[meta-freescale] Image building and deployment to SMARC-sAMX6i

[Andreas Enbacka]

Hello Dirk, 

Thank you very much for the detailed steps, it will be of great help. I have still to wait for access to the Kontron customer support section, will be able to test it out after that.

Best regards,
Andreas

> 8 jul 2015 kl. 18:27 skrev Dirk Berar <d.berar at stagetec.com>:
> 
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> I asked Kontron to contribute to the community. Unfortunately they
> didn't until today. Poor.
> 
> I'll try to give you a little help from my documentation. Do the
> following from scratch:
> 
> # to install the repo tool (and a bunch of other software) under Ubuntu
> # 12.04 or 14.04
> $ sudo apt-get install phablet-tools
> 
> $ mkdir fsl-community-bsp; cd fsl-community-bsp
> $ repo init -u https://github.com/Freescale/fslcommunity-bsp-platform \
> -b daisy
> 
> # The Kontron BSP is based on daisy. I also tried dizzy successfully.
> 
> # pull the sources
> $ repo sync
> 
> # apply the Kontron Patch for SMARC-sAMX6i
> $ cd sources/meta-fsl-arm-extra
> $ patch -p1 < /path/to/smarc-samx6i-support-R01.00.diff
> 
> # initialise Yocto Build Environment
> $ cd ~/fsl-community-bsp
> $ MACHINE=smarc-samx6i . ./setup-environment [build-directory]
> 
> # start Yocto Build
> $ bitbake core-image-full-cmdline
> 
> I also tried "core-image-sato" successfully. Interesting, if you have
> connected a LVDS display.
> 
> To flash the Yocto image to the board, use the live media of the Linaro
> based BSP (Linux_BSP_SMX6 1.2):
> http://emdcustomersection.kontron.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=1164
> 
> Good luck
> Dirk
> 
> Otavio Salvador schrieb:
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Andreas Enbacka
>> <andreas.enbacka at gasera.fi> wrote:
>>> I am currently trying to build a Yocto image for the SMARC-sAMX6i (SMARC
>>> evaluation kit from Kontron), and have some questions regarding it. First,
>>> what reference image recipe is suitable for the SMARC-sAMX6i eval kit? And
>>> second, what is the optimal way to deploy / flash the Yocto image to the
>>> board? Any information would be greately appreciated.
>> 
>> Kontron is not supported by the FSL Community BSP so the right place
>> to ask for help is their support channel. Plus, pester them to add
>> proper support to the community so your turn-key experience will be
>> nicer next time ;)
>>