Android images and development steps for IMX6UL EVK board

[pramodkanni]

Anyone have android images for imx6ul evk board? Please share the details.

I don't see android image for this board in below link:

i.MX 6 / i.MX 7 Series Software and Development Tool|NXP 

[Yuri]

Hello,

  NXP does not support Android for i.MX6UL. Sorry.

Android Things with i.MX 6UL|NXP 

Have a great day,

Yuri

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[pramodkanni]

Thank you for the reply.
Is there any plan to support android in future for IMX6UL EVK board?

We need to know this, because, I think IMX6UL evk supports SDIO 3.0 where SXSDB evk support SDIO 2.0 only.

Kind regards,
Pramod Kanni

[Yuri]

Hello,

  I do not hear about plans regarding Android for 6UL EVK, since the 6UL
has no GPU.

Regards,

Yuri.

[pramodkanni]

Thanks Yuri for this info.

So, Argon i.MX 6UL has GPU integrated? Or Android-Things works without GPU subsystem?

Kind regards,

Pramod Kanni

[Yuri]

Hello,

  Basically it is possible to run Android under software GPU implementation, but

NXP does not use this way. 

Regards,

Yuri.

[pramodkanni]

I am referring to Android_Users_Guide.pdf for nougat.

I see below steps to checkout linux kernel for nougat.

$ git clone git://git.freescale.com/imx/linux-imx.git kernel_imx
# the kernel repo is large. Therefore, this process can take a while.
$ cd kernel_imx
$ git checkout n7.1.1_1.0.0-ga  ---> throws "error: pathspec 'n7.1.1_1.0.0-ga' did not match any file(s) known to git."

After browsing git tags/branches, I don't see n7.1.1_1.0.0-ga at all.

Can you please let me know if there is any change in checking out nougat kernel?

Kind regards,

Pramod Kanni

[Yuri]

Hello,

  let's consider Android bring up as separate thread.

Also, You may look at https://community.nxp.com/docs/DOC-334008  

Regards,

Yuri.