. Only a placeholder in the container-only version. How to use it: Several common used board configurations have been included in the script: 6qsabresd/6qsabreai/6qpsabreai. You can add more into the “gopbuild” script easily. The “sabresd” has been set as default.      If you want to build all for sabresd (First of all, de-compress the package): cd <de-compressed-folder> source envsetup [It will prompt for selecting board configuration to be built. Choose one by input corresponding number or click <ENTER> for default board.] gmk ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍      If you want to build specific module for default board, such as uboot: gmk uboot ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍      Build kernel for sabreai board instead of default device: gmk kernel sabreai ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍      Clean everything? gmk all clean ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ After a successfully full build, you will get everything under “output” folder, including a log folder contains full build log:      “u-boot.imx/zImage/rootfs.tar.bz2/*.dtb”, can be used with MFG or uuu.      “fsl-image.sdcard”, can be burn into SD card directly. "Ready-for-building" Package: The "gopbuild" itself is a "container-only" package which doesn't contain any source or SDK. I've also made some packages based on latest BSP release for i.MX6/i.MX7/i.MX8. These packages are "ready-for-build" package which you can de-compress and build it directly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- URL：https://pan.baidu.com/s/1Xlh1OBGsTRXez_NQw-Rjxg Password: gdc9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: 1. To build for i.MX8 (8QM/8MQ/8QXP), you need L4.14.* or above. 2. To build for i.MX8, please download the SCFW from i.MX software page       i.MX Software and Development Tools | NXP      After download, decompress corresponding package for specific chip and put it under "/platform/scfw/". Take i.MX8QXP for example:             /platform/scfw/scfw_export_mx8qx/ All material (uboot/kernel/test code and SDK) are from official Yocto release. Thanks!

THE CONTENTS •Background Knowledge −Bootloader Introduction −U-boot Directory Structure of the Source Code •Bootloader Boot Procedure(e.g. U-boot) −i.MX6Q Introduction −Linux OS Boot Process −First Stage of Boot Sequence(Assembly Language) −Second Stage of Boot Sequence(Assembly + C Language)

Host Environment: ubuntu 16.04 LTS Linux BSP For i.MX : version 4.9.88 The document has 5 main contents: 1. Compiling core-image-base in Yocto BSP --Copy u-boot source code to a new directory --Copy linux kernel source code to a new directory 2. Exporting 4.9.88 toolchain from Freescale Yocto BSP (1) Using MACHINE=imx7dsabresd to export the toolchain (2) Using MACHINE=imx6qsabresd to export the toolchain. Actually above 2 are the same toolchain after exporting. Here , only show any one of boards(not ARM64) can be used for MACHINE. So users only need to export it for one time, select (1) or (2) to export toolchain. (3) Using MACHINE=imx8mqevk to export ARM64 toolchain 3. Compling u-boot & linux kernel under Stanalone iMX7DSabreSD --Compiling  u-boot for imx7dsabresd --Compiling kernel and dtb for imx7dsabresd iMX8MQEVK --Compiling u-boot for imx8mqevk --Compiling kernel and dtb for imx8mqevk 4. Compiling OS Firmware for i.MX7DSabreSD board --u-boot for mfg tools --kernel and dtb for mfg tools 5. Copy OS Firmware to the related path of MFG tools --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Content of Document] 1. Compiling core-image-base in Yocto BSP          After repo syn is done according to “i.MX_Yocto_Project_User's_Guide.pdf”, Use the command to compile linux BSP, u-boot & kernel source code will be released. # DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb MACHINE=imx7dsabresd source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build-fb # bitbake core-image-base          After compiling is done, u-boot & linux kernel source code is in the path below: u-boot: ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-fb/tmp/work/imx7dsabresd-poky-linux-gnueabi/u-boot-imx/2017.03-r0/git linux: ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-fb/tmp/work/imx7dsabresd-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-imx/4.9.88-r0/git          We can create a new directory for uboot and linux kernel source code. Here I created a directory named disk2. # cd ~/ # mkdir disk2 # cd disk2 # mkdir u-boot-2017-03 # mkdir linux-imx-4.9.88 --Copy u-boot source code to a new directory # cd ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-fb/tmp/work/imx7dsabresd-poky-linux-gnueabi/u-boot-imx/2017.03-r0/git # cp –r ./* ~/disk2/u-boot-2017-03 --Copy linux kernel source code to a new directory # cd ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-fb/tmp/work/imx7dsabresd-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-imx/4.9.88-r0/git # cp –r ./* ~/disk2/ linux-imx-4.9.88 2. Exporting 4.9.88 toolchain from Freescale Yocto BSP (1) Using MACHINE=imx7dsabresd to export the toolchain Step1: # cd ~/imx-yocto-bsp/ # DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb MACHINE=imx7dsabresd source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build-minimal … … Do you accept the EULA you just read? (y/n)  y EULA has been accepted. Welcome to Freescale Community BSP The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about OE including a reference manual which can be found at:     http://yoctoproject.org/documentation For more information about OpenEmbedded see their website:     http://www.openembedded.org/ You can now run 'bitbake <target>' Common targets are:     core-image-minimal     meta-toolchain     meta-toolchain-sdk     adt-installer     meta-ide-support Your build environment has been configured with:     MACHINE=imx7dsabresd     SDKMACHINE=i686     DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb     EULA= BSPDIR= BUILD_DIR=. meta-freescale directory found Here “build-minimal” is a directory for compiling source code, users can also set it other name. In ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-minimal, Begin to export toolchain with the command. Step2: # DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb MACHINE=imx7dsabresd bitbake core-image-minimal -c populate_sdk [Comment-1] About DISTRO and MACHINE on above 2 commands MACHINE can be set the values below. imx6qpsabreauto imx6qpsabresd imx6ulevk imx6ull14x14evk imx6ull9x9evk imx6dlsabreauto imx6dlsabresd imx6qsabreauto imx6qsabresd imx6slevk imx6solosabreauto imx6solosabresd imx6sxsabresd imx6sxsabreauto imx6sllevk imx7dsabresd imx7ulpevk imx8mqevk   So MACHINE’s value is the name each Evaluation Borad. DISTRO can be set the values below: fsl-imx-x11 - X11 graphics are not supported on i.MX 8. fsl-imx-wayland - Wayland weston graphics. fsl-imx-xwayland - Wayland graphics and X11. X11 applications using EGL are not supported. fsl-imx-fb - Frame Buffer graphics - no X11 or Wayland. Frame Buffer is not supported on i.MX 8 bitbake rootfs type       core-image-minimal       core-image-base       core-image-sato       fsl-image-machine-test       fsl-image-validation-imx       fsl-image-qt5-validation-imx Below is the detailed description for above rootfs type: [Comment-2] Descriptions on difference of toolchain between i.MX6/7 and i.MX8MQ          i.MX6 and i.MX7 are both 32bit ARM processor, they use the same toolchain.          i.MX8MQ is 64bit ARM processor, so it’s toolchain is different from that of i.MX6/7. Setp 3:          After above compiling is done, enter into ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-minimal/tmp/deploy/sdk # cd ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-minimal/tmp/deploy/sdk # ls Run .sh file: Then continue operations according to guidance: Done: OK, Let us check /opt/fsl-imx-fb/ directory: # ls /opt/fsl-imx-fb/4.9.88-2.0.0/          Because we used MACHINE=imx7dsabresd, environment was named “cortex-A7”, compiler’s version is still 4.9.88. (2) Using MACHINE=imx6qsabresd to export the toolchain.          We can change “MACHINE=imx6qsabresd” and repeat above 3 steps, environment will be named “cortex-A9”.          Close the current terminal, and open a new one. # cd ~/ imx-yocto-bsp # DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb MACHINE=imx6qsabresd source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build-A9-min            Then automatically enter “~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-A9-min”, run command below. # DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb MACHINE=imx6qsabresd bitbake core-image-minimal -c populate_sdk # ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-A9-min/tmp/deploy/sdk # ls # ./ fsl-imx-fb-glibc-x86_64-core-image-minimal-cortexa9hf-neon-toolchain-4.9.88-2.0.0.sh   Set it up in another directory: /opt/fsl-imx-fb/4.9.88 (3) Using MACHINE=imx8mqevk to export ARM64 toolchain          Export Toolchain for i.MX8MQ, create a new terminal, then run these 2 commands below. # ~/imx-yocto-bsp # DISTRO=fsl-imx-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build-xwayland # DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb MACHINE=imx8mqevk bitbake core-image-minimal -c populate_sdk Done.          Copy the toolchain to /opt/fsl-imx-fb directory # cd ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build-xwayland/tmp/deploy/sdk # ls #./fsl-imx-fb-glibc-x86_64-core-image-minimal-aarch64-toolchain-4.9.88-2.0.0.sh          I installed it to a new directory: /opt/fsl-imx-fb/4.9.88-arm64 #ls ls /opt/fsl-imx-fb/4.9.88-arm64/  OK, 64bit toolchain for i.MX8MQ has been exported to the directory. 3. Compling u-boot & linux kernel under Stanalone iMX7DSabreSD --Compiling  u-boot for imx7dsabresd # cd ~/disk2/u-boot-2017-03 # source /opt/fsl-imx-fb/4.9.88-2.0.0/environment-setup-cortexa7hf-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi # export ARCH=arm # make clean # make mx7dsabresd_defconfig # make u-boot.imx Done. --Compiling kernel and dtb for imx7dsabresd # cd ~/disk2/linux-imx-4.9.88/ [comment] If environment has been configured, that is, these 2 commands have been run on the current terminal, don’t need to run them again. “source /opt/fsl-imx-fb/4.9.88-2.0.0/environment-setup-cortexa7hf-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi” and “export ARCH=arm” # make clean # make imx_v7_defconfig # make            zImage is in “~/disk2/linux-imx-4.9.88/arch/arm/boot”          dtb is in “~/disk2/linux-imx-4.9.88/arch/arm/boot/dts”            Probably users want to run “make menuconfig”, and meet the errors like below. # sudo apt-get install libncurses*  (To solve the problem below) # make menuconfig [Comment-3]  Users can also use "environment-setup-cortexa9hf-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi" to compile u-boot and kernel. iMX8MQEVK --Compiling u-boot for imx8mqevk # cd ~/disk2/u-boot-2017-03 # source /opt/fsl-imx-fb/4.9.88-arm64/environment-setup-aarch64-poky-linux # export ARCH=arm64 # make clean # make imx8mq_evk_defconfig # make u-boot.imx Done. --Compiling kernel and dtb for imx8mqevk # cd ~/disk2/linux-imx-4.9.88/ [comment] If environment has been configured, that is, these 2 commands have been run on the current terminal, don’t need to run them again. “source /opt/fsl-imx-fb/4.9.88-arm64/environment-setup-aarch64-poky-linux” and “export ARCH=arm64” # make clean # make defconfig # make          Run the command to unset LDFLAGS: # unset LDFLAGS # make Done. 4. Compiling OS Firmware for i.MX7DSabreSD board --u-boot for mfg tools # make mx7dsabresd_config # make u-boot.imx          Then rename u-boot.imx to be “u-boot-mx7dsabresd-mfg.imx”. --kernel and dtb for mfg tools          Copy imx_v7_mfg_defconfig file to “arch/arm/configs”, then run commands below. # make imx_v7_mfg_defconfig # make          zImage will be generated at path arch/arm/boot.          dtb file will be generated at path arch/arm/boot/dts            Then rename zImage to be zImage-mx7dsabre-mfg,          Rename imx7d-sdb.dtb to be zImage-imx7d-sdb-mfg.dtb 5. Copy OS Firmware to the related path of MFG tools          Up to now, 3 files for OS Firmware has been generated, then copy these 3 files to mfgtools\Profiles\Linux\OS Firmware\firmware            When MFG Tools begins to run, these 3 files and ramdisk will be downloaded to SDRAM on board, then run them, and download images(u-boot\kernel\rootfs\)  which have been ready in  “mfgtools\Profiles\Linux\OS Firmware\files”.            Above steps and commands will be performed according to list in ucl2.xml. So customer will add a new list for her downloading or change an existing list according to image’s name. NXP TIC team Weidong Sun 04-25-2019

If you want to use a USB camera (these types of cameras are also called 'Web Cameras') with GStreamer on i.MX6 devices (Linux Kernel version >= 3.035), you need to either load the module dynamically or compile and link statically selecting (Y) the following config on the Kernel configuration      Device Drivers -> Multimedia support -> Video capture adapters -> V4L USB devices -> <*> USB Video Class (UVC) After the Kernel image has been built, flash it into the target, plug the web cam, then on a (target) terminal run      gst-launch v4l2src ! mfw_v4lsink You should see what the camera is capturing on the display. In case you need to encode the camera src data, you need to place the encoder into the pipeline      gst-launch v4l2src num-buffers=100  ! queue ! vpuenc codec=0 ! matroskamux ! filesink location=output.mkv sync=false We are using a certain codec (codec=0 means mpeg4), check options using 'gst-inspect vpuenc'.

Build the tool chain image. It generates the toolchain that will be installed on your host machine and used to build any source code: $ bitbake meta-toolchain It does take some time to build. Why to create a toolchain? Yocto is not intended to be used to package development. Yocto is a linux distribution creator. It´s intended to be a image builder, a rootfs creator. (please, see more about "what is yocto" here and here) So, yocto itself should not be used to "develop" a new package. Although, Yocto can help creating a environment for development like meta-toolchain or Eclipse ADT. Go HOME Go Task #6 - Customize the image

Video, bad performance gst-launch filesrc location=test.mp4 typefind=true ! aiurdemux ! vpudec ! mfw_v4lsink Video, better performance gst-launch filesrc location=sample.mp4 typefind=true ! aiurdemux ! queue max-size-time=0 ! vpudec ! mfw_v4lsink # typefind=true allows to 'type find' the source file before negotiating # max-size-time=0 indicates to ignore possible blocking issues # In case of ASF files gst-launch filesrc location=sample.asf typefind=true ! aiurdemux ! queue max-size-time=0 ! mfw_wmvdecoder ! mfw_v4lsink Audio gst-launch filesrc location=sample.mp3  typefind=true ! beepdec ! audioconvert  ! 'audio/x-raw-int, channels=2' ! alsasink Audio with visualization gst-launch filesrc location=sample.mp3 typefind=true ! beepdec ! tee name=t ! queue ! audioconvert  ! 'audio/x-raw-int, channels=2' ! alsasink t. ! queue ! audioconvert ! goom ! autovideoconvert ! autovideosink Video/Audio long version gst-launch filesrc location=sample.avi typefind=true ! aiurdemux name=demux demux. ! queue max-size-buffers=0 max-size-time=0 ! vpudec ! mfw_v4lsink demux. ! queue max-size-buffers=0 max-size-time=0 ! beepdec ! audioconvert ! 'audio/x-raw-int, channels=2' ! alsasink # queue properties, max-size-buffers=0 and max-size-time=0, allows a smoother playback; type 'gst-inspect queue' for more info VA short version gplay sample.avi VA short version gst-launch playbin2 uri=file://<full path to sample file>

The i.MX Android N7.1.2_2.0.0 GA release is now available on IMX_SW page.   Files available: # Name Description 1 android_N7.1.2_2.0.0_docs.tar.gz i.MX Android N7.1.2_2.0.0 BSP Documentation 2 android_N7.1.2_2.0.0_source.tar.gz Source Code of Android N7.1.2_2.0.0 BSP (4.1 kernel) for i.MX 6QuadPlus, i.MX 6Quad, i.MX 6DualPlus, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo i.MX 6Sololite, i.MX6SX and i.MX7D 3 android_N7.1.2_2.0.0_image_6dqpsabreauto.tar.gz Binary Demo Files of Android N7.1.2_2.0.0 BSP - SABRE for Automotive Infotainment based on i.MX 6QuadPlus, i.MX 6Quad, and i.MX 6DualLite 4 android_N7.1.2_2.0.0_image_6dqpsabresd.tar.gz Binary Demo Files of Android N7.1.2_2.0.0 BSP - SABRE Platform and SABRE Board based on i.MX 6QuadPlus, i.MX 6Quad and i.MX 6DualLite. 5 android_N7.1.2_2.0.0_image_6slevk.tar.gz Binary Demo Files of Android N7.1.2_2.0.0 BSP - i.MX 6Sololite evaluation kit. 6 android_N7.1.2_2.0.0_image_6sxsabresd.tar.gz Binary Demo Files of Android N7.1.2_2.0.0 BSP - SABRE Board based on i.MX 6SoloX 7 android_N7.1.2_2.0.0_image_6sxsabreauto.tar.gz Binary Demo Files of Android N7.1.2_2.0.0 BSP - SABRE for Automotive infotainment based on i.MX 6SoloX 8 android_N7.1.2_2.0.0_image_7dsabresd.tar.gz Binary Demo Files of Android N7.1.2_2.0.0 BSP - SABRE Board based on i.MX 7Dual 9 fsl_aacp_dec.tar.gz AAC Plus Codec for N7.1.2_2.0.0 10 android_N7.1.2_2.0.0_tools.tar.gz Manufacturing Toolkit and VivanteVTK for N7.1.2_2.0.0   Supported Hardware SoC/Boards: i.MX 6Quad, i.MX 6QuadPlus, and i.MX 6DualLite SABRE-SD board and platform i.MX 6Quad, i.MX 6QuadPlus, and i.MX 6DualLite SABRE-AI board and platform i.MX 6SoloLite EVK platform i.MX 6SoloX SABRE-SD board and platforms i.MX 6SoloX SABRE-AI board and platforms i.MX 7Dual SABRE-SD board and platform   Changes: Compared to the N7.1.1_1.0.0 release, this release has the following major changes: Upgraded the Android code base from android-7.1.1_r13 to android-7.1.2_r9. Upgraded U-Boot from v2015.04 to v2017.03. Upgraded the kernel from v4.1.15 to v4.9.17. Upgraded the GPU driver from 6.2.0.p2 to 6.2.2.p1. Upgraded the Wi-Fi BCMDHD release version to 1.141.100.6. Refine the Gralloc and HWC HAL. Enable the GPT partition to replace the MBR partition.   Feature: For features please consult the release notes.   Known issues For known issues and more details please consult the Release Notes.

This is sample code for CSC settings for /dev/fb1. It can calculating the CSC matrix and updates in real time from given parameters(Brightness,Contrast,Saturation,Hue, and gamma).

         In recent months, some I.MX customers hope to compile u-boot-fw-utils in yocto and get fw_printenv & fw_setenv tools.          Although there are u-boot-fw-utils bblayers in Yocto recipes, by default, u-boot-fw-utils is not based on u-boot-imx, but downloaded from the u-boot source website, when using bitbake When u-boot-fw-utils compiles it, it will fail to compile.          For example: # cd  ~/imx-yocto-bsp-5.4.3_1.0.0 # DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb MACHINE=imx6sxsabresd source imx-setup-release.sh -b build_sabresd # bitbake u-boot-fw-utils -c compile          If changing .config to be mx6sxsabresd_optee_defconfig in the top directory of u-boot source code, new errors will occur, like descriptions in the link:          https://community.nxp.com/message/1318081?commentID=1318081#comment-1318081            The root cause is that the u-boot is not u-boot-imx.          If we did the test below, it is easy to validate it.      Compiling u-boot # bitbake u-boot-imx -c compile          After compilation is done, u-boot-imx source code will be released .      Changing u-boot source code of u-boot-fw-utils directory          Replace u-boot source code in u-boot-fw-utils directory with u-boot-imx source code. Then continue to compile u-boot-fw-utils # bitbake u-boot-fw-utils -c compile          We will find it can be compiled successfully. This shows that when u-boot-fw-utils is compiled, the downloaded u-boot source code must be u-boot-imx.          In order to achieve this, we need to add recipes to yocto's u-boot-imx, and we can successfully compile fw_printevn and fw_setenv through the bitbake command. Please follow these steps to add u-boot-fw-utils for i.mx to yocto! copy 2 files in attacments to ~/imx-yocto-bsp-5.4.3_1.0.0/sources/meta-imx/meta-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot cd ~/imx-yocto-bsp-5.4.3_1.0.0 run below comands # DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb MACHINE=imx6sxsabresd source imx-setup-release.sh -b build_sabresd # bitbake u-boot-imx-fw-utils -c compile # bitbake u-boot-imx-fw-utils -c install   Then you will get fw_printenv & fw_setenv [Comment]          If i.MX users are using other version of linux BSP, she only need to modify the following content of u-boot-imx-common_2019.04.inc to compile u-boot-fw-utils. …… LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://Licenses/gpl-2.0.txt;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"   UBOOT_SRC ?= "git://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/uboot-imx.git;protocol=https" SRCBRANCH = "lf-5.4.y_v2019.04" SRC_URI = "${UBOOT_SRC};branch=${SRCBRANCH} \ " SRCREV = "228843cdf5435d4bd69f42a6015f78761ff4cc0d" ……          Then compile it following above steps.          Example for L4.14.98_2.0.0: 1.Copy u-boot-imx-common_2019.04.inc & u-boot-imx-fw-utils_2019.04.bb to ~/imx-release-bsp-4.14.98-2.0.0/sources/meta-fsl-bsp-release/imx/meta-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/ 2.Rename files name according to u-boot version u-boot-imx-common_2018.03.inc     u-boot-imx-fw-utils_2018.03.bb 3.Modifying u-boot-imx-common_2018.03.inc In the directory, there is u-boot-imx_2018.03.bb file, open it, and find the link of u-boot and check sum, and use lines below to replace those lines in u-boot-imx-common_2018.03.inc In u-boot-imx_2018.03.bb file: …… LICENSE = "GPLv2+" LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://Licenses/gpl-2.0.txt;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"   UBOOT_SRC ?= "git://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/uboot-imx.git;protocol=https" SRCBRANCH = "imx_v2018.03_4.14.98_2.0.0_ga" SRC_URI = "${UBOOT_SRC};branch=${SRCBRANCH}" SRCREV = "87a19df5e462f1f63e8a6d2973c7fb9e95284d04" …… Then in u-boot-imx-common_2018.03.inc, there is the same contents as above: Save it and exit. Go back to the top directory of yocto: ~/imx-release-bsp-4.14.98-2.0.0 # cd ~/imx-release-bsp-4.14.98-2.0.0 # DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb MACHINE=imx6sxsabresd source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build_sabresd # bitbake u-boot-imx-fw-utils -c compile # bitbake u-boot-imx-fw-utils -c install          The same method can be used for other Linux BSP versions.       NXP TIC Team Weidong Sun 05/28/2020

To build Android version earlier than Lollipop from source code, you need the Sun's 1.6 SDK to be installed for ubuntu as the link Initializing a Build Environment | Android Developers. You may still cannot get the Sun's JDK  with below instruction: $ sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner" $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk    There are below options to help install the Sun's JDK  if you cannot find a valid source through apt-get commands: $ wget --no-cookies --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2F" http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin $ chmod u+x jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin $ ./jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin $ sudo mv jdk1.6.0_45 /opt $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/java 1 $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/javac 1 $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/jar 1 # if you have already install some other version of JDK, please export the JAVA_HOME env before your android build every time $ export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.6.0_45/ #or you can directly link the java binary to the sdk version you need as below: sudo ln -s /opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/jar /bin/jar sudo ln -s/opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_45/java /bin/java sudo ln -s/opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_45/javac /bin/javac sudo ln -s/opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_45/javah /bin/javah sudo ln -s/opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_45/javadoc /bin/javadoc sudo ln -s/opt/java/64/jdk1.6.0_45/javaws /bin/javaws    To built the Android version Lollipop and Marshmallow from source code, you need the OpenJDK 7 to be installed for ubuntu as the link Initializing a Build Environment | Android Developers. $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk You may have both openjdk7 and SUN JDK 1.6 intalled in your ubuntu to build different Android version. If you have default java SDK to be Sun's JDK 1.6, you can just use below commands to make android build system use the openjdk7 for Lollipop built $ export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/ $ cd myandroid $ . ./build/envsetup.sh           //be sure to resetup the envsetup, and pick the platform to be built $ lunch

I²C is a communication protocol used to exchange information between cores. To see more about I²C, please follow this link Wikipedia:I²C. Enable I2C-tools in LTIB into Package List: Reboot your file system, there are three new I²C commands: i2cdetect, i2cdump and i2cset. All examples below were tested in a iMX27ADS, but this programs seems to have the same behavior to all platforms. Detecting busses This command lists all installed bus. mx27# i2cdetect -l i2c-0   unknown         MXC I2C Adapter                         Algorithm unavailable There is one installed bus with address 0. Installed Chips I2cdetect shows the installed chips too. mx27# i2cdetect 0     WARNING! This program can confuse your I2C bus, cause data loss and worse!     I will probe file /dev/i2c/0.     I will probe address range 0x03-0x77.         0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f 00:          XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 10: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 20: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 2d XX XX 30: UU XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 40: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 50: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 60: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX UU XX XX XX XX XX 70: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX There are several cores installed into bus i2c-0. If you received an error message like this: # i2cdetect 0 Error: Could not open file `/dev/i2c-0' or `/dev/i2c/0': No such file or directory You will need to create the special file /dev/i2c-0 : # mknod /dev/i2c-0 c 89 0 Chip Registers i2cdump shows a list of all registers for a core. For example, the command above shows registers for core with address 0x6a: mx27# i2cdump 0 0x6a No size specified (using byte-data access)     WARNING! This program can confuse your I2C bus, cause data loss and worse!     I will probe file /dev/i2c/0, address 0x6a, mode byte         0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef 00: 00 00 28 00 00 03 15 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 01    ..(..???......?? 10: 04 01 00 00 04 01 00 00 17 41 1d 00 09 09 1f 03    ??..??..?A?.???? 20: 00 00 40 00 08 00 0c 00 0f 01 00 00 00 00 08 11    ..@.?.?.??....?? 30: 00 0f 05 fe 0b 00 00 00 82 00 0c 02 00 00 01 00    .????...?.??..?. 40: 21 f0 7c 1f 00 00 01 00 7a 40 80 38 00 01 47 00    !?|?..?.z@?8.?G. 50: 3c 00 17 21 1b 1b 24 9f 00 3e 0f 0f 60 05 cd 03    <.?!??$?.>??`??? 60: 89 04 89 01 02 00 0a 05 00 19 ff 03 24 0f 78 00    ?????.??.?.?$?x. 70: 00 b2 06 14 04 08 00 a3 c8 15 05 15 3c 00 00 20    .?????.?????<.. 80: 07 2f 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 03 1a 1a 1a    ?/?.........???? 90: 1a 1a 40 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e4 00    ??@?..........?. a0: 00 02 4d 00 96 00 1d 00 a0 00 db 00 7e 00 00 00    .?M.?.?.?.?.~... b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ......?......... c0: 00 00 00 00 48 9c 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a    ....H??????????? d0: 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a    ???????????????? e0: 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a    ???????????????? f0: 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a    ???????????????? Setting a register To change some register value, use i2cset like in example below: mx27# i2cset 0 0x6a 01 0x0008 w     WARNING! This program can confuse your I2C bus, cause data loss and worse!     I will write to device file /dev/i2c/0, chip address 0x6a, data address     0x00, data 0x08, mode word. Value 0x8 written, readback matched Where: 0 is the bus address 0x6a is the slave address 01 is the register address 0x0008 is the new value for register w is the word mode for the setting

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.

This is the procedure and patch to set up Ubuntu 12.04 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-12.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso Make sure the previous LTIB installation and the /opt/freescale have been removed B) Installed the needed packages to the Linux Host PC $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gettext libgtk2.0-dev rpm bison m4 libfreetype6-dev $ sudo apt-get install libdbus-glib-1-dev liborbit2-dev intltool $ sudo apt-get install ccache ncurses-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev gcc g++ libtool $ sudo apt-get install uuid-dev liblzo2-dev $ sudo apt-get install tcl dpkg $ sudo apt-get install asciidoc texlive-latex-base dblatex xutils-dev $ sudo apt-get install texlive texinfo $ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs libc6-dev-i386 lib32z1 $ sudo apt-get install uboot-mkimage $ sudo apt-get install scrollkeeper $ sudo apt-get install gparted $ sudo apt-get install nfs-common nfs-kernel-server $ sudo apt-get install git-core git-doc git-email git-gui gitk $ sudo apt-get install meld atftpd C) Unpack and install the LTIB source package and assume done on the home directory: $ cd ~ $ tar -zxvf 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 12.04 64bit OS $ cd ~/ltib $ git apply 0001_make_L3.0.35_4.1.0_compile_on_Ubuntu_12.04_64bit_OS.patch The patch modifies the following files: dist/lfs-5.1/base_libs/base_libs.spec dist/lfs-5.1/ncurses/ncurses.spec 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 scrollkeeper is for the gnome-desktop compilation NOTE: When compiling gstreamer, this warning was pop up.  Just ignore it seems okay.