Embedded module TQMa6x - PTXdist Linux BSP documentation



Using PTXdist to create the BSP firmware

We suggest to read the following page before proceeding with this page
  1. preparing Development Host
We suggest to build the BSP with the default configuration for the fist time.

Getting help

  1. The manual is your friend. See Downloads where to get it.
  2. See the README in your BSP root folder
PTXdist 2018.05.0                Build System for Embedded Linux Systems

  ptxdist <action [args]> [options]

Setup and Project Actions:

  menu				enter main control menu

  setup				setup per-user preferences
  boardsetup			setup per-board preferences

  projects			show available projects
  clone <from> <to>		create a new project, cloned from <from>.

  nconfig
  menuconfig			configure the project's filesystem

  menuconfig kernel
  kernelconfig			configure the kernel

  menuconfig platform
  platformconfig		configure the platform

  menuconfig collection		configure the collection
...

To configure the system (e.g. add additional packages) you can start the PTXdist menu: 

$ ptxdist menu
PTXdist menu

To add additional packages to your root filesystem simply use the ptxdist tool. The ncurses based UI is the same that is used by the linux kernel with “make menuconfig”. It can be used the following way:

  • use the up / down arrow keys to navigate in the menu
  • use the left / right arrow keys to navigate between buttons
  • select / deselect packages and options using the SPACE key
  • enter submenus or press buttons using the ENTER key

Dependencies between packages should be automagically resolved. Software is organized in sections.

Configure and Build the BSP

First of all you need to choose for which platform you want to build and which userland configuration should be used.
The commands in the following sections have to be executed within the BSP root directory.

Configuration

The BSP provides helper scripts for automatic configuration according to the following table:

Platform Configuration Command
MBa6x linux/mainline ¦ systemd init ¦ Qt5 tools/config-mba6x
linux/mainline ¦ busybox init tools/config-mba6x.tiny

Example: 

$ tools/config-mba6x

This will effectively do

  • check for the configured ptxdist version
  • create a symlink to the configured ptxdist version (./p → /usr/local/bin/ptxdist-<version>)
  • call ./p platform configs/platform-tq-tqma6x[-fsl]/mba6x/platformconfig
  • call ./p select configs/<ptxconfig>

For manual configuration please refer to ./p –help and use the platformconfig and ptxconfig.* files listed in the table above.

Example: 

$ ptxdist platform configs/platform-tq-tqma6x/mba6x/platformconfig
$ ptxdist select configs/platform-tq-tqma6x/ptxconfig.qt5

Build

Finally, to build the BSP and create the image files simply execute 

$ ./p images

or (in case of a manual configuration) 

$ ptxdist images

Older BSP Revisions

Instructions for older BSP revisons

PTXdist downloads some packages. If it reports some errors please

  • verify your internet connection or proxy settings.
  • make sure the package source is correct. Some package source pages will change from time to time.
    (You can always try to download the source package manually and copy it to your package pool (by default: <BSP project>\src))
  • some packages like bootloaders and kernels where you can select versions need to know about their hash sums. You have to calculate them using md5sum and enter the correct hash in the ptxdist configuration.
  • run 
    $ ptxdist get

  • Last modified: 2022/08/04 15:02