I.MX8M Plus EVK OS

[zc_tee]

Dear all,

May i know what is the Linux distribution that is in the eMMC of the I.MX8M Plus EVK? It says NXP i.MX Relesae Distro 5.4-zeus, seems like yocto. But as far as i know yocto is not a Linux distribution, but a tool to configure the Linux distribution. So in such a case, what is the Linux distribution that is in the EVK?

Is there any support for Debian OS on i.MX8M Plus?

Thank you.

Regards,

Tee

[igorpadykov]

Hi ZC

one can look at nxp linux documentation

https://www.nxp.com/design/software/embedded-software/i-mx-software/embedded-linux-for-i-mx-applicat...

Linux distribution

https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/linux-imx/tree/?h=imx_5.4.70_2.3.0

Debian

https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors-Knowledge-Base/Build-Ubuntu-For-i-MX8-Series-Platform/t...

Best regards
igor

[zc_tee]

Hi Igor,

Thank you for your fast reply

I see the link is for Ubuntu. We are more on looking for Debian if possible. Is there any information on Debian?

Regards,

Tee

[BiyongSUN]

What's is different between install arm ubuntu or debian ? 

Here is the link, it is for docker. But inside the document has description how to install arm ubuntu from 0. 

not just get a rootfs, who has finished the installation. Linux the document 

" 3. Download ubuntu rootfs
$ mkdir ~/rootfs && cd ~/rootfs
$ wget http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/16.04.6/release/ubuntu-base-16.04.6-base- arm64.tar.gz

"

It is from zero. 

You do the same for debian.  

And install a ubuntu or debian, technically is not part of i.MX.

Docker On i.MX8MM With Ubuntu
https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors-Knowledge-Base/Docker-On-i-MX8MM-With-Ubuntu/ta-p/11152...

Docker On i.MX8QXP With Ubuntu
https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors-Knowledge-Base/Docker-On-i-MX8QXP-With-Ubuntu/ta-p/1105...

Docker On i.MX6UL With Ubuntu16.04
https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors-Knowledge-Base/Docker-On-i-MX6UL-With-Ubuntu16-04/ta-p/...

[zc_tee]

Hi @BiyongSUN ,

The reason i ask for it is because after i study the post below

https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors-Knowledge-Base/Build-Ubuntu-For-i-MX8-Series-Platform/t...

It seems like there are something need to be done in order for the VPU/GPU to work correctly in Ubuntu. I wonder whether the same thing will happen when i try to boot I.MX8 on Debian. I would like to do some research first before i conclude that we can use Debian on I.MX8, and yet end up with some feature not supported.

Hope you understand. Thank you.

Regards,

Tee

[igorpadykov]

https://boundarydevices.com/wiki/debian-for-nitrogen8/

https://variwiki.com/index.php?title=VAR-SOM-MX8_Debian

Best regards
igor

[zc_tee]

Hi Igor,

Thank you for your help. I will try it out.

Regards,

Tee