L27-GB-ENG-1 OMAP4 Froyo ES2 Release Notes

= Introduction = This software release has been developed and verified in the following software and hardware environment.

Please note Toolchain required is 2010q1-202 Please note eMMC bootargs have changed this release Please note that kernel binary creating for eMMC and fastboot flashing procedure changed

OS Kernel: Linux® 2.6.35 Android:  Gingerbread public project Toolchain: CodeSourcery compiler version Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202 for ARM GNU/Linux Reference hardware platform: TI OMAP4 ES2.1 EMU Blaze Build Host OS: Ubuntu

=Tools & Dependency packages=

Pre-requisite packages for build Android Filesystem (Note this is with reference to uBuntu 10.04)

If you are behind firewall, you will have to set-up firewall using the instructions in Support Tools

For higher versions of U-buntu please refer to Host PC COnfiguration

The following commands will install the correct packages to your server:

sudo apt-get install git-core flex bison gperf libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev zlib1g-dev build-essential libstdc++5 tofrodos sudo apt-get install x-dev sudo apt-get install libx11-dev sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

If you do not have sudo rights to your machine, contact your System Administrator for assistance.

Tool Chain for building Kernel and Drivers

The Kernel and Driver sources are built using Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202 for ARM GNU/Linux version.

This tool chain can be obtained from

=Downloading Release Software= Android Filesystem Sources

you can get the Android source for this release by doing: git clone git://git.omapzoom.org/platform/omapmanifest.git cd omapmanifest git reset --hard RLS27-GB-ENG-1_Gingerbread export MANIFEST=`pwd` cd export YOUR_PATH=`pwd` mkdir -p 27-GB-ENG-1/mydroid; cd 27-GB-ENG-1/mydroid export MYDROID=`pwd` repo init –u $MANIFEST repo sync

Kernel & Driver Sources

To clone kernel source from scratch do: cd ; export YOUR_PATH=`pwd` mkdir kernel git clone git://git.omapzoom.org/kernel/omap.git kernel/android-2.6.35 cd kernel/android-2.6.35 git checkout d92ad9564343d3e5ae6e0005e26c6596453c849e If you already have kernel source cloned then just update it: cd $YOUR_PATH/kernel/android-2.6.35 git fetch origin git checkout d92ad9564343d3e5ae6e0005e26c6596453c849e

U-Boot Sources cd ; export YOUR_PATH=`pwd` git clone git://git.omapzoom.org/repo/u-boot.git u-boot cd u-boot git checkout bf5e493e24af4cc400eaac23ef428325fb06918c

X-loader Sources cd ; export YOUR_PATH=`pwd` git clone git://git.omapzoom.org/repo/x-loader.git x-loader cd x-loader git checkout 95c2a6d23214ab0bbf9fcb2cf5fa68c61c307750

=Release Content=

This release has the below content - Kernel and Drivers tested with OMAP4 ES2.1 EMU Blaze platform and verified with Gingerbread UI - A9 source code for accelerating Video

The release has been verified with OMAP4 SGX hardware Graphics Accelerator libraries and accelerated Video codecs. Please contact TI customer representative to gain access TI proprietary packages.

=Build Instructions=

Setting up build environment
From your work directory (where your 27-GB-ENG-1 folder resides): export YOUR_PATH=`pwd` export PATH=$PATH:/arm-2010q1/bin export MYDROID=${YOUR_PATH}/27-GB-ENG-1/mydroid mkdir $MYDROID/logs export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- export PATH=${YOUR_PATH}/u-boot/tools:${PATH}

Building U-BOOT
cd $YOUR_PATH/u-boot make distclean make ARCH=arm omap4430sdp_config make 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/u-boot_make.out

Building X-LOADER
cd $YOUR_PATH/x-loader make distclean make ARCH=arm omap4430sdp_config make ift 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/x-loader_make.out

For previous board revisions with OMAP4 ES1 600MHz, the configuration should be changed as described below: cd $YOUR_PATH/x-loader make distclean make ARCH=arm omap4430sdp_MPU_600MHz_config make ift 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/x-loader_make.out

Signing X-LOADER for EMU devices

The tool for signing x-loader is provided on TI's package. Please contact TI customer representative to get access to this tool. cd $YOUR_PATH/27-GB-ENG-1/mshield-dk cp -f $YOUR_PATH/x-loader/x-load.bin. ./generate_MLO ES2.1 x-load.bin

Building Kernel
To create kernel uImage you need to add "mkimage" directory path to your "PATH" environment variable: cd $YOUR_PATH/kernel/android-2.6.35 make ARCH=arm distclean make ARCH=arm android_4430_defconfig make ARCH=arm uImage 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/kernel_make.out

Building Kernel modules
cd $YOUR_PATH/kernel/android-2.6.35 make ARCH=arm modules 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/kernel_modules.out

Building WLAN driver
export HOST_PLATFORM=sdc4430 export KERNEL_DIR=$YOUR_PATH/kernel/android-2.6.35 cd $MYDROID/hardware/ti/wlan/wl1283/platforms/os/linux make ARCH=arm

Building Android Filesystem (AFS) with TI Codecs enabled
on step below use the number of cores you have available; i.e. -j4 or -j12: cd $MYDROID cp -Rfp device/ti/blaze/buildspec.mk.default buildspec.mk make clean (required for rebuild only) make -j4 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/android_make.out

Building AFS with Android Codecs
This release was not verified with Android codecs. Camera based applications need TI proprietary drivers. Please contact TI customer representative to get access to proprietary sources

Preparing Android binaries
The following binaries are required by the Blaze® board. This step will prepare a directory, called myfs, containing all necessary Android files that you must include within your SD card. cd $YOUR_PATH mkdir myfs cd myfs cp -Rfp $YOUR_PATH/kernel/android-2.6.35/drivers/staging/ti-st/*.ko $MYDROID/out/target/product/blaze/root cp -Rfp $MYDROID/out/target/product/blaze/root/*. cp -Rfp $MYDROID/out/target/product/blaze/system/. cp -Rfp $MYDROID/out/target/product/blaze/data/.

Changing default display resolution on Android

Default LCD density is now set to 240 (was 160 previously by default). If you want to come back to the previous setting to make Android UI look smaller (smaller icons, etc...), comment the following line in system/build.prop
 * 1) ro.sf.lcd_density=240

Preparing eMMC images
If you wish to boot entirely from eMMC, you will need to modify init.omap4430.rc file to mount eMMC partitions on your system and create the eMMC partition images:

cd $YOUR_PATH mkdir omap4_emmc_files cp -f $MYDROID/out/host/linux-x86/bin/fastboot omap4_emmc_files cp -f $MYDROID/device/ti/blaze/gpt.emmc.bin omap4_emmc_files cp -f $MYDROID/out/host/linux-x86/bin/mkbootimg omap4_emmc_files cp -f u-boot/u-boot.bin omap4_emmc_files cp -f x-loader/MLO omap4_emmc_files cp -f kernel/android-2.6.35/arch/arm/boot/zImage omap4_emmc_files

Creating img files:

cd ${MYDROID} find out/target/product/blaze -name *.img -exec rm -f {} \; make cp -f ${MYDROID}/out/target/product/blaze/*.img $YOUR_PATH/omap4_emmc_files This build should not take too much time and will re-generate a new *.img files with the modified init.rc file in it (If you built and installed GFX after compiling AFS, system.img and data.img will also be updated with the GFX files).

New Kernel Creation Procedure, uMulti-2 changed to boot.img it is created with mkbootimg instead of mkimage Now from this new directory we will create the eMMC images which will be flashed using fastboot protocol (described later). First create boot.img image using kernel image we copied previously:

cd $YOUR_PATH/omap4_emmc_files ./mkbootimg --kernel zImage --ramdisk ramdisk.img --base 0x80000000 --cmdline aaaaaa --board omap4 -o boot.img

In a similar fashion create userdata and cache partitions: cd $YOUR_PATH/omap4_emmc_files dd if=/dev/zero of=./cache.img bs=1048510 count=128 mkfs.ext4 -F cache.img -L cache

And finally the environment file with the bootargs and bootcmd information (see bootargs section)

= Booting Kernel and Android File System from SD card = Formatting SD Card

You will need to format your SD for the Linux file system. Connect your SD memory card reader with memory card inserted to a USB port on your Linux Ubuntu PC. You must login as Super User.

$ su $ fdisk -l

Match the device to the size of your memory card. Look for the /dev/*** device which matches the memory card in the card reader. Use the matching device’s letter prefix in the next command. For example if the device for memory card reader card example was: /dev/sdb1, then use only /dev/sdb in the fdisk command.

Take note of the size in bytes of your SD Card. You will need this to calculate the number of cylinders in a future step.

$ fdisk /dev/sdb (replace sdb with the letter prefix for your device)

(Delete all partitions on the card if they exist) Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-4): 1 Command (m for help): d Selected partition 2

Command (m for help): x

(Change the number of heads, sectors and cylinders on the device) Expert command (m for help): h Number of heads (1-256, default 255): 255 Expert command (m for help): s Number of sectors (1-63, default 63): 63 Expert command (m for help): c Number of cylinders (1-1048576, default 248): 

(Now return to the main menu) Expert command (m for help): r

(Create the first partition) Command (m for help): n Command action e  extended p  primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-248, default 1): 1 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-248, default 248): +64M

If you plan to use this SD card partition for storing media your can use +1024M assuming a 2+ GB SD card.

(Create the second partition) Command (m for help): n Command action e  extended p  primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 2 First cylinder (10-248, default 10): 10 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (124-248, default 248): 

(Change the first partition to at FAT32 partition) Command (m for help): t Partition number (1-4): 1 Hex code (type L to list codes): c Changed system type of partition 1 to c (W95 FAT32 (LBA))

(Toggle the bootable flag for partition 1) Command (m for help): a Partition number (1-4): 1

(Print the partition table to confirm your settings) Command (m for help): p

(Sample Output – your output may differ depending on your SD card’s size and brand) Disk /dev/sdb: 2041 MB, 2041577472 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 248 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot     Start         End      Blocks   Id  System /dev/sdb1  *           1         9        72261     c  W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb2             10       248     1919767+    83  Linux

(Write your changes to the SD Card) Command (m for help): w

(You will see the following output) The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl to re-read partition table.

WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional information. Syncing disks.

Format your partitions typing the following commands (logged as root@ubuntu-box): $ mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n boot /dev/ $ mkfs.ext3 -L android_fs /dev/

There is a shell script that all calculations above automatically; to get it do: $ wget http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded/plain/contrib/angstrom/omap3-mkcard.sh

Add execution permission: $ chmod +x omap3-mkcard.sh

And you are ready to use it by just typing: $sudo ./omap3-mkcard.sh 

Copying Binaries onto SD Card

Now type the following to mount your SD Card on your Linux box (logged as root@ubuntu-box): $ mkdir /tmp/mmc1 $ mkdir /tmp/mmc2 $ mount /dev/ /tmp/mmc1 $ mount /dev/ /tmp/mmc2

Load the appropriate software to the SD Card (logged as root@ubuntu-box): $ cp $YOUR_PATH/x-loader/MLO /tmp/mmc1  (if you are using EMU or HS device, plese copy signed MLO instead) $ cp $YOUR_PATH/u-boot/u-boot.bin /tmp/mmc1 $ cp $YOUR_PATH/kernel/android-2.6.35/arch/arm/boot/uImage /tmp/mmc1 $ cp -Rfp $YOUR_PATH/27.10.1/myfs/* /tmp/mmc2 $ chmod –R 777 /tmp/mmc2/* $ umount /tmp/mmc1 $ umount /tmp/mmc2

Booting

Insert your SD card (with u-boot, x-loader and uImage loaded in FAT partition and ) into Blaze SD/MMC card slot, then plug the Blaze mini USB port to your PC and open a serial terminal (baudrate:115200, no parity, 8 bits). Power your board up and in your terminal window you should be able to see the ‘New’ u-boot prompt:

“OMAP44XX SDP #”

In your serial terminal define the bootargs and boot as mentioned in the bootarg section.

Right after this your Blaze should start booting using the kernel image and loading the Android filesystem from your SD

= Booting Kernel and Android File System from eMMC = Formatting eMMC

Starting on L27.7.2 release onwards the eMMC partition table changed and the flashing procedure now uses fastboot protocol. Please read carefully the following instructions

If your are going to use eMMC for the first time, you need to create the appropriate partition table and create a filesystem (format) for each partition. For this you need to load u-boot from your SD card; for this you need to change your SYS_BOOT configuration (S2-[1:3] OFF, ON, OFF). Use the u-boot.bin and the x-loader you built for this release; copy them to your "boot" partition of your SD card, turn your Blaze on and press any key on your serial terminal to stop the auto-boot process.

Now type from you serial terminal (on the u-boot prompt) 'fastboot' and board should be waiting for any fastboot command. You should see something like this: [Please note this is an older snapshot (so rev numbers you see might be different as compared to below)]

-- OMAP 4 PPA release 0.9.0 -- Reset reason = 00030181

Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.41 (Jan 25 2011 - 22:30:29) Starting OS Bootloader from EMMC ...

U-Boot 1.1.4-gbf5e493e (Jan 25 2011 - 22:30:11)

Load address: 0x80e80000 DRAM: 1024 MB Flash:  0 kB In:    serial Out:  serial Err:  serial Net:  KS8851SNL Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 OMAP44XX SDP # fastboot Disconnect USB cable to finish fastboot..

Now connect the Blaze micro USB port to your Linux box and go to where the eMMC files are. The first fastboot command will create the Master Boot Record that has the partition table along with other boot information on eMMC and the others will flash the files onto the corresponding eMMC partition u-boot.bin must handle the change in kernel label from "kernel" to "boot", L27.9.0 u-boot.bin will not recognize this partition, that is why only the first time you flash L27-GB-ENG-1 eMMC image, do the restart extra step below:

Please note starting release L27-GB-ENG-1-P1 partition table name "mbr" has been renamed to ptable. Hence the command fastboot flash mbr mbr.bin has been changed to fastboot flash ptable mbr.bin cd $YOUR_PATH/omap4_emmc_files ./fastboot flash ptable ./gpt.emmc.bin ./fastboot flash xloader ./MLO ./fastboot flash bootloader ./u-boot.bin Now Restart the board and type Fastboot again, after this youl will boot with L27-GB-ENG-1 u-boot.bin which supports kernel name change. ./fastboot flash environment ./env.txt ./fastboot flash boot ./boot.img ./fastboot flash system ./system.img ./fastboot flash userdata ./userdata.img ./fastboot flash cache ./cache.img

Once PTable is created you no longer need to flash gpt.emmc anymore ; only when partition table changes is when we would need to flash gpt.emmc again but don't expect changes in the partition table so soon. You can now switch to boot from eMMC.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT ERASE mbr, system, userdata OR cache PARTITIONS. If you want to update these partitions with a new set of eMMC images just use fastboot "flash" commands as described above. For the other partitions you can safely use fastboot "erase" command before updating them:

./fastboot erase xloader ./fastboot erase bootloader ./fastboot erase environment ./fastboot erase boot

Booting

Insert your SD card into Blaze SD/MMC card slot (now only required to store MM files), then plug the Blaze mini USB port to your PC and open a serial terminal (baudrate:115200, no parity, 8 bits). Disconnect the micro USB cable if connected to Blaze, change your SYS_BOOT configuration to boot from eMMC (S2-[1:3] ON, ON, ON) and power your board up and in your terminal window you should be able to see the auto-boot process start in 5 seconds: * This SYS_BOOT configuration must be kept even when you want to update eMMC binaries set, just keep in mind you must NOT flash mbr.bin file again.

-- OMAP 4 PPA release 0.9.0 -- Reset reason = 00030181

Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.41 (Jan 25 2011 - 22:30:29) Starting OS Bootloader from EMMC ...

U-Boot 1.1.4-gbf5e493e (Jan 25 2011 - 22:30:11)

Load address: 0x80e80000 DRAM: 1024 MB Flash:  0 kB In:    serial Out:  serial Err:  serial Net:  KS8851SNL Hit any key to stop autoboot: 5

If you want to verify that your bootargs and bootcmd were flashed correctly as described in env.txt file, then press any key to stop the auto-boot process and type 'print': OMAP44XX SDP # print bootdelay=5 bootargs=console=ttyO2,115200n8 rootdelay=2 mem=456M@0x80000000 mem=512M@0xA0000000 init=/init vram="10M" omapfb.vram="0:4M" bootcmd=mmcinit 1;mmc 1 read 0x500 0x81000000 0x500000;bootm 81000000 loadaddr=81000000 stdin=serial stdout=serial stderr=serial ethact=KS8851SNL

Environment size: 223/131068 bytes

To continue booting just type 'boot' and the boot process will start.

=Bootargs= Note that parameter mem=456M@0x80000000 mem=512M@0xA0000000 should be used in the bootargs

L27-GB-ENG-1 SD card boot has not being validated

eMMC bootargs given in env.txt

The eMMC bootargs are present in device/ti/blaze/env.txt file

Right after this your Blaze should start booting kernel image and loading the Android filesystem both from Blaze eMMC

=Resources=