VAR-SOM-MX7 Yocto Krogoth Build Linux out of tree

VAR-SOM-MX7 - Yocto Krogoth Build Linux from source code

Toolchain installation for out of Yocto builds

To install the toolchain, follow VAR-SOM-MX7 Toolchain installation for out of Yocto Krogoth builds.

Build Linux out of Yocto tree

Get the Linux source code:

$ git clone https://github.com/varigit/linux-2.6-imx.git -b imx-rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga-var01

Build the Linux kernel:

$ source /opt/fsl-imx-x11/4.1.15-2.0.1/environment-setup-cortexa7hf-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi

$ cd linux-2.6-imx/
$ make mrproper
$ make imx7-var-som_defconfig

Build everything:
$ make -j4

Build zImage only:
$ make -j4 zImage

Build modules only:
$ make -j4 modules

Build device trees only:
$ make -j4 dtbs

Build only the device tree for VAR-SOM-MX7 with eMMC:
$ make -j4 imx7d-var-som-emmc.dtb

Build only the device tree for VAR-SOM-MX7 with NAND flash:
$ make -j4 imx7d-var-som-nand.dtb

Notes:

If you replace the kernel image (zImage) on your system, you also need to reinstall the kernel modules, and vice versa.

If you just want to make a change in the device tree, you can compile and replace it without replacing the kernel image and modules.

Install the built kernel on an SD card

Copy the zImage and device trees to the SD card boot partition, and install the modules in the SD card rootfs partition.
Assuming the boot partition is mounted on /media/BOOT-VARMX7 and the rootfs partition is mounted on /media/rootfs:

Install the kernel image and modules:
$ cp arch/arm/boot/zImage /media/BOOT-VARMX7
$ sudo make ARCH=arm modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/media/rootfs

Install the device trees:
$ cp arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7*var*.dtb /media/BOOT-VARMX7

Note:
If you are using our Recovery SD card, and you want the NAND flash/eMMC installation to update as well as the SD card boot itself, you need to also update the /opt/images/Yocto directory.