iMX51 which solutions nowadays?

[SteMMo]

Hi all,

I own some custom boards based on iMX51 and I'd like to reactivate them.

I'm wondering nowadays how to develope a simple graphic application on this boards (10" display + touch, i2c communication). The application, of course, depends on the OS below.

The first solutions in my mind are:

- bare-metal .. too much work ..

- simple tailored Linux (Debian, Ubuntu)

- Linux based on Yocto

- Android

The main problem now is that I'm not able to find any BSP, kernel or Yocto config file.

Any other idea or link?

What is your idea/suggestion?

Thanks!

[SteMMo]

Now I see the the script are recalling Python3 and my version is 3.13.5 where 'imp' is deprecated.

I guess I need to update poke or downgrade python3 .. is it?

[JorgeCas]

Hello,

Please try to check with a different Python version.

Do you get the same error if you build core-image-base?

Best regards.

[JorgeCas]

Hello,

There is no official Linux for i.MX51 since 2.6.35. Sorry for the inconvenience.

However we have an Application Note regarding to build OS'es for "old" i.MX processors such as i.MX51:

Building for i.MX Mature Boards

Best regards.

[SteMMo]

@JorgeCas thanks a lot for reply.

Now, I'm following the document pointing to the imx51evk configuration, just to start; then I will define my custom machine..

The problem is the bitbake command (with or without command line parameters) that returns:

$ bitbake
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/media/stefano/c7106e2a-fc9d-4581-a077-351672084a5b/fsl-community-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/bin/bitbake", line 31, in <module>
import bb
File "/media/stefano/c7106e2a-fc9d-4581-a077-351672084a5b/fsl-community-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/__init__.py", line 77, in <module>
import bb.msg
File "/media/stefano/c7106e2a-fc9d-4581-a077-351672084a5b/fsl-community-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/msg.py", line 32, in <module>
import bb.event
File "/media/stefano/c7106e2a-fc9d-4581-a077-351672084a5b/fsl-community-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py", line 34, in <module>
import bb.utils
File "/media/stefano/c7106e2a-fc9d-4581-a077-351672084a5b/fsl-community-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py", line 30, in <module>
import imp
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'imp'

In my environment (Debian 13 amd64) the python is:

$ python --version
Python 2.7.18

Regards