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+Toradex Apalis i.MX6 Computer on Module
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+Intro
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+=====
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+The Apalis iMX6 is a small form-factor Computer on Module that comes
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+in both quad core and dual core versions based on Freescale i.MX6Q and
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+Freescale i.MX6D SoCs respectively. The Cortex A9 quad core and dual
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+core CPU peaks at 1 GHz for commercial temperature variant, while the
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+industrial temperature variant has a peak frequency of 800 MHz.
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+https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/apalis-arm-family/freescale-imx-6
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+It supports two carrier boards:
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+Apalis Evaluation Board
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+https://www.toradex.com/products/carrier-boards/apalis-evaluation-board
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+Ixora Carrier Board
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+https://www.toradex.com/products/carrier-boards/ixora-carrier-board
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+How to build it
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+===============
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+Configure Buildroot:
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+ $ make toradex_apalis_imx6_defconfig
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+Compile everything and build the rootfs image:
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+ $ make
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+How to boot the image
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+=====================
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+The board only boots from its internal flash memory eMMC, so the
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+bootloader image should be copied to it, following the procedures
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+described in Toradex website.
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+http://developer.toradex.com/knowledge-base/flashing-linux-on-imx6-modules
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+Buildroot prepares a "sdcard.img" in output/images/ with the kernel
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+image, device tree and a root filesystem, ready to be dumped on an SD
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+card.
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+ $ dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
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+To boot from the SD card, you should change the U-Boot
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+environment. Since U-Boot is running from internal eMMC, you will need
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+to access its command line prompt and manually set the necessary
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+variables to boot from the external SD card. For convenience, you can
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+use uEnv.txt provided in output/images/ as a reference to create the
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+necessary U-Boot variables to boot from the SD card.
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