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author | Julien BOIBESSOT <julien.boibessot@armadeus.com> | 2016-01-30 00:41:51 +0100 |
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committer | Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> | 2016-01-31 23:43:26 +0100 |
commit | 6a057247237db7eeaadf0bdf81a64e8c974f0243 (patch) | |
tree | b6bbb8b190f89a16dab8d42364b71a57fb887451 /board | |
parent | 0814553660e2a63dff959ca2082018a9e00ab858 (diff) | |
download | buildroot-6a057247237db7eeaadf0bdf81a64e8c974f0243.tar.gz buildroot-6a057247237db7eeaadf0bdf81a64e8c974f0243.zip |
board: add support for Freescale i.MX6UL Evaluation Kit
Signed-off-by: Julien BOIBESSOT <julien.boibessot@armadeus.com>
[Thomas: simplify exit logic of post-image script.]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'board')
-rw-r--r-- | board/freescale/imx6ulevk/genimage.cfg | 41 | ||||
-rwxr-xr-x | board/freescale/imx6ulevk/post-image.sh | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | board/freescale/imx6ulevk/readme.txt | 64 |
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diff --git a/board/freescale/imx6ulevk/genimage.cfg b/board/freescale/imx6ulevk/genimage.cfg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..36ede1c3ac --- /dev/null +++ b/board/freescale/imx6ulevk/genimage.cfg @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +# Minimal microSD card image for the Freescale's i.MX6UL EVK board +# +# We mimic the .sdcard Freescale's image format for i.MX6UL: +# * the microSD card must have 1 kB free space at the beginning, +# * U-Boot is dumped as is, +# * a FAT partition at offset 8 MB is containing zImage and dtbs, +# * a single root filesystem partition is required (Ext2 in this case). +# + +image boot.vfat { + vfat { + files = { + "imx6ul-14x14-evk.dtb", + "zImage" + } + } + size = 16M +} + +image sdcard.img { + hdimage { + } + + partition u-boot { + in-partition-table = "no" + image = "u-boot.imx" + offset = 1024 + } + + partition boot { + partition-type = 0xC + bootable = "true" + image = "boot.vfat" + offset = 8M + } + + partition rootfs { + partition-type = 0x83 + image = "rootfs.ext2" + } +} diff --git a/board/freescale/imx6ulevk/post-image.sh b/board/freescale/imx6ulevk/post-image.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..cb75a47de6 --- /dev/null +++ b/board/freescale/imx6ulevk/post-image.sh @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +#!/usr/bin/env bash + +GENIMAGE_CFG="board/freescale/imx6ulevk/genimage.cfg" +GENIMAGE_TMP="${BUILD_DIR}/genimage.tmp" + +rm -rf "${GENIMAGE_TMP}" + +genimage \ + --rootpath "${TARGET_DIR}" \ + --tmppath "${GENIMAGE_TMP}" \ + --inputpath "${BINARIES_DIR}" \ + --outputpath "${BINARIES_DIR}" \ + --config "${GENIMAGE_CFG}" + +exit $? diff --git a/board/freescale/imx6ulevk/readme.txt b/board/freescale/imx6ulevk/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b8243dc497 --- /dev/null +++ b/board/freescale/imx6ulevk/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +*************************** +Freescale i.MX6UL EVK board +*************************** + +This file documents the Buildroot support for the Freescale i.MX6UL EVK board. + +Please read the i.MX6UL Evaluation Kit Quick Start Guide [1] for an +introduction to the board. + +Build +===== + +First, configure Buildroot for your i.MX6UL EVK board: + + make freescale_imx6ulevk_defconfig + +Build all components: + + make + +You will find in ./output/images/ the following files: + - imx6ul-14x14-evk.dtb + - rootfs.ext2 + - rootfs.tar + - sdcard.img + - u-boot.imx + - zImage + +Create a bootable microSD card +============================== + +To determine the device associated to the microSD card have a look in the +/proc/partitions file: + + cat /proc/partitions + +Buildroot prepares a bootable "sdcard.img" image in the output/images/ +directory, ready to be dumped on a microSD card. Launch the following +command as root: + + dd if=./output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/<your-microsd-device> + +*** WARNING! This will destroy all the card content. Use with care! *** + +For details about the medium image layout, see the definition in +board/freescale/imx6ulevk/genimage.cfg. + +Boot the i.MX6UL EVK board +========================= + +To boot your newly created system (refer to the i.MX6UL EVK Quick Start Guide +[1] for guidance): +- insert the microSD card in the microSD slot of the board; +- verify that your i.MX6UL EVK board jumpers and switches are set as mentioned + in the i.MX6UL EVK Quick Start Guide [1]; +- put a micro USB cable into the Debug USB Port and connect using a terminal + emulator at 115200 bps, 8n1; +- power on the board. + +Enjoy! + +References +========== +[1] http://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/quick_start_guide/IMX6ULTRALITEQSG.pdf |