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2011-10-27T20:42:56Z

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Plagnioj: /* Barebox */

2011-10-27T05:41:22Z

‎Barebox

Rschwebel: Fix up spelling, clarify a few things.

2011-10-26T21:28:13Z

Fix up spelling, clarify a few things.

Plagnioj: /* Kernel */

2011-10-26T20:27:56Z

‎Kernel

Plagnioj: /* Kernel */

2011-10-26T20:27:03Z

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Plagnioj: /* Barebox */

2011-10-26T20:18:49Z

‎Barebox

Plagnioj: /* Topics */

2011-10-26T20:03:28Z

‎Topics

Plagnioj at 20:01, 26 October 2011

2011-10-26T20:01:28Z

Plagnioj: Created page with "== Topics == * Hardware The i.MX53 Quick Start Board aka loco is a 1GHz ARM Crotex-A8 embedded computer in a 3-inch by 3-inch board. The loco boot from SD Card with the boot lo..."

2011-10-26T19:54:35Z

Created page with "== Topics == * Hardware The i.MX53 Quick Start Board aka loco is a 1GHz ARM Crotex-A8 embedded computer in a 3-inch by 3-inch board. The loco boot from SD Card with the boot lo..."

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== Topics ==
* Hardware

The i.MX53 Quick Start Board aka loco is a 1GHz ARM Crotex-A8 embedded computer in a 3-inch by 3-inch board.

The loco boot from SD Card with the boot loader at the first sector of it

You can use Barebox on it

http://git.pengutronix.de/?p=barebox.git;a=summary

* Barebox on it

Barebox use the same build (Kbuild) and configuration (Kconfig) as the linux kernel

1) First you need to clone the tree

git clone git://git.pengutronix.de/git/barebox.git

2) Then you need to configure it

make freescale_mx53_loco_defconfig

3) compile it

make

4) now you need to generate you SD Card

Plug the sd card on your laptop and copy barebox.bin on it

dd if=barebox.bin of=/dev/sdb bs=512

and sync it

5) plug the SD card in the board and boot it (press boot button)

Now that you have flash your barebox you will see it booting and trying to start the kernel from SD

to allow it you will need to flash it inside

* Kernel on it

you can use the mainline kernel but the support is limited so you may use the linaro one
http://opensource.freescale.com/git?p=imx/linux-2.6-imx.git;a=summary

1) First you need to clone the tree

a) Mainline

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git

b) Freescale

git clone http://opensource.freescale.com/pub/scm/imx/linux-2.6-imx.git

git checkout -b work imx_2.6.38_11.09.01

or

To speed up the clone, clone first the linus tree then fetch freescale as this

or use any already clone kernel

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git

git remote add freescale http://opensource.freescale.com/pub/scm/imx/linux-2.6-imx.git

git fetch freescale

git checkout -b work freescale/imx_2.6.38_11.09.01

2) Then you need to configure it

make imx5_defconfig

3) compile it

make

4) now you need to generate you SD Card

Plug the sd card on your laptop and copy barebox.bin on it

dd if=arch/arm/boot/uImage of=/dev/sdb bs=512 seek=768

and sync it

5) plug the SD card in the board and boot it (press boot button)

Now that you have flash your barebox you will see it booting and trying to start the kernel from SD

to allow it you will need to flash it inside

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:42, 27 October 2011
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	Welcome to Loco		Welcome to Loco
	loco login:		loco login:
		+
		+	[[Category:ARM Development Boards]]

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 Now that you have flash, you will see Barebox booting and trying to start the kernel from the SD card.
-barebox 2011.09.0-00338-ga6d06f2 (Oct  9 2011 - 23:07:34)
+ barebox 2011.09.0-00338-ga6d06f2 (Oct  9 2011 - 23:07:34)
-−
   Board: Freescale i.MX53 LOCO
   registered netconsole as cs1

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 = Hardware=
-The i.MX53 Quick Start Board aka loco is a 1GHz ARM Crotex-A8 embedded computer in a 3-inch by 3-inch board.
+The i.MX53 Quick Start Board (aka LOCO) is a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 embedded computer on a 3-inch by 3-inch board.
-The loco boot from SD Card with the boot loader at the first sector of it
+The loco boots from SD Card with the boot loader at the first sector of it.
-You can use Barebox on it
+You can use Barebox on it:
 http://git.pengutronix.de/?p=barebox.git;a=summary
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 = Barebox =
-Barebox use the same build (Kbuild) and configuration (Kconfig) as the linux kernel
+Barebox uses the same build (Kbuild) and configuration (Kconfig) tools as the Linux kernel.
 ) First you need to clone the tree
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
   git clone git://git.pengutronix.de/git/barebox.git
-) Then you need to configure it
+Most probably you want to use a released Barebox version, by running 'git checkout <version>'. Check which versions are available with 'git tag -l' and use the latest one.
   make freescale_mx53_loco_defconfig
-) compile it
+) Compile it
   make
-) now you need to generate you SD Card
+) Now you need to generate your SD Card:
-Plug the sd card on your laptop and copy barebox.bin on it
+Plug the SD Card into your laptop and copy barebox.bin to it:
   dd if=barebox.bin of=/dev/sdb bs=512
   sync
-) plug the SD card in the board and boot it (press boot button)
+) plug the SD card into the board and boot it (press the boot button)
-Now that you have flash your barebox you will see it booting and trying to start the kernel from SD
+Now that you have flash, you will see Barebox booting and trying to start the kernel from the SD card.
-−
-to allow it you will need to flash it inside
 barebox 2011.09.0-00338-ga6d06f2 (Oct  9 2011 - 23:07:34)
@@ Line 53: / Line 53: @@
 = Kernel =
-you can use the mainline kernel but the support is limited so you may use the freescale one
+You can use the mainline kernel, but take into account that not all IP cores available in the MX53 are already supported there. It is also possible to use Freescale's kernel, which can be found here:
 http://opensource.freescale.com/git?p=imx/linux-2.6-imx.git;a=summary
-) First you need to clone the tree
+) First you need to clone the tree:
 a) Mainline
   git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
 b) Freescale
@@ Line 70: / Line 73: @@
 or
-To speed up the clone, clone first the linus tree then fetch freescale as this
+To speed up the clone, first clone the linus tree, then fetch freescale as this
-or use any already clone kernel
+or use any already cloned kernel
   git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
@@ Line 82: / Line 85: @@
   git checkout -b work freescale/imx_2.6.38_11.09.01
-) Then you need to configure it
+) Then you need to configure the kernel:
   make imx5_defconfig
-) compile it
+) Compile it
   make
-) now you need to generate you SD Card
+If you have a machine with more than one core, add -j <number-of-parallel-builds>.
 Plug the sd card on your laptop and copy barebox.bin on it
@@ Line 97: / Line 102: @@
   sync
-) plug the SD card in the board and boot it (press boot button)
+) Plug the SD card into the board and boot it (press the boot button)
-−
-Now that you have flash your barebox you will see it booting and trying to start the kernel from SD
-to allow it you will need to flash it inside
+Now that you have flashed everything, you will see barebox booting and trying to start the kernel from the SD card.
   barebox 2011.09.0-00338-ga6d06f2 (Oct  9 2011 - 23:07:34)

@@ Line 53: / Line 53: @@
 = Kernel =
-you can use the mainline kernel but the support is limited so you may use the linaro one
+you can use the mainline kernel but the support is limited so you may use the freescale one
 http://opensource.freescale.com/git?p=imx/linux-2.6-imx.git;a=summary

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	to allow it you will need to flash it inside		to allow it you will need to flash it inside
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		+	barebox 2011.09.0-00338-ga6d06f2 (Oct 9 2011 - 23:07:34)
		+
		+	Board: Freescale i.MX53 LOCO
		+	registered netconsole as cs1
		+	eth@eth0: got MAC address from EEPROM: 00:04:9F:01:AB:1D
		+	Malloc space: 0x7df00000 -> 0x7ff00000 (size 32 MB)
		+	Stack space : 0x7def8000 -> 0x7df00000 (size 32 kB)
		+	envfs: wrong magic on /dev/env0
		+	no valid environment found on /dev/env0. Using default environment
		+	running /env/bin/init...
		+	barebox@Freescale i.MX53 LOCO:/

	= Kernel =		= Kernel =