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Ubuntu installation on OMAP-LCDK

neo_tr0nix
Prodigy 30 points

Hi! Are the following possible in the OMAP-L138-LCDK?

1) Install and run any version of Ubuntu with GUI on it?

2) Cross-compile Qt applications?

3) Cross-compile SysLink applications that run in Linux?

4) Install Xenomai?

If they are...where should I start in order to make them?

Thanks a lot for your time.

  • 0
    Prodigy 30 points

    OK. I have made certain certain progress since my first post.

    First of all, I attach here the instructions I have used til' now.

    Second, I have the following issues:

    1) According to the links in the attached file, the OMAPL138-LCDK has different boot modes. Unfortunately I formatted the SD card that arrived with the board and when I communicate with the board using minicom, I have a BOOTME> prompt. According to this info, only the NAND memory and the SD card must be flashed with the compiled u-Boot.bin generated file from u-boot compilation in order to restore the original configuration my board had?

    2) I have read how to compile the kernel, no problem here. The question I have is if that compiled kernel would work using the ubuntu-core rootfs? In case it does, how do I make it work? Is it only necessary to untar the file in the SD root partition and voilá?

    The objective (at the moment) is to have the OMAPL138-LCDK board to boot a Linux Ubuntu 12.04 console, that can display info to a monitor and can install packages using apt-get. Much like Robert Nelson has done to the Beagleboard-xM in here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Raring_13.04_armhf. If success is accomplished, from there, I'll try SysLink for IPC and Xenomai or PRU programming for real-time capabilities (which I have not decided yet).

    By the way, I have already ran Ubuntu (not Xenomai) on the Beagleboard-xM, and the boot procedure differs since Mr. Nelson uses a file named uEnv.txt and a boot.scr in the boot partition and in the wikis I have read for the OMAPL138-LCDK only uses the u-boot image. Which procedure would you recommend?

    I still have a lot of questions on this matter, so any help or recommended reading is welcomed. Thanks a lot for reading this. Have a nice day.

  • 0 in reply to neo_tr0nix
    Expert 1990 points

    1) According to the links in the attached file, the OMAPL138-LCDK has different boot modes. Unfortunately I formatted the SD card that arrived with the board and when I communicate with the board using minicom, I have a BOOTME>

    --> you need to have serial flasher utility to flash ubl and uboot.bin file to your nand. Then after (once you are having ubl and uboot inside your nand) you can change boot mode. and set boot args to boot uimage and filesystem.

  • 0 in reply to nikunj.rudani
    Expert 1990 points

    sorry i was forget to answer your second question.

    2) I have read how to compile the kernel, no problem here. The question I have is if that compiled kernel would work using the ubuntu-core rootfs?

    ---> No, for that you need to have file system which will be there inside your tool chain package.