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== Preparing a recovery SD card ==
== Preparing a recovery SD card ==
* Download mx6-som-recovery-sd.vXX.img.gz (latest) which is available on Variscite's FTP: ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/VAR-SOM-MX6/Software/
* [ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/VAR-SOM-MX6/Software/mx6-som-recovery-sd.changelog Changelog]
* Download mx6-som-recovery-sd.v6X.img.gz (choose the latest version) which is available on Variscite's FTP: ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/VAR-SOM-MX6/Software/
* 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)
* 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)
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$ gunzip mx6-som-recovery-sd.vXX.img.gz
$ gunzip mx6-som-recovery-sd.v6X.img.gz
$ sudo umount /dev/sdX*
$ sudo umount /dev/sdX*
$ sudo dd if=mx6-som-recovery-sd.vXX.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
$ sudo dd if=mx6-som-recovery-sd.v6X.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1M


(Replace /dev/sdX with your actual device)
(Replace /dev/sdX with your actual device)

Latest revision as of 16:59, 13 April 2017

VAR-SOM-MX6 - Yocto/Android recovery SD card v6x (based on Yocto Jethro)


Variscite provides a recovery SD card image that can be used to install the pre-built U-Boot, Linux kernel and the file system into the internal storage/s of the SOM.

Preparing a recovery SD card

$ gunzip mx6-som-recovery-sd.v6X.img.gz
$ sudo umount /dev/sdX*
$ sudo dd if=mx6-som-recovery-sd.v6X.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1M

(Replace /dev/sdX with your actual device)

Recover NAND Flash/eMMC

  • Power-off the board.
  • Insert the SD card into the SD card slot of the carrier board (DVK)
  • Press and hold the boot-select button, and power-on the board while button is pressed
  • The board will automatically boot into Linux from SD card

Flash from GUI

VAR-SOM-MX6 Jethro Recovery.png

Click the appropriate button:

Flash from command line

  • Login as root (no password)
  • From Linux command line, type one of flash options
$ install_android.sh	- Flash Android into eMMC (Follow instructions)
$ install_yocto.sh	- Flash Yocto into eMMC or NAND Flash (Follow instructions)

SD card image file tree

/opt/images/
├── Android
│   ├── SPL
│   ├── SPL.mmc
│   ├── boot-imx6q-var-dart.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6dl-c.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6dl-r.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6q-c.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6q-r.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6q-vsc.img
│   ├── boot-som-solo-c.img
│   ├── boot-som-solo-r.img
│   ├── boot-som-solo-vsc.img
│   ├── boot.img
│   ├── recovery-imx6q-var-dart.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6dl-c.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6dl-r.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6q-c.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6q-r.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6q-vsc.img
│   ├── recovery-som-solo-c.img
│   ├── recovery-som-solo-r.img
│   ├── recovery-som-solo-vsc.img
│   ├── recovery.img
│   ├── system.img
│   ├── u-boot-var-imx6-nand.img
│   └── u-boot-var-imx6-sd.img
└── Yocto
    ├── SPL
    ├── SPL.mmc
    ├── rootfs.tar.bz2
    ├── rootfs.ubi.img
    ├── u-boot.img
    ├── u-boot.img.mmc
    ├── uImage
    ├── uImage-imx6dl-var-som-cap.dtb
    ├── uImage-imx6dl-var-som-res.dtb
    ├── uImage-imx6dl-var-som-solo-cap.dtb
    ├── uImage-imx6dl-var-som-solo-res.dtb
    ├── uImage-imx6dl-var-som-solo-vsc.dtb
    ├── uImage-imx6dl-var-som-vsc.dtb
    ├── uImage-imx6q-var-dart.dtb
    ├── uImage-imx6q-var-som-cap.dtb
    ├── uImage-imx6q-var-som-res.dtb
    └── uImage-imx6q-var-som-vsc.dtb
The install_android.sh & install_yocto.sh script files are located at /usr/bin/