readme.txt
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2Freescale i.MX6 Q, DL and SoloX SABRE development boards
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4
5This file documents the Buildroot support for the Freescale SABRE Board
6for Smart Devices Based on the i.MX 6 and i.MX 6SoloX Series (SABRESD),
7as well as the Freescale SABRE Board for Automotive Infotainment.
8
9Read the i.MX 6 SABRESD Quick Start Guide for an introduction to the
10board:
11http://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/quick_start_guide/SABRESDB_IMX6_QSG.pdf
12
13Read the i.MX 6 SoloX SABRESD Quick Start Guide for an introduction to
14the board:
15http://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/user_guide/IMX6SOLOXQSG.pdf
16
17Read the SABRE for Automotive Infotainment Quick Start Guide for an
18introduction to the board:
19http://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/user_guide/IMX6SABREINFOQSG.pdf
20
21Building with NXP kernel and NXP U-Boot
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23
24First, configure Buildroot for your SABRE board.
25For i.MX6Q SABRE SD board:
26
27 make freescale_imx6qsabresd_defconfig
28
29For i.MX6DL SABRE SD board:
30
31 make freescale_imx6dlsabresd_defconfig
32
33For i.MX6 SoloX SABRE SD board:
34
35 make freescale_imx6sxsabresd_defconfig
36
37For i.MX6Q SABRE Auto board:
38
39 make freescale_imx6qsabreauto_defconfig
40
41For i.MX6DL SABRE Auto board:
42
43 make freescale_imx6dlsabreauto_defconfig
44
45Build all components:
46
47 make
48
49You will find in ./output/images/ the following files:
50 - imx6dl-sabresd.dtb or imx6q-sabresd.dtb or imx6sx-sdb.dtb or
51 imx6q-sabreauto.dtb or imx6dl-sabreauto.dtb
52 - rootfs.ext2
53 - rootfs.tar
54 - u-boot.imx
55 - uImage, or zImage for i.MX6 SoloX
56
57Building with mainline kernel and mainline U-Boot
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59
60Mainline U-Boot uses SPL and can support the three
61variants of mx6sabreauto boards: mx6q, mx6dl and mx6qp.
62
63First, configure Buildroot for your mx6sabreauto board
64
65 make imx6-sabreauto_defconfig
66
67Build all components:
68
69 make
70
71You will find in output/images/ the following files:
72 - imx6dl-sabresd.dtb, imx6q-sabresd.dtb, imx6q-sabresd.dtb
73 - rootfs.ext2
74 - SPL and u-boot.img
75 - u-boot.imx
76 - zImage
77
78Create a bootable SD card
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80
81To determine the device associated to the SD card have a look in the
82/proc/partitions file:
83
84 cat /proc/partitions
85
86Buildroot prepares a bootable "sdcard.img" image in the output/images/
87directory, ready to be dumped on a microSD card. Launch the following
88command as root:
89
90 dd if=./output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/<your-microsd-device>
91
92*** WARNING! The script will destroy all the card content. Use with care! ***
93
94For details about the medium image layout, see the definition in
95board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template.
96
97Boot the SABRE board
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99
100i.MX6 SABRE SD
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102
103To boot your newly created system on an i.MX6 SABRE SD Board (refer to
104the i.MX6 SABRE SD Quick Start Guide for guidance):
105- insert the SD card in the SD3 slot of the board;
106- locate the BOOT dip switches (SW6), set dips 2 and 7 to ON, all others to OFF;
107- connect a Micro USB cable to Debug Port and connect using a terminal emulator
108 at 115200 bps, 8n1;
109- power on the board.
110
111i.MX6 SoloX SABRE SD
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113
114To boot your newly created system on an i.MX6 SoloX SABRE SD Board
115(refer to the i.MX6 SoloX SABRE SD Quick Start Guide for guidance):
116- insert the SD card in the J4-SD4 socket at the bottom of the board;
117- Set the SW10, SW11 and SW12 DIP switches at the top of the board in
118 their default position, to boot from SD card. Reference configuration:
119
120 SW10
121 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
122 off off off off off off off off
123
124 SW11
125 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
126 off off ON ON ON off off off
127
128 SW12
129 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
130 off ON off off off off off off
131
132- connect a Micro USB cable to the J16 Debug Port at the bottom of the
133 board. This is a dual UART debug port; connect to the first tty using
134 a terminal emulator at 115200 bps, 8n1;
135- power on the board with the SW1-PWR switch at the top of the board.
136
137SABRE Auto
138----------
139
140To boot your newly created system on a SABRE Auto Board (refer to the SABRE for
141Automotive Infotainment Quick Start Guide for guidance):
142- insert the SD card in the CPU card SD card socket J14;
143- Set the S1, S2 and S3 DIP switches and J3 jumper to boot from SD on CPU card.
144 Reference configuration:
145
146 S1
147 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
148 off ON off off ON off off off off off
149
150 S2
151 1 2 3 4
152 off off ON off
153
154 S3
155 1 2 3 4
156 off off ON ON
157
158 J3: 1-2
159
160- connect an RS-232 UART cable to CPU card debug port J18 UART DB9 and
161 connect using a terminal emulator at 115200 bps, 8n1;
162- power on the board.
163
164Enjoy!
165
166References
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168
169https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-95015
170https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-95017
171https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-99218
172