IMX8M BSP Yocto build error

[gehariprasath]

Dear all

I am trying to build the BSP for our custom target based on the IMX8M Mini. I am facing the below build error. I have checked the concerned package's bitbake recipe and found that the mentioned dependency is already satisfied. But still the error gets thrown. Also I have tried 'bitbake wic-tools' as suggested in the error thrown but still I get the same error while building the final target image. Any hints ? TIA

My host machine is ubuntu 18.04(Details below)

hari@hari:~/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp$ uname -a
Linux hari 5.4.0-42-generic #46~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 07:21:24 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Build error Log:

ERROR: nextgen-image-1.0-r0 do_image_wic: Execution of '/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/temp/run.do_image_wic.2491' failed with exit code 1:
INFO: Creating image(s)...

ERROR: A native program mkfs.ext4 required to build the image was not found (see details above).

Please make sure wic-tools have e2fsprogs-native in its DEPENDS, build it with 'bitbake wic-tools' and try again.

WARNING: exit code 1 from a shell command.

ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in: /home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_image_wic.2491

[gehariprasath]

Hello

Even after letting Yocto download the entire source freshly, I am facing the same issue. We have observed that the "mkfs.ext4" binary is available at this location below. Additinally,I have done repo sync few times to ensure download is complete.

"build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/rootfs/sbin/mkfs.ext4"

The same binary is not available at this location below. 

"build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/sbin/"

Under 'recipe-sysroot-native' I could only see the following binaries

├── agetty
├── blkid
├── blockdev
├── cfdisk
├── ctrlaltdel
├── fdisk
├── fsck
├── fstrim
├── hwclock
├── losetup
├── makedevs
├── mkswap
├── nologin
├── pivot_root
├── sulogin
├── swapoff
├── swapon
├── switch_root
├── vigr -> vipw.shadow
└── vipw

[Zhiming_Liu]

Hi，

Which BSP version did you use, and attach your build commands.I will test the peocess.

[gehariprasath]

Hello

We are using the version "imx_5.4.24_2.1.0".  Below are the build instructions

IMAGE=nextgen-image
MACHINE=imx8mmddr4evk
DISTRO=fsl-imx-wayland

EULA=1 DISTRO=$DISTRO MACHINE=$MACHINE source imx-setup-release.sh -b build

cp ../sources/meta-tx-nextgen/files/$MACHINE/conf/* conf/

bitbake $IMAGE

I already attached the logs in this thread.

[Zhiming_Liu]

Hello,

You can try to follow the yocto.pdf to build the image.

https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/IMXLXYOCTOUG.pdf

[gehariprasath]

Hello Zhiming

Thanks for the reply.

1. I have installed all the host machine dependencies by following the Yocto project user's guide from the following link

https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/IMXLXYOCTOUG.pdf

2. I have seen the link where another person faced the same issue. The solution given to solve the issue i.e by adding IMAGE_FSTYPES = "ext4 wic.bz2" into the local.conf file. This change is already included in my local.conf file. I have attached my local.conf file in zip file attached.

3. I have attached the complete build log in attached zip file.

[Zhiming_Liu]

Hi,

We tested the build process before.The problem may in the process of repo sync.Some file received may not success.You can try to redo the sync process.

[gehariprasath]

Hello

I have issue 'repo sync' multiple times but I am facing the same issue.However, I could able to see the e2fsprogs-native binaries generated under the below path.

build/tmp/sysroots-components/x86_64/e2fsprogs-native/sbin

The PATH variable in the file "build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/temp/run.do_image_wic.21626" is set to the following which doesn't include the above path. 

export PATH="/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot/usr/bin/crossscripts:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot/opt/fsl-imx-wayland/5.4-zeus/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/crossscripts:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot/usr/bin/crossscripts:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/bin/python3-native:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/sources/poky/scripts:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/bin/aarch64-poky-linux:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot/usr/bin/crossscripts:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/sbin:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/bin:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/sbin:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/work/imx8mmddr4evk-poky-linux/nextgen-image/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/bin:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/bin:/home/hari/projects/tx-nextgen/linux-yocto-bsp/build/tmp/hosttools"

[Zhiming_Liu]

Hi,

I mean you del the whole source code and download the source code again.Did your sync process had been interrupted?

[gehariprasath]

Hello

Actually I took the download's directory from a colleague to save time in downloading. I can try to delete and let the yocto system download the sources and give a build. 

[gehariprasath]

Update:

If I build bitbake wic-tools separately, the build is completed. If I build the final image though, I keep getting the same error.

[Zhiming_Liu]

Hi,

1.Make sure you have apt-get install all dependencies.(important)

2.You can see this simillar case and may people have this problem: https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/SOLVED-ERROR-A-native-program-mkfs-ext4-required-to-bui... 

3.Give me your error log file, this error may caused by your bsp  source  incomplete.

Best Regards,

Zhiming