Having just completed (today) a Debian Jessie rootfs with GPU/VPU support. I'm pleased to say it runs on my newly arrived UDOO Quad. It's not perfect but its a start! Update 09-06-2014: Updated rootfs to 13.10.17 GA release. Update 13-04-2014: Instructions for using a webcam with gstreamer-imx. Update 13-04-2104: Instructions for building and deploying the gstreamer 1.0 plugins (gstreamer-imx). Update 13-04-2014: Newer rootfs available with support for 3.10.17 BSP however it requires the experimental 3.10.17 kernel Update 01-02-2014: Intructions for cross compiling my kernel are below. Update 30-02-2014: Kernel updated with VT1631 audio drive, need to rebuild kernel to enable driver. Update 03-01-2014: Instructions for running Arduino IDE are also provided below. Update 07-01-2014: Uploaded SD card image and amended instructions. Image is using my kernel which doesn't include the EDID patches and contains a limited number of kernel modules. Instructions for deploying SD card image 1. Download image. MD5: 8c6ba0f8f5aee043e0a5cea349038b5d 2. unzip image file (udoo_jessie_xfce.img) 3. Follow instructions to deploy image to SD card. Requires a 4GB card, actual image contents is around 3.5GB. 4. By default the image will boot to a display resolution of 720p (60Hz). In the root directory there a uboot script file 'boot_1080p.scr' copy to boot.scr to change the resolution to 1080p(60Hz). 5. By default serial console is enabled. 6. If required you need to configure networking. Instructions for building an image : 1. I built the 2013 Uboot and deployed to an SD card. 2. Create a ext4 partition on the SD card and extract the rootfs (tar xvf jessie-xfce.tar.gz). 3. Create a boot.scr file with the following on the SD card in /. Change 'video' value to your monitor/TV spec. Code: setenv bootargs 'console=ttymxc1,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait rw rootfstype=ext4 consoleblank=0 video=mxcfb0:dev=hdmi,1280x720M@60,bpp=32' run loaduimage bootm 4. Convert the uboot script to image file Code: mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -n "boot" -d boot.cmd boot.scr 5. I'm currently using my own 3.0.35-4.1.0 kernel which has an older patched UDOO board file. You can build my kernel or take this patch into the official kernel and see if it works. Deploy kernel to /boot/uImage and kernel modules to /lib/modules. 6. To get serial console output add the following line to /etc/inittab Code: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttymxc1 115200p 7. Place SD card in UDOO and boot. 8. More instructions on what to test for and its limitations are on the blog. Instructions to build my kernel and modules on linux: 1. Retrieve kernel source from git. Code: git clone https://github.com/mtx512/linux-imx.git cd linux-imx 2. Assumming you havea gcc armhf compiler installed, set the default udoo kernel config. Code: make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- udoo_defconfig 3. If you require additional kernel modules to be built select them. Code: make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- menuconfig 4. Build kernel image and modules. Replace -j4 with number of cores on the PC, eg for 2 cores -j2. Code: make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- -j4 uImage make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- INSTALL_MOD_PATH=output modules make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- INSTALL_MOD_PATH=output modules_install 5. Mount the sd card on your PC and the copy kernel and modules to rootfs Code: sudo cp arch/arm/boot/uImage <sd card mount>/boot/uImage sudo cp -r output/lib/modules/3.0.35-xxxx/ <sd card mount>/lib/modules sync 6. Unmount sd card from PC and boot udoo with sd card. To run Adruino IDE: 1. Download Oracle JDK (Linux ARM v6/v7 Hard Float ABI) 2. Extract JDK under /usr/lib/jvm (create directory jvm if it doesn't exist). Code: cd /usr/lib/jvm/ tar xvf jdk-7u45-linux-arm-vfp-hflt.tar.gz 3. Create some links so that JDK is found Code: update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_45/bin/java" 1 update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_45/bin/javac" 1 3. Download and install UDOO Arduino IDE as per instructions 4. We need to replace GCC ARM and bossac with armhf versions, so lets delete the existing ones: Code: cd arduino-1.5.4/hardware/tools rm -rf arm-none-eab rm bossac 5. Download bossac and copy: Code: cp bossac arduino-1.5.4/hardware/tools 6. Download GCC ARM and extract: Code: cd arduino-1.5.4/hardware/tools tar xvf arm-none-eabi-amrhf.tar.gz 7. Lastly because we don't have the GTK look and feel installed, edit arduino launch file (arduino-1.5.4/arduino) and remove " -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel". 8. Now launch and test.
Finally got the Arduino IDE to fire up using the Oracle armhf JDK the next stumbling block is that the upload fails .
Finally the got Arduino IDE to upload to the SAM and tested with the blinking LED example .Instructions for installing are provided in the original post.
Nice, I like how this seems to give significantly better performance than the other available disk images. Any chance you could include the egalax touch screen driver in the next release? That is currently the only thing I'm missing that I'm in need of.
Thanks for putting this together. I spent about 1/2 a day getting my rolled system in order with expanded fs, web browser, compilers, vncserver, linphone, etc. However I've got two issues at the moment. 1) Audio is not there. I've go no idea where to begin getting that in order. It looks like the kernel detects something but I'm missing a driver... 2) The Arduino IDE installation didn't fully work for me. I got JDK and the IDE running without issues, but on compile I'm getting an error about a shared library not being present, specifically libmpc.so.2. I noticed that the 4.8.3 gcc binaries you provided lack the libexec folder that came with the arduino default installation. Not sure if that is another issue, but I've been unable to get anything compiled. I've tried three times now, I don't think I'm doing something wrong. Code: home/debian/Downloads/arduino-1.5.4/hardware/tools/arm-none-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/4.8.3/cc1plus: error while loading shared libraries: libmpc.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Any pointers or tips would be appreciated! Thanks again, this distro sure works better than the other deb one. My heatsink was too hot to touch running the GUI in SW mode (glxgears ~60fps) with this it's cool (glxgears ~300fps) and much happier. I'm actually surprised at how capable the little machine is.
Are you testing sound with hdmi, I haven't tested/configured audio for Analog output. I put some diagnostic notes on the blog for testing sound with hdmi. Can you try using the fsl video player to launch a movie file: Code: video-player.sh You can set the volume level using that the icon control on the player. If that fails can you test if the alsa setup is correct using: Code: aplay paino2.wav You most likely need to install the package libmpc2 if the file /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libmpc.so.2 is not present. Code: apt-get install libmpc2 Thanks, I am surprised it is not listed on the official download page.
Thanks for the pointers on libmpc2. It was late last night and I wasn't thinking about such a straightforward solution. As for the audio, yes I am trying to get analog input and ouput working as I'd like to be able to use linphone with my SIP service. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks for the quick response.
so how do you get wifi networking going? I was able to get wired networking going by adding the following to /etc/network/interfaces auto eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp thanks for the image. It is the fastest so far. Pretty much usable as a desktop computer.
My kernel is missing the VT1613 (AC'97 audio codec) driver, it is in the UDOO kerneland just needs to be back ported and tested. Another item to add to the TODO list.
Unfortunately haven't had time to look at wifi/bluetooth (again add to the TODO list) I'm preoccupied with getting a 3.10 kernel booting on this rootfs. Most likely it requires the correct kernel driver/firmware to be loaded for the RT5370 module.
jas-mx, thanks again for undertaking this. If you are interested and want to stick your mods on github or something, I've done a few kernel compiles in my day….. It's been a good ten years since I've done anything major under the hood, but I could probably lend a hand if you'd be up for that.
For wifi you can try using iwconfig, for example I tested connecting to a WEP enabled router (probably different for WPA) using the following Code: iwconfig wlan0 essid <essid> mode Managed key <WEP key> dhclient wlan0 I've patched my kernel with the VT1613 driver for analogue audio and did a quick test to validate audio output. My kernel is in github and the branch is called imx_3.0.35_4.1.0-udoo. If you know how to build a kernel then you can test. By default I disabled the VT1613 driver so that hdmi audio is enabled by default. You can enable it in the kernel by selecting the following option: Code: System Type ---> Freescale MXC Implementations ---> UDOO Option ---> [ ] UDOO 'AC97 AUDIO CODEC VT161
jas-mx we added your Debian Jessie in our Downloads section (Unofficial OS): http://www.udoo.org/downloads/#tab1
my ssh server was enabled by default. No configuration required. Have you confirmed that it isn't installed and running?
The first time I tried it, was not start even if installed. I solved via chroot, changing the startup configuration. However, are not sure, maybe I was just impatient.. But I can do a test if it can be useful. I am now trying to run xbmc but I get an error, it seems not find the video driver for OpenGL support. Do you have any advice? I investigate, and in case I'll be able to run xbmc will report the results in the case can useful to other.
