SDK BUILD FOR MICKLEDORE 6.1.22-2.0.0 crashes terminal during bit bake on Ubuntu 22.02

[dwightk]

Hello everyone,

I have been trying to bitbake the latest 6.1.22 Mickledore SDK.

I was previously on Ubuntu 18 and it wouldn't install due to the gcc and python versions being too low. I decided to upgrade to Ubuntu 22.02.

Should I be on Ubuntu 20.02 ?

The guide says: "Ubuntu 20.02  or later"

I issued the following commands:

$ mkdir imx-yocto-bsp
$ cd imx-yocto-bsp
$ repo init -u https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-manifest -b imx-linux-mickledore -m imx-6.1.22-2.0.0.xml
$ repo sync

then I run the command:

$ DISTRO=fsl-imx-xwayland MACHINE=imx8mp-lpddr4-evk source imx-setup-release.sh -b build

this takes me into the build folder, where I run the command:

$ bitbake imx-image-full

This starts running and gets to about 40% or so and then it crashes the terminal. The terminal freezes up and then disappears.

I tried upgrading the Gnome Terminal. Same issue. Then I tried Xterm. Same issue.

It's not the terminal. 

It seems to be slowly advancing every time I run it, from 40% to 41%. There are some really long running tasks right now that it is trying to compile and these are advancing at a snail's pace.

rust-live-native

qtbase-6.5

qtdeclarative

boost

The Xterm seems to be faster than Gnome Terminal. It gets up to the last state eg. 40% complete almost right away.

[Chavira · Accepted solution]

Hi @dwightk!
Thank you for contacting NXP Support!

Try to limit the cores and try to recompile the SDK.

You can limit the cores using the next lines in the local.conf file:

Note: We recommend 4 GB of RAM per core

BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "4"
PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 4"

If the problem persists try to compile the packages with failure one by one with the next commands.

Bitbake -c clean <package>

Bitbake -c compile <package>

Example:

Bitbake -c clean rust-live-native
Bitbake -c compile rust-live-native

Note: Only do that with big packages like:
Linux-imx
QT
Rust
onxruntime.
etc.

Best Regards!
Chavira

[dwightk]

Hello,

The MICKLEDORE 6.1.22-2.0.0 is giving problems even with restrictions on the cores and parallel threads at the populate_sdk step.

However, I retried with: 6.1.36 and set the local.conf, BB_NUMBER_THREADS, and PARALLEL_MAKE to "1".

It failed once at the "boost" task and had to be cleaned and re-run, however, it's making steady progress now, and even in the failed instance it didn't crash the Terminal like before.

[Chavira]

Hi @dwightk!

If you want to use kernel 6.1.22 I recommend deleting your old Yocto Project and trying to deploy the SDK again with the restrictions from the beginning of the compilations

Best Regards!
Chavira