Yocto Linux BSP Ver.7 User Guide for iMX6 series

Getting Started

Conventions

${PREBUILT_IMAGE} : compressed prebuilt image (*.img.gz)

${BSP_TARBALL} : BSP tarball (*.tgz)

${BSP_HOME} : home directory of the BSP

${BDIR} : build directory (e.g. build_x11)

${MX6PROC} : i.MX6 Processor

mx6q for iMX6 Quad Core / Dual Core

mx6dl for iMX6 Dual Lite / Solo

${IMX6PROC} : i.MX6 Processor

imx6q / imx6dl

${BOARD} : available target boards list below

ubc220 / rom3420 / rom5420 / rom7420 / rsb4410 / ubcds31

${BOARD_REV} : board revision

a1 / a2 / b1

${MC} : machine code combined with ${IMX6PROC}${BOARD}${BOARD_REV}

for example,

imx6dlubc220a1 for UBC-220 A1

imx6qrom3420a1 for ROM-3420 A1

imx6qrom5420b1 for ROM-5420 B1

imx6qrsb4410a2 for RSB-4410 A2

${MEM_SIZE} : memory size

1G / 2G / 512M

${SD_DEVICE} : device name of SD card in Linux (e.g. /dev/sdf)

${SDCARD_IMAGE} : sdcard image built by bitbake (*.sdcard)

${UBOOT} :u-boot version(e.g. 2015.04)

${KERNEL} : linux kernel version(e.g. 4.1.15)

${TOOLCHAIN} : toolchain installed directory(e.g. /opt/fsl-imx-x11/4.1.15-1.1.0)

debug console / serial console

serial terminal program (e.g. minicom, putty, teraterm ...) that serial port is configured to 115200 8N1

terminal console

terminal program (e.g. gnome-terminal, xfce4-terminal ...)

Prerequisites

To install Docker Engine on your platform

Please refer to Docker Installation Guide for details

To pull ubuntu 12.04 image from Docker Hub & run the image

$ docker pull advrisc/u12.04-imx6lbv3

$ docker run --privileged --name imx6LBV7000 -it -v ${SD_DEVICE}:${SD_DEVICE} advrisc/u12.04-imx6lbv3 /bin/bash

To copy BSP from local filesystem to the container

$ docker cp ${BSP_PACK} imx6LBV7000:/home/adv/

To copy files from the container's filesystem to local machine

$ docker cp imx6LBV7000:/home/adv/${BSP_HOME}/yocto_build/tmp/deploy/images/${MC} ~

Introducing BSP

The BSP is based on Yocto Project with Freescale enhanced features for i.MX6, plus specific target board features from Advantech Inc..

Naming Rule

The tarball/prebuilt image name is consist of the model name followed by "LB" or "LI" plus version number and released date.

For example, 4410A1LBV7000_2016-06-23.tgz which "4410A1" stands for RSB-4410 A1, "LB" is acronym of Linux BSP, "V7000" stands for Version 7.000.

For example, 4410A1LIV7000_DualQuad_2016-06-23.img.gz which "LI" is acronym for prebuilt Linux Image, DualQuad means this image is fit for Dual Core/Quad Core.

BSP tarball

Unpack BSP tarball to home directory by performing the following command:

$ tar xvf ${BSP_TARBALL} -C ~/

(Every BSP with different version contains an unique folder, e.g. after unpacking 4410A1LBV7000_2016-06-23.tgz to home directory, the directory , ~/imx6LBV7000_2016-06-23 is the BSP's home folder.)

The description of some important folders list below:

sources/

meta-advantech/ : meta layer by Advantech

meta-fsl-*/ : meta layer by Freescale

fsl-setup-release.sh : to create one new build environment

setup-environment : to continue an exist build environment

Prebuilt image

Perform the following command to build one boot-up SD card

$ gunzip -c ${PREBUILT_IMAGE} | dd of=${SD_DEVICE} bs=1M

Build Instructions

To create one new build environment

Perform the following commands in terminal console

$ cd ${BSP_HOME}

$ MACHINE=${MC} source fsl-setup-release.sh -b ${BDIR} -e x11

You need to read and accept the EULA.

To continue an exist build environment

Perform the following commands in terminal console

$ cd ${BSP_HOME}

$ source setup-environment ${BDIR}

To build sdcard image

To create/continue a build environment

Perform the following command in terminal console

$ bitbake fsl-image-qt5

The file, fsl-image-qt5-${MC}.sdcard, will be located in directory, ./tmp/deploy/images/${MC}, while building process finished successfully.

To build toolchain installer

To create/continue a build environment

Perform the following command in terminal console

$ bitbake fsl-image-qt5 -c populate_sdk

The below installer will be located in the directory "./tmp/deploy/sdk".

fsl-imx-x11-glibc-x86_64-fsl-image-qt5-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-${KERNEL}-1.1.0.sh

To build u-boot

To create/continue a build environment

Perform the following command in terminal console

$ bitbake u-boot-imx

The two files, u-boot_crc.bin & u-boot_crc.bin.crc, will be located in the directory, ./tmp/deploy/images/${MC}.

To build linux kernel

To create/continue a build environment

Perform the following command in terminal console

to show up menuconfig

$ bitbake linux-imx -c menuconfig

to do build

$ bitbake linux-imx

The two files, zImage & zImage-${IMX6PROC}-${BOARD}-${BOARD_REV}.dtb, will be located in the directory, ./tmp/deploy/images/${MC}.

Creating boot-up on-board flash from prebuilt image

To create one boot-up SD card

Perform the following command in terminal console

$ gunzip -c ${PREBUILT_IMAGE | dd of=${SD_DEVICE} bs=1M

To transfer whole system to on-board flash

Boot up from SD card

Perform the following commands in debug console

# cd /mk_inand

# ./mksd-linux.sh /dev/mmcblk0

press y followed by Enter, if following message shows up:

While "[Done]" shows up means the transferring is finished.

Creating boot-up on-board flash from built sdcard image

To create one boot-up SD card

Perform the following commands in terminal console

$ pushd ${BSP_HOME}/${BDIR}/tmp/deploy/images/${MC}

$ dd if=${SDCARD_IMAGE} of=${SD_DEVICE} bs=1M

$ popd

To transfer whole system to on-board flash

Boot up from SD card

Insert USB stick that contains ${SDCARD_IMAGE}, USB stick will be auto mounted to /run/media/sda1.

Perform the following commands in debug console

# umount /dev/mmcblk0p?

# cd /run/media/sda1

# dd if=${SDCARD_IMAGE} of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4M conv=fsync

# P2START=$(fdisk -lu | grep mmcblk0p2 | awk '{print $2}')

# echo -e "d\n2\nn\np\n2\n${P2START}\n\nw\n" | fdisk -u /dev/mmcblk0

# umount /dev/mmcblk0p2

# e2fsck -f -y /dev/mmcblk0p2

# resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p2

# poweroff

Customization

Package addition

To add tcf-agent & openssh-sftp-server

Navigate to the directory where fsl-image-adv.inc located

$ cd ${BSP_HOME}/sources/meta-advantech/recipes-fsl/images

Add following line to fsl-image-adv.inc

IMAGE_INSTALL += " tcf-agent openssh-sftp-server "

Continue an exist build environment and build sdcard image

To add chromium browser

Navigate to the directory where local.conf located

$ cd ${BSP_HOME}/${BDIR}/conf

Add following two lines to local.conf

CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "chromium"

LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST="commercial"

Continue an exist build environment and build sdcard image

Setting up SDK

Please follow the section,To build toolchain installer, to build one toolchain installer

Perform the following command in terminal console

$ cd ${BSP_HOME}/${BDIR}/tmp/deploy/sdk

$ sudo ./fsl-imx-x11-glibc-x86_64-fsl-image-qt5-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-${KERNEL}-1.1.0.sh

Enter new installed directory or just press Enter to use default directory.

While Proceed[y/n]? shows up, please enter the correct one.

Waiting for the SDK installed (while the following messages show up completely)

Setting up cross compiling environment

SDK has been set up (ref. Setting up SDK)

Perform the following command in terminal console

$ source ${TOOLCHAIN}/environment-setup-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi

Building & updating u-boot manually

To build u-boot

The cross compiling environment has been set up. (ref. Setting up cross compiling environment)

Make one copy from Yocto working directory

$ mkdir -p ~/code

$ pushd ${BSP_HOME}/${BDIR}/tmp/work/${MC}-poky-linux-gnueabi/

$ rm -rf ~/code/u-boot-imx

$ cp -a ./u-boot-imx/${UBOOT}-r0/git ~/code/u-boot-imx

$ popd

Configure u-boot

$ cd ~/code/u-boot-imx

$ make distclean

$ make ${MX6PROC}${BOARD}${BOARD_REV}_${MEM_SIZE}_config

Start building u-boot

$ make -j4 LDFLAGS=

The two files, u-boot-crc.bin & u-boot-crc.bin.crc, are located in directory "~/code/u-boot-imx".

To update u-boot to target device

Perform the following command to transfer to exist boot-up SD card

$ dd if=u-boot_crc.bin.crc of=${SD_DEVICE} bs=512 seek=2 conv=fsync

$ dd if=u-boot-crc.bin of=${SD_DEVICE} bs=512 seek=3 conv=fsync

Make sure new u-boot does work then perform the following commands to transfer to on-board flash

# dd if=u-boot_crc.bin.crc of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=2 conv=fsync

# dd if=u-boot-crc.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=3 conv=fsync

Building & updating kernel/modules/dtb manually

To build kernel/modules/dtb

The cross compiling environment has been set up. (ref. Setting up cross compiling environment)

Make one copy from Yocto working directory

$ mkdir -p ~/code

$ pushd ${BSP_HOME}/${BDIR}/tmp/work-shared/${MC}/

$ rm -rf ~/code/linux-imx

$ cp -a ./kernel-source ~/code/inux-imx

$ popd

Configure linux kernel

$ cd ~/code/linux-imx

$ make distclean

$ make imx_v7_adv_defconfig

$ make menuconfig PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR= PKG_CONFIG_PATH=

Start building linux kernel

$ make -j4 zImage LOADADDR=0x10008000 LDFLAGS=

The kernel image file, zImage, is located in the directory "./arch/arm/boot/".

Start building kernel modules

$ make -j4 modules LDFLAGS=

Copy all modules to a temporary rootfs directory, "~/temp/rootfs"

$ make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=~/temp/rootfs

Start building device tree blob

$ make -j4 ${IMX6PROC}-${BOARD}-${BOARD_REV}.dtb

The device tree blob, ${IMX6PROC}-${BOARD}-${BOARD_REV}.dtb, is located in the directory "./arch/arm/boot/dts/".

To update kernel/modules/dtb to target device

Copy zImage & ${IMX6PROC}-${BOARD}-${BOARD_REV}.dtb to the 1^st partition of SD card

Copy modues to the 2^nd partition of SD card.

Make sure all new linux kernel, device tree and kernel modules work well, then copy all of them to the on-board flash

System Recovery

Please refer to Creating boot-up on-board flash from prebuilt image / sdcard image to create a boot-up SD card and transfer whole system to on-board flash.