[FAQ] PROCESSOR-SDK-DRA8X-TDA4X: How to use eMMC based filesystem on PSDKQA release?

To make use of the eMMC filesystem on the J721e EVM with the PSDKQA 7.0 release, the below steps can be followed.

These steps were tested on the J721e EVM using the PSDKQA7.0 release, and may change with newer revisions of the TI PSDKQA release. In time the steps similar to the ones below will be included in the PSDKQA release documentation.

1. Follow PSDKQA Release Notes to get the J721 EVM running with SD boot (either SBL or SPL).

2. After booting the J721E EVM to the QNX prompt run the below commands to format and create an eMMC partition. For further information on usage of eMMC filesystems in the QNX environment please reference QNX’s Online User Guide.

# Check the partition information:
fdisk /dev/emmc0 info

# Delete all existing partitions:
fdisk /dev/emmc0 delete -a
fdisk /dev/emmc0 show

# Create a 8 GB FAT32 partition from the beginning of the eMMC device:
fdisk /dev/emmc0 add -t 12 -c 0,8000
fdisk /dev/emmc0 show

#Enumerate the partitions:
mount -e /dev/emmc0
ls /dev/emmc0*

# Format the FAT32 partition and mount it:
mkdosfs /dev/emmc0t12

# Mount
mount -t dos /dev/emmc0t12 /emmc
ls /emmc

3. Copy the filesystem contents from the SD card to the newly created eMMC partition

cp -Rvf /sd/* /emmc
sync

4. Replace the “/sd” directory paths with “/emmc” paths in the configuration and script files contained in the "/emmc/vision_apps" directory:

sed -i 's/\/sd\//\/emmc\//g' /emmc/vision_apps/*.cfg
sed -i 's/\/sd\//\/emmc\//g' /emmc/vision_apps/app_srv_avp_cfg/*.cfg
sed -i 's/\/sd\//\/emmc\//g' /emmc/vision_apps/*.sh

5. At this point the eMMC should contain a filesystem that is capable of running the PSDKQA Vision Apps demos. After each “boot”, the following commands can be entered to launch the demo applications from the eMMC filesystem.

mount -tdos -oexe=all /dev/emmc0t12 /emmc

export PATH=:/proc/boot:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/bin:/emmc:/emmc/bin:/emmc/sbin:/emmc/usr/bin:/emmc/usr/sbin:/emmc/tibin:/emmc/vision_apps:/emmc/scripts

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:/proc/boot:/lib:/usr/lib:/lib/dll:/opt/lib:/emmc/lib:/emmc/usr/lib:/emmc/lib/dll/mmedia:/emmc/lib/dll:/emmc/tilib:/emmc/vision_apps:/emmc/usr/lib/graphics/jacinto7

export GRAPHICS_ROOT=/emmc/usr/lib/graphics/jacinto7

cd /emmc/vision_apps

./vision_apps_init.sh &

./run_app_dof.sh

6. To automate the mounting of the eMMC filesystem, and setting of environment variables, the QNX IFS image used during boot must be updated. A build file designed to mount and run content from eMMC is included in the PSDKQA releases (j721e-evm-ti-emmc.build). This build generates an IFS image targeted at using the eMMC, as part of the PSDKQA build process. The IFS file can be used as below:

a. If using SPL SD boot:

• • copy ${PSDKRA_PATH}/psdkqa/qnx/bsp/images/ifs-j721e-evm-ti-emmc.raw to /media/<USERNAME>/boot/qnx-ifs-spl
  • On the next boot the eMMC should automatically mount and binaries/libraries will be invoked from /emmc filesystem.

b. If using SBL SD boot:

• • copy the ${PSDKRA_PATH}/psdkqa/qnx/bsp/images/ifs-j721e-evm-ti-emmc.raw to ${PSDKRA_PATH}/psdkqa/bootfs/QNX-IFS, immediately prior to running the “make sbl_bootimage” step at http://software-dl.ti.com/jacinto7/esd/processor-sdk-rtos-jacinto7/latest/exports/docs/vision_apps/docs/user_guide/RUN_INSTRUCTIONS.html#run_step_copy_files_qnx_b
  • Once the OSPI has been flashed, on the next boot the eMMC should automatically mount and all binaries not part of /proc/boot, will be invoked from "/emmc".

c. If using SBL OSPI boot:

• • copy the ${PSDKRA_PATH}/psdkqa/qnx/bsp/images/ifs-j721-emv-ti-emmc.raw to ${PSDKRA_PATH}/psdkqa/bootfs/QNX-IFS, prior to running the “make sbl_bootimage” step at http://software-dl.ti.com/jacinto7/esd/processor-sdk-rtos-jacinto7/latest/exports/docs/vision_apps/docs/user_guide/RUN_INSTRUCTIONS.html#run_step_copy_files_qnx_c
  • Once the OSPI has been flashed, on the next boot the eMMC should automatically mount and all binaries not part of /proc/boot, will be invoked from "/emmc".