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diff --git a/docs/system/arm/imx8mp-evk.rst b/docs/system/arm/imx8mp-evk.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2f7d29 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/arm/imx8mp-evk.rst @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +NXP i.MX 8M Plus Evaluation Kit (``imx8mp-evk``) +================================================ + +The ``imx8mp-evk`` machine models the i.MX 8M Plus Evaluation Kit, based on an +i.MX 8M Plus SoC. + +Supported devices +----------------- + +The ``imx8mp-evk`` machine implements the following devices: + + * Up to 4 Cortex-A53 cores + * Generic Interrupt Controller (GICv3) + * 4 UARTs + * 3 USDHC Storage Controllers + * 1 Designware PCI Express Controller + * 1 Ethernet Controller + * 2 Designware USB 3 Controllers + * 5 GPIO Controllers + * 6 I2C Controllers + * 3 SPI Controllers + * 3 Watchdogs + * 6 General Purpose Timers + * Secure Non-Volatile Storage (SNVS) including an RTC + * Clock Tree + +Boot options +------------ + +The ``imx8mp-evk`` machine can start a Linux kernel directly using the standard +``-kernel`` functionality. + +Direct Linux Kernel Boot +'''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Probably the easiest way to get started with a whole Linux system on the machine +is to generate an image with Buildroot. Version 2024.11.1 is tested at the time +of writing and involves two steps. First run the following commands in the +toplevel directory of the Buildroot source tree: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ make freescale_imx8mpevk_defconfig + $ make + +Once finished successfully there is an ``output/image`` subfolder. Navigate into +it and resize the SD card image to a power of two: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ qemu-img resize sdcard.img 256M + +Now that everything is prepared the machine can be started as follows: + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ qemu-system-aarch64 -M imx8mp-evk -smp 4 -m 3G \ + -display none -serial null -serial stdio \ + -kernel Image \ + -dtb imx8mp-evk.dtb \ + -append "root=/dev/mmcblk2p2" \ + -drive file=sdcard.img,if=sd,bus=2,format=raw,id=mmcblk2 |