R-Car/Chromium/m87

Introduction
This page contains information how to run chromium on R-Car Gen3 devices.


 * Renesas R-Car-H3 Starter Kit Premier (unofficial name - H3ULCB), https://www.renesas.com/us/en/solutions/automotive/adas/solution-kits/r-car-starter-kit.html
 * Renesas R-Car-M3 Starter Kit Pro (unofficial name - M3ULCB), https://www.renesas.com/us/en/solutions/automotive/adas/solution-kits/r-car-starter-kit.html

See also:
 * Latest version: R-Car/Chromium
 * List of chromium pages: Category:R-Car/Chromium

Yocto versions
Poky-3.1.2 is supported with "Yocto v4.1.0 + Yocto Project 3.1.2".

Host PC
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64bit) is recommended as OS. 32bit version is not supported. Ubuntu 16.04 is not supported !!

See also:
 * R-Car/Boards/Yocto-Gen3-CommonFAQ/How to build yocto image by using docker

Yocto BSP
Community Yocto BSP "Yocto v4.1.0 + Yocto Project 3.1.2". For more information, see R-Car Gen3 Community Yocto BSP Release Note.

Confirmed Board
NT='Not Tested'

See also:
 * R-Car/Boards/H3SK
 * R-Car/Boards/M3SK

Chromium Version
87.0.4280.141

Proprietary evaluation package

 * 1) Download evaluation version of proprietary graphics package from Renesas.


 * To download Graphics library and related Linux drivers, please use the following link:
 * https://www.renesas.com/us/en/application/automotive/r-car-h3-m3-documents-software
 * Download two files:
 * R-Car_Gen3_Series_Evaluation_Software_Package_for_Linux-weston8-20200923.zip
 * R-Car_Gen3_Series_Evaluation_Software_Package_of_Linux_Drivers-weston8-20200923.zip

Host PC required package

 * 1) Install required packages
 * Ubuntu and Debian
 * Refer to Yocto Project Quick Start for more information.
 * Refer to Yocto Project Quick Start for more information.

Build using script

 * 1) Directory Structure
 * 2) build script
 * 3) build
 * target_board_name is "h3ulcb" or "m3ulcb"
 * If the build completes successfully, all the necessary files are generated in a following directory:
 * Image is a Kernel image, *.dtb is a blob file, core-image--.tar.bz2 is the rootfs, modules-.tgz are kernel modules.
 * 1) You can now proceed with Running Yocto images
 * If the build completes successfully, all the necessary files are generated in a following directory:
 * Image is a Kernel image, *.dtb is a blob file, core-image--.tar.bz2 is the rootfs, modules-.tgz are kernel modules.
 * 1) You can now proceed with Running Yocto images
 * 1) You can now proceed with Running Yocto images

Running Yocto images
Linux kernel can be booted from microSD/USB memory/eMMC/TFTP. Root FS can be mounted from microSD/USB memory/eMMC/NFS. See also R-Car/Boards/Yocto-Gen3.

How to test
NT='Not Tested'

Q&A site
http://renesasrulz.com/r-car-h3-m3-cockpit/

FAQ page
https://elinux.org/R-Car/Boards/Yocto-Gen3-CommonFAQ

Known issues and limitations
See also R-Car/Boards/Yocto-Gen3.