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Overview

This is the Linux BSP (Board Support Package) for the NXP i.MX RT1060 EVK board.

The BSP provides a software development environment for evaluation and development of Linux (uClinux) on the Cortex-M7 processor core of the i.MX RT1060 microcontroller using the NXP i.MX RT1060 EVK board as a hardware platform.

Supported Features

The following list summarizes the features and capabilities of this release of the NXP i.MX RT1060 EVK BSP:

  • Linux:
    • Kernel v.4.5;
    • Serial Linux console;
    • Ethernet device driver and Linux TCP/IP networking (ping, NFS, Telnet, FTP, NTPD, etc);
    • busybox v1.24.2;
    • POSIX pthreads;
    • Hardened exception handling; an exception triggered by a process affects only the offending process;
    • MPU user-level protection support;
    • Secure shell (ssh) and secure copy (scp);
    • SD Card partitioning;
    • Multi-port serial UART driver;
    • I2C bus driver;
    • USB Host and Device (gadget) device drivers for onboard USB Host and OTG interfaces;
    • (PAID ADD-ON) QSPI Flash driver;
    • (PAID ADD-ON) CAN bus driver;
    • LCD (frame-buffer) and touchscreen support;
    • WiFi connectivity with security;
    • PPP-based TCP/IP connectivity over GSM/3G modems;
    • Bluetooth support using bluez;
    • GPIO device driver.
  • U-Boot firmware:
    • U-Boot v2017.09-rc1;
    • Target initialization from power-on / reset;
    • Serial console;
    • LCD splashscreen support;
    • Ethernet driver for loading images to the target;
    • Device driver for SD Card and self-upgrade capability;
    • Autoboot feature, allowing boot of OS images from the SD Card or other storage with no operator intervention;
    • Persistent environment in the SD Card for customization of target operation;
    • Sophisticated command interface for maintenance and development of the target.
  • Development tools:
    • Linux-hosted cross-development environment;
    • 4.7.4 GNU toolchain is used for development of U-Boot, Linux and user-space applications;
    • Cross GDB for debugging user-space applications;
    • mkimage tool used by the Linux kernel build process to create a bootable Linux image.

New and Changed Features

This section lists new and changed features of this release:

  1. Support NXP IMXRT-1060 EVKB board.
    ID:    RM 2790.
  2. Add strace to the distribution.
    ID:    RM 2825.
  3. Add libfuse to the distribution.
    ID:    RM 2827.
  4. Add iptables and omping to the distribution.
    ID:    RM 2831.
  5. Add Samba to the distribution.
    ID:    RM 2832.
  6. Enable support for ARMv7-M VFP Extension.
    ID:    RM 2833.
  7. uClibc: increase pthread default stack size to 64KB.
    ID:    RM 2853.

Known Problems & Limitations

This section lists known problems and limitations of this release:

  1. Linux clocks are hardcoded in .dts.
    ID    : RM 2030.
    Workaround: None.
  2. GDB debug sessions are accompanied with fault messages to the Linux console.
    ID    : RM 2063.
    Workaround: None.