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The Linux L4.14.98_1.0.0_GA; and SDK2.5 for 8QM/8QXP Post GA, SDK2.5.1 for 7ULP GA3 release are now available. Linux on IMX_SW web page, Overview -> BSP Updates and Releases -> Linux L4.14.98_2.0.0 SDK on https://mcuxpresso.nxp.com Files available: Linux:  # Name Description 1 imx-yocto-L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga.zip L4.14.98_2.0.0 for Linux BSP Documentation. Includes Release Notes, User Guide. 2 L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX6QPDLSOLOX.zip i.MX 6QuadPlus, i.MX 6Quad, i.MX 6DualPlus, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo, i.MX 6Solox Linux Binary Demo Files 3 L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX6SLLEVK.zip i.MX 6SLL EVK Linux Binary Demo Files 4 L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX6UL7D.zip i.MX 6UltraLite EVK, 7Dual SABRESD, 6ULL EVK Linux Binary Demo Files 5 L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX7DSABRESD.zip i.MX 7Dual SABRESD Linux Binary Demo Files  6 L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX7ULPEVK.zip i.MX 7ULP EVK Linux Binary Demo Files  7 L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX8MMEVK.zip i.MX 8MMini EVK Linux Binary Demo Files  8 L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX8MQEVK.zip i.MX 8MQuad EVK Linux Binary Demo files 9 L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX8QMMEK.zip i.MX 8QMax MEK Linux Binary Demo files 10 L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX8QXPMEK.zip i.MX 8QXPlus MEK Linux Binary Demo files 11 imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.2.tar.gz System Controller Firmware (SCFW) porting kit of L4.14.98_2.0.0 12 imx-aacpcodec-4.4.5.tar.gz Linux AAC Plus Codec v4.4.5 13 VivanteVTK-v6.2.4.p4.1.7.8.tgz Vivante Tool Kit v6.2.4.p4.1.7.8   SDK: On https://mcuxpresso.nxp.com/, click the Select Development Board, EVK-MCIMX7ULP//MEK-MIMX8QM/MEK-MIMX-8QX to customize the SDK based on your configuration then download the SDK package.  Target board: MX 8 Series MX 8QuadXPlus MEK Board MX 8QuadMax MEK Board MX 8M Quad EVK Board MX 8M Mini EVK Board MX 7 Series MX 7Dual SABRE-SD Board MX 7ULP EVK Board MX 6 Series MX 6QuadPlus SABRE-SD and SABRE-AI Boards MX 6Quad SABRE-SD and SABRE-AI Boards MX 6DualLite SDP SABRE-SD and SABRE-AI Boards MX 6SoloX SABRE-SD and SABRE-AI Boards MX 6UltraLite EVK Board MX 6ULL EVK Board MX 6ULZ EVK Board MX 6SLL EVK Board What’s New/Features: Please consult the Release Notes.   Known issues For known issues and more details please consult the Release Notes.   More information on changes of Yocto, see: README: https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest/tree/README?h=imx-linux-sumo ChangeLog: https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest/tree/ChangeLog?h=imx-linux-sumo#
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Some of Chinese customer couldn’t normally download android source code from google site, here give a way to download android source from Mirror site of Tsinghua University. Preparations 1. Installing Ubuntu16.04.2 LTS 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 Update” to update system. In order to compile android9.0.0-2.0.0 BSP, necessary packages should also be installed on Ubuntu 16.04. $ 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 $ sudo apt-get install device-tree-compiler $ sudo apt-get install gdisk $ sudo apt-get install liblz4-tool $ sudo apt-get install m4 $ sudo apt-get install libz-dev More detail, see Android_User’s_Guide.pdf ( android 9.0.0-2.0.0 BSP documents) 2. Downloading and unpacking Android release package [ For android 9.0.0_2.2.0, see commemts, please!] https://www.nxp.com/support/developer-resources/evaluation-and-developmentboards/ sabre-development-system/android-os-for-i.mx-applicationsprocessors: IMXANDROID?tab=Design_Tools_Tab -- P9.0.0_2.0.0_GA_ANDROID_SOURCE File name is imx-p9.0.0_2.0.0-ga.tar.gz # cd ~ # tar xzvf imx-p9.0.0_2.0.0-ga.tar.gz Downloading Android 9.0.0-2.0.0 source code 1. Getting repo # cd ~ # mkdir bin # cd bin # curl https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/git/git-repo > ~/bin/repo # chmod a+x ~/bin/repo # export PATH=${PATH}:~/bin 2. Modifying repo File Open ~/bin/repo file with 'gedit' and Change google address From REPO_URL = 'https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo' To REPO_URL = ' https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/git/git-repo/ ' 3、Setting email address # git config --global user.email "[email protected]" # git config --global user.name "xxxx" [ Email & Name should be yours] 4、Modifying android setup script and Running it Open ~/imx-p9.0.0_2.0.0-ga/imx_android_setup.sh and add a line like below: ... ... if [ "$rc" != 0 ]; then echo "---------------------------------------------------" echo "-----Repo Init failure" echo "---------------------------------------------------" return 1 fi find -name 'aosp-p9.0.0_2.0.0-ga.xml'| \ xargs perl -pi -e 's|https://android.googlesource.com/|https://aosp.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/|g' fi ... ... Then save it and exit. # cd ~/ # source ~/imx-p9.0.0_2.0.0-ga/imx_android_setup.sh Then android_build directory is created at ~/ If fetching errors occur, like below, run “repo sync” again. # repo sync # export MY_ANDROID=~/android_build [Note] imx_android_setup.sh will be in charge of downloading all android source code. 5.Begin to compile android 9.0.0-2.0.0 BSP $ export ARCH=arm64 $ export CROSS_COMPILE=${MY_ANDROID}/prebuilts/gcc/linuxx86/aarch64/aarch64-linuxandroid-4.9/bin/aarch64-linux-android- $ cd ~/android_build/vendor $ cp -r ~/imx-p9.0.0_2.0.0-ga/vendor/* ./ $ cd ~/android_build $ source build/envsetup.sh $ lunch evk_8mm-userdebug $ make –j4 NXP TIC team Weidong sun 2019-05-05
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The following document contains a list of document, questions and discussions that are relevant in the community based on amount of views. If you are having a problem, doubt or getting started in i.MX processors, you should check the following links to see if your doubt is in there. Yocto Project Freescale Yocto Project main page‌ Yocto Training - HOME‌ i.MX Yocto Project: Frequently Asked Questions‌ Useful bitbake commands‌ Yocto Project Package Management - smart  How to add a new layer and a new recipe in Yocto  Setting up the Eclipse IDE for Yocto Application Development Guide to the .sdcard format  Yocto NFS & TFTP boot  YOCTO project clean  Yocto with a package manager (ex: apt-get)  Yocto Setting the Default Ethernet address and disable DHCP on boot.  i.MX x Building QT for i.MX6  i.MX6/7 DDR Stress Test Tool V3.00  i.MX6DQSDL DDR3 Script Aid  Installing Ubuntu Rootfs on NXP i.MX6 boards  iMX6DQ MAX9286 MIPI CSI2 720P camera surround view solution for Linux BSP i.MX Design&Tool Lists  Simple GPIO Example - quandry  i.MX6 GStreamer-imx Plugins - Tutorial & Example Pipelines  Streaming USB Webcam over Network  Step-by-step: How to setup TI Wilink (WL18xx) with iMX6 Linux 3.10.53  Linux / Kernel Copying Files Between Windows and Linux using PuTTY  Building Linux Kernel  Patch to support uboot logo keep from uboot to kernel for NXP Linux and Android BSP (HDMI, LCD and LVDS)  load kernel from SD card in U-boot  Changing the Kernel configuration for i.MX6 SABRE  Android  The Android Booting process  What is inside the init.rc and what is it used for.  Others How to use qtmultimedia(QML) with Gstreamer 1.0
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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
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This document describes the steps for flashing eMMC from SD Card on i.MX6Q SabreSD board. Download the prebuilt images (Linux 4.1.15) of i.MX6Q SabreSD board from this link. Flash the sdcard image on SD Card. sudo dd if=<sdcard_image> of=/dev/sdX bs=1M && sync Select Boot Mode to SD Card and boot the board from SD Card. Stop the console at u-boot and execute below command. ums 0 mmc 1                 // this will mount SD card as USB Mass Storage to your system Copy bootloader image from system to USB Mass Storage cp <u-boot_image> /media/username/<rootfs>/home/root/ Eject the USB Mass Storage and terminate the ums process by pressing ctrl+c in u-boot. Power Off and Power On the board and login to the kernel console. Flash the bootloader image to eMMC dd if=/home/root/<u-boot_image> of=/dev/mmcblk3 bs=512 seek=2 conv=fsync Mount the partition 1 of SD Card to copy the kernel image and DTB file to /home/root folder. mount /dev/mmcblk2p1 /mnt/ cp -r /mnt/zImage /mnt/imx6q-sabresd.dtb /home/root umount /dev/mmcblk2p1 Make partitions on eMMC manually as per section 4.3.3 in this document using fdisk /dev/mmcblk3 command. Format the partition 1 on eMMC as VFAT and partition 2 as ext4 with below commands mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk3p1 mkfs.ext4 /dev/mmcblk3p2 Mount the partion 1 of eMMC and copy kernel image & DTB file. mount /dev/mmcblk3p1 /mnt/ cp -r /home/root/zImage /home/root/imx6q-sabresd.dtb /mnt/ umount /dev/mmcblk3p1 Mount the partion 2 of eMMC & SD Card and copy the file system. mount /dev/mmcblk3p2 /mnt/                                                         // mount partition 2 of SD Card mkdir /home/root/rootfs && mount /dev/mmcblk3p2 rootfs     // mount partition 2 of eMMC cp -ar /mnt/* /home/root/rootfs/ sync umount /dev/mmcblk2p2 umount /dev/mmcblk3p2 Change the Boot Mode to eMMC Power Up the Board. (this will boot the images from eMMC) NOTE: Above steps does not require any other images for eMMC. All the images for eMMC and SD Card are same. Regards, Shivani
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Attachched is the reference patch to enable the PMIC external watchdog in SCFW, it is based on SCFW porting kit v1.1.2 from NXP website: https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=L4.14.78_1.0.0_SCFWKIT&appType=license&location=null Please apply the patches to "imx-scfw-porting-kit-1.1.2/src/scfw_export_mx8qx_b0" On iMX8QXP MEK board, the patches will enable the PF8100 watchdog by macro "#define ENABLE_PMIC_EXTERNAL_WDOG", and it will refresh the watchdog timer by I2C interface. The default timeout value is 0xD for 8192ms (#define PMIC_EXTERNAL_WDOG_TIMEOUT  0xD), and SCFW will refresh it with 1000ms period (board_pmic_wdog_refresh_period_ms = 1000U). When the iMX8 system goto low power mode, it will pull SCU_PMIC_STANDBY to notify the PMIC, then PMIC will switch to suspend mode too, during PMIC suspend mode, this watchdog timer is off too. It will restart after PMIC resume to normal mode. Without PMIC OTP burning for WDOG, the current setting of patch will trigger hard reset after PMIC WDOG is timeout. 0001-scfw-add-board-board-tick.patch This patch is used to added polling ticket in board.c, after SCFW running, it will call board_tick() with 10ms period. In future SCFW release, this patch is not needed to apply, it is in default code, only when SCFW porting kit version is 1.1.2 and early version, you need apply this patch. 0002-scfw-enable-pmic-external-wdog.patch This is the reference patch to enable the PF8100 watchdog timer and refresh code. iMX8QXP MEK is used as the example. Note: In default SCFW, it had already used internel watchdog to make sure SCFW is always running, if SCFW is built as no debug version (M=0 D=0), all SCFW halt will cause SOC reset. And if hardware had connected the SCU_WDOG_OUT pin from iMX8QXP to PMIC's WDI pin, then during SOC reset, the PMIC will also do hard reset to make a POR reboot for the whole system.
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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.
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The reference code is based on L4.14.78 GA1.0.0 BSP and M4 SDK 2.5.1.  It is tested on iMX8QXP MEK board, and it should also work for iMX8QM board. In L4.14.78 GA1.0.0 BSP, MU_5 is used for RPMSG between M4 FreeRTOS and A35 Linux, SC_R_MU_5B is M4 side and SC_R_MU_5A is A35 side. In linux side, we used the "imx_rpmsg_tty.ko" for this test, this driver is built as module in default BSP. Case 1: M4 wake up A35. Apply "L4.14.78_rpmsg_wakeup.patch" to linux kernel, this patch will enable the RPMSG wake up feature. "rpmsg_lite_pingpong_rtos.tar.bz2" is the M4 side test code. After booted the board with Linux + M4 rpmsg software, run followed test commands: 1. In A35 UART side, run followed commands:     # echo enabled > /sys/bus/platform/devices/90000000.rpmsg/power/wakeup     # insmod ./imx_rpmsg_tty.ko     # /unit_tests/Remote_Processor_Messaging/mxc_mcc_tty_test.out /dev/ttyRPMSG30 115200 R 100 1000 &     # echo deadbeaf > /dev/ttyRPMSG30     # echo mem > /sys/power/state 2. M4 UART side:    After run "echo deadbeaf > /dev/ttyRPMSG30" from Linux side, it will show "Got ping..." and wait there, after run A35 suspend commane "echo mem > /sys/power/state", Linux suspends. Then from M4 UART side, press "c" key, it will send RPMSG to A35 and wake up A35 Linux. Case 2: A35 wake up M4. "power_mode_switch_rpmsg_wakeup.tar.bz2" is the M4 side test code, After booted the board with Linux + M4 rpmsg software, the M4 UART will wait for A35 RPMSG driver ready. Test commands: 1. In A35 UART side, run followed commands to make RPMSG driver ready:     # insmod ./imx_rpmsg_tty.ko     # /unit_tests/Remote_Processor_Messaging/mxc_mcc_tty_test.out /dev/ttyRPMSG30 115200 R 100 1000 &     # echo deadbeaf > /dev/ttyRPMSG30 2. Now M4 UART shows ping pong messages to make sure RPMSG is ready. Now M4 is in power switch menu, select VLLS power mode in M4 UART:      Press  H for enter: VLLS     - Very Low Leakage Stop mode     ... ...      Press R for RPMSG. After press "R" key in M4 UART, M4 will print "Send a RPMSG message to wake up" and goto suspend mode. 3. Wake up M4 from A35 side, send any data to RPMSG:     # echo deadbeaf > /dev/ttyRPMSG30 M4 resumed and goto power switch menu again. SDK folder to compile the two M4 sample code: SDK/boards/mekmimx8qx/multicore_examples/rpmsg_lite_pingpong_rtos SDK/boards/mekmimx8qx/demo_apps/power_mode_switch
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    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.
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The document descript how to use the win32diskimager to create bootable sdcard.  How to resize sdcard mirror rootfs partition. Ex: fsl-image-validation-imx-imx6qpdlsolox.sdcard
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This document provides steps to perform the system upgrade/OTA update for Android on i.MX platforms. Compile the Android images and generate an OTA Package: source build/envsetup.sh lunch sabresd_6dq-userdebug make -j4 make otapackage You can find your OTA package in the below path: ls out/target/product/sabresd_6dq/sabresd_6dq-ota-<xxx>.zip Copy the above OTA zip package to the device in sdcard using adb push adb push out/target/product/sabresd_6dq/sabresd_6dq-ota-<xxx>.zip /sdcard Move the package from sdcard to the location: /cache/update.zip Make the directory and perform the below steps on the device: mkdir -p /cache/recovery touch /cache/recovery/command echo "--update_package=/cache/update.zip" > /cache/recovery/command reboot recovery The recovery automatically applies the command and installs this update package. Note: In this document, the setup is for the i.MX6Q SABRESD Board. So, PathName and OTA package name subject to change based on target device compilation.
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i.mx8M evk board has HW decoder and SW encoder, this document introduce how to use HW decoder and SW encoder the bsp is the latest version L4.14.78, the environment is : $ DISTRO=fsl-imx-wayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build-wayland $ bitbake fsl-image-validation-imx   For the 4.14.78, we don’t use mfgtool anymore, customer can use uuu.exe to program the image to the board, the uuu.exe can be found from https://github.com/NXPmicro/mfgtools/releases Here we use emmc as media, I attached the kerel_emmc.uuu for reference Open the cmd.exe, then use the command “uuu.exe kernel_emmc.uuu” to download the image to the emmc on the board as the picture shows When the board boot up, don’t forget to change the image and fdt_file as you want, for example, I use Image-imx8mqevk.bin as image name  and Image-fsl-imx8mq-evk.dtb as my fdt file, you can choose different image and fdt file as uuu file mentions. 1) Decoding   For play the video, we can use three solution to support this a) gplay-1.0 test.mp4 b) gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///mnt/sdcard/test.mp4 c) gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=test.mp4 typefind=true ! video/quicktime ! aiurdemux ! queue max-size-time=0 ! vpudec ! autovideosink For play the two different video to the different display, current imx8M evk board supports dual hdmi output, in the uboot command: setenv fdt_file Image-fsl-imx8mq-evk-dual-display.dtb saveenv Use the command as below:    gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///test1.mp4 playbin uri=file:///test2.mp4 video-sink="glimagesink display-master=false display-slave=true" 2) Encoding Because imx8M evk don’t have hardware encoding, so we need to add the SW plugins in the bsp   a)add the commands as below in the /build/conf/local.conf "CORE_IMAGE-EXTRA_INSTALL += "gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-meta packagegroup-fsl-gsstreamer1.0-commercial gst-ffmpeg" LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST = "commercial""        b)Create the new txt file and add “PACKAGECONFIG_mx8mq = "x264"”in the file        c)Rename the file as 0-plugins-ugly_%.bbappend and put this file under /sources/meta-fsl-bsp-release/imx/meta-bsp/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer        d)Build the image you want, then download the new rootfs file in the board, use the command “gst-inspect-1.0 | grep x264”
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This documents describes how to add the NFC support to i.MX8M mini evk running Yocto. Hardware setup: The i.MX8M mini evk (see i.MX 8M Mini Evaluation Kit | NXP) featuring Raspberry Pi compliant connector, the OM5578/RPI PN7150 demo kit can be used to perform this porting (see NFC Development Kits for Arduino and more|NXP). However a small modification must be done because some of the signals required by PN7150 are not mapped to i.MX8M mini expansion connector pins. OM5578 IRQ signal must be mapped to Raspberry Pi connector pin #19 and OM5578 IRQ signal must be mapped to Raspberry Pi connector pin #21. See below a picture of the modification: Then, the two boards can fit together as shown in the picture below: Quick start using demo image: The demo image including support for PN7150, is based on i.MX Linux 4.14.78_1.0.0 BSP software release (see i.MX Software | NXP). Related documentation can be downloaded from here: https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=L4.14.78_1.0.0_LINUX_DOCS. Just flash the demo image (downloaded from here: https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/updates/NFC/LINUX_L4-14-78_IMAGE_MX8MMEVK.zip) following guidelines from i.MX_Linux_User's_Guide document (part of L4.14.78_1.0.0_LINUX Documentation package mentioned above). Then in a terminal you can run the demo application included in the image executing the command:    # nfcDemoApp poll Approaching the NFC tag, provided as reference in the OM5578 demo kit, to the NFC Antenna will trigger such display: Adding PN7150 support to imx-linux-sumo release: Pre-condition is to have L4.14.78_1.0.0 release installed and already built as described in i.MX Yocto Project User's Guide (part of L4.14.78_1.0.0_LINUX Documentation package mentioned above) :     $ repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest  -b imx-linux-sumo -m imx-4.14.78-1.0.0_ga.xml     $ repo sync     $ MACHINE=imx8mmevk DISTRO=fsl-imx-xwayland source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build_dir     $ bitbake fsl-image-validation-imx Then to add PN7150 support to your imx-linux-sumo environment, follow below step by step guidelines: In the sources directory, download the meta-nxp-nfc layer from https://github.com/NXPNFCLinux/meta-nxp-nfc     $ git clone https://github.com/NXPNFCLinux/meta-nxp-nfc.git  Define hardware connection between CPU and PN7150 in device-tree adding the following lines to file build_dir/tmp/work-shared/imx8mmevk/kernel-source/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-imx8mm-evk.dts: @@ -227,6 +227,8 @@                         fsl,pins = <                                 MX8MM_IOMUXC_I2C3_SCL_I2C3_SCL                  0x400001c3                                 MX8MM_IOMUXC_I2C3_SDA_I2C3_SDA                  0x400001c3 +                               MX8MM_IOMUXC_ECSPI2_MOSI_GPIO5_IO11             0x41 +                               MX8MM_IOMUXC_ECSPI2_MISO_GPIO5_IO12             0x41                         >;                 };   @@ -747,6 +749,13 @@         pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_i2c3>;         status = "okay";   +       pn54x: pn54x@28 { +               compatible ="nxp,pn547"; +               reg = <0x28>; +               interrupt-gpios = <&gpio5 11 0>; +               enable-gpios = <&gpio5 12 0>; +       }; +         pca6416: gpio@20 {                 compatible = "ti,tca6416";                 reg = <0x20>; Add the meta-nxp-nfc layer to the build definition updating file build_dir/conf/bblayers.conf with: BBLAYERS += " ${BSPDIR}/sources/meta-nxp-nfc" Add the meta-nxp-nfc layer components to the image definition updating file build_dir/conf/local.conf with: IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " kernel-module-nxp-pn5xx nxp-nfc-bin " Re-build the linux kernel:     $ bitbake -f -c compile linux-imx && bitbake -f -c deploy linux-imx Build meta-nxp-nfc layer:     $ bitbake nxp-nfc Re-build the complete image to include the modifications:     $ bitbake fsl-image-validation-imx Then you can flash the updated image to your i.MX8M mini evk and run the demo application as described in above "Quick start using demo image" chapter. Reference: This porting have been done (demo image and instructions) following guidelines provided in AN11679_PN71xx_Linux_Software_Stack_Integration_Guidelines document.
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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.
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Introduction The Intel® Neural Compute Stick 2 (Intel® NCS 2) is Intel’s newest deep learning inference development kit. Packed in an affordable USB-stick form factor, the Intel® NCS 2 is powered by latest VPU (vision processing unit) – the Intel® Movidius™ Myriad X, which includes an on-chip neural network accelerator called the Neural Compute Engine. With 16 SHAVE cores and a dedicated hardware neural network accelerator, the NCS 2 offers up to 8x performance improvement+ over the previous generation. Ref: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/run-intel-openvino-models-on-intel-neural-compute-stick-2   The NCS 2 officially supported hardware platform is x86 PC and Raspberry Pi. In this guide, we will introduce how to implement in i.MX8MQ. Please see attached guide for more details.
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ESAI module in i.MX6D/I.MX6D/I.MX6DL/I.MX6S supports several RESET funtions: Reset ESAI Core, Reset both Transmitter and Receiver, Reset Transmitter individually, Reset Receiver individually, Reset Transmitter FIFO and Reset Receiver FIFO. Below is a simple diagram for these RESET functions, which shows reset object and related register configurations. 1.Reset ESAI Core After setting ESAI_ECT ERST bit to be 1, ESAI core and configuration registers will be reset, but Transmitter and Recevier FIFOs can't be reset by the operation. 2. Reset both Transmitter and Receiver After setting ESAI_PCRC & ESAI_PRRC to be 0x000, Transmitter and Receiver can both be reset, The RESET is also called "Personal Reset" in it's reference manual. About PCRC & PRRC bits functionality, we can see the table: From the table, ESAI_PCRC=0x000 and ESAI_PRRC=0x000 will make ESAI disconnet external ESAI pins, and ESAI's Tranmitter and Receiver can't communicate with external audio codec.  See ESAI_PCRC and ESAI_PRRC register below: ---ESAI_PCRC register ---ESAI_PRRC register There are 12 bits in each register to contorl "DISCONNECTION" OR "CONNECTION" with ESAI pins. So for normal operations of ESAI, these 2 registers can't be changed. 3.Reset Transmitter & Receiver individually By setting ESAI_TCR[TPR]=1, Transmitter can be reset individually, and not affect Receiver. By setting ESAI_RCR[RPR]=1, Receiver can be reset individually, and not affect Transmitter . In reference manual, the reset is called "personal reset / individual reset", actually they means the same thing: --Reset Transmitter individually. --Reset Receiver individually. 4.Reset Transmitter FIFO and Reset Receiver FIFO ---By setting ESAI_TFCR[TFR]=1, Tranmitter FIFIO can be reset. ---By setting ESAI_RFCR[RFR]=1, Receiver FIFO can be reset. The Reset requires ESAI is operational, which means at least one pin is defined as an ESAI pin. NXP TIC team Weidong Sun
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目录 1 i.MX8Mmini 板级开发包镜像结构 ............................... 2 2 创建 i.MX8Mmini Linux 4.14.78_ga 板级开发包编译环境 3 2.1 下载板级开发包 ...................................................... 3 2.2 创建yocto编译环境: ................................................ 4 2.3 编译sdk及安装 ........................................................ 7 2.4 独立编译 ................................................................. 8 3 DDR配置,测试与输出 ............................................ 13 4 i.MX8Mmini ATF ...................................................... 15 5 FSL Uboot SPL 定制 ............................................... 17 5.1 SPL的编译............................................................ 17 5.2 SPL的启动流程 .................................................... 26 5.3 SPL的定制............................................................ 33 6 FSL Uboot 定制 ....................................................... 39 6.1 FDT支持 ............................................................... 40 6.2 DM(driver model)支持 .......................................... 45 6.3 Uboot目录 结构 .................................................... 59 6.4 Uboot编译 ............................................................ 61 6.5 Uboot初始化流程 .................................................. 62 6.6 uboot 定制 ............................................................ 72 6.7 uboot debug信息 .................................................. 78
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This document is aimed to introduce seamless switch on rear view camera function in android P9 auto, and this can also be referenced for sharing dpu(display process unit) between A core and m4 core on imx8qxp/qm platform. OS: Android p9 auto beta. (linux needs some modifies). SDK_2.5.1_MEK-MIMX8QX for m4 core. Hardware platform: imx8qxp/qm mek board IT6263 lvds to hdmi cable. max9286 deserializer board. ov16035 camera. Hardware block:     Imx8qxp dpu block, for imx8qm there are two dpus:     Android/Linux and M4 shared dpu path:     The switch function is done by framegen0 unit in dpu, framegen unit can select 7 modes: primary src only second src only primary on second second on primary .....etc. for more details, please refer to the kernel codes at include/video/dpu.h, fgdm_t type. Seamless switch booting flow: Patches contain three main parts: Linux kernel: remove init or configure codes of dpu units and lvds used by m4 core, add ui ready rpmsg pipe. M4 code: modify dpu pipes, add ui ready rpmsg handle. AOSP init.rc scripts: add sending ui ready message scripts.
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