phyBOARD Rana-AM335x System Development User Manual
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1. PHYTEC phyBOARD RANA AM335x Single Board Computer System Development User Manual for Linux Product No PCL 051 PBA CD 03 SOM PCB No 1397 0 CB PCB No 1404 0 Edition March 10 2014 In this manual copyrighted products are not explicitly indicated The absence of the trademark 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 believed to be entirely reliable However PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd neither gives any guarantee nor accepts any liability whatsoever for consequential damages resulting from the use of this manual or its associated product PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd reserves the right to alter the information contained hereby without prior notification and accepts no responsibility for any damages that might result Additionally PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd offers no guarantee nor accepts any liability for damages arising from the improper usage or improper installation of the hardware or software PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd further reserves the right to alter the layout and or design of the hardware without prior notification and accepts no liability for doing so Copyright 2014 PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd Koramangala Bangalore INDIA Rights including2. 0 tools scripts elinux_pkg sh chmod x elinux_pkg sh sh elinux_pkg sh 1 1 Configuring Services TFTP NFS 1 1 1 Configuring TFTP Installation of the TFTP Server is as follows execute the command on Linux shell sudo apt get y install xinetd tftpd tftp sudo mkdir var lib tftpboot sudo vim etc xinetd d tftp Add the following structure in etc xinetd d tftp file if it is not there or edit if it exists service tftp protocol udp port 69 socket_type dgram wait yes user nobody server usr sbin in tftpd server_args var lib tftpboot s disable no sudo service xinetd restart Testing TFTP Server sudo cp lt file_name gt var lib tftpboot sudo chmod wr R var lib tftpboot tftp localhost get lt file name gt Note While copy the above command please take care of Better to type it manually PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 4 If the same file is received without any error from the tftp server then the tftp service is configured correctly To transfer file through tftp between host and target follow steps listed below configure the IP address for host by selecting the option Network Connection and modify the related option The same can be done through command line interface by issuing the following command Host Side Setup ifconfig eth0 192 168 1 12 up Note This will be used as server IP address Note that 192 168 1 12 is not mandatory
3. or Format the volume Edit Partition Change partition type label and flags Method 2 Using Command line interface Download the script and follow the steps wget ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD 13 0 0 tools scripts mkcard sh Change the mode of script chmod 777 mkcard sh Insert the Micro SD card and issue the following command and check Micro SD card device interface dmesg tail Execute the following script with that device interface like dev sda sudo mkcard sh dev sdx dev sdx is device interface name 1 3 Setting Serial Console Minicom Select the option serial port setup from menu on terminal and press Enter configuration Filenames and paths File transfer protocols Serial port setup Modem and dialing Screen and keyboard Save setup as dfl Save setup as Exit Exit from Minicom Figure 3 1 Using the options at left make the setting as shown in the figure 3 2 For ex Serial device dev ttsySO first press A the cursor blinks at the particular line then change the device name to dev ttySO and press ENTER Note The dev ttySO is not fixed it may vary depending upon the interface which You are using for example if you are using usb to serial converter then the node will be dev ttyUSB Where may be 0 1 PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 8 Serial Device dev ttyso Lockfile Location var lock Callin Program C
4. those of translation reprint broadcast photomechanical or similar reproduction and storage or processing in computer systems in whole or in part are reserved No reproduction may be made without the explicit written consent from PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd INDIA EUROPE NORTH AMERICA Address Phytec Embedded Pvt PHYTEC Technologie PHYTEC America Ltd 16 9C 3rd Floor Holding AG LLC 203 Parfitt Way 3rd Main 8th Block Robert Koch Str 39 SW Suite G100 Opp Police Station 55129 Mainz Bainbridge Island WA Koramangala GERMANY 98110 USA Bangalore 560095 Ordering 91 80 40867046 49 800 0749832 1 800 278 9913 Information Sales phytec in order phytec de sales phytec com http www phytec in http www phytec de http www phytec com PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 2 Table of Contents 1 Prepare Host Environment cccsscscvccsccessccctescceatccossiccesesvensetscovrsesssccaeedssctesteossteecssesenszessns 4 1 1 Configuring Services TFTP NFS ssssssssscssssssssssssssecsccsssssssnsssessscscnnsssnsnsesssesconsnsssnessesssees 4 TTA Configuring TENPO a 4 1 1 2 Contigu uring NFS SEVICE sarea pee eaae a A e a a A a AER E EEE ERE ENR Aa 6 1 2 Partitioning Micro SD card in Ubuntu sssseesssssssesseessoosssessssssoosssesssessoosssssssessoesssesssesseessee 7 Method 1 Using Graphical User Interface ccccccsscccccessessaeceeececsesesaeseeeescsesssaeeeeecsceeeaaeeeeeesceessaaeeeeeesens 7 Method 2 Using Co
5. 1 lt lt patch_file_name patch gt apply all patches one by one Cleaning all the binaries and other configuration files make clean make distclean make rana_am335x_defconfig configuring the Kernel for target make ulmage If the compilation goes well you will find the files zImage and ulmage in arch arm boot directory If you experience any error act accordingly or post the errors at our forums you will get help accordingly 5 Compiling User application Note Refer section 1 4 Installing Toolchain before going ahead Make a helloworld program for target Open file helloworld c via command gedit helloworld c Write a simple helloworld C program Compile it with toolchain arm cortexa8 linux gnueabihf gcc helloworld c o helloworld Transfer it on target by tftp server or USB or Micro SD card Please make sure Micro SD card is inserted properly while booting form mmc Host Side TFTP cp helloworld vallib tftpboot SCP scp helloworld root lt target ip gt Target Side TFTP tftp r helloworld g lt host_ip gt After the transfer is complete you will be able to see your helloworld app in the current directory helloworld lt to run the application gt SCP No need to do anything it will be there in home directory just run the application using below command helloworld lt to run the application gt PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 16 Insert the USB pendrive
6. 5x Barebox bootloader sssseccssssseccsssseccenssseeeeees 14 4 2 Preparing phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux kernel ssssessssssssessesssessssesessssossesssssessesseseee 15 5 Compiling User application 0000000000e00000000000sseeoossssooosseseoossseeosssecesssseessseeeossesesesssse 16 6 Compiling RFS with PTX dist 000eoenseeoeoossssoossseoosssseesoseseoossseoesesseosssseesssseeooseseessss 17 7 Compiling RFS with BUNGIOOE scsicsisscsvessussossesiaelessssigniveddeduunssndeiisssuaadeensasusdeiseessaveuseniee 18 8 Compiling RFS with VOC vssseswssissisnsssavssectsessaneaseananasseriandevanvancavsbsanestasiuaniesiacsaenaeiens 19 9 Expansion Selection for phyBOARD RANA AM335X scccssssssccccssssccccessscsccccssssccccsssseees 20 10 Display Selection for phyBOARD RANA AIMI335xX sssscsccssssccccesssssccccssssccccssssccceasssseees 23 PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 3 1 Prepare Host Environment In Order to follow this manual the host requires 32 bit Ubuntu better go with LTS versions of Ubuntu To install Ubuntu follow the link below https help ubuntu com community GraphicalInstall Ubuntu doesn t come with all the pre requisite archives for the development to prepare the host for development download the bash shell script which can be available from the below link Download and execution steps of the script are as follows weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0
7. LCD SPIO UART1 UART2 UART3 CANO CANI 28 GPIO s As it is mention a lot of options you can pass whatever you want on the expansion just by passing expansion lt Functionality gt e Eg expansion ALLGPIO It will provide 70 gpio s on the Expansion Next if you need Max GPIO s and 1 UART then you have to pass e expansion ALLGPIO UART1 It will provide 68 gpio s and UART1 tx UART1 rx on the Expansion Next if you need Max GPIO s 1 UART and 1 CAN then you have to pass e expansion ALLGPIO UART1 CANO It will provide 66 GPIO s and UART1 Tx UART1 Rx CANO Tx CANO Rx on the Expansion PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 21 While booting the kernel you can see the devices which you have selected 103210 105316 105621 105987 108276 108276 108276 108764 SUCCESS BULELCS 109375 109405 109436 109466 109771 110076 110321 110595 110626 fc ie M Bl Bl lt Bl lt Bl l lt Bl lt Bie le Ble Ble Ble Bile Ble Ble Bile Ble Ble OMAP ardware version 0 omap_mux_init Add partition 1 core flags 0 omap_hsmmc 0 alias fck already exists omap_mux_init Add partition 2 core flags 0 omap_i2c 1 alias fck already exists Phytec AM335x Phytec AM335X da8xx_lcdc 0 Phytec AM335X Phytec AM335X Phytec AM335X Phytec AM335X Phytec AM335X Phytec AM335X Phytec AM335X omap2_mcspi 1 omap2_mcspi 2 edma 0 alias
8. ages ls tmp deploy images PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 19 9 Expansion Selection for phyBOARD RANA AM335x In the barebox we are providing a menu so that it is easy for the user to select what feature he want to provide on the expansion For this power up the board and press m for the menu or type exit in the barebox shell You will get the something like this barebox 2013 07 0 1 Thu Dec 5 14 44 32 IST 2013 Board Phytec phyBOARD RANA AM335x omap hsmmc omap4 hsmmcO registered as omap4 hsmmcO mciO registered diskO probe buswidth nand ONFI param page O valid nand ONFI flash detected nand Manufacturer ID Ox2c Chip ID Oxf1 Micron MT29F1GO8ABADAH4 page size 2048 OOB size 64 cpsw cpsw0 detected phy mask 0x1 mdio_bus miibusO probed ethO got preset MAC address 1C BA 8C A5 12 79 malloc space Ox85ed0000 gt Ox87ecffff size 32 MiB envfs wrong magic on dev envO no valid environment found on dev envO Using default environment running env bin init Hit m for menu or any other key to stop autoboot 3 type exit to get to the menu barebox Phytec phyBOARD RANA AM335x CTRL A Z for help 115200 8N1 NOR Minicom 2 5 VT102 Offline Type m or exit in the barebox shell you will get a menu like this to Barebox Boot kernel amp rootfs on SD card Boot nand UBI Boot network tftp nfs Shell Reset Here are a lot of options are provided to boot
9. allout Program Bps Par Bits 115200 8N1 Hardware Flow Control No Software Flow Control Change which setting Screen and keyboard Save setup as dfl Save setup as Exit from Minicom Figure 3 2 After making all required changes like baud rate 115200 hardware control flow No etc Press ENTER to come out from the screen now the previous screen will appear configur Configuration saved Filenames and File transfer Serial port setup Modem and dialing Screen and keyboard Save setup as Exit Exit from Minicom Figure 3 3 Now select the Save setup as dff it saves the setting as default Now select Exit PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 9 configuration Filenames and paths File transfer protocols Serial port setup Modem and dialing Screen and keyboard Save setup as dfl Save late Exit from Minicom Figure 3 4 It will take into minicom the serial terminal 1 4 Installing Toolchain This section explains how to install prebuilt toolchain binaries on the Host Whereas building of Toolchain is explained in build system section 1 4 1 Download the Toolchain Download the prebuild toolchain from the public ftp of PHYTEC from the link below weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 tools toolchain arm cortexa8 linux gnueabihf tar bz2 You can also download the OSELAS Toolchain 2012 12 1 source code compile it and g
10. ana_am335x_defconfig configuring the Barebox for target make It will create barebox bin for target If the compilation goes well you will find the files MLO and barebox bin in the source directory If you experience any error act accordingly or post the errors at our forums you will get help accordingly 4 2 Preparing phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux kernel Note Refer section 1 4 Installing Toolchain before going ahead Download the source of Linux kernel version 3 2 from the following link ftp ftp kernel org pub linux kernel v3 x linux 3 2 tar bz2 After getting the source copy it to working directory cp linux 3 2 tar bz2 work cd work Extract the source here by following command tar xvf linux 3 2 tar bz2 Go to extracted folder and issue the following command cd work linux 3 2 Note We had already applied the patches and uploaded the linux source code on Phytec Ftp you can directly download it from the below link weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 srcAinux linux 3 2 tar bz2 If you want to do it manually then download the patches for phyBOARD RANA AM335x from the public ftp from the link below Apply the patches weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux P D13 0 0 src patches inux 3 2 linux Apply the patches one by one using following command PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 15 patch p
11. bert Koch StraBe 39 D 55129 Mainz Tel 49 6131 9221 32 Fax 49 6131 9221 33 www phytec de www phytec eu America PHYTEC America LLC 203 Parfitt Way SW Suite G100 Bainbridge Island WA 98110 Tel 1 206 780 9047 Fax 1 206 780 9135 www phytec com France PHYTEC France SARL 17 place St Etienne F 72140 Sill le Guillaume Tel 33 2 43 29 22 33 Fax 33 2 43 29 22 34 www phytec fr PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 24
12. box bootloader Note Refer section 1 4 Installing Toolchain before going ahead Download the source of barebox version 2013 07 0 from the following link http barebox org download barebox 2013 07 0 tar bz2 After getting the source copy it to working directory cp barebox 2013 07 0 tar bz2_ work cd work Extract the source here by following command tar xvf barebox 2013 07 0 tar bz2 Go to extracted folder and issue the following command cd work lt directory path to source gt Note We had already applied the patches and uploaded the barebox source code on Phytec Ftp you can directly download it from the below link wget ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 src bootloaders barebox barebox 2013 07 0 tar bz2 If you want to do it manually then download the patches for phyBOARD RANA AM335x from the public ftp from the link below Apply the patches weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 src patches barebox 2013 07 0 barebox Apply the patches one by one using following command patch p1 lt lt patch_file_name patch gt apply all patches one by one PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 14 Cleaning all the binaries and other configuration files make clean make distclean make rana_am335x_mlo_defconfig configuring the MLO for target make It will create MLO for target make r
13. ct edit partition and mark it as bootable Mass Storage Device Mass Storage Device dev sdb Disk Utility Storage Devices Local Storage easyarm localhost p PATA se dir ag 82801FB FBM FR ly IDE Controller ie A cD Drive SAMSUNG SAM R RW SW 252B PATA Host Adapter 82801FB FW ICH SATA Controller D 160 GB Hard Disk a ATA T3160215AS w Peripheral Devices USB FireWire and other peripherals fal Mass Storage Device Drive Model Mass Storage Device Firmware Version 0300 Location Write Cache Capacity 2 0 GB 1 97 76 14 336 bytes Partitioning Master Boot Record 2 Format Drive Erase or partition the drive Se Benchmark Measure drive performance Volumes Usage Filesystem partitio ype W95 FAT32 LBA 0x0c Partition Flags Bootable Type FAT 16 bit version Label boot amp Unmount Volume Unmount the volume amp Check Filesystem Check and repair the filesystem Delete Partition Delete the partition Figure 2 11 PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 Serial Number 125C 20100726 WorldWide Name Device dev sdb Rotation Rate Connection USB at 480 0 Mb s SMART Status Not Supported Safe Removal Power down the drive so it can be removed rootfs 1 5 GB ext3 Device dev sdb1 Partition Label Capacity 500 MB 49 95 55 328 bytes Available Mount Point Mounted at media boot Format Volume Erase
14. edma 0 alias Device Muxxing LCD Init alias fck already exists SPIO Init UART1 Init UART2 Init UART3 Init CANO Init CAN1 Init GPIO Init alias fck already exists alias fck already exists fck already exists fck already exists As you had seen we had selected LCD SPIO UART1 UART2 UART3 CANO CANI 28 GPIO s so these devices has been initialised and are available on the expansion PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 22 10 Display Selection for phyBOARD RANA AM335x As it is shown in the below diagram that we are supporting these many LCD s so whatever LCD you want to connect with phyBOARD RANA AM335x Board just you have to uncomment the line such as display ZQ_ZQ3506 It will select 3 5 LCD which we are providing by default You can change the LCD as your wish lt ctrl d gt Save and quit lt ctrl c gt display PV_PDO50VL1 display PV_PMO7OWL4 dispLay PV_PD104SLF dispLay ETMO700GODH6 display PV_PDO35VL1 For 3 5 Inch Display display ZQ_ZQ3506 For 4 3 Inch Display dispLay NL4827HC19 for 4 3 Inch HannStar Display dispLay HSD043I19W1 A For 7 Inch Display display HT_HT800070I PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 23 Paw Ww EG Get the dialog going and stay in touch INDIA PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 16 9C 3rd Floor 3rd Main 8th Block Opp Police Station Kormangala Bangalore 560095 Tel 91 80 40867046 49 www phytec in Germany PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH Ro
15. et the toolchain from the below link weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 tools toolchain OSELAS Toolchain 2012 12 1 tar bz2 1 4 2 Export the Toolchain to Shell Path Extract the Toolchain that has downloaded in the above section to the HOME directory For extracting the toolchain from GUI you can right click on the oolchain and select Extract Same can be done from terminal by issuing the below mentioned command tar xvf arm cortex8 linux gnueabihf tar bz2 Now write a script that export the target Architecture and toolchain prefix as below vim env sh In the file add the following lines bin sh export PATH PATH home lt user_name gt lt path to toolchain bin gt export ARCH arm export CROSS_COMPILE arm cortexa8 linux gnueabihf PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 10 Save and exit from the editor Execute the script by issuing Note The Command is dot space env sh Execute the above command for every new shell where you are trying to start compilation of Linux Kernel or Boot loader Check whether the toolchain path is set or not by issuing below command echo PATH Above command displays the entire paths that are added to Shell PATH variable separated by colon See if your path is printed on the terminal If you are not able to see your toolchain path repeat the steps from the beginning of this section 2 Download prebuilt images This secti
16. from different devices such as MMC NAND TFTP You can select any one to boot but if you want to modify the default functionality on the expansion you have to go inside Setting option as shown in below diagram PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 20 Setting 1 Network settings Config settings Display settings Edit boot entries Edit init entries Save settings back As you had seen that in Settings a lot of options are there you can set the network related things such as IP address in Network settings etc You can modify the default Expansion functionality by changing the 3 option Expansion settings as shown below env expansion expansion lt ctrl d gt Save and quit lt ctrl c gt ta bin sh expansion expansion LCD SPIO UART1 UART2 UART3 CANO CAN1 GPIO You can modify the above value depending upon your usage Eg For maximum number of Gpio s pass expansion ALLGPIO It will provide LCD support on Expansion It will configure spi It will configure uart 1 ete It will configure uart 2 rx It will configure uart 3 rs It will configure uart 4 rx You can not use CAN1 It Will Provide CANO tx rx Will Provide CAN1 tx rx You can not use UART4 Gpio s will be configured ALLGPIO 70 Gpio s But no other devices will work except NAND 10 100 Ethernet uart I2c0 usbO usb1 UART1FULL uarti will work as full modem i e tx rx cts rts By default we are providing support for
17. mmand line interface ccccccsescccccessessaeeecececeesesaeceeeescsesesaeseeeeeceeseeaeeeeeeeseesssaeeeeeesens 8 1 3 Setting Serial Console MINICOM scceissvecseccsvsssecssveceecesnascesasvereesesecccesasvessavesuecceaanseveessseccen 8 1 4 Installing TOOMCKAIN vscsesccisiessssisesssttcecsssstccessssveecssssvceessssscecssascceesssscecesssseceessssececsssscccenssates 10 14 1 Download the TOMI sscceessccsceucecssendeseas ieena i E E E sanunacs tax EA E RAEE 10 1 4 2 Export the Toolchain to Shell Path ccccccccsssseccccceesssseeeceeececsesseaeseeeesceeseeaeseeeesssesssaeseeeeseeeseaeaeees 10 2 Download prebuilt images i ssiicsivecnssawacrsecressionsisasucusriaasaudsvacaatersensaussiecaansasariantevadaaeiauis 11 3 Flashing binaries isis ssscisinauseulwistucrndsvauisobsansdeciaensdelusctuaruiueavdssbuduseanducnssaiuludweriiwudversbidasns 12 3 1 Using Barebox bootloader ssssssessesssoosssssssessoosssssssessooesssesssesscossessssessoessssosssssoesssssssess 13 3 1 1 Booting from NetWork aniuerser a a a Ea aa A E EE EA EA aE EENE ENEE EENET 13 3 1 2 Booting from Micro SD Card cccccccccessssssececececsesesaeseeccecseeeaesecececeeeaassesecsceeseseseeseesceeseseeaeeeeeeeseesees 13 3 1 3 Booting from NAND srera ieo coat vevess E EE n rAr i cede cdobavtoutahectedess eesdendsactedecnne 13 4 Preparing phyBOARD RANA AM335x Bootloader amp Kernel sssccssssscecsssssssccccssssceceees 14 4 1 Preparing phyBOARD RANA AM33
18. n ptxdist toolchain lt path_of_toolchain_bin gt Start the build ptxdist go ptxdist images Check the images at platform Rana AM335x images ls platform Rana AM335x images 7 Compiling RFS with Buildroot Download the Buildroot source from following link weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 buildsystems buildroot buildroot 2013 11 tar bz2 Extract the source tar xvf buildroot 2013 11 tar bz2 Go to extracted folder cd buildroot 2013 11 Configure the buildroot by issuing following command make rana_am335x_defconfig Compile the buildroot make Check the output files at output images ls output images PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 18 8 Compiling RFS with Yocto Download the Yocto buidsystem source from following link weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 buildsystems yocto poky dora 10 0 0 tar bz2 Extract the source tar xvf poky dora 10 0 0 tar bz2 Go to extracted folder cd poky dora 10 0 0 Configure poky dora 10 0 0 by issuing following command oe init build eny Then type the following command to get hob GUI interface hob Then under select machine option select RANA _AM335x to build images for phyBOARD RANA AM335x board To use hob refer the link given below https www yoctoproject org documentation hob manual Check the output files at tmp deploy im
19. o SD card For partitioning the Micro SD card refer section Partitioning a Micro SD card in linux Copy MLO barebox bin linuximage root ubi in first partition boot and Root file system in second partition rootfs On HOST Insert the Micro SD card cp MLO media boot cp barebox bin media boot cp linuximage media boot cp root ubi media boot sudo tar xvf root tgz C media rootfs On Target Insert the Micro SD card and make sure that the pins 3 4 of JP5 is shorted Power On the board press m for barebox menu amp select option 2 to boot from SD Card 3 1 3 Booting from NAND If booting from SD Card start from here barebox Phytec phyBOARD RANA AM335x erase dev nand0 barebox Phytec phyBOARD RANA AM335x cp boot MLO dev nand0 xload bb barebox Phytec phyBOARD RANA AM335x cp boot barebox bin dev nand0 barebox bb barebox Phytec phyBOARD RANA AM335x cp boot linuximage dev nand0 kernel bb barebox Phytec phyBOARD RANA AM335x cp boot root ubi dev nand0 root bb Remove the Micro SD card and make sure that JP5 is open Power On the board press m PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 13 for barebox menu amp select option 1 to boot from NAND 4 Preparing phyBOARD RANA AM335x Bootloader amp Kernel This is required if board is not flashed with correct boot loader Even you can skip to the flashing section if you want to use prebuilt images 4 1 Preparing phyBOARD RANA AM335x Bare
20. on gives the links to all the required binaries to boot the phyBOARD RANA AM335x using the simplest method using Micro SD card Partition your Micro SD card Follow the Partitioning Micro SD card in Ubuntu section All the tested binaries are placed at the public PHYTEC ftp Follow the links below to download the binaries MLO tp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 images MLO Barebox ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 images barebox image Linux tp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 images linuximage Root tgz ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 images root tgz Root ubi tp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 images root ubi Note Please change the barebox image to barebox bin mv barebox image barebox bin PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 11 3 Flashing binaries Embedded System Embedded System Development Host R5232 Console R5232 Console Figure 3 5 Figure shows two methods The first method used to provide all needed components to run on the target itself The Linux kernel image and the root file system image are persistent in the media the target features This means the only connection needed is the serial cable to see what is happening on our target This method is called s
21. tandalone This works after writing image into NAND which is explained later in the Document The other method is to provide needed components via network In this case the development host is connected to the phyBOARD RANA AM335x with a serial cable and via Ethernet The embedded board boots into the bootloader then issues a TFTP request on the network and boots the kernel from the TFTP server on the host Then after decompressing the kernel into the RAM and starting it the kernel mounts its root file system at phyBOARD RANA AM335x Board root directory The latter one is especially for development purposes as it provides a very quick turnaround while testing the kernel and the root file system Other methods like Micro SD card and NAND have also been discussed PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 12 3 1 Using Barebox bootloader 3 1 1 Booting from Network Now flash Kernel image and rootfs with tftp amp nfs Before using this method make sure that tftp amp nfs server is working in host side To test and configure refer section Configuring Services TFTP NFS Copy the ulmage kernel image and root filesystem into var lib tftpboot amp nfsroot respectively On Host sudo cp linuximage var lib tftpboot sudo tar xvf root tgz C nfsroot Now switch to minicom terminal reset the board amp press m for barebox menu or type exit in the shell amp select option 3 to boot from network 3 1 2 Booting from Micr
22. to target and switch to minicom terminal The USB pendrive Will be detected amp mounted in sdb sdb1 Use that following command to mount it mount dev sdb1 mnt sdb1 is USB pendrive interface node cd mnt helloworld execute the app It is dot slash 6 Compiling RFS with PTX dist Download the PTX dist packet from the following link weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 buildsystems ptxdist ptxdist 2013 01 0 tar bz2 Extract the above downloaded source tar xvf ptxdist 2013 01 0 tar bz2 Go to downloaded folder cd ptxdist 2013 01 Configure the packet configure After the configure script is finished successfully execute the below commands make sudo make install Download the toolchain from the public ftp of PHYTEC from the link below weet ftp ftp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 tools toolchain arm cortexa8 linux gnueabihf tar bz2 Extract the toolchain that has been downloaded Issue following tar xvf arm cortexa8 linux gnueabihf tar bz2 Download the PTX dist BSP source from following link weet ftp tp phytec de pub Products India phyBOARD RANA AM335x Linux PD13 0 0 buildsystems ptxdist RANA AM335x PD13 0 0 tar bz2 PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 17 Extract the source tar xvf Rana AM335x PD13 0 0 tar gz Go to extracted folder cd Rana AM335x PD13 0 0 Select the toolchai
23. you ca give any IP but IP for server and target should not be same Targert Side Setup On Target side issue the command with a different IP as below ifconfig eth0 192 168 1 11 up Configure the gateway address for target route add default gw 192 168 1 1 Check the default gateway by command route or sbin route n Issue the tftp command to transfer the file tftp r lt file_name gt g lt server_ip gt PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 5 1 1 2 Configuring NFS Service First step in NFS service configuration is to decide the path of a directory which is going to share the RFS Here in this manual it has been taken as nfsroot which is to be created by user by issuing the following command sudo mkdir nfsroot Edit the etc exports file and add the below line at the end of the file save and close it nfsroot rw sync no_subtree_check no_root_squash sudo gedit etc exports To restart the service with made changes issue the following commands on the terminal sudo exportfs ra sudo etc init d nfs kernel server restart PHYTEC Embedded Pvt Ltd 2014 6 1 2 Partitioning Micro SD card in Ubuntu Method 1 Using Graphical User Interface Use the application Disk Utility in Ubuntu Select Mass storage device Unmounts the volume Delete the partition Create the two partition boot and rootfs with fat and ext3 support respectively Select the first fat partition and then sele
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