Embedded module TQMa6ulxl - YOCTO Linux BSP documentation

BSP Version Matrix

TQ.ARM.BSP Revision	meta-tq release https://github.com/tq-systems/meta-tq	Yocto Project / Poky Release	U-Boot	Linux Kernel
0018	Kirkstone	4.0.16 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0017	Kirkstone	4.0.16 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0016	Kirkstone	4.0.15 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0015	Kirkstone	4.0.14 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0014	Kirkstone	4.0.14 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0013	Kirkstone	4.0.13 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0012	Kirkstone	4.0.13 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0011	Kirkstone	4.0.13 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0010	Kirkstone	4.0.13 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0009	Kirkstone	4.0.11 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0008	Kirkstone	4.0.11 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0007	Kirkstone	4.0.10 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0006	Kirkstone	4.0.10 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0005	Kirkstone	4.0.9 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0004	Kirkstone	4.0.8 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0003	Kirkstone	4.0.6 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0002	Kirkstone	4.0.5 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb
0001	Kirkstone	4.0.5 - Kirkstone	u-boot-imx-tq_2016.03	linux-tq_5.15.bb

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Yocto Target Machines

TQMa6ULx/TQMa6ULxL.BSP Revision	Target machine
≥0110	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx tqma6ulx-512mb-mba6ulx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulx tqma6ullx-mba6ulx tqma6ullx-512mb-mba6ulx tqma6ullx-lga-mba6ulx
≥0105	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulx tqma6ullx-mba6ulx
0104	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx

BSP Version Matrix - Old Revisions

BSP Revision	meta-tq release https://github.com/tq-systems/meta-tq	Yocto Project / Poky Release	Target machine¹⁾	U-Boot	Linux Kernel
0116	hardknott	3.3.3 - Hardknott	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx TQMa6ulx with 256MB RAM on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-512mb-mba6ulx TQMa6ULx with 512MB RAM on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulx TQMa6ULxL on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLx on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-512mb-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLx with 512MB RAM on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-lga-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLxL on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulxl TQMa6ULxL on MBa6ULxL	2016.03 (NXP imx-rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga)	5.15.27
0113	zeus	3.0.3 - Zeus	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx TQMa6ulx with 256MB RAM on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-512mb-mba6ulx TQMa6ULx with 512MB RAM on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulx TQMa6ULxL on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLx on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-512mb-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLx with 512MB RAM on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-lga-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLxL on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulxl TQMa6ULxL on MBa6ULxL	2016.03 (NXP imx-rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga)	5.4.23 5.4.23 + rt23 v2019.04-lf-5.4.y-1.0.0
0110	warrior	2.7 - Warrior	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx TQMa6ulx with 256MB RAM on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-512mb-mba6ulx TQMa6ULx with 512MB RAM on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulx TQMa6ULxL on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLx on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-512mb-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLx with 512MB RAM on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-lga-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLxL on MBa6ULx	2016.03 (NXP imx-rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga)	NXP 4.14.78 rel_imx_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga
0107	warrior	2.7 - Warrior	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULx on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulx TQMa6ULxL on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLx on MBa6ULx	2016.03 (NXP imx-rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga)	NXP 4.14.78 rel_imx_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga
0106	pyro	2.3.3 - Pyro	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULx on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulx TQMa6ULxL on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLx on MBa6ULx	2016.03 (NXP imx-rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga)	rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga
0105	pyro	2.3.3 - Pyro	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULx on MBa6ULx tqma6ulx-lga-mba6ulx TQMa6ULxL on MBa6ULx tqma6ullx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULLx on MBa6ULx	2016.03 (NXP imx-rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga)	rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga
0104	pyro	2.3.3 - Pyro	tqma6ulx-mba6ulx TQMa6ULx on MBa6ULx	2016.03 (NXP imx-rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga)	rel_imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga

U-Boot

Supported features

Feature				BSP Revision									Remarks
Buildsystem				BSP Revision
PTXdist				✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
Yocto					✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
TQ Product	Chip	Interface	Function	0100	0104	0106	0107	0110	0113	0115	0116	0117	Remarks
TQMa6ULx	i.MX6UL	Ethernet	RMII (10/100 Mbit/s)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
TQMa6ULx	i.MX6UL	uSDHC	eMMC / SD-Card	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	SD card / eMMC
TQMa6ULx	i.MX6UL	UART1	RS232	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	default console
TQMa6ULx	i.MX6UL	I²C	EEPROM	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
TQMa6ULx	i.MX6UL	SPI	QSPI NOR Flash	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
TQMa6ULx	i.MX6UL	IIM / Fuse	OTP Register	✔	✔	✔	✔	•	•	✔	✔	✔

Linux

Supported Features

Buildsystem				BSP Revision
PTXdist				✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
Yocto					✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
TQ Product	Chip	Interface	Function	0100	0104	0106	0107	0110	0113	0115	0116	0117	Remarks
TQMa6ULx	i.MX6UL	ENET1	RMII (10/100 Mbit/s)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	ENET2	RMII (10/100 Mbit/s)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	FLEXCAN1	CAN 2.0B	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	FLEXCAN2	CAN 2.0B	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	GPIO	1x GPIO	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	Supported via `beep` command
	i.MX6UL	GPMI											Multiplexed with other functions (on request), no device MBa6ULx
	i.MX6UL	I2C2		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	Not available by default / configuration resistor R451 and R455
	i.MX6UL	I2C4	I2C devices	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	See supported onboard I2C devices
	i.MX6UL	JTAG											Not tested
	i.MX6UL	eLCDIF	Parallel LCD	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	24-bit interface available via X4
	i.MX6UL	eLCDIF	LVDS	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	24-bit available via X17
	i.MX6UL	MIPI CSI											No device on MBa6ULx
	i.MX6UL	MIPI DSI											No device on MBa6ULx
	i.MX6UL	MQS											Multiplexed with other functions (on request)
	i.MX6UL	PWM4	Backlight Dimming	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	QSPI	Bus access Memory access	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	SAI1	Audiocodec		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	TEMPMON		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	Temperature read
	i.MX6UL	UART1	RS232/ USB Debug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	Default console / USB debug connector selectable with S15 on MBA6ULx
	i.MX6UL	UART2	TTL										Multiplexed with other functions (on request)
	i.MX6UL	UART3	TTL										Not available on MBa6ULx
	i.MX6UL	UART4	TLL										Multiplexed with other functions (on request)
	i.MX6UL	UART5	TLL										Multiplexed with other functions (on request)
	i.MX6UL	UART6	RS485	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	UART7	TLL										Multiplexed with other functions (on request)
	i.MX6UL	UART8	TLL										Multiplexed with other functions (on request)
	i.MX6UL	USB_Host	USB2517	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	USB_OTG1	Host	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	i.MX6UL	USB_OTG1	OTG		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	tested with usb serial gadget
	i.MX6UL	USB_OTG2	Host	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	Only Host supported on MBa6ULx connected to USB2517 Hub [7:1]
	i.MX6UL	USB_OTG2	OTG
	i.MX6UL	uSDHC	uSDHC1 SD Card 4 bit connection uSDHC2 eMMC 8 bit connection	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
MBa6ULx	TLV320AIC3204	Headphone Out/ Line Out			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
		Line In			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
		Microphone In											On request
	PCA9554BS	I2C GPIO expander		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	PCA9554BS	I2C GPIO expander		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	SIM												Not tested / available on Connector X22 on MBa6ULx
	STMPE811	resitive touch controller											Connected to I2C4 on MBa6ULx Not tested
	USB2517	USB1 available on Connector X7	Host 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	USB2517	USB2 available on Connector X7	Host 2	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	USB2517	USB3 available on Connector X8	Host 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	USB2517	USB4 available on pinheader X4	Host 4	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	USB2517	USB5 available on LVDS Connector X18	Host 5	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	USB2517	USB6 available on pinheader X5	Host 6	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	USB2517	USB7 available on Mini-PCIe connector X22	Host 7	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	SNVS	Reset	Reset PMIC-Reset Power-Down Wake-Up	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

MBa6ULX and TQMa6ULxL

I2C bus	TQMa6ULxL
I2C4	0x08 PMIC	0x1A Tempsensor	0x32 EEPROM(Protection Mode)	0x50 EEPROM	0x52 EEPROM	0x68 RTC

I2C bus	MBa6ULx
I2C4	0x18 Audiocodec	0x19 Tempsensor	0x20 GPIO Expander	0x21 GPIO Expander	0x22 GPIO Expander	0x41 Touch Controller	0x51 EEPROM

BSP version history

REV.0117

BSP

Update to Yocto Kirkstone

Linux

REV.0116

BSP

Add machine configs with 512 MB RAM
Add missing information in documentation
Add bbappend for mesa to support TQMa6U[L]x[L] with mainline kernel
Support different list of device tree files, depending on the virtual/kernel provider
Add firmware ath10k as MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMEND

Linux

linux 5.15 support based on linux-stable 5.15.y
merge all mainline stable fixes up to v5.15.27 (CVE-2022-0847 “Dirty Pipe Vulnerability”)
linux-tq-5.4 is deprecated for all TQMa6UL[L]x modules (LGA variants as well)
Fixed:
- GPIO wakeup
- Audio configuration on TQMa6UL[L]x
- QSPI driver bug causing frequent corruptions of filesystems on SPI-NOR flash
- USB support with parallel LCD device tree on MBa6ULxL

REV.0113

BSP

Update to Linux Kernel 5.4
Added kernel linux-tq 5.4
Added kernel linux-rt-tq 5.4
Added kernel linux-imx-tq 5.4

Linux

Changed kernel configuration to use the better supported mainline graphics stack

REV.0110

U-Boot

Added support for 512MB RAM variants of TQMa6UL\[L\]x REV.030x
Typo fixes in output / banner / warnings
Add warning for CPU / config mismatch

REV.0107

BSP

Added platform MBa6ULxL

U-Boot

added several bugfixes
fixed fdt_file environment variable definition
set default i2c dev to 3 (MBa6ulxl)
fixed typo in header include guard
fix build without CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH and CONFIG_SPI_FLASH
Added platform MBa6ULxL

Linux

Update kernel version to NXP 4.14.78
Set USB1 OTG dr_mode to otg
QSPI NOR flash uses 4byte opcodes
Changed default LVDS display to Tianma TM070JVHG33
add cpu cooling levels
fixed RS485 support
Added platform MBa6ULxL
- display: use 24 LCD data pins
- set USB1 OTG dr_mode to otg

REV.0106

BSP

Support / fixes for TQMa6ULx with automotive grade CPU
e-MMC Timing fix for TQMa6ULx / TQMa6ULxL (low temperature improvement / limit clock speed)
Update DRAM calibration values for TQMa6ULL
update patches for TQMa6UL / TQMa6LL e-MMC clocking fix
update u-boot-imx for TQMa6ULL and TQMa6UL automotive support

U-Boot

fix output of i.MX6UL(L) speed grade with 696 MHz
added TQMa6ULL1 support

Linux

rewrite e-MMC clocking and tuning
apply e-MMC clocking changes also for LGA module

REV.0104

BSP

Change image names (mba6ul → mba6ulx, tqma6ul → tqma6ulx)

U-Boot

Support TQMa6ULx 030x / TQMa6ULxL 020x on MBa6ULx 020x
Dynamic default if no devicetree set
Optimize defconfigs
UBI boot support
Simplify env scripts
Optimize qspi clock
Optimize RAM timing
Update base version from NXP

Linux

Backport mmc sysfs fixes for OCR / DSR
Optimize / cleanup e-MMC / SD config
Improve QSPI support / Backport jedec detect for QSPI
Allow 4-Byte address command set for QSPI
MTD Partitions for MBa6UL
Backport fixes for EDT Touch
Rewrite devicetree to reuse fragments for display / TQMa6ULxL etc.
Support more display variants
Update base version from NXP

¹⁾

i.e. value for MACHINE variable

Embedded module TQMa6ulxl - YOCTO Linux BSP documentation

BSP Overview

BSP Version Matrix

Yocto Target Machines

BSP Version Matrix - Old Revisions

Bootloader

U-Boot

Operating System

Linux

Onboard I2C Devices

MBa6ULX and TQMa6ULxL

Changelog

BSP version history

REV.0117

REV.0116

REV.0113

REV.0110

REV.0107

REV.0106

REV.0104