Yocto i.MX 6 BSP Manual Document No.: L-814e_2 Release No.: i.MX 6 PD15.3.x Yocto 1.8.1 Edition: May 2016 A product of a PHYTEC Technology Holding company Yocto i.MX 6 BSP Manual Copyrighted products are not explicitly indicated in this manual. The absence of the trademark (™, or ®) and copyright (©) symbols does not imply that a product is not protected. Additionally, registered patents and trademarks are similarly not expressly indicated in this manual. The information in this document has been carefully checked and is considered to be entirely reliable. However, PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies. PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH neither gives any guarantee nor accepts any liability whatsoever for consequential damages resulting from the use of this manual or its associated product. 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Hardware...................................................................................... 1 3 Building the BSP ................................................................................................. 2 3.1 Get the BSP ................................................................................................. 2 3.2 Basic Set-Up ................................................................................................ 2 3.3 Finding the right Software Platform.................................................................. 3 3.4 Selecting a Software Platform.......................................................................... 3 3.5 Starting the Build Process .............................................................................. 3 3.6 BSP Images ................................................................................................. 4 4 Booting the System ............................................................................................. 5 4.1 Booting from NAND Flash ............................................................................... 5 4.2 Booting from SD Card .................................................................................... 5 4.2.1 Using a single, prebuild SD Card Image .................................................. 5 4.2.2 Using four individual Images (barebox-, kernel- and device tree image, and root filesystem)................................................................................. 6 4.3 Booting from USB OTG (Serial Downloader)........................................................ 8 4.4 Booting from SPI NOR Flash ............................................................................ 8 4.5 Booting the Kernel from Network ..................................................................... 9 4.5.1 Development Host Preparations............................................................ 9 4.5.2 Preparations on the Embedded Board ...................................................10 4.5.3 Booting the Embedded Board..............................................................11 4.6 Custom Boot Setup.......................................................................................11 5 Updating the Software....................................................................................... 13 5.1 Updating from Network.................................................................................13 5.1.1 Updating NAND Flash from Network......................................................13 5.1.2 Updating SPI NOR Flash from Network...................................................15 5.1.3 Updating eMMC from Network .............................................................15 5.2 Updating from SD Card..................................................................................16 5.2.1 Updating NAND Flash from SD Card.......................................................17 5.2.2 Updating SPI Flash from SD Card..........................................................17 6 Device Tree (DT)................................................................................................ 18 6.1 Introduction...............................................................................................18 6.2 Phytec i.MX 6 BSP Device Tree Concept .............................................................18 6.2.1 Switching Expansion Boards and Displays..............................................22 6.2.2 Handle the Different Displays ..............................................................23 6.2.3 Bootloader's DT Modifications.............................................................24 7 Accessing Peripherals ........................................................................................ 25 7.1 i.MX 6 Pin Muxing ........................................................................................26 7.2 Serial TTYs ..................................................................................................27 7.3 Network.....................................................................................................29 7.4 CAN Bus .....................................................................................................31 7.5 MMC/SD Card ..............................................................................................33 © PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH 2016 L-814e_2 i Yocto i.MX 6 BSP Manual 7.6 eMMC Devices............................................................................................. 36 7.6.1 Extended CSD Register ...................................................................... 36 7.6.2 Enable Background Operations (BKOPS) ............................................... 37 7.6.3 Enable pseudo-SLC Mode................................................................... 38 7.6.4 eMMC (Boot-)Partitions..................................................................... 40 7.6.5 Reliable Write.................................................................................. 41 7.6.6 Resize the ext4 Root Filesystem .......................................................... 42 7.6.7 Erase the Device .............................................................................. 43 7.6.8 Additional Software in the BSP ........................................................... 44 7.7 NAND Flash................................................................................................ 45 7.8 GPIOs ....................................................................................................... 46 7.9 LEDs......................................................................................................... 48 7.10 SPI Master ................................................................................................. 50 7.11 I²C Bus...................................................................................................... 52 7.11.1 EEPROM ......................................................................................... 52 7.11.2 RTC ............................................................................................... 53 7.11.3 Capacitive Touchscreen ....................................................................