DART-6UL Yocto Jethro R1 build

DART-6UL - Yocto fsl-4.1.15 Yocto Jethro R1 Build

Installing required packages

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

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

Please make sure you host PC is running Ubuntu 14.04 and install the following packages:

sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib build-essential chrpath socat libsdl1.2-dev
sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool libglib2.0-dev libarchive-dev
sudo apt-get install python-git xterm sed cvs subversion coreutils texi2html
sudo apt-get install docbook-utils python-pysqlite2 help2man make gcc g++ desktop-file-utils libgl1-mesa-dev
sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev mercurial automake groff curl lzop asciidoc u-boot-tools mtd-utils

Documentation

Documentation are available for Download from FreescaleJethroDocuments

Download Yocto Jethro for i.MX6UL Freescale source

$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"
$ git config --global user.email "Your Email"

$ 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
$ export PATH=~/bin:$PATH

$ mkdir ~/var-mx6ul-mx7-yocto-jethro
$ cd ~/var-mx6ul-mx7-yocto-jethro
$ repo init -u https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/fsl-arm-yocto-bsp.git -b imx-4.1.15-1.0.0_ga
$ repo sync

Download Yocto Jethro i.MX6UL with Meta Variscite DART-6UL support

$ cd ~/var-mx6ul-mx7-yocto-jethro/sources
$ git clone https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-mx6ul-mx7.git -b imx_4.1.15_ga-var01
$ cp meta-variscite-mx6ul-mx7/scripts/var-setup-release.sh ../
$ patch -p1 < meta-variscite-mx6ul-mx7/patch/Fix-FSL-multi-patch-append-bugs.patch

Setup and build Yocto

The following distros can be used:

• fsl-imx-x11 - Only X11 graphics
• fsl-imx-wayland - Wayland weston graphics
• fsl-imx-xwayland - Wayland graphics and X11. X11 applications using EGL are not supported
• fsl-imx-fb - Frame Buffer graphics - no X11 or Wayland

Note: refer to Freescale_Yocto_Project_User's_Guide.pdf
Page 7 for further information.

Sample build scenarios:

• Build X11 GUI image without Qt content
• Build Qt5 image without X11

Build X11 GUI image without Qt content

$ cd ~/var-mx6ul-mx7-yocto-jethro
$ MACHINE=imx6ul-var-dart DISTRO=fsl-imx-x11 source var-setup-release.sh -b build_x11

Optional: Direct downloads to /opt/yocto_downloads, make sure directory exists and all permissions are set

$ sudo mkdir /opt/yocto_downloads
$ sudo chmod 777 /opt/yocto_downloads/
$ sed -i 's/DL_DIR ?= "${BSPDIR}\/downloads/DL_DIR = "\/opt\/yocto_downloads/g' conf/local.conf

launch bitbake:

$ bitbake fsl-image-gui

Build Qt5 image without X11

$ cd ~/var-mx6ul-mx7-yocto-jethro
$ MACHINE=imx6ul-var-dart DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb source var-setup-release.sh -b build-fb

Optional: Direct downloads to /opt/yocto_downloads, make sure directory exists and all permissions are set

sed -i 's/DL_DIR ?= "${BSPDIR}\/downloads/DL_DIR = "\/opt\/yocto_downloads/g' conf/local.conf

launch bitbake:

$ bitbake fsl-image-qt5

Build Results

The resulted images are located in tmp/deploy/images/imx6ul-var-dart/

Image Name	How to use
fsl-image-gui-imx6ul-var-dart.sdcard	This image is for SD card boot. It can be flashed as-is on an SD card and you can boot your system form SD card, according to the relevant startup-guide of your product (usually requires to press the boot select button, or toggle a dip-switch). For detailed information refer to Create a sample SD card section below Create a bootable SD card.
fsl-image-gui-imx6ul-var-dart.tar.bz2	Used to create an NFS root file system on the host. See apendix for setting an NFS server
fsl-image-gui-imx6ul-var-dart.ubi	Use the SD card created above. Copy the file into it and use the following commands to flash them into NAND. Coping files (mount the SD card created above first):
zImage	Linux kernel image
SPL-nand	SPL built for NAND flash. The SPL is a pre-U-Boot SW component, required for DDR initialization
SPL-sd	SPL built for SD card boot. The SPL is pre-U-Boot SW component, required for DDR initialization
u-boot.img-sd	U-Boot built for SD card boot, or eMMC boot
u-boot.img-nand	U-Boot built for NAND flash boot
Device Tree Name	Boot Device
zImage-imx6ul-var-dart-emmc_wifi.dtb	Boot from internal eMMC with WI-FI enabled. (SD card & NAND disabled)
zImage-imx6ul-var-dart-nand_wifi.dtb	Boot from internal NAND with WI-FI enabled. (SD card & eMMC disabled)
zImage-imx6ul-var-dart-sd_emmc.dtb	SD card and eMMC enabled (WIFI & NAND disabled). You can boot from eMMC or SD card
zImage-imx6ul-var-dart-sd_nand.dtb	SD card and NAND enabled (WIFI & eMMC disabled). You can boot from NAND or SD card

Create a bootable SD card

SD card structure

The first unallocated 4MB are saved space for U-Boot. it can be replaced with a dd command described in "U-Boot out of tree" section below.
The first partition is a fat16 partition used for the Linux uImage and device tree files. You can copy them as described in the Linux out of tree section.
The second partition is an ext4 partition that contains the complete file system and modules.

Yocto pre-built bootable SD card

The Yocto build products contains many files as explained in Build Results section above including a ".sdcard" file. For example, fsl-image-gui-imx6ul-var-dart.sdcard, depending on your build.
This is a complete image to be flashed directly to an SD card.
Example usage:

$ cd ~/var-mx6ul-mx7-yocto-jethro/build_x11
$ sudo dd if=tmp/deploy/images/imx6ul-var-dart/fsl-image-gui-imx6ul-var-dart.sdcard of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
Replace sdX with the right device name.

Drawbacks of the native .sdcard yocto-built image:

• The second partition size doesn't use the entire SD card.
• The second partition is not labeled as rootfs.
• The NAND and eMMC flashing scripts are not included.

Create an extended SD card

Variscite provides the var-create-yocto-sdcard.sh script which creates our NAND/eMMC recovery SD card - an SD card based on the fsl-image-gui filesystem, which copies the NAND flash burning scripts and relevant binaries for your convenience.
Later, you will be able to follow either the more automatic DART-6UL Yocto Recovery SD card guide or the more manual Flashing the internal storage device guide to burn your images to NAND flash or eMMC.

Note:
This is essentially the same as our pre-built Recovery SD image, with the following main difference:
The pre-built image's rootfs partition size is 3700MiB, which is also the default size when using the script, but the script also has an option to set the rootfs partition size to fill the whole free space of the used SD card. Anyway, you can always resize the partition later with an external tool such as gparted.
Naturally, the pre-built image is more straight forward and easier to use, while the script method is easier to customize.

Usage:

• Follow the Setup and build Yocto guide, and bitbake fsl-image-gui.
• Plug-in the SD card to your Linux HOST PC, run dmesg and see which device is added (i.e. /dev/sdX or /dev/mmcblkX)

$ sudo MACHINE=imx6ul-var-dart ~/var-mx6ul-mx7-yocto-jethro/sources/meta-variscite-mx6ul-mx7/scripts/var_mk_yocto_sdcard/var-create-yocto-sdcard.sh <options> /dev/sdX
(Replace /dev/sdX with your actual device)

options:
  -h            Display help message
  -s            Only show partition sizes to be written, without actually write them
  -a            Automatically set the rootfs partition size to fill the SD card

If you don't use the '-a' option, a default rootfs size of 3700MiB will be used

Boot board with a bootable SD card

Note: Boot from SD card eliminates Wifi as the Wifi and SD card are using same SDIO interface.
A typical use-case, is to boot from SD card, flash eMMC or NAND flash, and re-boot form eMMC/NAND to have Wi-Fi operational.

Setting the Boot DIP switches

Booting your system from an SD card requires switching the Boot DIP switches. See picture below.

• "00" The current position in the picture will set the system to boot from SD card.
• "01" Moving the right switch will set the system to boot from eMMC
• "10" Moving the left switch will set the system to boot from NAND flash
• "11" is illegal.

Be aware that your system has eMMC or NAND but never both.

Automatic device Tree selection in U-Boot

Upon reset you will see the U-Boot SPL printouts. It will print also the SOM configuration:
On-SOM storage: SD only, eMMC, NAND.
WIFI if chip exits.
For example:

U-Boot SPL 2015.10-00532-g482dc88 (Jan 03 2016 - 10:05:42)
i.MX6UL SOC 
Part number: DART-6U-A01
Assembly: AS11
Date of production: 2015 Dec 31
DART-6UL configuration: eMMC WIFI
Ram size: 512
Boot Device: SD

As explained in the above Build Results table we have 4 optional configurations.
We implemented in U-Boot and automatic device tree selection, so when kernel boots, the U-Boot will load the corresponding device tree according to On-SOM configuration.

Boot From	SOM Internal FLASH	SOM has WIFI/BT	Device Tree selected
SD	eMMC	Don't Care	imx6ul-var-dart-sd_emmc.dtb
SD	NAND	Don't Care	imx6ul-var-dart-sd_nand.dtb
eMMC	eMMC	Yes	imx6ul-var-dart-emmc_wifi.dtb
eMMC	eMMC	NO	imx6ul-var-dart-sd_emmc.dtb
NAND	NAND	YES	imx6ul-var-dart-nand_wifi.dtb
NAND	NAND	NO	imx6ul-var-dart-sd_nand.dtb

Note: Boot from SD card eliminates Wifi as the Wifi and SD card are using same SDIO interface.
A typical use-case, is to boot from SD card, flash eMMC or NAND flash, and re-boot form eMMC/NAND to have Wi-Fi operational.

Disable Automatic Device Tree selection

To disable the automatic device tree selection in U-Boot:

$ setenv var_auto_fdt_file=N
$ saveenv

Now you can set the device tree to meet your requirments. For example:

$ setenv fdt_file=imx6ul-var-dart-sd_emmc.dtb
$ saveenv

Will select device tree that has SD and eMMC regardless if the SOM has WIFI.

$ setenv fdt_file=imx6ul-var-dart-sd_nand.dtb
$ saveenv

Will select device tree that has SD and NAND regardless if the SOM has WIFI.

Comment:
Make sure you don't set am illegal value like "imx6ul-var-dart-sd_nand.dtb" in a SOM that has eMMC flash.

Flash images to NAND/eMMC

Please refer to DART-6UL NAND Flash Burning

QT5/Embedded runtime

Environment Variables

The QT5/Embedded require environment variables to run correctly. DART6Ul support QT Embedded over Linux Frame Buffer. For example /etc/profile.d/tslib.sh can be edited. The following example enable touch, mouse and keyboard:

export TSLIB_TSEVENTTYPE='INPUT'
export TSLIB_TSDEVICE='/dev/input/touchscreen0'
export TSLIB_CALIBFILE='/etc/pointercal'
export TSLIB_CONFFILE='/etc/ts.conf'
export TSLIB_CONSOLEDEVICE='none'
export TSLIB_FBDEVICE='/dev/fb0'
export TSLIB_PLUGINDIR='/usr/lib/ts'

export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=linuxfb:fb=/dev/fb0:size=800x480:mmSize=800x480
export QT_QPA_EVDEV_TOUCHSCREEN_PARAMETERS='/dev/input/touchscreen0'
export QT_QPA_GENERIC_PLUGINS='tslib:/dev/input/touchscreen0,evdevmouse:/dev/input/event5,evdevkeyboard:/dev/input/event3'

Running Application

$ cd /usr/share/qt5/examples/
$ touch/dials/dials --platform linuxfb
$ gui/rasterwindow/rasterwindow --platform linuxfb
$ touch/fingerpaint/fingerpaint  --platform linuxfb
$ widgets/mainwindows/mainwindow/mainwindow --platform linuxfb

Update Yocto Jethro Meta-Variscite

From time to time we will post updates to meta-variscite that will include new features and bug fixes.
Follow the instructions below to update your tree:

$ cd ~/var-mx6ul-mx7-yocto-jethro/sources/meta-variscite-mx6ul-mx7/
$ git fetch origin
$ git checkout imx_4.1.15_ga-var01
$ git pull

Setup your enviroment:
$ cd ~/var-mx6ul-mx7-yocto-jethro
$ MACHINE=imx6ul-var-dart DISTRO=fsl-imx-x11 source var-setup-release.sh -b build_x11
In order to update the kernel and U-Boot:
$ bitbake -c cleanall fsl-image-gui u-boot-variscite linux-variscite cryptodev-module
and build your image:
$ bitbake fsl-image-gui

Useful Bitbake commands

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