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== Building Firmware images for CM-FX6 ==
 
== Building Firmware images for CM-FX6 ==
 
=== Cross-Compiler ===
 
=== Cross-Compiler ===
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There are several options for cross-compilation toolchain setup. You can either compile your cross-compiler or use an already built cross-compiler. The cross-compiler should support the ARM embedded-application binary interface ("[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface#EABI EABI]")
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There are several options for cross-compilation toolchain setup. You can either compile your cross-compiler or use an already built cross-compiler.
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The cross-compiler should support the ARM embedded-application binary interface ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface#EABI EABI])
 
* Pre-built toolchain (recommended):
 
* Pre-built toolchain (recommended):
 
** [http://www.mentor.com/embedded-software/sourcery-tools/sourcery-codebench/editions/lite-edition/ Sourcery CodeBench Lite]
 
** [http://www.mentor.com/embedded-software/sourcery-tools/sourcery-codebench/editions/lite-edition/ Sourcery CodeBench Lite]
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==== Snapshot download ====
 
==== Snapshot download ====
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* Download [http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=snapshot;h=dda0dbfc69f3d560c87f5be85f127ed862ea6721;sf=tbz2 v2014.04] snapshot with your web browser.
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* Download [http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=snapshot;h=33711bdd4a4dce942fb5ae85a68899a8357bdd94 v2015.07] snapshot with your web browser.
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* Extract the downloaded archive {{filename|u-boot-dda0dbfc69f3d560c87f5be85f127ed862ea6721.tar.bz2}}
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* Extract the downloaded archive {{filename|u-boot-33711bd.tar.gz}}
 
<pre>
 
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cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot
 
cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot
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tar xvf /path/to/downloaded/u-boot-dda0dbfc69f3d560c87f5be85f127ed862ea6721.tar.bz2
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tar xvf /path/to/downloaded/u-boot-33711bd.tar.gz
 
mv u-boot u-boot-cm-fx6
 
mv u-boot u-boot-cm-fx6
 
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cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot/u-boot-cm-fx6
 
cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot/u-boot-cm-fx6
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patch -p1 < /path/to/cm-fx6-u-boot/u-boot/u-boot-v2014.04-cm-fx6-1.patch
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patch -p1 < /path/to/cm-fx6-u-boot-package/u-boot/u-boot-v2015.07-cm-fx6-3.patch
 
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cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot
 
cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot
 
git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git u-boot-cm-fx6
 
git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git u-boot-cm-fx6
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cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot/u-boot-cm-fx6
 
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* Create a branch for CM-FX6 development. The CM-FX6 patches are generated vs. v2014.04 tag (dda0dbfc69f3d560c87f5be85f127ed862ea6721 commit) in the U-Boot tree. It is recommended to use exactly the same baseline to avoid merge conflicts.
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* Create a branch for CM-FX6 development. The CM-FX6 patches are generated vs. v2015.07 tag (33711bdd4a4dce942fb5ae85a68899a8357bdd94 commit) in the U-Boot tree. It is recommended to use exactly the same baseline to avoid merge conflicts.
 
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git checkout -b cm-fx6-dev v2014.04
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git checkout -b cm-fx6-dev v2015.07
 
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</pre>
 
* Apply the CM-FX6 patch
 
* Apply the CM-FX6 patch
 
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cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot/u-boot-cm-fx6
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git apply /path/to/cm-fx6-u-boot-package/u-boot/u-boot-v2015.07-cm-fx6-3.patch
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git apply /path/to/cm-fx6-u-boot/u-boot/u-boot-v2014.04-cm-fx6-1.patch
 
 
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make cm_fx6_config && make
 
make cm_fx6_config && make
 
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* Invoke mkimage on the SPL binary to attach the IVT header required by the i.MX6 boot ROM code to the SPL binary. This generates a new image file {{filename|spl}}.
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* Invoke mkimage on the SPL binary to attach the IVT header required by the i.MX6 boot ROM code to the SPL binary. This generates a new image file {{filename|spl.img}}.
 
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./tools/mkimage -n board/compulab/cm_fx6/imximage.cfg -T imximage -e 0x00908000 -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin spl
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./tools/mkimage -n arch/arm/imx-common/spl_sd.cfg.cfgtmp -T imximage -e 0x00908000 -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin spl.img
 
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* Create the combined image by creating a 0xFF initialized 512KB {{filename|cm-fx6-firmware}} file, and writing the {{filename|spl}} and {{filename|u-boot.img}} data to the appropriate offsets within the {{filename|firmware}} file.
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* Create the combined image by creating a 0xFF initialized 512KB {{filename|cm-fx6-firmware}} file, and writing the {{filename|spl.img}} and {{filename|u-boot.img}} data to the appropriate offsets within the {{filename|firmware}} file.
 
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dd if=/dev/zero count=500 bs=1K | tr '\000' '\377' > cm-fx6-firmware
 
dd if=/dev/zero count=500 bs=1K | tr '\000' '\377' > cm-fx6-firmware
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dd if=spl of=cm-fx6-firmware bs=1K seek=1 conv=notrunc && dd if=u-boot.img of=cm-fx6-firmware bs=1K seek=64 conv=notrunc
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dd if=spl.img of=cm-fx6-firmware bs=1K seek=1 conv=notrunc && dd if=u-boot.img of=cm-fx6-firmware bs=1K seek=64 conv=notrunc
 
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* You can now install the {{filename|cm-fx6-firmware}} file into an SD card or CM-FX6 SPI flash.
 
* You can now install the {{filename|cm-fx6-firmware}} file into an SD card or CM-FX6 SPI flash.

Latest revision as of 15:26, 18 October 2015

Overview

CM-FX6 firmware consists of two components: Secondary Program Loader (SPL) and U-Boot. Both components are based on U-Boot source code. SPL is the bootstrap utility invoked by the CPU internal boot ROM code of the i.MX6 SoC. SPL performs minimal hardware initialization and loads U-Boot from the same boot device. U-Boot initializes hardware modules necessary for system boot and loads the operating system.

Building Firmware images for CM-FX6

Cross-Compiler

There are several options for cross-compilation toolchain setup. You can either compile your cross-compiler or use an already built cross-compiler. The cross-compiler should support the ARM embedded-application binary interface (EABI)

  • Pre-built toolchain (recommended):
  • Tools for creating cross-compilers:
    • Crosstool-ng: Builds a cross-compiler from source. Non-distribution specific.
    • Crossdev: Gentoo's cross-compiler builder. Needs Gentoo.

Getting U-Boot sources

There are two ways to get U-Boot sources that can be used as a baseline for CM-FX6 SPL and U-Boot. You can create a copy of "Das U-Boot" source tree or download a snapshot and extract it. We assume that you have created /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot directory for CM-FX6 u-boot development.

Snapshot download

  • Download v2015.07 snapshot with your web browser.
  • Extract the downloaded archive u-boot-33711bd.tar.gz
cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot
tar xvf /path/to/downloaded/u-boot-33711bd.tar.gz
mv u-boot u-boot-cm-fx6
This will create /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot/u-boot-cm-fx6 directory containing U-Boot source code tree.
  • Apply the CM-FX6 patch
cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot/u-boot-cm-fx6
patch -p1 < /path/to/cm-fx6-u-boot-package/u-boot/u-boot-v2015.07-cm-fx6-3.patch

Git clone

  • Install git version control system.
  • Create a clone of U-Boot tree
cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot
git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git u-boot-cm-fx6
cd /home/development/cm-fx6/u-boot/u-boot-cm-fx6
  • Create a branch for CM-FX6 development. The CM-FX6 patches are generated vs. v2015.07 tag (33711bdd4a4dce942fb5ae85a68899a8357bdd94 commit) in the U-Boot tree. It is recommended to use exactly the same baseline to avoid merge conflicts.
git checkout -b cm-fx6-dev v2015.07
  • Apply the CM-FX6 patch
git apply /path/to/cm-fx6-u-boot-package/u-boot/u-boot-v2015.07-cm-fx6-3.patch

Building the firmware images

  • First, compile both SPL and U-Boot. The following commands create the spl/u-boot-spl.bin and u-boot.img binaries (along with other image types):
export ARCH=arm
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-eabi-
make mrproper
make cm_fx6_config && make
  • Invoke mkimage on the SPL binary to attach the IVT header required by the i.MX6 boot ROM code to the SPL binary. This generates a new image file spl.img.
./tools/mkimage -n arch/arm/imx-common/spl_sd.cfg.cfgtmp -T imximage -e 0x00908000 -d spl/u-boot-spl.bin spl.img
  • Create the combined image by creating a 0xFF initialized 512KB cm-fx6-firmware file, and writing the spl.img and u-boot.img data to the appropriate offsets within the firmware file.
dd if=/dev/zero count=500 bs=1K | tr '\000' '\377' > cm-fx6-firmware
dd if=spl.img of=cm-fx6-firmware bs=1K seek=1 conv=notrunc && dd if=u-boot.img of=cm-fx6-firmware bs=1K seek=64 conv=notrunc
  • You can now install the cm-fx6-firmware file into an SD card or CM-FX6 SPI flash.

See also

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