[meta-freescale] Freescale Yocto Question - Building imx6dl-riotboard

Wed Nov 16 16:11:01 PST 2016

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 2:36 PM,  <Eric.Zaluzec at emerson.com> wrote:
> Daiane, my test steps & results are described below.
> I followed the README steps on the imx-4.1-krogoth branch of the fsl-arm-yocto-bsp repo for building. I used the default.xml.
>
> After 'repo sync', I ran the following, 'MACHINE=imx6dl-riotboard DISTRO=fsl-imx-fb source ./fsl-setup-release.sh -b bld-fb'
>
> Since I am using Framebuffer backend type, I did a 'bitbake fsl-image-machine-test'. This image is a console-only image that includes gstreamer packages, Freescale's multimedia packages (VPU and GPU) when available, and test and benchmark applications.
>
> During bitbake's parsing, I received an error saying nothing RPROVIDES 'imx-codec-test-bin'. I modified the imx-codec_4.1.4.bb package recipe to add 'imx6dl-riotboard' as a 'COMPATIBLE_MACHINE'. The machine configuration file for riotboard could also include ' SOC_FAMILY = "mx6:mx6s" '  to resolve error, since 'mx6' is already listed as a COMPATIBLE_MACHINE in imx-codec.
>
> After the codec recipe change, the fsl-image-machine-test image completed, successfully. 'fsl-image-machine-test-imx6dl-riotboard-20161114220105.rootfs.sdcard'
>
> I following the RIoTboard wiki to flash BSP image on SD card. [1] But once the device is powered on, the debug terminal is blank and I do not see any kernel output logs, boot messages, or the freescale splash screen. Additionally, I built and tested the fsl-image-gui with x11 distro. Same results on RIoTboard.
> The RIoTboard BSP image on the imx-3.10.17-1.0.0_ga branch would boot correctly following these steps.
>
> When comparing the RIoTboard's BSP & MACHINE configurations files from the two branches of the fsl-arm-yocto-bsp repositories, I have observed that many of the RIoTboard BSP's conf and device tree files were renamed from 'solo' to 'dl'. From my understanding there is only a solo RIoTboard. What made the naming convention change so much from solo to dual lite?
>
> Can you escalate this to anyone else in the community who is maintaining the FSL Community BSP release of the imx6dl-riotboard? @MAINTAINER: Nikolay Dimitrov <picmaster at mail.bg>
>

>From what you describe, you are not using FSL Community BSP, you are
using fsl-arm-yocto-bsp, which is not exactly supposed to work for non
freescale reference boards.

Can you, please, test it using FSL Community BSP instead?

I don't remember the reason for the solo -> dl renaming any clue form
git history?

I'm CCing Nikolay.

Nikolay, can you help here?

Daiane
> [1]
> http://riotboard.org/download/Wiki-Beginner-Flash%20a%20precompiled%20BSP%20image%20to%20an%20SD%20card.pdf
>
> Thanks,
> -Eric Zaluzec
> (Eric.Zaluzec at Emerson.com)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: angolini at gmail.com [mailto:angolini at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Daiane Angolini
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 12:53 PM
> To: Zaluzec, Eric [NETPWR/AL]
> Cc: meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Freescale Yocto Question - Building imx6dl-riotboard
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:00 PM,  <Eric.Zaluzec at emerson.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Daiane, maybe I am getting ahead of myself with the questions.
>> Under the FSL Community BSP's "Support Board List", I see the "imx6dl-riotboard / RIotboard / i.MX6S / meta-fsl-arm-extra".
>> http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/2.1/index.html#supported-
>> boards Is this imx6dl-riotboard BSP and machine configuration file the
>> one that can run on the RIoTboard evaluation platform found on http://riotboard.org/ ?
>
> Yes. I don't have the board so I haven't tested it in a while. Please test and let us know.
>
> Daiane
>
>> If it is not, do you have reference or a web URL for the one RIoTboard that you support?
>>
>> Regards,
>> -Eric Zaluzec
>> (Eric.Zaluzec at Emerson.com)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: angolini at gmail.com [mailto:angolini at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
>> Daiane Angolini
>> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 11:20 AM
>> To: Zaluzec, Eric [NETPWR/AL]
>> Cc: meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
>> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Freescale Yocto Question - Building
>> imx6dl-riotboard
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:12 PM,  <Eric.Zaluzec at emerson.com> wrote:
>>> Greeting,
>>>
>>> I have a quick question concerning the imx6dl-riotboard machine
>>> configuration file, maintained by the Yocto Freescale community.
>>>
>>> We have an upcoming project for which we are considering a i.MX6 Dual
>>> Lite processor. But since there are no Dual Lite evaluation boards,
>>> at this time, we were provided an i.mx6 solo RIoTboard to use for
>>> initial testing, by Avnet and NXP distributors.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> First off, thank you for providing up-to-date Yocto build
>>> repositories and documentation! This makes kicking-off a new Yocto BSP Project much simpler!
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> I read the Freescale Yocto User Guide here:
>>> http://www.bcmcom.com/CustomerDL/AR6MX/Yocto/Freescale_Yocto_Project_
>>> U ser's_Guide.pdf I then read the  RIoTboard Yocto build guide here:
>>> https://www.element14.com/community/community/designcenter/single-boa
>>> r
>>> d-computers/riotboard/blog/2014/09/22/riotboard-yocto-part1-getting-s
>>> t
>>> arted
>>>
>>> Using both resources, I successfully built a Yocto image and was able
>>> to install onto my RIoTboard.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now, using Yocto, I would like to build a RIoTboard image with a fido
>>> or krogoth branch of Yocto, to make use of the updated packages &
>>> bitbake recipes, like boost and java, These versions are dependencies
>>> to my metadata layer’s packages.
>>>
>>> I went to the fsl-arm-yocto-bsp git repository site and found the
>>> imx-4.1-krogoth branch:
>>> http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/imx/fsl-arm-yocto-bsp.git/?h=im
>>> x
>>> -4.1-krogoth
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I followed the User Guide steps, but this time cloned the
>>> imx-4.1-krogoth branch. I noticed the riotboard.conf machine
>>> configuration file no longer existed, but a imx6dl-riotboard machine
>>> was present in the meta-fsl-arm-extra & meta-freescale-3rdparty
>>> metadata layers. I successfully built an image with this machine conf
>>> file, but then realized that it was ‘dl’ (Dual Lite?) and would not
>>> boot with the solo RIoTboard that I was using.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Question :
>>>
>>> Are there any branches on for the fsl-arm-yocto-bsp repository that
>>> are fido/jethro/krogoth compatible, that include the riotboard solo
>>> machine configuration file?
>>> http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/imx/fsl-arm-yocto-bsp.git
>>>
>>> If not, is it possible for users, like me, to base a riotboard solo
>>> machine conf file off the imx6dl-riotboard machine and create a
>>> successful BSP image? Or are these unavoidable conflicts?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The critical piece here is not necessarily having a v4.1 kernel but
>>> just the use of the updated package recipes & the dependency to
>>> custom packages trying to be installed & tested on the riotboard!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any help, suggestions, or feedback would greatly be appreciated!
>>> Right now I am just tinkering with learning about the riotboard
>>> machine conf file to see if I can port it to the imx-4.1-krogoth branch.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure you're going to be able to use imx-4.1-krogoth branch
>> with the riot board. Please, take a look at [1]
>>
>> We have support for one riot board, double check if this is what you are looking for.
>>
>> [1]
>> http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/2.1/index.html#the-differ
>> ences-between-project-name-and-freescale-release-name
>>
>>
>> Daiane
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> -Eric Zaluzec
>>> (Eric.Zaluzec at Emerson.com)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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