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author | Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com> | 2016-06-15 09:40:59 -0300 |
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committer | Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> | 2016-06-15 23:23:41 +0200 |
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configs/toradex_apalis_imx6_defconfig: new board
Signed-off-by: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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diff --git a/board/toradex/apalis-imx6/readme.txt b/board/toradex/apalis-imx6/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..feddad641c --- /dev/null +++ b/board/toradex/apalis-imx6/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +Toradex Apalis i.MX6 Computer on Module + +Intro +===== + +The Apalis iMX6 is a small form-factor Computer on Module that comes +in both quad core and dual core versions based on Freescale i.MX6Q and +Freescale i.MX6D SoCs respectively. The Cortex A9 quad core and dual +core CPU peaks at 1 GHz for commercial temperature variant, while the +industrial temperature variant has a peak frequency of 800 MHz. + +https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/apalis-arm-family/freescale-imx-6 + +It supports two carrier boards: + +Apalis Evaluation Board +https://www.toradex.com/products/carrier-boards/apalis-evaluation-board + +Ixora Carrier Board +https://www.toradex.com/products/carrier-boards/ixora-carrier-board + +How to build it +=============== + +Configure Buildroot: + + $ make toradex_apalis_imx6_defconfig + +Compile everything and build the rootfs image: + + $ make + +How to boot the image +===================== + +The board only boots from its internal flash memory eMMC, so the +bootloader image should be copied to it, following the procedures +described in Toradex website. + +http://developer.toradex.com/knowledge-base/flashing-linux-on-imx6-modules + +Buildroot prepares a "sdcard.img" in output/images/ with the kernel +image, device tree and a root filesystem, ready to be dumped on an SD +card. + + $ dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1M + +To boot from the SD card, you should change the U-Boot +environment. Since U-Boot is running from internal eMMC, you will need +to access its command line prompt and manually set the necessary +variables to boot from the external SD card. For convenience, you can +use uEnv.txt provided in output/images/ as a reference to create the +necessary U-Boot variables to boot from the SD card. |