Introduction¶
This document is the release notes for the FSL Community BSP 2.4, which is the result of a community effort to improve Freescale’s SoC support for OpenEmbedded and Yocto Project.
Defining the FSL Community BSP¶
The FSL Community BSP is a community-driven project to provide and maintain Board Support Package (BSP) metadata layers for use in OpenEmbedded and Yocto Project with Freescale’s SoCs.
The FSL Community BSP follows Yocto Project’s release schedule and branch naming (since release 1.3, denzil).
See the Yocto Project Release for details on the Yocto Project.
Motivation¶
The FSL Community BSP started with the goal of easing the use of OpenEmbedded and Yocto Project with Freescale’s SoCs and providing an example of how to assemble an easy-to-use platform as the basis for future products.
The FSL Community BSP provides:
What the FSL Community BSP is not¶
The FSL Community BSP does not have a paid support team. The members of this community have full-time jobs and work on the project in their spare time. Most of them are working with Freescale SoCs in their full-time job, so it means some of them can provide paid support if requested.
The provided source code is not intended to be a product in itself. It is a reference platform for people to build products with. Because of this, plan to have a development and test cycle for your product if you decide to base it on the FSL Community BSP.
The project is community-driven work, and it is NOT an official Freescale support channel.
What you can expect¶
- You can expect help when you post a question, but please be patient. Wait for at least two days for a response. Most of the time, people do reply when they know an answer or have advice to offer. If you don’t receive a reply, then it may be due to no one in the community having an adequate response.
- The stable branch is supported for six months after the release date (following the Yocto Project’s release schedule);
- The upstreaming takes place as quickly as possible and any needed adjustment is going to be made accordingly.
What the community expects from you¶
The community does expect that you contribute back by:
- replying when you know the answer to a question in the mailing list;
- reviewing the patches sent to mailing list;
- testing new patches that affect you directly or indirectly;
- reporting bugs you may find;
- upstreaming bug fixes;
- upstreaming features that may be good for the community.
Upstreaming¶
The FSL Community BSP provides test images and demos in addition to the base BSP for Freescale reference boards and third-party boards. In addition to the BSP, a Linux-based operating system typically requires several other packages, such as ssh client/server, window managers, applications, and so on. These packages are not part of the BSP. In other words, the FSL Community BSP is used with applications, tools and metadata from other projects, such as OpenEmbedded and Poky.
The FSL Community BSP always offers a stable version and a development version. You may face errors that are not caused by FSL Community BSP’s layers but instead by OpenEmbedded’s or Poky’s metadata. In this case, the error must be fixed in its layer.
The following image shows the upstream levels:
Main branch names¶
- master-next: this branch is used to keep the patches to be built by the autobuilder for the very first test build. Do not expect to have a clear merging schedule, or to have a stable project when working with the master-next branch;
- master: this is the branch where development takes place. Any new feature or bug fix must be merged here first. This is the development of the next stable branch;
- rocko: the latest stable branch. This branch only accepts bug fixes, and is supported for 6 months after the release date.
There are other branches available, and they are the previous stable branches. They are kept online for users’ convenience, and you should not expect backports or bug fixes.
Upstream cycle¶
In addition to the normal Yocto Project upstream process, there is also a BSP upstream cycle.
The BSP upstream cycle starts just after a Freescale Official Release is published in git.freescale.com. The patches to adapt the recipes from meta-fsl-bsp-release are sent out for review to the meta-freescale mailing list and are merged in the meta-freescale, meta-freescale-3rdparty or meta-freescale-distro layers or upstreamed to Yocto Project accordingly.
A more detailed step-by-step process is shown below:
- New Freescale Official Release is published;
- The patches are sent to meta-freescale;
- After the review process, the patches are merged in the proper layer’s master-next branch;
- Source code is built by the autobuilder;
- After one week in master-next, it is merged in master;
- Freescale internally bases the next Freescale Official Release from the community source code;
- Back to step 1.
The result is that Freescale uses the FSL Community BSP source code with its bug fixes, improvements, and any new features to create the next Freescale Official Release.
Freescale uses the latest stable branch from Yocto Project to base the next Freescale Official Release. When this release is published, it is rebased and reworked to be merged in the current development branch.
The differences between FSL Community BSP and Freescale Official Release¶
The goal for each project is different. See below for the main points of divergence.
Freescale Official Release¶
The Freescale Official Release is intended to provide a static base for Freescale to test and validate the BSP modules with Freescale evaluation boards, and it is developed internally by Freescale. The set of supported boards vary from release to release and is listed in the Freescale Official Release notes for the specific version. The release points to a static revision of every included layer. Therefore, the release does not receive updates and bug fixes.
FSL Community BSP¶
The FSL Community BSP is a reference system that can be used as a base for products and is an open project that accepts contributions from the community. It supports a wide range of boards which range from Freescale evaluation boards (meta-freescale layer) to third-party boards (meta-freescale-3rdparty). The release is a “moving target”, so there are updates on top of the released source code, such as the addition of new features and bug fixes.
| Freescale Official Release | FSL Community BSP | |
|---|---|---|
| Intended use | Reference system for BSP modules test and validation on Freescale Reference Boards | Reference system for use as base for any project for all supported boards |
| Code | Static. Only include any bug fixes on the upcoming release | Updates. Receives bug fixes and has security issues fixed often |
| Contribution | Indirect contribution via FSL Community BSP. After revision, contribution may be merged in upcoming release | Open, everyone is welcome to contribute to the project |
| Board Support | Limited, as it supports just the Freescale evaluation boards listed in the Release Notes | Extended, as it supports both Freescale evaluation boards and 3rd party boards. See Supported Board List |
| Yocto Project Compatible | No | Yes |
| Support | i.MX Community | meta-freescale |
| Repository | git.freescale.com | github.com/Freescale |
FSL Community BSP Scope¶
The scope of the FSL Community BSP includes the meta layers:
- meta-freescale: provides the base support and Freescale ARM and PPC reference boards;
- meta-freescale-3rdparty: provides support for 3rd party and partner boards;
- meta-freescale-distro: provides distros support, images recipes, demo recipes, and packagegroups used to ease the development with Yocto Project.
- Documentation: provides the source code for FSL Community BSP Release Notes (RN) and User Guide (UG).
Meta-freescale¶
Since the Yocto Project release 2.2 (Morty) the FSL Community BSP changed the meta layers names. You can see the announcement here.
The following table show the renaming upgrade path:
| Krogoth | Morty |
|---|---|
| meta-fsl-arm | meta-freescale |
| meta-fsl-ppc | meta-freescale |
| meta-fsl-arm-extra | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| meta-fsl-demos | meta-freescale-distros |
The meta-fsl-arm and meta-fsl-ppc meta layers are deprecated. The last release for these meta layers is krogoth. Do not expect any update to the layer other than critical bug-fixes. Meta-fsl-arm and meta-fsl-ppc must be replaced by meta-freescale.
The meta-freescale meta layer goal is to integrate the ARM and PPC SoC based source code from Freescale, it includes i.MX, Vybrid, QorIQ and Layerscape BSPs.
The meta-fsl-arm-extra now is meta-freescale-3rdparty, any local copy should work as there is a mirror set.
The meta-fsl-demos now is meta-freescale-distros, any local copy should work as there is a mirror set.
License¶
The FSL Community BSP is a project with the same licensing of most Yocto Project layers. It means the recipe file is under a certain license, and the source code used by that recipe is under another certain license (being it equal or not).
Most of FSL Community BSP’s metadata is under MIT license, however the extensive and accurate list of package’s license provided by the Yocto Project’s metadata can be generated with few commands, for detailed information on how license is handled by Yocto Project see the Reference Manual.
End User License Agreement (EULA)¶
Freescale releases basically two kind of packages, the open sourced packages use regular open source licenses (GPLv2 for example).
The close sourced packages are released under the Freescale License (known as
EULA). Each package has a copy of EULA inside itself and a copy of the EULA text
is also included inside meta-freescale root dir
(sources/meta-freescale/EULA).
The FSL Community BSP handles the EULA acceptance by prompting user to read and accept EULA text at the very first environment setup. It is user’s duty to read and understand it before accepting it. After it is accepted the first time, it is assumed accepted in any other build.
Kernel Release Notes¶
The FSL Community BSP includes support for several kernel providers. Each machine may have a different Linux Kernel provider.
The FSL Community BSP is not responsible for the content of those kernels. Although we as community should feel empowered to submit bug fixes and new features for those projects.
See the respective Linux Kernel provider for your machine in section Linux Kernel.
Different Product SoC Families¶
Currently, the FSL Community BSP includes the following Product SoC Families:
- i.MX Application Processors (imx): Regarding the i.MX Freescale Page: i.MX applications processors are multicore ARM®-based solutions for multimedia and display applications with scalability, high performance, and low power capabilities.
- Vybrid Controller Solutions based on ARM® Cores (vybrid): Regarding the Vybrid Freescale Page: Vybrid controller solutions are built on an asymmetrical-multiprocessing architecture using ARM® cores as the anchor for the platform, and are ideal for many industrial applications.
- Layerscape Architecture (ls): Regarding the Layerscape Freescale Page: delivers unprecedented efficiency and scale for the smarter, more capable networks of tomorrow.
Freescale groups a set of SoCs which target different markets in product families. Those are grouped according to their SoC features and internal hardware capabilities.
The Yocto Project’s tools have the required capabilities to differentiate the architectures and BSP components for the different SoC families. In this perspective, the FSL Community BSP can support a wide range of architectures and product lines which go across several markets.
For the FSL Community BSP, the different SoCs, from all product lines manufactured by Freescale, can be seen as different machines, thus easing the use of same architecture across different markets.
Supported Board List¶
Please, see the next table for the complete supported board list.
| Machine | Name | SoC | Layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| apalis-imx6 | Toradex Apalis iMX6Q/D | i.MX6Q | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cfa10036 | Crystalfontz CFA-10036 | i.MX28 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cfa10037 | Crystalfontz CFA-10037 | i.MX28 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cfa10049 | Crystalfontz CFA-10049 | i.MX28 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cfa10055 | Crystalfontz CFA-10055 | i.MX28 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cfa10056 | Crystalfontz CFA-10056 | i.MX28 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cfa10057 | Crystalfontz CFA-10057 | i.MX28 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cfa10058 | Crystalfontz CFA-10058 | i.MX28 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cgtqmx6 | Congatec QMX6 Evaluation board | i.MX6 Q/DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cm-fx6 | CompuLab CM-FX6 | i.MX6 Q/DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| colibri-imx6 | Toradex Colibri iMX6DL/S | i.MX6DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| colibri-imx7 | Toradex Colibri iMX7D/S | i.MX 7Dual / i.MX 7Solo | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| colibri-vf | Toradex Colibri VF50/VF61 | VF500/VF610 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| cubox-i | SolidRun CuBox-i and HummingBoard | i.MX6 Q/DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx233-olinuxino-maxi | OLIMEX iMX233-OLinuXino-Maxi | i.MX23 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx233-olinuxino-micro | OLIMEX iMX233-OLinuXino-Micro | i.MX23 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx233-olinuxino-mini | OLIMEX iMX233-OLinuXino-Mini | i.MX23 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx233-olinuxino-nano | OLIMEX iMX233-OLinuXino-Nano | i.MX23 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx23evk | NXP i.MX23 Evaluation Kit | i.MX23 | meta-freescale |
| imx25pdk | NXP i.MX25 Evaluation Kit | i.MX25 | meta-freescale |
| imx28evk | NXP i.MX28 Evaluation Kit | i.MX28 | meta-freescale |
| imx51evk | NXP i.MX51 Evaluation Kit | i.MX51 | meta-freescale |
| imx53ard | NXP i.MX53 SABRE Automotive Board | i.MX53 | meta-freescale |
| imx53qsb | NXP i.MX53 Quick Start Board | i.MX53 | meta-freescale |
| imx6dl-riotboard | RIoTboard | i.MX6S | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx6q-dms-ba16 | Advantech DMS BA16 | i.MX6Q | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx6qdl-variscite-som | Variscite i.MX6Q/DL VAR-SOM-MX6 | i.MX6Q/DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx6qdlsabreauto | NXP i.MX6QP/Q/DL SABRE Automotive | i.MX6QP/Q/DL | meta-freescale |
| imx6qdlsabresd | NXP i.MX6QP/Q/DL SABRE Smart Device | i.MX6QP/Q/DL | meta-freescale |
| imx6qsabrelite | Boundary Devices i.MX6Q SABRE Lite | i.MX6Q | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx6sl-warp | WaRP | i.MX6SL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx6slevk | NXP i.MX6SL Evaluation Kit | i.MX6SL | meta-freescale |
| imx6sllevk | Freescale i.MX6SLL Evaluation Kit | i.MX6SLL | meta-freescale |
| imx6sxsabreauto | NXP i.MX6SoloX Sabre Automotive | i.MX6SX | meta-freescale |
| imx6sxsabresd | NXP i.MX6SoloX SabreSD | i.MX6SX | meta-freescale |
| imx6ul-pico-hobbit | Hobbitboard (PICO-IMX6UL) | i.MX6UL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx6ul-pico-pi | PICO-PI (PICO-IMX6UL) | i.MX6UL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx6ulevk | NXP i.MX6UL Evaluation Kit | i.MX6UL | meta-freescale |
| imx6ullevk | Freescale i.MX6ULL Evaluation Kit | i.MX6ULL | meta-freescale |
| imx7d-pico | IMX7D-PICO | i.MX7D | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx7dsabresd | NXP i.MX7D SABRE Smart Device | i.MX7D | meta-freescale |
| imx7s-warp | WaRP7 | i.MX7S | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| imx7ulpevk | NXP i.MX7ULP Evaluation Kit | i.MX7ULP | meta-freescale |
| ls1012afrdm | NXP LS1012AFRDM board | LSCH2 | meta-freescale |
| ls1012afrdm-32b | NXP LS1012AFRDM board | LSCH2 | meta-freescale |
| ls1012ardb | NXP LS1012ARDB board | LSCH2 | meta-freescale |
| ls1012ardb-32b | NXP LS1012ARDB board | LSCH2 | meta-freescale |
| ls1021atwr | NXP LS1021ATWR board | ls102xa | meta-freescale |
| ls1043ardb | NXP LS1043ARDB board | LSCH2 | meta-freescale |
| ls1043ardb-32b | NXP LS1043ARDB-32B | LSCH2 | meta-freescale |
| ls1046ardb | NXP LS1046ARDB | LSCH2 | meta-freescale |
| ls1046ardb-32b | NXP LS1046ARDB | LSCH2 | meta-freescale |
| ls1088ardb | NXP LS1088ARDB | LSCH3 | meta-freescale |
| ls2080ardb | NXP LS2080ARDB board | LSCH3 | meta-freescale |
| ls2088ardb | NXP LS2088ARDB | LSCH3 | meta-freescale |
| m28evk | DENX M28 SoM Evaluation Kit | i.MX28 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| m53evk | DENX M53 SoM Evaluation Kit | i.MX53 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| nitrogen6sx | Boundary Devices Nitrogen6SX | i.MX6SX | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| nitrogen6x | Boundary Devices Nitrogen6X | i.MX6 Q/DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| nitrogen6x-lite | Boundary Devices Nitrogen6X Lite | i.MX6S | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| nitrogen7 | Boundary Devices Nitrogen7 | i.MX7D | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| pcm052 | Phytec phyCORE Vybrid Development Kit | vf60 | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| tx6q-10x0 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6Q TX6Q Computer-On-Module | i.MX6Q | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| tx6q-11x0 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6Q TX6Q Computer-On-Module | i.MX6Q | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| tx6s-8034 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6S TX6S Computer-On-Module | i.MX6S | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| tx6s-8035 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6S TX6S Computer-On-Module | i.MX6S | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| tx6u-8033 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6DL TX6DL Computer-On-Module | i.MX6DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| tx6u-80x0 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6DL TX6DL Computer-On-Module | i.MX6DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| tx6u-81x0 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6DL TX6DL Computer-On-Module | i.MX6DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| ventana | i.MX6Q/DL Ventana Platform | i.MX6Q/DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
| wandboard | Wandboard i.MX6 Wandboard QuadPlus/Quad/Dual/Solo | i.MX6QP/Q/DL | meta-freescale-3rdparty |
Machine Maintainers¶
Since FSL Community BSP Release 1.6 (Daisy), the maintainer field in machine configuration files of meta-freescale and meta-freescale-3rdparty is mandatory for any new board to be added.
So now on, every new board must have someone assigned as maintainer. This ensures, in long term, all boards with a maintainer assigned. Current orphan boards are not going to be removed unless it causes maintenance problem and the fix is not straightforward.
- The maintainer duties:
- The one with casting vote when a deadlock is faced.
- Responsible to keep that machine working (that means, booting and with some stability) Keep kernel, u-boot updated/tested/working.
- Keep release notes updated
- Keep test cycle updated
- Keep the most usual images building and booting
When a build error is detected, the maintainer will “fix” it. For those maintainers with kernel control (meta-freescale-3rdparty), it is expected that they properly fix the kernel issue (when it’s a kernel issue). However, anything out of community control should be worked around anyway.
Machines with maintainers¶
| Machine | Name |
|---|---|
| apalis-imx6 | Toradex Apalis iMX6Q/D |
| cfa10036 | Crystalfontz CFA-10036 |
| cfa10037 | Crystalfontz CFA-10037 |
| cfa10049 | Crystalfontz CFA-10049 |
| cfa10055 | Crystalfontz CFA-10055 |
| cfa10056 | Crystalfontz CFA-10056 |
| cfa10057 | Crystalfontz CFA-10057 |
| cfa10058 | Crystalfontz CFA-10058 |
| cgtqmx6 | Congatec QMX6 Evaluation board |
| cm-fx6 | CompuLab CM-FX6 |
| colibri-imx6 | Toradex Colibri iMX6DL/S |
| colibri-imx7 | Toradex Colibri iMX7D/S |
| colibri-vf | Toradex Colibri VF50/VF61 |
| cubox-i | SolidRun CuBox-i and HummingBoard |
| imx23evk | NXP i.MX23 Evaluation Kit |
| imx25pdk | NXP i.MX25 Evaluation Kit |
| imx28evk | NXP i.MX28 Evaluation Kit |
| imx51evk | NXP i.MX51 Evaluation Kit |
| imx53ard | NXP i.MX53 SABRE Automotive Board |
| imx53qsb | NXP i.MX53 Quick Start Board |
| imx6dl-riotboard | RIoTboard |
| imx6q-dms-ba16 | Advantech DMS BA16 |
| imx6qdl-variscite-som | Variscite i.MX6Q/DL VAR-SOM-MX6 |
| imx6qdlsabreauto | NXP i.MX6QP/Q/DL SABRE Automotive |
| imx6qdlsabresd | NXP i.MX6QP/Q/DL SABRE Smart Device |
| imx6qsabrelite | Boundary Devices i.MX6Q SABRE Lite |
| imx6sl-warp | WaRP |
| imx6slevk | NXP i.MX6SL Evaluation Kit |
| imx6sllevk | Freescale i.MX6SLL Evaluation Kit |
| imx6sxsabreauto | NXP i.MX6SoloX Sabre Automotive |
| imx6sxsabresd | NXP i.MX6SoloX SabreSD |
| imx6ul-pico-hobbit | Hobbitboard (PICO-IMX6UL) |
| imx6ulevk | NXP i.MX6UL Evaluation Kit |
| imx6ullevk | Freescale i.MX6ULL Evaluation Kit |
| imx7d-pico | IMX7D-PICO |
| imx7dsabresd | NXP i.MX7D SABRE Smart Device |
| imx7s-warp | WaRP7 |
| imx7ulpevk | NXP i.MX7ULP Evaluation Kit |
| ls1012afrdm-32b | NXP LS1012AFRDM board |
| ls1012ardb | NXP LS1012ARDB board |
| ls1021atwr | NXP LS1021ATWR board |
| ls1043ardb | NXP LS1043ARDB board |
| ls1043ardb-32b | NXP LS1043ARDB-32B |
| ls1046ardb | NXP LS1046ARDB |
| ls1088ardb | NXP LS1088ARDB |
| ls2080ardb | NXP LS2080ARDB board |
| ls2088ardb | NXP LS2088ARDB |
| nitrogen6sx | Boundary Devices Nitrogen6SX |
| nitrogen6x | Boundary Devices Nitrogen6X |
| nitrogen6x-lite | Boundary Devices Nitrogen6X Lite |
| nitrogen7 | Boundary Devices Nitrogen7 |
| pcm052 | Phytec phyCORE Vybrid Development Kit |
| tx6q-11x0 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6Q TX6Q Computer-On-Module |
| tx6s-8035 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6S TX6S Computer-On-Module |
| tx6u-8033 | Ka-Ro electronics i.MX6DL TX6DL Computer-On-Module |
| ventana | i.MX6Q/DL Ventana Platform |
| wandboard | Wandboard i.MX6 Wandboard QuadPlus/Quad/Dual/Solo |
Machines without a maintainer¶
| Machine | Name |
|---|---|
| imx233-olinuxino-maxi | OLIMEX iMX233-OLinuXino-Maxi |
| imx233-olinuxino-micro | OLIMEX iMX233-OLinuXino-Micro |
| imx233-olinuxino-mini | OLIMEX iMX233-OLinuXino-Mini |
| imx233-olinuxino-nano | OLIMEX iMX233-OLinuXino-Nano |
| imx6ul-pico-pi | PICO-PI (PICO-IMX6UL) |
| m28evk | DENX M28 SoM Evaluation Kit |
| m53evk | DENX M53 SoM Evaluation Kit |
Software Architecture¶
Linux Kernel¶
FSL Community BSP supports the following sources for Linux Kernel:
- linux-advantech: linux-advantech version 4.1-r0.
- linux-boundary: Linux kernel for Boundary Devices boards.
- linux-cfa: Linux kernel for Crystalfontz boards.
- linux-compulab: Linux kernel for CompuLab cm-fx6 boards.
- linux-congatec: linux-congatec version 4.1.15-r0.
- linux-denx: DENX mainline based Linux kernel.
- linux-fslc: Linux kernel based on mainline kernel used by FSL Community BSP in order to provide support for some backported features and fixes, or because it was applied in linux-next and takes some time to become part of a stable version, or because it is not applicable for upstreaming.
- linux-fslc-imx: Linux kernel based on NXP 4.1.15-1.2.0 GA release, used by FSL Community BSP in order to provide support for i.MX based platforms and include official Linux kernel stable updates, backported features and fixes coming from the vendors, kernel community or FSL Community itself.
- linux-gateworks-imx: linux-gateworks-imx version 3.14-r0.
- linux-imx: Linux Kernel provided and supported by NXP with focus on i.MX Family Reference Boards. It includes support for many IPs such as GPU, VPU and IPU.
- linux-karo: Linux Kernel for Ka-Ro electronics TX Computer-On-Modules.
- linux-qoriq: Linux Kernel for Freescale QorIQ platforms.
- linux-timesys: Linux Kernel with added drivers and board support for Vybrid-based platforms.
- linux-toradex: Linux kernel for Toradex Freescale i.MX based modules.
- linux-variscite: linux-variscite version 4.1.15-r0.
- linux-wandboard: Linux kernel for Wandboard.
- linux-warp7: Linux kernel based on linux-fsl-imx branch 4.1-1.0.x-imx from FSL Community BSP with additional patches to cover devices specific on WaRP7 board.
As stated in Kernel Release Notes, FSL Community BSP is not responsible for the Linux Kernel content in any kernel provider. If you are looking for the feature list, supported devices, official way to get a support channel or how to report bug, please, see above where to get help, for each kernel provider.
- linux-imx: provider, Freescale has a release notes document for each version released. This document has a list of known issues, new features, list of kernel arguments, and the linux-imx kernel scope for each Freescale Reference Board. This document is present into the Document Bundle provided by Freescale.
Default Linux Providers¶
The following table shows the default version of Linux Kernel provided by FSL Community BSP for each supported machine.
| Board | Kernel Provider | Kernel Version |
|---|---|---|
| apalis-imx6 | linux-toradex | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| cfa10036 | linux-cfa | 4.1.13 |
| cfa10037 | linux-cfa | 4.1.13 |
| cfa10049 | linux-cfa | 4.1.13 |
| cfa10055 | linux-cfa | 4.1.13 |
| cfa10056 | linux-cfa | 4.1.13 |
| cfa10057 | linux-cfa | 4.1.13 |
| cfa10058 | linux-cfa | 4.1.13 |
| cgtqmx6 | linux-congatec | 4.1.15 |
| cm-fx6 | linux-compulab | 3.14.28-cm-fx6 |
| colibri-imx6 | linux-toradex | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| colibri-imx7 | linux-toradex | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| colibri-vf | linux-toradex | 4.4+git |
| cubox-i | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx233-olinuxino-maxi | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx233-olinuxino-micro | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx233-olinuxino-mini | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx233-olinuxino-nano | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx23evk | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx25pdk | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx28evk | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx51evk | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx53ard | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx53qsb | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx6dl-riotboard | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx6q-dms-ba16 | linux-advantech | 4.1-4.1-1.0.x-imx-dms-ba16 |
| imx6qdl-variscite-som | linux-variscite | 4.1.15-1.1.0 |
| imx6qdlsabreauto | linux-fslc-imx | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| imx6qdlsabresd | linux-fslc-imx | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| imx6qsabrelite | linux-boundary | 4.1.15-2.0.0-ga+yocto |
| imx6sl-warp | linux-fslc-imx | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| imx6slevk | linux-fslc-imx | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| imx6sllevk | linux-imx | 4.9.11-1.0.0 |
| imx6sxsabreauto | linux-fslc-imx | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| imx6sxsabresd | linux-fslc-imx | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| imx6ul-pico-hobbit | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx6ul-pico-pi | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx6ulevk | linux-fslc-imx | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| imx6ullevk | linux-imx | 4.9.11-1.0.0 |
| imx7d-pico | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| imx7dsabresd | linux-fslc-imx | 4.1-2.0.x+git |
| imx7s-warp | linux-warp7 | 4.1-4.1-1.0.x-imx-warp7 |
| imx7ulpevk | linux-imx | 4.9.11-1.0.0 |
| ls1012afrdm | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls1012afrdm-32b | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls1012ardb | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls1012ardb-32b | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls1021atwr | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls1043ardb | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls1043ardb-32b | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls1046ardb | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls1046ardb-32b | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls1088ardb | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls2080ardb | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| ls2088ardb | linux-qoriq | 4.9 |
| m28evk | linux-fslc | 4.14+git |
| m53evk | linux-denx | 3.9-master |
| nitrogen6sx | linux-boundary | 4.1.15-2.0.0-ga+yocto |
| nitrogen6x | linux-boundary | 4.1.15-2.0.0-ga+yocto |
| nitrogen6x-lite | linux-boundary | 4.1.15-2.0.0-ga+yocto |
| nitrogen7 | linux-boundary | 4.1.15-2.0.0-ga+yocto |
| pcm052 | linux-timesys | 3.13 |
| tx6q-10x0 | linux-karo | 3.16-2015-09-18 |
| tx6q-11x0 | linux-karo | 3.16-2015-09-18 |
| tx6s-8034 | linux-karo | 3.16-2015-09-18 |
| tx6s-8035 | linux-karo | 3.16-2015-09-18 |
| tx6u-8033 | linux-karo | 3.16-2015-09-18 |
| tx6u-80x0 | linux-karo | 3.16-2015-09-18 |
| tx6u-81x0 | linux-karo | 3.16-2015-09-18 |
| ventana | linux-gateworks-imx | 3.14-1.0.x-ga+yocto |
| wandboard | linux-wandboard | 4.1-2.0.x |
Bootloaders¶
FSL Community BSP supports barebox and u-boot as bootloaders.
- barebox: Barebox - a bootloader that inherits the best of U-Boot and the Linux kernel
- u-boot-congatec: u-boot which includes support for Congatec Boards.
- u-boot-fslc: U-Boot based on mainline U-Boot used by FSL Community BSP in order to provide support for some backported features and fixes, or because it was submitted for revision and it takes some time to become part of a stable version, or because it is not applicable for upstreaming.
- u-boot-imx: i.MX U-Boot suppporting i.MX reference boards.
- u-boot-karo: u-boot for Ka-Ro electronics TX Computer-On-Modules.
- u-boot-qoriq: U-Boot provided by Freescale with focus on QorIQ boards
- u-boot-toradex: U-Boot bootloader with support for Toradex Computer on Modules.
- u-boot-variscite: U-Boot for Variscite i.MX6Q/DL VAR-SOM-MX6.
The following table shows the default bootloaders (and their versions) for the supported boards.
| Board | Bootloader | Bootloader version |
|---|---|---|
| apalis-imx6 | u-boot-toradex | 2016.11+git |
| cfa10036 | barebox | 2015.10.0 |
| cfa10037 | barebox | 2015.10.0 |
| cfa10049 | barebox | 2015.10.0 |
| cfa10055 | barebox | 2015.10.0 |
| cfa10056 | barebox | 2015.10.0 |
| cfa10057 | barebox | 2015.10.0 |
| cfa10058 | barebox | 2015.10.0 |
| cgtqmx6 | u-boot-congatec | 2016.01 |
| cm-fx6 | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| colibri-imx6 | u-boot-toradex | 2016.11+git |
| colibri-imx7 | u-boot-toradex | 2016.11+git |
| colibri-vf | u-boot-toradex | 2016.11+git |
| cubox-i | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx233-olinuxino-maxi | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx233-olinuxino-micro | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx233-olinuxino-mini | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx233-olinuxino-nano | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx23evk | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx25pdk | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx28evk | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx51evk | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx53ard | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx53qsb | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6dl-riotboard | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6q-dms-ba16 | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6qdl-variscite-som | u-boot-variscite | 2015.04 |
| imx6qdlsabreauto | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6qdlsabresd | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6qsabrelite | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6sl-warp | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6slevk | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6sllevk | u-boot-imx | 2017.03-nxp/imx_v2017.03_4.9.11_1.0.0_ga |
| imx6sxsabreauto | u-boot-imx | 2017.03-nxp/imx_v2017.03_4.9.11_1.0.0_ga |
| imx6sxsabresd | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6ul-pico-hobbit | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6ul-pico-pi | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6ulevk | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx6ullevk | u-boot-imx | 2017.03-nxp/imx_v2017.03_4.9.11_1.0.0_ga |
| imx7d-pico | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx7dsabresd | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx7s-warp | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| imx7ulpevk | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| ls1012afrdm | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls1012afrdm-32b | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls1012ardb | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls1012ardb-32b | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls1021atwr | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls1043ardb | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls1043ardb-32b | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls1046ardb | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls1046ardb-32b | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls1088ardb | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls2080ardb | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| ls2088ardb | u-boot-qoriq | 2017.09+fslgit+fsl |
| m28evk | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| m53evk | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| nitrogen6sx | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| nitrogen6x | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| nitrogen6x-lite | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| nitrogen7 | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| pcm052 | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
| tx6q-10x0 | u-boot-karo | v2015.10-rc2+git |
| tx6q-11x0 | u-boot-karo | v2015.10-rc2+git |
| tx6s-8034 | u-boot-karo | v2015.10-rc2+git |
| tx6s-8035 | u-boot-karo | v2015.10-rc2+git |
| tx6u-8033 | u-boot-karo | v2015.10-rc2+git |
| tx6u-80x0 | u-boot-karo | v2015.10-rc2+git |
| tx6u-81x0 | u-boot-karo | v2015.10-rc2+git |
| ventana | u-boot-gateworks-imx | v2015.04+git |
| wandboard | u-boot-fslc | v2017.11+git |
User Space Packages¶
There is a huge number of user space packages provided by the Yocto Project. The following table shows some version for few highlighted packages.
| Package | Board/SoC Family | Version |
|---|---|---|
| gstreamer1.0 | All | 1.12.2 |
| udev | All | 3.2.2 |
Freescale User Space Packages¶
This section shows the version package for each board. Those packages provide hardware acceleration for GPU or VPU, hardware optimization or some hardware test tools.
- Hardware acceleration is achieved using a different core for processing some specific task. In this case, GPU or VPU.
- Hardware optimization is achieved with some changes in source code in order to get a better performance for a specific task on a specific hardware. For example, audio decode made by software, but with optimizations for ARM.
- Hardware-specific is applicable when the package was designed to be executed on a specific hardware, and it does not make sense on other hardware. For example, imx-test is a test package for imx boards. It can be cross-compiled for any other core, although it will only behave as expect if executed on imx boards.
The package version and variety varies on SoC Hierarchy. For example, machines with i.MX28 SoC does not have VPU, the recipe imx-vpu is not needed. There are differences, as well, in GPU support recipes.
Version by SoC Hierarchy¶
The following table shows the version of each package depending on the SoC Hierarchy.
| Package name | ls102xa | mx28 | mx5 | mx6q / mx6dl | mx6sl | vf60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apptrk | git | – | – | – | – | – |
| cst | git | git | git | git | git | git |
| devregs | 1.0+AUTOINC+34ed402b92 | 1.0+AUTOINC+34ed402b92 | 1.0+AUTOINC+34ed402b92 | 1.0+AUTOINC+34ed402b92 | 1.0+AUTOINC+34ed402b92 | 1.0+AUTOINC+34ed402b92 |
| directfb | 1.7.7 | 1.7.7 | 1.7.7 | 1.7.7 | 1.7.7 | 1.7.7 |
| directfb-examples | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 |
| elftosb | 10.12.01 | 10.12.01 | 10.12.01 | 10.12.01 | 10.12.01 | 10.12.01 |
| firmware-imx | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| fsl-alsa-plugins | – | – | – | 1.0.26 | 1.0.26 | – |
| gpu-viv-bin-mx6q | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| gpu-viv-g2d | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| gst1.0-fsl-plugin | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| gstreamer1.0-plugins-imx | – | – | – | 0.13.0 | 0.13.0 | – |
| imx-kobs | – | 5.5+git | 5.5+git | 5.5+git | 5.5+git | 5.5+git |
| imx-lib | – | – | – | 5.8+AUTOINC+f5f14fc245 | 5.8+AUTOINC+f5f14fc245 | – |
| imx-test | – | 00.00.00 | 00.00.00 | 6.0+AUTOINC+fb250a795c | 6.0+AUTOINC+fb250a795c | 00.00.00 |
| imx-uuc | 0.5.1+git | 0.5.1+git | 0.5.1+git | 0.5.1+git | 0.5.1+git | 0.5.1+git |
| imx-vpu | – | – | – | 5.4.37 | 5.4.37 | – |
| libfslcodec | – | – | – | 4.2.1 | 4.2.1 | – |
| libfslparser | – | – | – | 4.2.1 | 4.2.1 | – |
| libfslvpuwrap | – | – | – | 1.0.68 | – | – |
| libmcc | – | – | – | – | – | 1.05.1 |
| mqxboot | – | – | – | – | – | 1.0.1 |
| mxsldr | 0.0.0+git | 0.0.0+git | 0.0.0+git | 0.0.0+git | 0.0.0+git | 0.0.0+git |
| qe-ucode | git | – | – | – | – | – |
| qemu-fsl | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| rcw | git | – | – | – | – | – |
| xf86-video-imxfb | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| xf86-video-imxfb-vivante | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Hardware relation by SoC Hierarchy¶
The following table shows how packages interact with hardware depending on the SoC Hierarchy
| Package Name | mx28 | mx5 | mx6 | vf60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| imx-test | HW-specific | HW-specific | HW-specific | – |
| gst-fsl-plugin | HW-specific | HW-specific | HW-specific | – |
| libfslcodec | HW optimization | HW acceleration | HW acceleration | – |
| libfslparser | HW optimization | HW optimization | HW optimization | – |
| imx-vpu | – | HW acceleration | HW acceleration | – |
| imx-lib | – | HW acceleration | HW acceleration | – |
| firmware-imx | – | HW-specific | HW-specific | – |
| mxsldr | HW-specific | – | – | – |
| gpu-viv-g2d | – | – | HW acceleration | – |
| xf86-video-imxfb-vivante | – | – | HW acceleration | – |
| gpu-viv-bin-mx6q | – | – | HW acceleration | – |
| directfb | – | – | HW acceleration | – |
| directfb-examples | – | – | HW acceleration | – |
| xf86-video-imxfb | – | HW acceleration | – | – |
| amd-gpu-bin-mx51 | – | HW acceleration | – | – |
| libz160 | – | HW acceleration | – | – |
| amd-gpu-x11-bin-mx51 | – | HW acceleration | – | – |
| libfslvpuwrap | – | – | HW acceleration | – |
| fsl-alsa-plugins | – | – | HW-specific | – |
| gstreamer1.0-plugins-imx | – | – | HW acceleration | – |
| imx-uuc | HW-specific | HW-specific | HW-specific | – |
| libmcc | – | – | – | |
| mqxboot | – | – | – | HW-specific |
PackageGroups and Images¶
The FSL Community BSP provides a list of PACKAGEGROUPS and images intended to ease the initial development of custom applications.
The main goal is not to provide a production solution, on the contrary, it should be seen as an example of package set for a specific IP development, and an example of initial generic development and test images.
PACKAGEGROUPS¶
The following list shows the current PACKAGEGROUPs available in Rocko when using FSL Community BSP.
You can understand what a PACKAGEGROUPS is and learn how to use it in Yocto Project Development Manual
- packagegroup-fsl-gstreamer1.0: Package group used by FSL Community to provide audio, video, networking and debug GStreamer plugins with the required hardware acceleration (if supported by the SoC).
- packagegroup-fsl-gstreamer1.0-full: Package group used by FSL Community to provide all GStreamer plugins from the base, good, and bad packages, as well as the ugly and libav ones if commercial packages are whitelisted, and plugins for the required hardware acceleration (if supported by the SoC).
- packagegroup-fsl-mfgtool: Freescale Manufacturing Tool requirements.
- packagegroup-fsl-tools-benchmark: Package group used by FSL Community to provide a set of benchmark applications.
- packagegroup-fsl-tools-gpu: Package group used by FSL Community to add the packages which provide GPU support.
- packagegroup-fsl-tools-gpu-external: Package group used by FSL Community to provide graphic packages used to test the several hardware accelerated graphics APIs including packages not provided by Freescale.
- packagegroup-fsl-tools-testapps: Packagegroup used by FSL Community to provide a set of packages and utilities for hardware test.
- packagegroup-imx-tools-audio: Set of audio tools for inclusion on images.
Images¶
The following images are provided by FSL Community BSP only. See the list of Yocto Project’s reference images in Yocto Project Reference Manual
- fsl-image-machine-test: A console-only image that includes gstreamer packages, Freescale’s multimedia packages (VPU and GPU) when available, and test and benchmark applications.
- fsl-image-mfgtool-initramfs: Small image to be used with Manufacturing Tool (mfg-tool) in a production environment.
- fsl-image-multimedia: A console-only image that includes gstreamer packages and Freescale’s multimedia packages (VPU and GPU) when available for the specific machine.
- fsl-image-multimedia-full: A console-only image that includes gstreamer packages and Freescale’s multimedia packages (VPU and GPU) when available for the specific machine.
Distros¶
The following distros are supported by FSL Community BSP.
- fslc-framebuffer: Distro for Framebuffer graphical backend. This distro doesn’t include x11 and wayland features.
- fslc-wayland: Distro for Wayland without X11. This distro include wayland feature but doesn’t has x11 support.
- fslc-x11: Distro for X11 without wayland. This distro include x11 feature and doesn’ has wayland support.
- fslc-xwayland: Distro for Wayland with X11. This distro include both wayland and x11 features.
NOTE: Poky’s distros are still available to use.
Test results¶
Freescale has a complete test cycle for the BSP released. It includes tests for Linux Kernel for the GPU package and for the VPU package (and all other package needed by the BSP, such as imx-lib).
The results and known issues, from Linux Kernel, GPU and VPU packages can be found in the Freescale Release Notes (Download tab of freescale.com/imx).
For boards from meta-freescale-3rdparty, the test cycle is performed by each mantainer.
Acknowledgements¶
The FSL BSP Community is a community effort of keeping and mantaining a Freescale boards/chips layer for the Yocto Project.
Rocko Source Code¶
The following people helped to construct the source code for the release:
Statistics for meta-freescale
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Processed 440 csets from 36 developers
7 employers found
A total of 14584 lines added, 47092 removed (delta -32508)
Developers with the most changesets
Chunrong Guo 165 (37.5%)
Fabio Berton 65 (14.8%)
Otavio Salvador 51 (11.6%)
Ting Liu 25 (5.7%)
Zhenhua Luo 20 (4.5%)
Tom Hochstein 19 (4.3%)
Yuqing Zhu 16 (3.6%)
Daiane Angolini 11 (2.5%)
Jun Zhu 9 (2.0%)
Max Krummenacher 7 (1.6%)
alexandra-ioana.safta@nxp.com 7 (1.6%)
Trevor Woerner 6 (1.4%)
Zongchun Yu 5 (1.1%)
Oliver Graute 4 (0.9%)
Khem Raj 3 (0.7%)
Bob Cochran 3 (0.7%)
Dominic Sacré 3 (0.7%)
Gianfranco Costamagna 2 (0.5%)
Andreas Müller 2 (0.5%)
texierp 1 (0.2%)
Ming Liu 1 (0.2%)
Fabio Estevam 1 (0.2%)
Carlos Rafael Giani 1 (0.2%)
Hiraku Toyooka 1 (0.2%)
Vanessa Maegima 1 (0.2%)
Stefan Agner 1 (0.2%)
Gary Bisson 1 (0.2%)
Denis Pynkin 1 (0.2%)
Ricardo Salveti 1 (0.2%)
Matt Madison 1 (0.2%)
Mats Karrman 1 (0.2%)
Mircea Pop 1 (0.2%)
Gary Thomas 1 (0.2%)
Neena Busireddy 1 (0.2%)
Mirza Krak 1 (0.2%)
Thomas Perrot 1 (0.2%)
Developers with the most changed lines
Chunrong Guo 39902 (67.7%)
Tom Hochstein 6933 (11.8%)
Fabio Berton 5442 (9.2%)
Yuqing Zhu 3862 (6.6%)
Otavio Salvador 1034 (1.8%)
Jun Zhu 387 (0.7%)
Ting Liu 356 (0.6%)
Zhenhua Luo 193 (0.3%)
Bob Cochran 153 (0.3%)
Daiane Angolini 126 (0.2%)
Trevor Woerner 98 (0.2%)
Gianfranco Costamagna 84 (0.1%)
alexandra-ioana.safta@nxp.com 81 (0.1%)
Max Krummenacher 59 (0.1%)
Khem Raj 43 (0.1%)
Neena Busireddy 38 (0.1%)
Ricardo Salveti 25 (0.0%)
Oliver Graute 20 (0.0%)
Hiraku Toyooka 15 (0.0%)
Dominic Sacré 9 (0.0%)
Andreas Müller 8 (0.0%)
Zongchun Yu 7 (0.0%)
Carlos Rafael Giani 6 (0.0%)
Ming Liu 5 (0.0%)
Matt Madison 3 (0.0%)
texierp 1 (0.0%)
Fabio Estevam 1 (0.0%)
Vanessa Maegima 1 (0.0%)
Stefan Agner 1 (0.0%)
Gary Bisson 1 (0.0%)
Denis Pynkin 1 (0.0%)
Mats Karrman 1 (0.0%)
Mircea Pop 1 (0.0%)
Mirza Krak 1 (0.0%)
Developers with the most lines removed
Chunrong Guo 24275 (51.5%)
Tom Hochstein 5765 (12.2%)
Yuqing Zhu 2078 (4.4%)
Fabio Berton 938 (2.0%)
Jun Zhu 153 (0.3%)
Max Krummenacher 49 (0.1%)
Ting Liu 43 (0.1%)
Matt Madison 1 (0.0%)
Developers with the most signoffs (total 413)
Otavio Salvador 389 (94.2%)
Ting Liu 19 (4.6%)
Tom Hochstein 1 (0.2%)
Cristian Stoica 1 (0.2%)
Yong Gan 1 (0.2%)
Lauren Post 1 (0.2%)
Zhenhua Luo 1 (0.2%)
Developers with the most reviews (total 1)
Laszlo Agocs 1 (100.0%)
Developers with the most test credits (total 0)
Developers who gave the most tested-by credits (total 0)
Developers with the most report credits (total 2)
Bertrand Jacquin 1 (50.0%)
Daiane Angolini 1 (50.0%)
Developers who gave the most report credits (total 2)
Otavio Salvador 1 (50.0%)
Chunrong Guo 1 (50.0%)
Top changeset contributors by employer
NXP 281 (63.9%)
O.S. Systems 116 (26.4%)
(Unknown) 31 (7.0%)
(None) 9 (2.0%)
Toradex 1 (0.2%)
Boundary Devices 1 (0.2%)
(Consultant) 1 (0.2%)
Top lines changed by employer
NXP 51888 (88.1%)
O.S. Systems 6476 (11.0%)
(Unknown) 391 (0.7%)
(None) 141 (0.2%)
Toradex 1 (0.0%)
Boundary Devices 1 (0.0%)
Employers with the most signoffs (total 413)
O.S. Systems 389 (94.2%)
NXP 24 (5.8%)
Employers with the most hackers (total 36)
(Unknown) 16 (44.4%)
NXP 13 (36.1%)
O.S. Systems 2 (5.6%)
(None) 2 (5.6%)
Toradex 1 (2.8%)
Boundary Devices 1 (2.8%)
(Consultant) 1 (2.8%)
Statistics for meta-freescale-3rdparty
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Processed 78 csets from 15 developers
7 employers found
A total of 1919 lines added, 2093 removed (delta -174)
Developers with the most changesets
Fabio Berton 19 (24.4%)
Max Krummenacher 15 (19.2%)
Otavio Salvador 10 (12.8%)
Gary Bisson 8 (10.3%)
Tim Harvey 7 (9.0%)
texierp 4 (5.1%)
Trevor Woerner 3 (3.8%)
Alex de Cabo 3 (3.8%)
Stefan Agner 2 (2.6%)
Ian Coolidge 2 (2.6%)
Ricardo Salveti 1 (1.3%)
Vanessa Maegima 1 (1.3%)
Ken Lin 1 (1.3%)
Eric Nelson 1 (1.3%)
Bhuvanchandra DV 1 (1.3%)
Developers with the most changed lines
Otavio Salvador 1272 (35.8%)
Ian Coolidge 766 (21.5%)
Max Krummenacher 492 (13.8%)
Fabio Berton 273 (7.7%)
Tim Harvey 252 (7.1%)
Alex de Cabo 215 (6.0%)
Gary Bisson 106 (3.0%)
Ken Lin 65 (1.8%)
Trevor Woerner 43 (1.2%)
Stefan Agner 34 (1.0%)
Vanessa Maegima 27 (0.8%)
texierp 9 (0.3%)
Ricardo Salveti 1 (0.0%)
Eric Nelson 1 (0.0%)
Bhuvanchandra DV 1 (0.0%)
Developers with the most lines removed
Otavio Salvador 1142 (54.6%)
Max Krummenacher 243 (11.6%)
Developers with the most signoffs (total 67)
Otavio Salvador 67 (100.0%)
Developers with the most reviews (total 0)
Developers with the most test credits (total 1)
Eric Nelson 1 (100.0%)
Developers who gave the most tested-by credits (total 1)
Fabio Berton 1 (100.0%)
Developers with the most report credits (total 0)
Developers who gave the most report credits (total 0)
Top changeset contributors by employer
O.S. Systems 29 (37.2%)
(Unknown) 29 (37.2%)
Boundary Devices 10 (12.8%)
Toradex 3 (3.8%)
Congatec AG 3 (3.8%)
(None) 3 (3.8%)
NXP 1 (1.3%)
Top lines changed by employer
O.S. Systems 1545 (43.4%)
Boundary Devices 872 (24.5%)
(Unknown) 820 (23.1%)
Congatec AG 215 (6.0%)
(None) 43 (1.2%)
Toradex 35 (1.0%)
NXP 27 (0.8%)
Employers with the most signoffs (total 67)
O.S. Systems 67 (100.0%)
Employers with the most hackers (total 15)
(Unknown) 6 (40.0%)
O.S. Systems 2 (13.3%)
Boundary Devices 2 (13.3%)
Toradex 2 (13.3%)
Congatec AG 1 (6.7%)
(None) 1 (6.7%)
NXP 1 (6.7%)
Statistics for meta-freescale-distro
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Processed 8 csets from 3 developers
2 employers found
A total of 32 lines added, 7 removed (delta 25)
Developers with the most changesets
Fabio Berton 4 (50.0%)
Otavio Salvador 3 (37.5%)
Vanessa Maegima 1 (12.5%)
Developers with the most changed lines
Vanessa Maegima 26 (74.3%)
Fabio Berton 5 (14.3%)
Otavio Salvador 4 (11.4%)
Developers with the most lines removed
Otavio Salvador 3 (42.9%)
Developers with the most signoffs (total 5)
Otavio Salvador 5 (100.0%)
Developers with the most reviews (total 0)
Developers with the most test credits (total 0)
Developers who gave the most tested-by credits (total 0)
Developers with the most report credits (total 0)
Developers who gave the most report credits (total 0)
Top changeset contributors by employer
O.S. Systems 7 (87.5%)
NXP 1 (12.5%)
Top lines changed by employer
NXP 26 (74.3%)
O.S. Systems 9 (25.7%)
Employers with the most signoffs (total 5)
O.S. Systems 5 (100.0%)
Employers with the most hackers (total 3)
O.S. Systems 2 (66.7%)
NXP 1 (33.3%)
Statistics for base
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Processed 3 csets from 2 developers
1 employers found
A total of 3 lines added, 3 removed (delta 0)
Developers with the most changesets
Kursad Oney 2 (66.7%)
Daiane Angolini 1 (33.3%)
Developers with the most changed lines
Kursad Oney 2 (66.7%)
Daiane Angolini 1 (33.3%)
Developers with the most lines removed
Developers with the most signoffs (total 0)
Developers with the most reviews (total 0)
Developers with the most test credits (total 0)
Developers who gave the most tested-by credits (total 0)
Developers with the most report credits (total 0)
Developers who gave the most report credits (total 0)
Top changeset contributors by employer
(Unknown) 3 (100.0%)
Top lines changed by employer
(Unknown) 3 (100.0%)
Employers with the most signoffs (total 0)
Employers with the most hackers (total 2)
(Unknown) 2 (100.0%)
Statistics for Documentation
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Processed 5 csets from 1 developers
1 employers found
A total of 368 lines added, 553 removed (delta -185)
Developers with the most changesets
Fabio Berton 5 (100.0%)
Developers with the most changed lines
Fabio Berton 553 (100.0%)
Developers with the most lines removed
Fabio Berton 185 (33.5%)
Developers with the most signoffs (total 0)
Developers with the most reviews (total 0)
Developers with the most test credits (total 0)
Developers who gave the most tested-by credits (total 0)
Developers with the most report credits (total 0)
Developers who gave the most report credits (total 0)
Top changeset contributors by employer
O.S. Systems 5 (100.0%)
Top lines changed by employer
O.S. Systems 553 (100.0%)
Employers with the most signoffs (total 0)
Employers with the most hackers (total 1)
O.S. Systems 1 (100.0%)
Known Issues¶
ALL¶
- Fail to build imx-lib/imx-vpu/imx-test/gst-fsl-plugin when building against linux-fslc
- Weston/Wayland/Directb for SOC_FAMILY: imx5 or mxs or imx3 is not hardware accelerated and has not been tested.
- Hob is known to not work with with FSL Community BSP. Some of known issues are problems generating the SD Card images and handling the GPU drivers.
IMX28¶
- Touch screen (with x11 at least) is not completely calibrated
- mfgtools supported n FSL Community BSP does not include support for i.mx28 (but it´s easy to be included and your patch is appreciated)
- Pendrive is not automatically mounted, but once you mount it everything works fine
IMX6¶
- perf and oprofile are not supposed to work due to hardware issue (YOCTO5148 and YOCTO4511)
Bugzilla¶
The list of open bugs on Bugzilla Yocto Project on time of the writing of this document is on next table.
Open¶
In order to see the current bug list, please use following URL: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=meta-freescale
| Bug ID | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 11125 | NEW | freescale GPU driver imx-gpu-viv is incompatible with kernel linux-fscl |
| 11881 | NEW | add infrastructure to allow BSPs to switch between set of configurations |
| 12151 | NEW | Packages tslib-conf, tslib-tests and tslib-calibrate do not get installed in root filesystem without X11 |
| 6428 | IN PROGRESS DESIGN | Improve the ability to isolate changes that have caused a rebuild |
Closed¶
See the list of issues closed in latest development release in the following table:
| Bug ID | Resolution | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 10287 | INVALID | gst-play is broken |
| 10602 | FIXED | meta-freescale layer inclusion breaks other machines |
| 11139 | NOTABUG | Locale settings does not have effects |
| 11153 | NOTABUG | Generated locales does not support UTF-8 encoding |
| 5098 | WONTFIX | gpu-viv-bin-mx6q-3.5.7-1.0.0-alpha.2-sfp.bin and gpu-viv-bin-mx6q-3.5.7-1.0.0-alpha.2-hfp.bin are missing OpenGL headers |
| 6690 | FIXED | qemu fails during configuration task |
| 6703 | FIXED | Kernel hangs on boot when HDMI cable is plugged |
