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= Introduction =
= Introduction =
This is the Variscite fifth release of Yocto for VAR-SOM-MX6. This Yocto Dora release is based on Freescale fsl-L3.10.17_1.0.0GA release.<br>
Major features:
*New Linux version
This version was written from scratch Linux version linux-imx_3.10.17_1.0.0_ga.
*New U-Boot
New u-boot version u-boot-imx-2013.04.
*New Yocto Dora
Based on fsl-L3.10.17_1.0.0_iMX6qdls Freescale release (previous versions where based on the community release). Yocto Dora support re structured. Most of Variscite support code is located in meta-variscite folder.<br>


= Supported hardware and features =
* This Yocto Dora release is based on Freescale fsl-L3.10.17_1.0.0GA release.<br/>
* Linux kernel: linux-imx_3.10.17_1.0.0_ga.
* Uboot: u-boot-imx-2013.04.
* Yocto Dora: Based on fsl-L3.10.17_1.0.0_iMX6qdls Freescale release (previous versions were based on the community release). Yocto Dora was re-structured as most of Variscite support code is located in meta-variscite folder.
 
= Supported hardware and features =


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Feature<br>  
! scope="col" | Feature<br/>
! scope="col" | Description<br>
! scope="col" | Description<br/>
|-
|-
| Board support<br>  
| Board support<br/>
| [http://www.variscite.com/products/evaluation-kits/var-dvk-mx6 VAR-DVK-MX6],[http://www.variscite.com/products/system-on-module-som/cortex-a9/var-som-mx6-cpu-freescale-imx6 VAR-SOM-MX6]<br>
| [http://www.variscite.com/products/evaluation-kits/var-dvk-mx6 VAR-DVK-MX6],[http://www.variscite.com/products/system-on-module-som/cortex-a9/var-som-mx6-cpu-freescale-imx6 VAR-SOM-MX6]<br/>
|-
|-
| CPU<br>  
| CPU<br/>
|  
|  
[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6Q&fr=g i.MX6 Quad]<br>[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6D&fr=g i.MX6 Dual]<br>[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6DL&fr=g i.MX6 Dual lite]<br>[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6S&nodeId=018rH3ZrDRB24A i.MX6 Solo]<br>
[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6Q&fr=g i.MX6 Quad]<br/>[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6D&fr=g i.MX6 Dual]<br/>[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6DL&fr=g i.MX6 Dual lite]<br/>[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6S&nodeId=018rH3ZrDRB24A i.MX6 Solo]


|-
|-
| Software platform<br>  
| Software platform<br/>
|  
|  
[https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases Yocto Dora release.]<br>[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6Q&fpsp=1&tab=Design_Tools_Tab Freescale release version 4.1]<br>[https://github.com/Freescale Meta freescale community release for Dora]  
[https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases Yocto Dora release.]<br/>[http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6Q&fpsp=1&tab=Design_Tools_Tab Freescale release version 4.1]<br/>[https://github.com/Freescale Meta freescale community release for Dora]


|-
|-
| Nand Recovery  
| Nand Recovery
|
|  
|-
|-
| NAND Flash size support<br>  
| NAND Flash size support<br/>
| 0.5,1.0,2.0,4.0 GB<br>
| 0.5,1.0,2.0,4.0 GB<br/>
|-
|-
| DDR size support configuration<br>  
| DDR size support configuration<br/>
| Solo:0.5,1.0 GB DualLite: 1.0GB Dual: 0.5,1.0GB Quad: 1.0,2.0 GB<br>
| Solo:0.5,1.0 GB DualLite: 1.0GB Dual: 0.5,1.0GB Quad: 1.0,2.0 GB<br/>
|-
|-
| SD-Card<br>  
| SD-Card<br/>
| +<br>
| +<br/>
|-
|-
| Wired Network<br>  
| Ethernet<br/>
| 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet<br>
| 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet<br/>
|-
|-
| Wireless Network<br>  
| WLAN <br/>
| 802.11 b/g/n<br>
| 802.11 b/g/n<br/>
|-
|-
| Bluetooth<br>  
| Bluetooth<br/>
| 4.0<br>
| 4.0<br/>
|-
|-
| CAN bus<br>  
| CAN bus<br/>
| +<br>
| +<br/>
|-
|-
| I2C<br>  
| I2C<br/>
| +<br>
| +<br/>
|-
|-
| SPI<br>  
| SPI<br/>
| +<br>
| +<br/>
|-
|-
| USB host<br>  
| USB host<br/>
| +<br>
| +<br/>
|-
|-
| USB OTG<br>  
| USB OTG<br/>
| Device only. Host will be supported on next version<br>
| Device only. Host will be supported on next release<br/>
|-
|-
| Uarts<br>  
| Uarts<br/>
| x3, up to 3.6 Mbps. Minicom avilable to use with the port<br>
| x3, up to 3.6 Mbps. Minicom avilable to use with the port<br/>
|-
|-
| RTC<br>  
| RTC<br/>
| +<br>
| +<br/>
|-
|-
| Display  
| Display
| HDMI 720P,1080P LVDS0 (On board LVDS to RGB bridge, EVK supports 800x480 resolution) LVDS1 external display
| HDMI 720P,1080P LVDS0 (On board LVDS to RGB bridge, EVK supports 800x480 resolution) LVDS1 external display
|-
|-
| Audio  
| Audio
| Line IN/ Line out
| Line IN/ Line out
|-
|-
| Camera  
| Camera
| ov5640 camera sensor. CB402 board can be ordered seperately
| ov5640 camera sensor. CB402 board can be purchased separately
|-
|-
| SATA  
| SATA
| +
| +
|}
|}


Variscite Yocto Dora release 2 for Freescale i.MX6 version 4.1.<br>
Variscite Yocto Dora release 2 for Freescale i.MX6 version 4.1.
 
= Installing required packages<br>  =


Follow the link below and install all the required packages on your machine.
= Installing required packages<br/> =


[http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html]
Follow the link below and install all the required packages on your machine.


For example, if your building machine is an Ubuntu machine:  
[http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html]
<pre>sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo build-essential chrpath libsdl1.2-dev xterm</pre>
Variscite Yocto build is tested with Ubuntu 12.04 lts.<br>


= Get Yocto Dora for i.MX6 with Variscite VAR-SOM-MX6 support  =
For example, if your building machine is an Ubuntu machine:
<pre>sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo build-essential chrpath libsdl1.2-dev xterm</pre>
Variscite Yocto build is tested with Ubuntu 12.04 lts.


= Get Yocto Dora for i.MX6 with Variscite VAR-SOM-MX6 support =


Use &nbsp;"repo" to fetch Yocto and apply Variscite's patches for the BSP support.


This method use a "repo" to fetch Yocto and apply Variscite patch for BSP support.
Install the `repo` utility:
Install the `repo` utility:<br>
<pre>$ mkdir ~/bin (this step may not be needed if the bin folder already exists)
<pre>$ mkdir ~/bin (this step may not be needed if the bin folder already exists)
$ curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
Add the following line to the .bashrc file to ensure that the ~/bin folder is in your PATH variable
Add the following line to the .bashrc file to ensure that the ~/bin folder is in your PATH variable
$ export PATH=~/bin:$PATH</pre>  
$ export PATH=~/bin:$PATH</pre>
{{note| NOTE:<br>we uploaded as a reference the repo we used.|info}}
{{note| NOTE:<br>we uploaded as a reference the repo we used.|info}}


Get Yocto Dora from github.<br>
Clone Yocto Dora from github.
<pre>$ cd ~
<pre>$ cd ~
$ mkdir var-som-mx6-dora-v5
$ mkdir var-som-mx6-dora-v5
Line 121: Line 115:
$ repo init -u git://git.freescale.com/imx/fsl-arm-yocto-bsp.git -b imx-3.10.17-1.0.0_ga
$ repo init -u git://git.freescale.com/imx/fsl-arm-yocto-bsp.git -b imx-3.10.17-1.0.0_ga
$ repo sync
$ repo sync
</pre>  
</pre>
Download var_yocto_v5b1.tar.bz2 from Variscite's FTP.<br>
Download var_yocto_v5b1.tar.bz2 from Variscite's FTP.
<pre>$ tar xvf var_yocto_v5b1.tar.bz2
<pre>$ tar xvf var_yocto_v5b1.tar.bz2
$ variscite/install</pre>  
$ variscite/install</pre>
{{note|Comment:<br/>This method will keep the git repositories. It will enable you to track Variscite and your changes.|info}}
{{note|Comment:<br/>This method will preserve the git repositories. It will enable you to track Variscite's changes, and your own.|info}}


= Setup and Customize your Yocto build =
= Setup and Customize your Yocto build =


Setup the environment and use build_var folder<br>
Setup the environment and use build_var folder
<pre>$ . ./setup-environment build_var
<pre>$ . ./setup-environment build_var
</pre>  
</pre>
{{note|Comment:<br/>If you close your terminal and want to build Yocto you should change directory to ~var-som-mx6-dora-v3 and run the above command again. build_var is your build directory and all bitbake commands should run from it|info}}
{{note|Comment:<br/>If you close your terminal and wishto build Yocto again, you should change directory to ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v3 and run the above command again. build_var is your build directory and all bitbake commands should run from it|info}}
 
== local.conf customizations<br/> ==


== local.conf customizations<br>  ==
Edit you local.conf file:
Edit you local.conf file:
<pre>$ gedit conf/local.conf  
<pre>$ gedit conf/local.conf  
</pre>  
</pre>
Change your SOM version, parallel build and download directory:
Change your SOM version, parallel build and download directory:
=== Select VAR-SOM_MX6 SOM version<br>  ===
One of:<br>
MACHINE ??= 'var_som_imx6q'
MACHINE ??= 'var_som_imx6dl'
MACHINE ??= 'var_som_imx6solo'


=== Parallel build<br> ===
=== Select VAR-SOM_MX6 SOM version<br/> ===
Set the build parameters to fully utilize your host machine
One of:<br/>MACHINE&nbsp;??= 'varsomimx6q'   - VAR_SOM_MX6 Quad with 1GB DDR<br/>MACHINE&nbsp;??= 'varsomimx6q2'  - VAR_SOM_MX6 Quad 1.2MHz with 2GB DDR<br/>MACHINE&nbsp;??= 'varsomimx6dl'  - VAR_SOM_MX6 Dual Lite with 1GB DDR <br/>MACHINE&nbsp;??= 'varsomimx6solo' - VAR_SOM_MX6 Solo with 1GB DDR or 0.5 GB DDR
BB_NUMBER_THREADS = '4'<br>PARALLEL_MAKE = '-j 6'
BB_NUMBER_THREADS should be your host machine's number of threads minus 2 or same.
PARALLEL_MAKE should be the number of threads your host machine has plus two.<br>  
=== Download directory.  ===
Recommended to save download time and space.
DL_DIR = "/home/&lt;uname&gt;/yocto_dl"<br>


= Build your image =
=== Parallel build<br/> ===
<pre>$ bitbake fsl-image-gui </pre>  
 
Set the build parameters to fully utilize your host machine BB_NUMBER_THREADS = '4'<br/>PARALLEL_MAKE = '-j 6' BB_NUMBER_THREADS should be your host machine's number of threads minus 2 or same. PARALLEL_MAKE should be the number of threads your host machine has plus two.
 
=== Download directory. ===
 
Recommended to save download time and space. DL_DIR = "/home/&lt;uname&gt;/yocto_dl"
 
= Build your image =
<pre>$ bitbake var-image-x11 </pre>
Other image build options:
Other image build options:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | image name <br>  
! scope="col" | image name<br/>
! scope="col" | description<br>
! scope="col" | description<br/>
|-
|-
| core-image-base<br>  
| core-image-base<br/>
| A console-only image that fully supports the target device hardware.<br>
| A console-only image that fully supports the target device hardware.<br/>
|-
|-
| fsl-image-test <br>  
| var-image-test<br/>
| Builds contents core-image-base plus Freescale test applications and multimedia components.<br>
| Image contains core-image-base plus Freescale test applications and multimedia components.<br/>
|-
|-
| fsl-image-gui <br>  
| var-image-x11<br/>
| Builds contents of core-image-sato with Freescale test applications and multimedia with hardware accelerated X11 <br>
| Image contains core-image-sato with Freescale test applications and multimedia with hardware accelerated X11<br/>
|}
|}
The resulted images are in tmp/deploy/images/varsommx6q.<br>Looking at tmp/deploy/images/varsommx6q you will find 6 main files that are linked to the actual file<br><br>
 
The resulted images are locaated in tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q.<br/>Looking at tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q you will find 6 main files that are linked to the actual file<br/>
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Image Name<br>  
! scope="col" | Image Name<br/>
! scope="col" | How to use<br>
! scope="col" | How to use<br/>
|-
|-
| fsl-image-gui-varsommx6q.ext3<br>  
| var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.ext3<br/>
| Not in Use<br>
| Not in Use<br/>
|-
|-
| fsl-image-gui-varsommx6q.sdcard  
| var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.sdcard
|  
|  
Flash into SD-card and use boot select to boot from.<br>
Flash into SD-card and use boot select to boot from.
<pre>$ sudo dd if=tmp/deploy/images/varsommx6q/fsl-image-gui-varsommx6q.sdcard of=/dev/devxxx bs=1024k
<pre>$ sudo dd if=tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.sdcard of=/dev/devxxx bs=1024k
</pre>  
</pre>
devxxx = mmcblk0 or sdX. Do dmesg after you insert an SD-Card into your build system to figure out the device name<br>  
Build u-boot out of tree for mmc as explained below and
<pre>$ sudo dd if=u-boot.imx of=/dev/devxxx bs=512 seek=2; sync
</pre>
devxxx = mmcblk0 or sdX. Do dmesg after you insert an SD-Card into your build system to figure out the device name<br/>{{note|Comment:<br/>Use "$ sudo gparted /dev/devxxx"
*Lable the second partition and call it "rootfs".
*Increase the second partition to include all avilable sd-card space.|info}}


|-
|-
| fsl-image-gui-varsommx6q.tar.bz2  
| var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.tar.bz2
|  
|  
Used to create an NFS root file system on the host.  
Used to create an NFS root file system on the host.
<pre>$ sudo mkdir ../rootfs
<pre>$ sudo mkdir ../rootfs
$ sudo rm -rf ../rootfs/*
$ sudo rm -rf ../rootfs/*
# sudo tar xvf tmp/deploy/images/varsommx6q/fsl-image-gui-varsommx6q.tar.bz2 -C ../rootfs
$ sudo tar xvf tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.tar.bz2 -C ../rootfs
</pre>  
</pre>
See apendix for setting an NFS server<br>
See apendix for setting an NFS server


|-
|-
| fsl-image-gui-varsommx6q.ubi<br>u-boot.bin<br>uImage<br><br>  
| var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.ubi
|
Use the sdcard created above. Copy the file into it and use the folwing commands to flash them into nand.<br/>Coping files (mount the sd-card created above first):
<pre>$ sudo mkdir /media/rootfs/opt/images
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/u-boot.imx /media/rootfs/opt/images
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage    /media/rootfs/opt/images
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage-imx6q-var-som-ldo.dtb /media/rootfs/opt/images/imx6q-var-som-ldo.dtb
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage-imx6q-var-som.dtb /media/rootfs/opt/images/imx6q-var-som.dtb
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage-imx6dl-var-som.dtb /media/rootfs/opt/images/imx6sl-var-som.dtb
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage-imx6sl-var-som.dtb /media/rootfs/opt/images/imx6dl-var-som.dtb
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.ubi /media/rootfs/opt/images
$ sudo umount /media/rootfs
$ sudo umount /media/BOT_varsomi
</pre>
Flashing on target:
<pre>$ flash_eraseall /dev/mtd0
$ kobs-ng init -x /opt/images/u-boot.imx  --search_exponent=1 -v
$ nandwrite -p /dev/mtd0 -s 0x1e0000 /opt/images/imx6q-var-som.dtb
$ flash_eraseall /dev/mtd2
$ nandwrite -p /dev/mtd2 /opt/images/uImage
$ flash_eraseall /dev/mtd3
$ ubiformat /dev/mtd3 -f /opt/images/var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.ubi -s 2048 -O 2048
</pre>
|-
| uImage
|
|-
| u-boot.imx
|  
|  
The best practice is to use Variscite's NAND-recovery SD-Card. update the Yocto folder on the SD-Card<br>/opt/recover/Yocto and replace u-boot, uImage and the UBI files with the files on tmp/deploy/images.<br>


You can also look at /sbin/nand-recovery.sh for the excat procedure to flash the nand.<br>


|}
|}


= U-Boot options<br> =
= Next steps <br/> =
In sections 1-6 we explained how to build Yocto for VAR-SOM-MX6. We explained the results for nand (UBI) and for sd-card.
At this point you should have a bootable sd-card with UBI images on it. You should be able to boot from the sd-card using the boot select button and flash the nand.
Next steps:
* Build and deploy the compiler and tools.
* Fetch u-boot and compile it out of Yocto tools.
* Fetch Linux kernel and compile it out of Yocto tools.


By default all images are built for NAND-based U-Boot. If you want to change the setting to build SD-Card images, change the board file.<br>
= Toolchain =


under ~/var_yocto/sources/meta-fsl-arm-extra/conf/machine you will find Variscite board definitions.<br>
Build the toolchain by:
<pre>$ bitbake meta-ide-support
$ bitbake meta-toolchain
</pre>
The output will be located at tmp/deploy/sdk/. On a 64 bit Ubuntu you will get:


varsommx6q.conf<br>varsommx6solo.conf<br>varsommx6dual.conf<br>
poky-eglibc-x86_64-meta-toolchain-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-1.5.sh.


Edit you specifc board and change UBOOT_MACHINE according to the folowing table.<br>  
Install the tools by running:
<pre>$ tmp/deploy/sdk/poky-eglibc-x86_64-meta-toolchain-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-1.5.1.sh</pre>
The toolchain name depend on your build machine and may change.
 
= Build U-Boot out of Yocto tree<br/> =
 
Get sources:
<pre>$ cd ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v5
$ git clone git://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx
$ cd uboot-imx/
$ git checkout -b imx_v2013.04_3.10.17_1.0.0_beta_var1 remotes/origin/imx_v2013.04_3.10.17_1.0.0_beta_var1
</pre>
Build u-boot:
<pre>$ export PATH=/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin:/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi:$PATH
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- mrproper
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- <Your config file from the table below>
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-
</pre>
Flash u-boot to the sd-card:
<pre>$ sudo dd if=u-boot.imx of=/dev/sdxxx bs=512 seek=2; sync
</pre>
In case of UBI copy it to the sd-card:
<pre>$ sudo cp u-boot.imx /media/rootfs.opt/images
</pre>
Un mount the sdcard.
<pre>$ sudo umount /dev/sdxxx
</pre>
{{note|Comment:<br/>Replace /dev/sdxxx with the actual device name. Use dmesq to find the right one.|info}}


== Avilable u-boot configurations ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Definition<br>  
! scope="col" | Definition<br/>
! scope="col" | Built for<br>
! scope="col" | Built for<br/>
|-
|-
| mx6q_var_som_config <br>  
| vsmq_10m10g_sd_config<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXQ/D,&nbsp; boot from MMC<br>
| VAR-SOM-MXQ/D 1GHz CPU 1GB DDR,&nbsp; boot from MMC<br/>
|-
|-
| mx6solo_var_som_config <br>  
| vsmq_12m20g_sd_config<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXSolo, boot from MMC<br>
| VAR-SOM-MXQ/D 1.2GHz CPU 2GB DDR,&nbsp; boot from MMC<br/>
|-
|-
| mx6dl_var_som_config<br>  
| vsmd_10m05g_sd_config<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXDL,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; boot from MMC<br>
| VAR-SOM-MXD 1GHz CPU 0.5GB DDR,&nbsp; boot from MMC<br/>
|-
|-
| mx6q_var_som_nand_config<br>  
| vsmdl_10m10g_sd_config<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXQ/D,&nbsp; boot from NAND<br>
| VAR-SOM-MXDL, 1GHz CPU 1.0 GB DDR &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; boot from MMC<br/>
|-
|-
| mx6solo_var_som_nand_config <br>  
| vsms_10m10g_sd_config<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXSolo, boot from NAND<br>
| VAR-SOM-MXSolo, 1GHz CPU 0.5 or 1.0 GB DDR boot from MMC<br/>
|-
|-
| mx6dl_var_som_nand_config <br>  
| vsmq_10m10g_nand_config<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXDL,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; boot from NAND<br>
| VAR-SOM-MXQ/D 1GHz CPU 1GB DDR,&nbsp; boot from NAND<br/>
|-
| vsmq_12m20g_nand_config<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXQ/D 1.2GHz CPU 2GB DDR,&nbsp; boot from NAND<br/>
|-
| vsmd_10m05g_nand_som<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXD 1GHz CPU 0.5GB DDR,&nbsp; boot from NAND<br/>
|-
| vsmdl_10m10g_nand_config<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXDL,1GHz CPU 1.0 GB DDR &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; boot from NAND<br/>
|-
| vsms_10m10g_nand_config<br/>
| VAR-SOM-MXSolo, 1GHz CPU 0.5 or 1.0 GB DDR boot from NAND<br/>
|}
|}


= Toolchain  =
= Build Linux out of Yocto tree<br/> =
 
Get sources:  
Build the toolchain by:  
<pre>$ cd ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v5/
<pre>$ bitbake meta-ide-support
$ git clone git://github.com/varigit/linux-2.6-imx.git
$ bitbake meta-toolchain
$ cd linux-2.6-imx/
$ git checkout -b imx_3.10.17_1.0.0_ga_beta_var2 remotes/origin/imx_3.10.17_1.0.0_ga_beta_var2
</pre>  
</pre>  
The output will be located at tmp/deploy/sdk/. On a 64 bit Ubuntu you will get:<br>
Build the Linux kernel:
 
<pre>$ export PATH=/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin:/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi:$PATH
poky-eglibc-x86_64-meta-toolchain-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-1.5.sh.<br>
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- mrproper
 
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx_v7_var_defconfig
Install the tools by running:<br>
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- uImage
<pre>$ tmp/deploy/sdk/poky-eglibc-x86_64-meta-toolchain-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-1.5.1.sh</pre>
The toolchain name depend on your build machine and may change.<br>
 
= Build Linux out of Yocto tree<br>  =
 
Prepare the Linux kernel<br>
<pre>$ bitbake -c cleansstate linux-variscite
$ bitbake -c devshell linux-variscite </pre>
This will open a new shell at ...tmp/work/varsommx6q-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-variscite/3.0.35-r0/git#<br>
 
Copy the Linux kernel to a new folder <br>
<pre>$ mkdir ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/linux-imx
$ cp -a * ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/linux-imx
$ exit
</pre>
change dir into the new Linux kernel folder<br>
<pre>$ cd ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/linux-imx
</pre>
Set the tools path:<br>
<pre>$ export PATH=/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin:/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi:$PATH
</pre>
Clean the Linux kernel:<br>
<pre>$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- mrproper
</pre>
Configure the Linux kernel:<br>
<pre>$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- var_som_mx6_defconfig
</pre>
Change configuration if required:<br>
<pre>$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- menuconfig
</pre>
Build the Linux kernel:<br>
<pre>$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- uImage
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- modules
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- modules
</pre>
Build the device tree
The best practice of testing the new Linux kernel is using TFTP&amp;NFS. Described in the apendix.<br>
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx6dl-var-som.dtb
<pre>$ cp arch/arm/boot/uImage /tftpboot
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx6q-var-som.dtb
</pre>  
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx6q-var-som-ldo.dtb
Install the Linux modules into the rootfs file system<br>
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx6sl-var-som.dtb
<pre>$ sudo make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=../rootfs
</pre>
Copy the uImage and device tree to the sd-card boot partition or to the opt/image in order to be flashed to the nand.
Copy modules to the sd-card
<pre>$ sudo make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/media/rootfs/
</pre>
</pre>


= Build U-Boot out of Yocto tree<br>  =
= Useful Bitbake commands =
 
Prepare the U-Boot boot loader <br>
<pre>$ bitbake -c cleansstate u-boot-variscite
$ bitbake -c devshell u-boot-variscite </pre>
This will open a new shell at ...tmp/work/varsommx6q-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-variscite/3.0.35-r0/git#<br>
 
Copy the U-Boot boot loader to a new folder <br>
<pre>$ mkdir ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/uboot-imx
$ cp -a * ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/uboot-imx
$ exit
</pre>
change dir into the new u-boot folder<br>
<pre>$ cd ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/uboot-imx</pre>
set the tools path if required<br>
<pre>$ export PATH=/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin:/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi:$PATH
</pre>
Clean the U-Boot<br>
<pre>$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- mrproper
</pre>
Configure the U-Boot boot loader<br>
<pre>$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- mx6q_var_som_nand_config
</pre>
Build the U-Boot boot loader
<pre>$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-
</pre>
Use our NAND-recovery sd-card to burn your u-boot to the NAND-Flash.<br>
 
In case you build an sd-card version use<br>
<pre>sudo dd if=u-boot.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=2 skip=2 conv=fsync
</pre>
Set the /dev/mmcblk0 according to you host sd-card device.
 
= Creating a recovery SD-Card  =
 
{{note|Comment:<br/> we use Ubuntu 12.04 mount convention and a laptop media name. "/media/var_som_mx6_rf" and "/dev/mmcblk0" are widely used in this section.<br>You should be aware of this and change the media name to you host machine name.|info}}
 
Create a new folder:<br>
<pre>$ mkdir ~/my_recovery_sd
$ cd ~/my_recovery_sd
</pre>
Insert Variscite recovery SD-Card version 19 into your host machine.<br>
 
Copy the recovery folder from the SD-Card into your local folder:<br>
<pre>$ sudo cp -a /media/var_mx6_<x>/opt/recovery ./
$ sudo cp /media/var_mx6_<x>/sbin/nand-recovery.sh ./
</pre>
Update your local folder with the files you created during the Yocto build:<br>
<pre>$ sudo cp ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/build_mx6q/tmp/deploy/images/varsommx6q/fsl-image-gui-varsommx6q.ubi recovery/Yocto/rootfs.ubi.img
$ sudo cp ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/build_mx6q/tmp/deploy/images/varsommx6q/fsl-image-gui-varsommx6q.tar.bz2 recovery/Yocto/rootfs.tar.bz2
$ sudo cp ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/build_mx6q/tmp/deploy/images/varsommx6q/uImage recovery/Yocto/uImage
$ sudo cp ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/build_mx6q/tmp/deploy/images/varsommx6q/u-boot.bin recovery/Yocto/u-boot.bin
</pre>
Copy the SD-Card image from your Yocto build folder to the local recovery folder:<br>
<pre>$ sudo cp ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v4/build_mx6q/tmp/deploy/images/varsommx6dual/fsl-image-gui-varsommx6dual.sdcard ./
</pre>
Build U-Boot for SD-Card. Follow the "Build U-Boot out of Yocto tree" section.<br>
 
Configure U-Boot with:<br>
<pre>$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- mx6q_var_som_config
</pre>
Build U-Boot:<br>
<pre>$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-
</pre>
Copy U-Boot from your U-Boot build folder to the local recovery folder:<br>
<pre>$ cp u-boot.bin ~/my_recovery_sd
</pre>
From ~/my_recovery_sd folder<br>
 
Unmount your SD-Card.<br>
 
Build the SD-Card. First flash the SD-Card image and U-Boot.<br>
<pre>$ sudo dd if=fsl-image-gui-varsommx6q.sdcard of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M
$ sudo dd if=u-boot.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=2 skip=2 conv=fsync
$ sync
</pre>
Set the SD-Card label:<br>
<pre>$ Sudo apt-get install gparted
$ sudo gparted
Set the label to var_som_mx6_rf
</pre>
Mount the SD-Card. You can simply remove it and inster it again to your host machine.<br>
 
Copy all files from the recovery folder on your host machibe into the SD-Card:
<pre>$ sudo cp -a recovery/ /media/var_som_mx6_rf/opt/
$ sudo cp nand-recovery.sh /media/var_som_mx6_rf/sbin/
$ sudo rm /media/var_som_mx6_rf/var/lib/alsa/asound.state
</pre>
If you want you can back up your new SD-Card image:<br>
 
Un mount the SD-Card<br>
<pre>$ sudo dd of=mx6qd-som-nand-recovery-sd.v19.img if=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M </pre>
 
{{note|Comment:<br/>I used <nowiki>"/dev/mmcblk0"</nowiki> as the SD-Card device name. You should replace it with your own SD-Card device name.|info}}
 
= Useful Bitbake commands =


[http://elinux.org/Bitbake_Cheat_Sheet Bitbake Cheat Sheet]  
[http://elinux.org/Bitbake_Cheat_Sheet Bitbake Cheat Sheet]


[https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-94953 Useful bitbake commands]
[https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-94953 Useful bitbake commands]


[https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-94874 i.MX Yocto Project: ltib versus bitbake]
[https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-94874 i.MX Yocto Project: ltib versus bitbake]
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Latest revision as of 09:19, 23 July 2014

VAR-SOM-MX6 - Yocto fsl-L3.10.17_1.0.0 Dora R5 Beta1

Introduction

  • This Yocto Dora release is based on Freescale fsl-L3.10.17_1.0.0GA release.
  • Linux kernel: linux-imx_3.10.17_1.0.0_ga.
  • Uboot: u-boot-imx-2013.04.
  • Yocto Dora: Based on fsl-L3.10.17_1.0.0_iMX6qdls Freescale release (previous versions were based on the community release). Yocto Dora was re-structured as most of Variscite support code is located in meta-variscite folder.

Supported hardware and features

Feature
 Description
Board support
 VAR-DVK-MX6,VAR-SOM-MX6
CPU

i.MX6 Quad
i.MX6 Dual
i.MX6 Dual lite
i.MX6 Solo

Software platform

Yocto Dora release.
Freescale release version 4.1
Meta freescale community release for Dora

Nand Recovery
NAND Flash size support
 0.5,1.0,2.0,4.0 GB
DDR size support configuration
 Solo:0.5,1.0 GB DualLite: 1.0GB Dual: 0.5,1.0GB Quad: 1.0,2.0 GB
SD-Card
 +
Ethernet
 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
WLAN
802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
 4.0
CAN bus
 +
I2C
 +
SPI
 +
USB host
 +
USB OTG
 Device only. Host will be supported on next release
Uarts
 x3, up to 3.6 Mbps. Minicom avilable to use with the port
RTC
 +
Display HDMI 720P,1080P LVDS0 (On board LVDS to RGB bridge, EVK supports 800x480 resolution) LVDS1 external display
Audio Line IN/ Line out
Camera ov5640 camera sensor. CB402 board can be purchased separately
SATA +

Variscite Yocto Dora release 2 for Freescale i.MX6 version 4.1.

Installing required packages

Follow the link below and install all the required packages on your machine.

www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html

For example, if your building machine is an Ubuntu machine: 

sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo build-essential chrpath libsdl1.2-dev xterm

Variscite Yocto build is tested with Ubuntu 12.04 lts.

Get Yocto Dora for i.MX6 with Variscite VAR-SOM-MX6 support

Use  "repo" to fetch Yocto and apply Variscite's patches for the BSP support.

Install the `repo` utility: 

$ mkdir ~/bin (this step may not be needed if the bin folder already exists)
$ curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
Add the following line to the .bashrc file to ensure that the ~/bin folder is in your PATH variable
$ export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
NOTE:
we uploaded as a reference the repo we used.

Clone Yocto Dora from github. 

$ cd ~
$ mkdir var-som-mx6-dora-v5
$ cd var-som-mx6-dora-v5
$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"
$ git config --global user.email "Your Email"
$ repo init -u git://git.freescale.com/imx/fsl-arm-yocto-bsp.git -b imx-3.10.17-1.0.0_ga
$ repo sync

Download var_yocto_v5b1.tar.bz2 from Variscite's FTP. 

$ tar xvf var_yocto_v5b1.tar.bz2
$ variscite/install
Comment:
This method will preserve the git repositories. It will enable you to track Variscite's changes, and your own.

Setup and Customize your Yocto build

Setup the environment and use build_var folder 

$ . ./setup-environment build_var
Comment:
If you close your terminal and wishto build Yocto again, you should change directory to ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v3 and run the above command again. build_var is your build directory and all bitbake commands should run from it

local.conf customizations

Edit you local.conf file: 

$ gedit conf/local.conf

Change your SOM version, parallel build and download directory:

Select VAR-SOM_MX6 SOM version

One of:
MACHINE ??= 'varsomimx6q' - VAR_SOM_MX6 Quad with 1GB DDR
MACHINE ??= 'varsomimx6q2' - VAR_SOM_MX6 Quad 1.2MHz with 2GB DDR
MACHINE ??= 'varsomimx6dl' - VAR_SOM_MX6 Dual Lite with 1GB DDR
MACHINE ??= 'varsomimx6solo' - VAR_SOM_MX6 Solo with 1GB DDR or 0.5 GB DDR

Parallel build

Set the build parameters to fully utilize your host machine BB_NUMBER_THREADS = '4'
PARALLEL_MAKE = '-j 6' BB_NUMBER_THREADS should be your host machine's number of threads minus 2 or same. PARALLEL_MAKE should be the number of threads your host machine has plus two.

Download directory.

Recommended to save download time and space. DL_DIR = "/home/<uname>/yocto_dl"

Build your image

$ bitbake var-image-x11

Other image build options:

image name
 description
core-image-base
 A console-only image that fully supports the target device hardware.
var-image-test
 Image contains core-image-base plus Freescale test applications and multimedia components.
var-image-x11
 Image contains core-image-sato with Freescale test applications and multimedia with hardware accelerated X11

The resulted images are locaated in tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q.
Looking at tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q you will find 6 main files that are linked to the actual file

Image Name
 How to use
var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.ext3
 Not in Use
var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.sdcard

Flash into SD-card and use boot select to boot from. 

$ sudo dd if=tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.sdcard of=/dev/devxxx bs=1024k

Build u-boot out of tree for mmc as explained below and 

$ sudo dd if=u-boot.imx of=/dev/devxxx bs=512 seek=2; sync

devxxx = mmcblk0 or sdX. Do dmesg after you insert an SD-Card into your build system to figure out the device name

Comment:
Use "$ sudo gparted /dev/devxxx"
  • Lable the second partition and call it "rootfs".
  • Increase the second partition to include all avilable sd-card space.
var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.tar.bz2

Used to create an NFS root file system on the host. 

$ sudo mkdir ../rootfs
$ sudo rm -rf ../rootfs/*
$ sudo tar xvf tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.tar.bz2 -C ../rootfs

See apendix for setting an NFS server

var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.ubi

Use the sdcard created above. Copy the file into it and use the folwing commands to flash them into nand.
Coping files (mount the sd-card created above first): 

$ sudo mkdir /media/rootfs/opt/images
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/u-boot.imx /media/rootfs/opt/images
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage     /media/rootfs/opt/images
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage-imx6q-var-som-ldo.dtb /media/rootfs/opt/images/imx6q-var-som-ldo.dtb
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage-imx6q-var-som.dtb /media/rootfs/opt/images/imx6q-var-som.dtb
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage-imx6dl-var-som.dtb /media/rootfs/opt/images/imx6sl-var-som.dtb
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/uImage-imx6sl-var-som.dtb /media/rootfs/opt/images/imx6dl-var-som.dtb
$ sudo cp tmp/deploy/images/varsomimx6q/var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.ubi /media/rootfs/opt/images
$ sudo umount /media/rootfs
$ sudo umount /media/BOT_varsomi

Flashing on target: 

$ flash_eraseall /dev/mtd0
$ kobs-ng init -x /opt/images/u-boot.imx  --search_exponent=1 -v
$ nandwrite -p /dev/mtd0 -s 0x1e0000 /opt/images/imx6q-var-som.dtb 
$ flash_eraseall /dev/mtd2
$ nandwrite -p /dev/mtd2 /opt/images/uImage
$ flash_eraseall /dev/mtd3
$ ubiformat /dev/mtd3 -f /opt/images/var-image-x11-varsomimx6q.ubi -s 2048 -O 2048
uImage
u-boot.imx


Next steps

In sections 1-6 we explained how to build Yocto for VAR-SOM-MX6. We explained the results for nand (UBI) and for sd-card. At this point you should have a bootable sd-card with UBI images on it. You should be able to boot from the sd-card using the boot select button and flash the nand. Next steps:

  • Build and deploy the compiler and tools.
  • Fetch u-boot and compile it out of Yocto tools.
  • Fetch Linux kernel and compile it out of Yocto tools.

Toolchain

Build the toolchain by: 

$ bitbake meta-ide-support
$ bitbake meta-toolchain

The output will be located at tmp/deploy/sdk/. On a 64 bit Ubuntu you will get:

poky-eglibc-x86_64-meta-toolchain-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-1.5.sh.

Install the tools by running: 

$ tmp/deploy/sdk/poky-eglibc-x86_64-meta-toolchain-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-1.5.1.sh

The toolchain name depend on your build machine and may change.

Build U-Boot out of Yocto tree

Get sources: 

$ cd ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v5
$ git clone git://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx
$ cd uboot-imx/
$ git checkout -b imx_v2013.04_3.10.17_1.0.0_beta_var1 remotes/origin/imx_v2013.04_3.10.17_1.0.0_beta_var1

Build u-boot: 

$ export PATH=/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin:/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi:$PATH
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- mrproper
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- <Your config file from the table below>
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-

Flash u-boot to the sd-card: 

$ sudo dd if=u-boot.imx of=/dev/sdxxx bs=512 seek=2; sync

In case of UBI copy it to the sd-card: 

$ sudo cp u-boot.imx /media/rootfs.opt/images

Un mount the sdcard. 

$ sudo umount /dev/sdxxx
Comment:
Replace /dev/sdxxx with the actual device name. Use dmesq to find the right one.

Avilable u-boot configurations

Definition
 Built for
vsmq_10m10g_sd_config
 VAR-SOM-MXQ/D 1GHz CPU 1GB DDR,  boot from MMC
vsmq_12m20g_sd_config
 VAR-SOM-MXQ/D 1.2GHz CPU 2GB DDR,  boot from MMC
vsmd_10m05g_sd_config
 VAR-SOM-MXD 1GHz CPU 0.5GB DDR,  boot from MMC
vsmdl_10m10g_sd_config
 VAR-SOM-MXDL, 1GHz CPU 1.0 GB DDR     boot from MMC
vsms_10m10g_sd_config
 VAR-SOM-MXSolo, 1GHz CPU 0.5 or 1.0 GB DDR boot from MMC
vsmq_10m10g_nand_config
 VAR-SOM-MXQ/D 1GHz CPU 1GB DDR,  boot from NAND
vsmq_12m20g_nand_config
 VAR-SOM-MXQ/D 1.2GHz CPU 2GB DDR,  boot from NAND
vsmd_10m05g_nand_som
 VAR-SOM-MXD 1GHz CPU 0.5GB DDR,  boot from NAND
vsmdl_10m10g_nand_config
 VAR-SOM-MXDL,1GHz CPU 1.0 GB DDR     boot from NAND
vsms_10m10g_nand_config
 VAR-SOM-MXSolo, 1GHz CPU 0.5 or 1.0 GB DDR boot from NAND

Build Linux out of Yocto tree

Get sources: 

$ cd ~/var-som-mx6-dora-v5/
$ git clone git://github.com/varigit/linux-2.6-imx.git
$ cd linux-2.6-imx/
$ git checkout -b imx_3.10.17_1.0.0_ga_beta_var2 remotes/origin/imx_3.10.17_1.0.0_ga_beta_var2

Build the Linux kernel: 

$ export PATH=/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin:/opt/poky/1.5.1/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi:$PATH
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- mrproper
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx_v7_var_defconfig
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- uImage
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- modules
Build the device tree
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx6dl-var-som.dtb
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx6q-var-som.dtb
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx6q-var-som-ldo.dtb
$ make -j6 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- imx6sl-var-som.dtb

Copy the uImage and device tree to the sd-card boot partition or to the opt/image in order to be flashed to the nand. Copy modules to the sd-card 

$ sudo make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/media/rootfs/

Useful Bitbake commands

Bitbake Cheat Sheet

Useful bitbake commands

i.MX Yocto Project: ltib versus bitbake

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