I've recently done some digging into fstrim feature on sabresd-6q. Here list it below detailed: Background:      When Nexus 7 first came out, many users felt it was speedy and high-performance. But after months of installing applications and using the tablet, things began slowing down.This was a friction point that many hoped would be fixed in the new Nexus 7 (2013) model, which it was. There’s even more to the story though, it turns out Google has fixed that storage I/O aging problem on all Nexus devices with the Android 4.3 update which comes with a little-hyped feature that could be huge for performance in the future – TRIM support via fstrim. Why slowing down？      Remember that deleting a file in software isn't actually communicated to solid state storage (whether SSD or eMMC). The space is freed up from the user's perspective, but the eMMC controller in this case still treats the pages in NAND as having valid data. Let's say you copy a 3GB movie to your internal storage, watch the movie and later delete it. You'd have 3GB free to re-use, but until you re-write those blocks the eMMC controller would treat all 3GB as valid data. There's a data structure used by the eMMC controller that tracks mapping logical locations to physical locations in NAND. I won't go into great detail here but the more complex that mapping becomes, and the more locations that have to be tracked, the slower internal NAND management works. Why SSD has such issue? Root cause is "Flash memory is divided into blocks, which is further divided in pages. The minimum write unit is a page, but the smallest erase unit is a block" which will cause fragments as time goes. Why fstrim?      Fstrim is one mechanism of linux filesystem which derives from TRIM. TRIM is already introduced since linux2.6.33. It is the name of a command that the operating system can send to tell the SSD which blocks are free in the filesystem.The SSD uses this information to internally defragment the blocks and keep free pages available to be written quickly and efficiently. How framework triggers fstrim in android4.3?      Android4.3 introduces a new service IdleMaintenanceService to manage when and how trigger fstrim in right time. Once system satisfies the following conditions, it will send out one "ACTION_IDLE_MAINTENANCE_START" intent which the MountService listens for. Last time  "ACTION_IDLE_MAINTENANCE_START" intent has been sent before 24 hours. The device is either off-charger with 80% battery or on-charger with 30% battery The device can go idle state. User don't use it for 71 minutes. Test fstrim on Imx.6      In order to wait little time to trigger fstrim, I tried to change the following variables not to wait 71 minutes and 24 hours. After changing, it will trigger one time fstrim two minutes after system goes into idle state every 30 minutes. --- a/services/java/com/android/server/IdleMaintenanceService.java +++ b/services/java/com/android/server/IdleMaintenanceService.java -    private static final long MIN_IDLE_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL_MILLIS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 1 day +    private static final long MIN_IDLE_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL_MILLIS = 30 * 60 * 1000; // 30 minute -    private static final long MIN_USER_INACTIVITY_IDLE_MAINTENANCE_START = 71 * 60 * 1000; // 71 min +    private static final long MIN_USER_INACTIVITY_IDLE_MAINTENANCE_START = 2 * 60 * 1000; // 2 min -    private static final long MAX_IDLE_MAINTENANCE_DURATION = 71 * 60 * 1000; // 71 min +    private static final long MAX_IDLE_MAINTENANCE_DURATION = 2 * 60 * 1000; // 2 min Firstly I  run Quadrant apk to see my I/O performance at beginning, Its score is 3544. During this 30 minutes, you can try to mess your system. Try your best to install most apks. Run monkey test in background. Then I  run Quadrant again to check my I/O performance, its score is only a little decline 3538. After that I run "logcat | busybox grep -i fstrim" in console to wait for the action of fstrim, here is my logcat: 130|root@sabresd_6dq:/ # logcat -d | busybox grep -i fstrim I/fstrim  ( 2344): Starting fstrim work... I/fstrim  ( 2344): Invoking FITRIM ioctl on /data I/fstrim  ( 2344): Trimmed 6367305728 bytes on /data I/fstrim  ( 2344): Invoking FITRIM ioctl on /cache I/fstrim  ( 2344): Trimmed 526355456 bytes on /cache I/fstrim  ( 2344): Finished fstrim work. OK, I checked the I/O information again, its score is restored to 3546: Conclusion      Good, fstrim takes effect. So on imx.6 using android4.3, fstrim will also work automatically. We will also enjoy good performance in I/O memory.Great!

This article will describe one suggestion for one issue that UART continuously generate RX interrupts and receive 0xFF even when Rx line is continuously high in some cases on imx6 series. Below I will explain with imx6DL. Some settings are just to make it easier to reproduce. BSP version: L5.4.70-2.3.0 Board HW: MCIMX6DL-SDB When issue happen Config imx6DL UART3 as the serial port to 1200 baud, 8-N-1 format. Keep the RX Line high. Make the RX line low and keep it for a short time (360 usec-370 usec).   At this condition, you will find that the UART will continuously generate RX interrupts and show receiving 0xFF even you make the RX line return to be high. Why issue happen The low time is not in the correct range and out of our spec. In the imx6DL AEC document, there is one chapter named UART Receiver like blow   If using 1200 band, that means one valid bit time is 833 usec. And there is a definition that “tolerate 1/(16 x Fbaud_rate) tolerance in each bit”. That’s means in the case of 1200 baud. A range of valid bit is 781 to 885 usec. But is reproducing, the Low level time is 360 usec. This time out of range will make UART state machine to be confused. How to fix Actually, the best way is following our spec. If there is such an unknown situation in the customer’s environment, then the following method could be regarded as a suggestion to fix the issue meet by the customer. The interrupt handler will check USR1[AWAKE]. 2    If AWAKE is asserted, clear it and proceed as usual (assume we have valid data), else, check if USR1[AGTIM] is asserted. 3    if AGTIM is asserted, clear it and proceed as usual, else perform software reset (assume we have invalid data). Checking AGTIM is for one race condition when the RX fifo has some characters (less than RXTL) but no more data is coming in. When following this procedure, the UART will perform a software reset when a block interrupt occurs. Notes: From customer report, error could be cleared if a valid start-bit is detected on the RX line. This needs to be verified by the customer themselves. Test code has been included in attachment.   Besst Regards

Question: 1)      Is WDOG2 somehow accessible from customers code in normal mode? Is it only used within the trust zone to protect against DOS attacks from normal world?) 2)      Is there any mechanism preventing changing of the watchdog registers like being able to write them only during a period after Reset? If yes, which registers are protected? Answer: WDOG1 and WDOG2 are identical the only difference is how the signals are connected. There is nothing presenting someone from using both WDOGs for non-secure purposes. There is no time window for WDOG access but there are some write-once only bits in the register, which can be written only once after reset, after that all following writes will be ignored. They are clearly described in the RM. The bits are: WDZST, WDBG, WDW, WDE, WDT, WIE, WICT, and PDE.

For Debian and Based Systems Users: To install tftpboot service first install tftp server: $sudo apt-get install tftpd Choose an Internet super server to install Install xinetd OR inetd. Notice openbsd-inetd is alread installed on Ubuntu. INET Open a terminal as root If inetd is not installed, install it typing $sudo apt-get install openbsd-inetd create tftpboot folder and set permissions:    $sudo mkdir /tftpboot $sudo chmod a+x /tftpboot Edit tftp file    $sudo gedit /etc/inetd.conf Add this line: tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /tftpboot After restart the inetd server:    $ sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart XINET Open a terminal as root If xinetd is not installed, install it typing: $sudo apt-get install xinetd create tftpboot folder and set permissions: $sudo mkdir /tftpboot $sudo chmod a+x /tftpboot Edit file tftp:    $sudo gedit /etc/xinetd.d/tftp Add these lines    service tftp {   socket_type = dgram   protocol = udp   wait = yes   user = root   server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd   server_args = /tftpboot   disable = no   per_source = 100 2   flags = IPv4 } After restart the inetd server: $ sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart

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Structures to be modified The main table that needs to be modified is in C:\WINCE600\PLATFORM\COMMON\SRC\SOC\COMMON_FSL_V2_PDK1_9\NAND\INC\NANDTYPES.h. Add the Nand specific information to the following structure. typedef struct _NandChipInfo { FlashInfo fi; //@<<info> FlashInfo structure BYTE NANDCode[NANDID_LENGTH];//@<<info> NAND full ID BYTE NumBlockCycles; //@<<info> flash erase address cycle BYTE ChipAddrCycleNum; //@<<info> flash access address cycle BYTE DataWidth; //@<<info> 8/16 bits data width BYTE BBMarkNum; //@<<info> MAX_MARK_NUM = 4 BYTE BBMarkPage[MAX_MARK_NUM];//@<<info> MAX_MARK_NUM = 4 BYTE StatusBusyBit; //@<<info> interleave mode support BYTE StatusErrorBit; //@<<info> interleave mode support WORD SpareDataLength; //@<<info> spare area size BYTE CmdReadStatus; //@<<command> read status BYTE CmdRead1; //@<<command> read first 256 bytes data BYTE CmdRead2; //@<<command> read last 256 bytes data BYTE CmdReadId; //@<<command> read device ID BYTE CmdReset; //@<<command> reset nand flash BYTE CmdWrite1; //@<<command> sequence data input BYTE CmdWrite2; //@<<command> page program BYTE CmdErase1; //@<<command> block erase BYTE CmdErase2; //@<<command> block erase NANDTiming timings; //@<<info> NAND timing parameters }NandChipInfo, *pNandChipInfo; All information from NANDCode to CmdErase2, can be obtained from the Nand Datasheet. The structure FlashInfo, is filled in with data obtained from the Nand Analysis sheet. Please check this link to see how to create this spreadsheet from Nand Datasheets. typedef struct _FlashInfo { FLASH_TYPE flashType; DWORD dwNumBlocks; DWORD dwBytesPerBlock; WORD wSectorsPerBlock; WORD wDataBytesPerSector; }FlashInfo, *PFlashInfo; In the similar way the Nand timings calculated from the spreadsheet are add into this structure. typedef struct _NANDTiming { BYTE DataSetup; BYTE DataHold; BYTE AddressSetup; BYTE DataSample; }NANDTiming, *PNANDTiming; Remember to do a clean sysgen and build.

This document shows how to build genivi step by step, but I haven’t tested the images yet, before building the images, pls refer to the host setup and host packages according to the yocto project user’s guide, I don’t mention here again, this is for imx8mq as example, you can choose the different board name to build   Before building the genivi package, customer also can refer to the kernel and image name from: https://github.com/GENIVI/meta-ivi/tree/master   4.9.88 IMAGE   1. Create a bin folder in the home directory $ mkdir ~/bin (this step may not be needed if the bin folder already exists) $ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo $ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo    2. Add the following line to the .bashrc file to ensure that the ~/bin folder is in your PATH variable. export PATH=~/bin:$PATH    3. Yocto Project Setup $ mkdir imx-yocto-bsp $ cd imx-yocto-bsp $ repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-rocko -m imx-4.9.88-2.0.0_genivi.xml $ repo sync   4.update Weston 3.0.0 to Weston 4.0.0 $ git clone https://git.yoctoproject.org/git/meta-freescale -b warrior   then replace the wayland directory in "imx-yocto-bsp/sources/meta-fsl-bsp-release/imx/meta-bsp/recipes-graphics/wayland" with the "meta-freescale/recipes-graphics/wayland" in cloned directory.   5.image build DISTRO=nxp-imx-genivi-wayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source ./nxp-setup-genivi.sh -b genivi-wayland   $bitbake  pulsar-image    6.Error fix if you don’t update Weston, you should get the error message like The error shows required Weston >=4.0.0, but current bsp includes Weston version is 3.0.0, so you need to update the Weston to the 4.0.0 step by step $ git clone https://git.yoctoproject.org/git/meta-freescale -b warrior $ rm -rf ../sources/meta-fsl-bsp-release/imx/meta-bsp/recipes-graphics/wayland $ cp -r meta-freescale/recipes-graphics/wayland ../sources/meta-fsl-bsp-release/imx/meta-bsp/recipes-graphics/   $ bitbake -c cleansstate wayland-ivi-extension $ bitbake  wayland-ivi-extension $ bitbake  pulsar-image   4.14.95 IMAGE   1. Create a bin folder in the home directory $ mkdir ~/bin (this step may not be needed if the bin folder already exists) $ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo $ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo   2. Add the following line to the .bashrc file to ensure that the ~/bin folder is in your PATH variable. export PATH=~/bin:$PATH   3.Yocto Project Setup $ mkdir imx-yocto-bsp $ cd imx-yocto-bsp $ repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-warrior -m imx-4.19.35-1.1.0_genivi.xml $ repo sync   4. change Weston 6.0.1 to Weston 5.0.0 $ git clone https://git.yoctoproject.org/git/meta-freescale -b zeus   then replace the wayland directory in "imx-yocto-bsp/sources/meta-fsl-bsp-release/imx/meta-bsp/recipes-graphics/wayland" with the "meta-freescale/recipes-graphics/wayland" in cloned directory.   5.image build $ DISTRO=fsl-imx-wayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build-wayland   $ bitbake  meta-ivi-image    6.Error fix if you don’t change Weston, you should get the error message like so try to change the Weston to the 5.0.0 step by step $ git clone https://git.yoctoproject.org/git/meta-freescale -b zeus $ rm -rf ../sources/meta-fsl-bsp-release/imx/meta-bsp/recipes-graphics/wayland $ cp -r meta-freescale/recipes-graphics/wayland ../sources/meta-fsl-bsp-release/imx/meta-bsp/recipes-graphics   $ bitbake -c cleansstate weston $ bitbake  weston $ bitbake  meta-ivi-image     5.4.24 IMAGE   1. Create a bin folder in the home directory $ mkdir ~/bin (this step may not be needed if the bin folder already exists) $ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo $ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo   2. Add the following line to the .bashrc file to ensure that the ~/bin folder is in your PATH variable. export PATH=~/bin:$PATH   3.Yocto Project Setup $ mkdir imx-yocto-bsp $ cd imx-yocto-bsp $ repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-zeus -m imx-5.4.24-2.1.0_genivi.xml $ repo sync   4. image build $ DISTRO=fsl-imx-wayland MACHINE=imx8mqevk source imx-setup-release.sh -b build-wayland   $ bitbake  meta-ivi-image    

Background Some customers connect their imx running Android to the cloud, so reboot-bootloader and the use of fastboot oem unlock is not acceptable. This way the system is disconnected and cannot be operated remotely using adb. This article therefore proposes to execute oem unlock before the bootloader is started when the system is first run, which can be unlocked directly.   Patch diff --git a/drivers/fastboot/fb_fsl/fb_fsl_boot.c b/drivers/fastboot/fb_fsl/fb_fsl_boot.c index 86b919775a..d60cd248ee 100644 --- a/drivers/fastboot/fb_fsl/fb_fsl_boot.c +++ b/drivers/fastboot/fb_fsl/fb_fsl_boot.c @@ -529,6 +529,42 @@ bool __weak is_power_key_pressed(void) { return false; } +static void wipe_all_userdata(void) +{ + char response[FASTBOOT_RESPONSE_LEN]; + + /* Erase all user data */ + printf("Start userdata wipe process....\n"); + /* Erase /data partition */ + fastboot_wipe_data_partition(); + +#if defined (CONFIG_ANDROID_SUPPORT) || defined (CONFIG_ANDROID_AUTO_SUPPORT) + /* Erase the misc partition. */ + process_erase_mmc(FASTBOOT_PARTITION_MISC, response); +#endif + +#ifndef CONFIG_ANDROID_AB_SUPPORT + /* Erase the cache partition for legacy imx6/7 */ + process_erase_mmc(FASTBOOT_PARTITION_CACHE, response); +#endif + +#if defined(AVB_RPMB) && !defined(CONFIG_IMX_TRUSTY_OS) + printf("Start stored_rollback_index wipe process....\n"); + rbkidx_erase(); + printf("Wipe stored_rollback_index completed.\n"); +#endif + process_erase_mmc(FASTBOOT_PARTITION_METADATA, response); + printf("Wipe userdata completed.\n"); +} +void do_unlock(void) +{ + int status; + wipe_all_userdata(); + status = fastboot_set_lock_stat(FASTBOOT_UNLOCK); + if (status < 0) + return FASTBOOT_LOCK_ERROR; + printf("Unlock device\n"); +} int do_boota(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[]) { ulong addr = 0; @@ -563,6 +599,9 @@ int do_boota(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[]) { fastboot_set_lock_stat(FASTBOOT_LOCK); lock_status = FASTBOOT_LOCK; } + if (lock_status == FASTBOOT_LOCK){ + do_unlock(); + } bool allow_fail = (lock_status == FASTBOOT_UNLOCK ? true : false); avb_metric = get_timer(0);      

i.CORE M6SX The i.Core M6SX is the latest powerful i.MX6 SoloX based SOM solution provided by Engicam in SODIMM format. The i.MX 6SoloX is the first device utilizing both the ARM Cortex-A9 and ARM Cortex-M4 cores. Its heterogeneous architecture provides a secure and robust implementation to enable concurrent execution of multiple software environments to provide an application-rich system with real-time responsiveness. Optimized for high performance energy efficient processing in general embedded, automotive, industrial and consumer applications i.CORE M6SX Cores Cortex TM -A9 @ 800 MHz core, NEON co-processor. DP FPU, L1 and L2 I/D cache Cortex TM -M4 @ 200 MHz core SP Floating point unit,  I/D chache Memories 256MB 32bit DDR3-800 512MB SLC NAND Flash Graphics and Multimedia 1x Parallel LCD 18bit output 1x LVDS output Hardware 3D/2D engine OpenGL-ES 2.0 and OpenVG1.1 Parallel Camera Interface input Touch screen Peripherals 2x SD Card interface USB OTG HS, USB HS HOST, Uart, I2C, I2S, QSPI,PCI Express SATA ADC and Video ADC input 2x Ethernet 10/100 Dimensions Standard SODIMM footprint 67,4x31.9 mm PCB size Very Low Profile Module

      Minicom is a terminal emulation that can access a remote serial console enabling the configuration of RedBoot or the flash file system of the board.   Configuring       Reach the configuration by typing CTRL-A Z       Press key Z after releasing CTRL and A!       Configure Minicom to work with i.MX by following the procedures below.     Set the Serial Port       At the screen configuration, type O, choosing cOnfigure Minicom       In menu, choose Serial Port Setup       Below, the configuration option:   +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+   | A - Serial Device  : /dev/ttyS0                             |   | B - Lockfile Location  : /var/lock                          |   | C - Callin Program  :                                          |   | D - Callout Program  :                                        |   | E - Bps/Par/Bits  : 115200 8N1                           |   | F - Hardware Flow Control : No                           |   | G - Software Flow Control : No                           |   |                                                                        |   | Change which setting?                                      |   +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+   Type the letter of option to enable the modification.   Remember to choose the right Serial Device

i.MX evaluation board can be a simple solution to program i.MX boards in a factory for instance. i.MX evaluation board are not for industrial usage, but you can find plenty of cheap i.MX insdustrial boards on the web. Here I am using an i.MX8QXP rev B0 MEK board and I will program an i.MX6Q SABRE SD board. The first step is to generate your image. Follow the documentation steps to generate the "validation" image. You will have to customize a little bit the local.conf file (in conf/local.conf) to have git, cmake, gcc and other missing package. edit local.conf and add the following lines at the end of the file: IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " git cmake htop packagegroup-core-buildessential xz p7zip rsync"‍‍‍‍‍ I have added rsync package in local, it can replace cp (copy) but with the --progress option you can see the copy progression. P7zip replace unzip for our images archives avaialable on nxp.com as unzip as issues with big files. then rebake your image: bitbake -k fsl-image-validation-imx‍‍‍‍‍ When it is done, go in tmp/deploy/image/<your image generated> and use uuu to program your board (I use a sd card; thus I can increase the partition esily): sudo ./uuu -b sd_all imx-boot-imx8qxpmek-sd.bin-flash fsl-image-validation-imx-imx8qxpmek.sdcard.bz2/*‍‍‍‍‍ As the rootfs can be too small, use gparted under Linux for instance to increase the size of the partition. Put the SD card and start your board. Here here the dirty part... You may know archlinux|ARM websitesite (Arch Linux ARM ), you have a lots of precompiled packages. Thus on the board you can download it, and copy the file in /usr folder (you can use it to have the latest openSSL for  instance!). Plug an ethernet cable on the board and check if it is up: ifconfig -a ifconfig eth0 up‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Now you should have access to the internet. On uuu webpage you can find all the packages you need (here I am using a 4.14.98_2.0.0 Linux): mkdir missinglibs cd missinglibs wget http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/aarch64/core/bzip2-1.0.8-2-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz wget http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/aarch64/core/nettle-3.5.1-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz wget http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/aarch64/core/libusb-1.0.22-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz wget http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/aarch64/extra/libzip-1.5.2-2-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz wget http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/aarch64/core/zlib-1:1.2.11-3-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz wget http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/aarch64/extra/p7zip-16.02-5-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz cd ..‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Wait all the archives are downloaded (otherwise you'll decompress before the archive is downloaded) as wget is running in background! Now untar the archives and copy it in the rootfs (dirty): tar -xJf libzip-1.5.2-2-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz tar -xJf libusb-1.0.22-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz tar -xJf nettle-3.5.1-1-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz tar -xJf bzip2-1.0.8-2-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz cp zlib-1:1.2.11-3-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz zlib tar -xJf zlib tar -xJf p7zip-16.02-5-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz cd usr sudo cp -R . /usr cd ../../ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Download and compile uuu: git clone git://github.com/NXPmicro/mfgtools.git cd mfgtools/ cmake . make‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Download an image on nxp.com for instance. I have downloaded on the i.MX6 4.14.98_2.0.0 image and put it on a usb key. then unzip it in the uuu folder: 7z e L4.14.98_2.0.0_ga_images_MX6QPDLSOLOX.zip‍‍‍‍ As mentionned before unzip cannot hadle big files... so use 7z as me plug the i.MX6Q SABRE SD to the i.MX8X and program your i.MX6 board: ./uuu uuu.auto-imx6qsabresd‍ uuu (Universal Update Utility) for nxp imx chips -- libuuu_1.3.74-0-g64eeca1 Success 1 Failure 0 ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Description by Google:      Wi-Fi scan-only mode is a new platform optimization that lets users keep Wi-Fi scan on without connecting to a Wi-Fi network, to improve location accuracy while conserving battery. Apps that depend on Wi-Fi for location services can now ask users to enable scan-only mode from Wi-Fi advanced settings. Wi-Fi scan-only mode is not dependent on device hardware and is available as part of the Android 4.3 platform. Comments by Freescale:      In order to enable wifi scan mode, we should make sure wifi driver shouldn't be removed while switching off wifi from Setting. Additionally, android4.3 has introduced one CTS test to force us to change all loadable modules into kernel built in. The reason is loadable modules are often used by rootkits and other exploits. so there will be big risk in security. OK, now let's try to keep up with the pace of AOSP.      For AR6003, we are using compat-wireless driver which accommodates all linux kernel since 2.6.We are now using olca-3.4 wifi driver but our kernel version is 3.0.35.  It is not a simple change to be directly compiled into kernel since it is lack of the basic file structure for ath6kl driver. This has been double confirmed by support guy from Atheros. More terribly, Atheros has no plan to publish new version for AR6003 but just maintain it. Yeah, my pitiful baby. Say goodbye to scan mode.      This is why this document come into being. AR6003 is our default wifi module bounded to our imx6 serial board. So formal release will lose this important feature for this limitation. Here I will give out patches to enable this feature using another wifi module-----Realtek 8723as. Ok, now let's welcome this new star. Patches description:          Patch for kernel--------Change loadable driver modules to compiled into kernel, this will let wlan0 and p2p0 interfaces still can be operated although you have switched off wifi in Setting UI.      Patch for device/fsl--------Firstly, I delete one rfkill operation in init.rc which is obsolete for BT setting. If still keep it here, it will soft block wifi interface through mac80211 rfkill. Then I clean up some setting for wifi driver module.      Patch for hardware/libhardware_legacy-------Since wifi driver is already directly built in kernel, HAL will have no need to load driver now. Refactor it and optimize it. Test it manually:          If you have one sdio rtl8723as wifi module in hand, you can test it like the following to see wifi scan mode works: Firstly, disable wifi in Setting UI. then you can check netcfg result, you will see wlan0 and p2p0 are still there, only down state: Go "advanced" menu in wifi setting,Turning on the checkbox of "Scanning always available". Check netcfg result again, Oh Oh, wlan0 and p2p0 are up: Manually "scan" through "wpa_cli" tool, you will see it works:

Hi All, The i.MX6 Android R13.4.1.04 patch release is now available onwww.freescale.com ·         Files available # Name Description 1 IMX6_R13.4.1.04_ANDROID_PATCH This patch release is based on the i.MX 6 Android R13.4.1   release. The purpose of this patch release is correct the PFD workflow in   U-Boot, fix the miscalibration issue for the thermal sensor and corrects   ramp-up time of the internal LDOs

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Use Raspberry Pi Debug Probe with OpenOCD and i.MX93 FRDM   This document explains the integration process of the Raspberry Pi Debug Probe (Very low cost debugger) with the OpenOCD (On Chip Debugger) tool with the i.MX93 FRDM board.   Also, we will use GDB (GNU DeBugger) to interact with the OpenOCD.   1. Install and Configure OpenOCD   Update and install dependencies sudo apt update sudo apt install build-essential libtool automake pkg-config libusb-1.0-0-dev libhidapi-dev libftdi1-dev libjim-dev jimsh   Clone the OpenOCD repo git clone https://github.com/openocd-org/openocd.git cd openocd   Run ./bootstrap to create the configuration file git submodule update --init --recursive ./bootstrap ./configure --enable-cmsis-dap --enable-hidapi   Make OpenOCD make -j$(nproc) sudo make install   Download the configuration file for i.MX93 You can dowload the  imx93.cfg  in the Table 2. Software requirements on Ubuntu PC of the AN14367 Then, copy the downloaded file to the openocd/tcl/target/ as below: cp ../imx93_new-b42b7c4cac18508442d3df035cec1c6d.cfg tcl/target/imx93.cfg   2. Create UDEV rules   sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-openocd.rules Add the below in that file: ATTRS{idVendor}=="2e8a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="000c", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess"   Reload rules sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger   3. Connecting the Hardware   To make the DAP works in the i.MX93 FRDM, we must rework the board removing the resistors R3017 and R3018:     Now, we need to connect the Raspberry Pi Debug Probe with the SWD (P14) of our i.MX93 FRDM board:       4. Running the Debug Session   In this moment, with the RP Debug Probe connected, we can Boot the i.MX93 FRDM board and run the below command to start the OpenOCD: $ openocd -s tcl -f interface/cmsis-dap.cfg -c "adapter speed 1000" -f target/imx93.cfg   tic-mpu@tic-mpu:~/Debug_test/openocd$ openocd -s tcl -f interface/cmsis-dap.cfg -c "adapter speed 1000" -f target/imx93.cfg Open On-Chip Debugger 0.12.0+dev-02429-ge4c49d860 (2026-03-21-23:05) Licensed under GNU GPL v2 For bug reports, read http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html adapter speed: 1000 kHz Warn : DEPRECATED: auto-selecting transport "swd". Use 'transport select swd' to suppress this message. Info : Listening on port 6666 for tcl connections Info : Listening on port 4444 for telnet connections Info : Using CMSIS-DAPv2 interface with VID:PID=0x2e8a:0x000c, serial=E6633861A33A1B2C Info : CMSIS-DAP: SWD supported Info : CMSIS-DAP: Atomic commands supported Info : CMSIS-DAP: Test domain timer supported Info : CMSIS-DAP: FW Version = 2.0.0 Info : CMSIS-DAP: Interface Initialised (SWD) Info : SWCLK/TCK = 0 SWDIO/TMS = 0 TDI = 0 TDO = 0 nTRST = 0 nRESET = 0 Info : CMSIS-DAP: Interface ready Info : clock speed 1000 kHz Info : SWD DPIDR 0x5ba02477 Info : imx93.a55.0: hardware has 6 breakpoints, 4 watchpoints Info : [imx93.a55.0] external reset detected Info : [imx93.a55.0] Examination succeed Info : [imx93.m33] Cortex-M33 r1p0 processor detected Info : [imx93.m33] target has 8 breakpoints, 4 watchpoints Info : [imx93.m33] Examination succeed Info : [imx93.ahb] Examination succeed Info : [imx93.a55.0] starting gdb server on 3333 Info : Listening on port 3333 for gdb connections Info : [imx93.m33] starting gdb server on 3334 Info : Listening on port 3334 for gdb connections Info : [imx93.ahb] gdb port disabled   From the Logs, we can see we have two ports: 3333 for Cortex A55 [imx93.a55.0] 3334 for Cortex M33 [imx93.m33]   Install gdb-multiarch   Now, we can install GDB: sudo apt install gdb-multiarch And start a Debug session: $ gdb-multiarch ~/linux-imx/vmlinux   $ gdb-multiarch ~/linux-development/linux-imx/vmlinux GNU gdb (Ubuntu 15.1-1ubuntu1~24.04.1) 15.1 Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from /home/tic-mpu/linux-development/linux-imx/vmlinux... (gdb) target extended-remote localhost:3333 Remote debugging using localhost:3333 0x00000000fff118fc in ?? ()   A simple example of how to read a register with GDB: (gdb) x/xw 0x43810000 0x43810000: 0x02010001     Happy debugging!     Best regards, Salas. 

This article describe i.M93 RGMII to PHY connection, delay adding tips. i.MX93 don't support delay in both FEC and QOS port in i.MX93 side. It also provide solution on i.MX93 how to connect MAC to MAC in HW & SW. Thanks! 

The use case from one customer we are supporting requires to run i.MX93 M33 code with a combination of DRAM and on chip TCM.  However, the examples in the official MCUXpresso SDK release support to run M33 code in TCM only. So we did some customization to achieve that. User can refer to the the attached slides and patches for the details.

some customers have issue with uboot resetting on new bsp because of lack of mac address and different design fom nxp evk board, this doc shows how to set the mac address in different way(fuse, dts file, header file), then check the different HW design between customized board with nxp board, according to the HW design to change the uboot