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Bootloader
Barebox Version
Barebox 2012.07
Barebox Features
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Build System
Installation
* 2013.03.0 (BSP 0105)
* 2012.07.0 (up to BSP 0104)
Preparing the development host
Please note:
The following was tested on Ubuntu 10.04 / 12.04. All newer distributions should work.
To install PTXdist you need Linux on your development workstation (or a virtual machine running Linux). The build system needs some additional packages which may be normally not installed by default. These packages are (names should match for Debian based systems):text/html2025-01-28T11:17:09+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)changelog
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Changelog
Rev 0105
* Feature: linux 3.9
* Feature: Touch / RTC (PMIC MC13708)
* Feature: VPU
* Feature: VGA
* Feature: Dual LVDS (only display cloning)
* Feature: SATA
Rev 0104
* Feature: GPU support
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Downloads
TQ Board Support Packages
The Board Support Packages (BSPs) usually provide source code as well as precompiled images for one or more platforms. Please see the version matrix for details on each revision of the BSP.
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TQ Board Support Packages
The Board Support Packages (BSPs) usually provide source code as well as precompiled images for one or more platforms. Please see the version matrix for details on each revision of the BSP.
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How-to
Bootloader
Barebox
The barebox bootloader supports update of
* bootloader
* kernel
* devicetree
* root FS
To update bootloader / kernel / root FS in a running system you have to copy the images in your tftp directory and rename them to
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Known Issues
MBa53x
RS485
RS485 bus block in half-duplex mode Affects RS485 via UARTx Issue During i.MX53 reset the UARTx.CTS# pin is low by default (CPU internal pull down) Effect Using the MBa53x RS485 circuitry in a half-duplex slave device or half-duplex multi-master environment may block the RS485 bus during i.MX53 reset.text/html2025-01-28T11:17:09+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)operating_system
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Linux
Version
Linux 3.9 (BSP 0105)
Linux 3.5 (up to BSP 0104)
Features
Device Component Status Version BSP rev. Remarks i.MX53 CPU + 3.5 / 3.9 0100 i.MX53 rev 2.1 (Cortex(r)-A8) Ethernet (FEC) +text/html2025-01-28T11:17:09+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)overview
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Important Notes
TQMa53 Rev.0400: Please have a look at known issues!
CVE-2015-7547 --- glibc getaddrinfo() stack-based buffer overflow
Pengutronix has released new versions of their OSELAS Toolchains, which fix the CVE-2015-7547 --- glibc getaddrinfo() stack-based buffer overflow issue:
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Partition scheme
Changing the partition scheme may affect the boot loader update capability and / or the kernel command line parameters!
The following partition scheme is used for SD / eMMC images
* sector size 512 Byte
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Root-FS
Version
PTXdist 2013.01 (BSP 0105)
PTXdist 2012.07 (up to BSP 0104)
Features
Component Status min. BSP Remarks System + 0100 busybox, udev, systemd Display + 0100 fbtest / fbset / fbvtext/html2025-01-28T11:17:09+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)start
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BSP Version Matrix
BSP revision 100 101 102 source binaries ++ 103 source binaries ++ 104 source binaries ++ 105 source binaries ++ 108 109 PTXdist
version required by BSP++ 2012.04 2012.07 2012.07 2012.07 2012.07 2013.03 2013.03 2013.03 OSELAS Toolchain 2011.11 2011.11 2011.11 2011.11 2011.11 2011.11 2012.12.0 2012.12.0 Platform MBa53 MBa53text/html2025-01-28T11:17:09+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)version-matrix
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BSP Version Matrix
BSP revision 100 101 102 source binaries ++ 103 source binaries ++ 104 source binaries ++ 105 source binaries ++ 108 109 PTXdist
version required by BSP++ 2012.04 2012.07 2012.07 2012.07 2012.07 2013.03 2013.03 2013.03 OSELAS Toolchain 2011.11 2011.11 2011.11 2011.11 2011.11 2011.11 2012.12.0 2012.12.0 Platform MBa53 MBa53