How to enable only 32 bit OS on i.MX8

[mohammedmustafa]

I want to try 32 bit on imx8mqevk and disable 64 bit kernel. I have yocto setup. I am using DISTRO=fsl-imx-x11 and bitbake core-image-minimal on ubuntu 14.04. 

Can someone help me in disabling 64 bit completely and to enable only 32 bit kernel?

Thanks

[jimmychan]

i.MX8M is 64bit ARCH. If you want to build 32 bit applications on 64bit OS, please read the Yocto User's Guide 5.6.9. for details.

[mohammedmustafa]

    Thanks jimmychan for your answer.

    I would like to know about how to get the 32 bit image on a 64 bit imx8mqevk. I already have the 32 bit application running on 64 bit OS using multilib.

Is this is possible to get 32 bit kernel on 64 bit i.MX8?

[vincx77]

Same thing here. Porting an old toolchain to iMX8 and step 1 is to start from 32 bit, as there are various drivers 32 bit only. In conf/local.conf I put "PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS = "armhf armhf_mx8 imx8qxpmek noarch"", but still aarch64 is used, so seemingly DISTRO sets some variables that need to be overridden. I just found one new cue to try: the reverse of https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN12212.pdf - there also my plan B is described: multilib.

What's your progress?