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In our default release , the eboot logo only can be show on WVGA panel. Attached patch file can let the eboot logo show both on DVI XGA and RGB WVGA panel.
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Question: After a JTAG Reset with his GHS MULTI Probe on i.MX6 Hardware, read the SRC_SRSR register the corresponding reset source bits (JTAG reset) are not set. The contents: SRSR = 0x1      WARM Boot = 0x0      jtag_sw_rst = 0x0      jtag_rst_b = 0x0      wdog_sw_rst = 0x0      ipp_user_reset_b = 0x0      cpu_reset_b = 0x0      ipp_reset_b = 0x1 Tried to reproduce this with my DSTRAM probe, and issued a "reset reset.system" command in DS-5 Debugger but Program Counter stays at current vaule. Obviously my SRSR bits don't change either. Answer: Seems " jtag_rst_b" is a HW reset, please check the connection between JTAG port and i.Mx6 JTAG_TRST pin. And confirm the waveform on rest pin when JTAG reset run.
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We have a ATK tool which can program image, also it can burn fuse for i.MX51. Since fuse is one time program, so please take care the fuse can't be turn back after programmed.
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Questions: 1.  Are there any hardware limitations (such as in the Host Controller IP block itself, how this IP block was implemented or in the DMA engine) to how many device endpoints the i.MX53 can handle on Host2 or Host3?  The Reference Manual notes that the OTG controller supports up to 8 endpoints but does not provide information on the Host Controller. 2.  Do any of the device validation tests for verifying the i.MX53 design (or USB cert tests) test compatibility/performance with multiple devices and multiple endpoints? 3.  What are the maximum number of endpoints Freescale has tested with? Problem Background: During extensive testing the customer observes 100% CPU utilization with only 6 endpoints (can be a combination of multi-endpoint devices or single-endpoint devices - see below for test configuration details) using our latest Linux reference BSP (2.6.35 Kernel).  They have tested with the Adeneo WEC7 BSP and the open source Linux kernel based on 3.11 for the QSB and have observed similar performance limitations. This has been tested with multiple packet sizes and device/endpoint configurations and no impact has been shown in varying these parameters. The customer did note that they are only receiving/processing a single interrupt at the 1ms boundary regardless of the number of devices/endpoints.  Processing this interrupt takes approximately 23us for one device and an additional 17us for each additional device endpoint after the first that is processed. The customer hardware configuration for their testing looks something like this: On the customer's board: [i.MX53 Host2/Host3] -> [SMSC 3315 USB High Speed ULPI PHY] -> [SMSC LAN9514 On-board 4-port USB 2.0 HS Hub] External: [SMSC LAN9514 Port #1] -> [SMSC USB2415 4-Port USB 2.0 HS Hub] -> Medical device w/ endpoints #1-4 [SMSC LAN9514 Port #2] -> [SMSC USB2415 4-Port USB 2.0 HS Hub] -> Medical device w/ endpoints #5-8 [SMSC LAN9514 Port #3] ->  Medical device w/ endpoint #9 [SMSC LAN9514 Port #4] ->  Medical device w/ endpoint #10 Answer: Hosts do not have endpoints. Only devices have endpoints. EHCI compliance hosts, like all i.MX devices, use a linked list of queues (for bulk/control transport). Each queue has a queuehead that represents a corresponding endpoint and has the endpoint's capabilities. On the queue are transfer descriptors that have the information of which data is to be moved to/from the endpoint of the device. All of this is in main memory and read/written under DMA.  There is no limit on how many devices/endpoints a host can service, other than the amount of available main memory (DRAM). The CPU has to build the linked lists, but this is  normally not taking much bandwidth. My guess at this time is that there may be a problem in the USB driver, or the application that is using the driver, or a problem with data alignment. For efficient operation, data must be aligned on 32-bit boundaries. Buffers are best aligned on 64-byte boundaries.
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Question: What is minimum requirement for VDDSNVS_IN voltage to keep RTC timing info in SNVS block? In the datasheet, there is requirement for VDDSNVS_IN input and it is 2.9V to 3.3V. Is it recommended requirement for RTC operation? Other security function is not used in SNVS and just interested in basic RTC fuction after power off. Answer: The finall answer is tha to folow our datasheet saying for no matter if you are only RTC keeping application. "The SNVS regulator takes the SNVS_IN supply and generates the SNVS_CAP supply which powers the real time clock and SNVS blocks. If  VDDHIGH_IN is present, then the SNVS_IN supply is internally shorted to the VDDHIGH_IN supply to allow coin cell recharging if necessary. The output voltage is roughly one third(1/3) of SNVS_IN. -- in the SNVS_CAP powered on-chip logics, need min 0.9v for normal operation, we can only guarantee the operation in this condition, whih means min SNVS_IN = 3*SNVS_CAP = around 2.7. with some margin, so min 2.8v is the requireent. Again, we can only guarantee the operation in this condition(VDD_SNVS_CAP >0.9v). The datasheet is correct : VDDSNVS_IN must not be less than 2.8 V (Table 6. Operating Ranges, of IMX6DQCEC,  Rev. 2.2, 07/2013 )  I guess you talked about operating condition in ON mode. In case of OFF mode, VSNVS output of PFUZE depends on LICELL input power and usually coincell can supply under 2.5V output. According to PFUZE spec, VSNVS output in OFF mode is under 1.8V. And as I know, LP (low power) part of SNVS is only operation al in OFF mode so I don't think VDDSNVS_IN requires over 3V in that condition. In my assumption, SNVS can maintain itis data and RTC if VDDSNVS_IN is over 1.1 ~ 1.3V in OFF mode but I just want to know what is our spec for it. If we consider low power modes of the i.MX6, then - according to Table 10 (Stop Mode Current and Power Consumption) of IMX6DQCEC, Rev. 2.3, 07/2013 (for example) - in "SNVS Only" mode VDD_SNVS_IN of 2.8V is considered. Here 2.8 V is taken as minimal value. At least, as we can see, there are no other specifications.
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In the default release the SSI1 doesn't suport double FIFO in audio driver. Attached was the code to support double FIFO with updated DMA script.
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In i.MX51 platfrom the PMIC 13892 also has a internal RTC. We can use this RTC instead of the i.mx51 SRTC. Attached was the implementation of it.
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Currently the default i.MX51 wince release doesn't support high capacity MMC card. Attached was the patch of how to enable high capacity MMC card in i.mx51. Original Attachment has been moved to: High-capacity-MMC-support.zip
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We use flash header which will be access by ROM code to do the NAND boot or secure boot. This is a document introduce the flash header.
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In the i.MX51 default WINCE6  release, the eCSPI doesn't support multiple bursts mode and set the wait states. Attached was the document and code for how to enable the multiple bursts mode and how to set the wait states between two burst.
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Question: How much control of the bitrate does the i.MX6's VPU provide? VPU API includes a bitrate setting in the EcnOpenParam, is this a maximum, minimum, or something else? To encode two 1280x1080 streams at 30fps with a bit rate of at least 20Mbps, from the information in the following thread, it looks like this isn't supported due to VPU bandwitdh, Is there any limit on bitrate due to the VPU's processing bandwidth?  I.e., if the stream is limited to one 1280x1080 channel, can we choose a maximum bit rate and if so, how do we determine what it is? Answer: The bitRate field in the EncOpenParam structure is the desired target bit rate in kbps. If 0, there is no rate control and frames are encoded based on the quantization parameter specified by the quantParam field in EncParam.structure. It seems upper limit is 20Mbps for 1280x1080@30fps. So you should specified bitrate=2000 in your use case. In general, the maximum bitrate is about 30Mbps. Vpu driver will return invalid parameter if the appointed bitrate reach out of the range (0, 32767kbps). Please refer to Q&A: MX6 VPU H.264 Dual Stream Encode Limits.
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Question: Is it true ture that MX6 VPU is capable of encoding dual H.264 streams that are 1024x600 at 60fps?  There are slides that claim three 720p30 streams or two 1080p30 streams simultaneously. There is little guidance as to what the VPU limits in resolution, frame rate and bit rate are for other resoluitons and frame rates. Is there any information that can be used to decide if  the VPU can encode an arbitrary video stream or multiple arbitrary video streams?  Since memory bandwidth will enter into this decision at some point has anyone quantified the memory bandwidth requirements verses video resolution and frame rate? Answer: Maximum supported trhoughput,  is 72,576,000 pixels /s @ VPU frecuency of 266 mhz 2 x  1024 x 600 x 60hz = 73,728,000 So this is not supported. If framerate is lower i.e.  30hz  then it will be supported.
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Hi All, The new i.MX 6 Q/D/DL/S/SL L3.0.35_4.1.0 GA release is now available on the http://www.freescale.com/site. ·         Files available                                   # Name Description 1 L3.0.35_4.1.0_LINUX_DOCS i.MX   6Quad, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo and i.MX 6Sololite Linux BSP   Documentation. Includes Release Notes, Reference Manual, User guide. API   Documentation 2 L3.0.35_4.1.0_LINUX_MMDOCS i.MX   6Quad, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo and i.MX 6Sololite  Linux Multimedia Codecs Documentation.   Includes CODECs Release Notes and User's Guide 3 L3.0.35_4.1.0_SOURCE_BSP i.MX   6Quad, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo and i.MX 6Sololite Linux BSP   Source Code Files 4 L3.0.35_4.1.0_MM_CODECS i.MX   6Quad, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo and i.MX 6Sololite  Linux Multimedia Codecs Sources 5 L3.0.35_4.1.0_AACP_CODECS i.MX   6Quad, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo and i.MX 6Sololite  Linux AAC Plus Codec 6 L3.0.35_4.1.0_DEMO_IMAGE_BSP i.MX   6Quad, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo and i.MX 6Sololite  Linux Binary Demo Files 7 L3.0.35_4.1.0_UBUNTU_RFS_BSP i.MX   6Quad, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo and i.MX 6Sololite  Linux File System for the Ubuntu Images 8 i.MX_6D/Q_Vivante_VDK_146_Tools Set   of applications for the Linux L3.0.35_4.1.0 BSP, designed to be used by   graphics application developers to rapidly develop and port graphics   applications. Includes applications, GPU Driver with vprofiler enabled and   documentation. 9 IMX_6DL_6S_MFG_TOOL Tool   and documentation for downloading OS images to the i.MX 6DualLite and i.MX   6Solo. 10 IMX_6DQ_MFG_TOOL Tool   and documentation for downloading OS images to the i.MX 6Quad and i.MX 6Dual. 11 IMX_6SL_MFG_TOOL Tool   and documentation for downloading OS images to the i.MX 6Sololite. ·         Target HW boards o   i.MX 6Quad SABRE-SDP o   i.MX 6Quad SABRE-SDB o   i.MX 6Quad SABRE-AI o   i.MX 6DualLite SABRE-SDP o   i.MX 6DualLite SABRE-AI o   i.MX 6SL EVK ·         New features o   BSP New Features on i.MX 6D/Q, i.MX 6DL/S and MX 6SL: §  HDCP §  CEC §  GPU4.6.9p12 §  Audio playback IRAM/SDMA §  V4L capture resize on MX6SL §  MX6DQ disable the double line fill feature of PL310 ·         Known issues o   For known issues and limitations please consult the release notes.
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i.MX28 LCD driver 8080 bus interface mechanism please read readme.txt and it will teach you how to use it
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Question: On i.MX6 DQ, the ON_TIME and DEBOUNCE bit fields of the SNVS_LPCR register are not readable.  Also in the preliminary (i.MX61) specs bits 31-15 are reserved.  Are ON_TIME and DEBOUNCE bit fields actually in this register for i.MX 6DQ and are these bits writable but not readable? Answer: This is a document issue which will be fixed in the next version of the RM.  The register diagram should read as follows:
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Question: Clarify if the delay units, mentioned in  i.MX6 RM in two places are the same : 1. There are delay units for data strobes, that are considered in calibration procedures. 2. There are delay units for clocks SDCLK, mentioned in section 44.12.54 “MMDC PHY CK Control Register (MMDCx_MPSDCTRL)” of the RM. General delay units description states : “ The delay issued by the delay-line (according to the configured value) is absolute and takes into account the operating and temperature conditions. The delay-line has a resolution that may vary from device to device; an increment of 1 delay unit may vary between 20 pSec to 50 pSec.” It may be guessed that the same relates to SDCLK delays, but preliminary i.MX6 specs mention that bit fields SDCLKx_DEL (x=0,1) control SDCLK delay, that can be up to 1 cycle.  This means SDCLKx_DEL step is 1/4  of the SDCLK. Please clarify SDCLK delays (SDCLKx_DEL) in more details. Answer: "The delay elements in the SDCLK path are similar to those in the data strobes but they are not exactly the same. The delay is on the order of picoseconds, though, not a full SDCLK cycle as might have been interpreted from the older document."
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I have imx53 quick sort board i downloaded u-boot-mx53.bin and uImage to loade that into the board and dowloaded rootfs.ext2.gz in the L2.6.35_11.09.01_ERimages and i did partitions on 1GB memory card and loaded that u-boot-mx53.bin,uImage images on to the 500mb of NTFS filesystem and loaded and rootfs.ext2.gz on to the othe 500mb of ext4 file system the i inserted memorycard in to the board but u-boot logs are not comming what will be the solution
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1. User Case: Demo Architecture: Demo Description: A, B, C and Speaker all are i.MX6DQ SabreSD board and running Ubuntu system. A is media server which send out broadcast 30Mbps h264 video and audio stream and running iperf to send out tcp packets via best efforts lane to PC. B and C are clients to get video data only and play in screen.  Speaker is a client to receive audio data only and play to speaker. PC which install ubuntu system is used to received best efforts data from A. Demo Goal: Use Gstreamer playback 30Mbps streaming  "H264_AVC_1080p_30fps_27Mbps_mp3.avi", while running iperf TCP streaming under the following two case: 1. Running the non-CBS kernel 2. Enable the FIQ kernel Validate the Qav (Queue and Forwarding Protocol) which is developed by SW. 2. Resource: FIQ Patch: 0001-GIC-FIQ-EPIT-implement.patch 0002-set-EPIT-priority-to-highest.patch 0003-GIC-support-SMP-4-cores-of-FIQ.patch CBS &Shaper Patch: 0004-Implement-credit-base-shaper-alogrithim-to-schdule-A.patch 0005-enet-avb-CBS-SIRQ-rum-mode-pass-performance-stress-t.patch Others Patch: 0006-Fix-the-61883-sub-type-protocol-check.patch 0007-Add-hrtimer-for-the-sirq.-Talker-transmit-packets-nu.patch 0008-1.-Fix-memory-map-size-issue.patch 0009-Increase-BD-entries-to-reduce-the-full-times.patch 0010-Add-sys-interface-to-log-out-the-video-packet-number.patch 0011-Add-AVB-timestamp-support.patch 0012-GIC-support-SMP-4-cores-of-FIQ.patch Gstreamer UDPAVB Plug-in Library and Source: Library: udp/output/libgstudp.so Source: udp/* 3. Setup the Patch:       - Low level:  kernel enet driver implement CBS and traffic shaper:              1. Apply all the patches in the patch_whole.tar.gz in the attachment               2. Rebuild kernel 3.0.35: Enable "CONFIG_ENET_IMX6_AVB" to support AVB.                        Enable "CONFIG_RUN_IN_FIQ"  in kernel:            let CBS run in FIQ mode.                3. make uImage.                You can also use the uImage-avb-fig in the attachment directly.  Flash to the SD card use dd command, the user gudie refer to the  i.MX_6Dual6Quad SABRE_SD_Linux_User_Guide.pdf.                Note: the uImage_org_nonavb in the attachment is the kernel image without QAV and FIQ. - High level: use Gstreamer as the media input/output interface, encapsulation with IEEE1722 format:         Before the below action, you should already have seutp the Ubuntu Rootfs,  copied all the Freescale *.deb files that come alone with the Release BSP demo image package and copied all the MM codec *.deb files (IMX_MMCODEC_3.0.7.tar) that from Freescale offical website, the user gudie refer to the  i.MX_6Dual6Quad SABRE_SD_Linux_User_Guide.pdf. 1. Add gstreamer setup version as following: - gstreamer core version: 0.10.35 - gst-plugins-good version: 0.10.30 - gst-plugins-bad version: 0.10.11 2. Setup: - tar xvzf udp.tar.gz - cd gst-plugins-good-0.10.30 - ./configure - make - make install - cp ~/udp/* gst/udp/ - cd gst/udp - make - cp  libgstudp.so /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/ - gst-inspect | grep avb         //Check whether the avb plugin is installed successfully. If the three avb plugin is printed out in the terminal, the avb plugins are proved to install properly. 4. Run the Demo:       1.  Start the iperf server in PC linux machine by inputting " iperf -s -i 1&".              2.  Power on the A board, ensure the board can get the DHCP IP address, Start the iperf client on the demo board which sends outgoing Audio-Video streaming in the background. Input "iperf -c <iperf server ip> - t 6000&". If the connection is  successful, the iperf log should be able to be seen in the linux machine terminal.              3.  Power on the B and C board, inputting the following command to receive video data:            Run "./startRxVideoAVB.sh"  to start gstreamer video receive process on video display board       4.  Power on the speaker board, inputting the following command to receive audio data:             Run "./startRxAudioAVB.sh" to start gstream audio receive process on audio  playback board 5.  Inputting the following command to send video/audio data to client at the A board terminal windowns:                              Run "./startTxAVB.sh" to start the 1722 streaming traffic                                      (note: H264_AVC_1080p_30fps_27Mbps_mp3.avi located at current directory)               6.  Change to the kernel with QAV and follow the steps 1~5 above 5. Result: Without FIQ Qav,  video play at client B and C serious freeze. It takes 3 minutes to play 1min 40s h264 stream.  iperf speed over 80Mbps. With FIQ Qav, video play at client B and  C is smooth and same as without iperf in background. Iperf show speed is less than 70Mbps.  FIQ Qav correctly reserve necessary bandwidth to AV stream 6. Know issues Failed to request the IP from DHCP         [Solution]  For FIQ, after kernel up, you must run the command: echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/imx_wfi_issue.0/enable   2.   Kernel is halted or crashed [Solution] In bootloader parameter, add 'nosmp' in bootargs_mmc.
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In traditional file system, the WinCE image is a signal file “NK.NB0”/”NK.BIN”. And when using NAND flash for storage, since it can’t support XIP, the total “NK.NB0” need be copied into RAM before running. The EBOOT will do this copy. In this way, there are two main shortages: Long boot time and big size RAM requirement. If the WinCE image is big (Included more features), these issues will be critical. The BINFS can fix those two issues fine. It gave the chance to use 32MB RAM run 64MB WinCE image, this can cost down the final products. In BINFS file system, the final WinCE image will be divided into multi-BIN files, and only the XIPKERNEL BIN (Less than 7 MB) need be copied into RAM by EBOOT. The files in other BIN will work with demand paging mode. These files will be loaded into RAM only when they need run.
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Current the SSI is set to I2S slave mode in FSL default release BSP. attached the code for how to set it to master mode.
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