TS-4100 Kernel Compile Guide

Compiling the kernel requires an armhf toolchain. We recommend development under Debian which includes an armhf compiler in the repositories.

On a Debian host PC:

su root

apt-get install curl git build-essential lzop u-boot-tools libncursesw5-dev
echo "deb http://emdebian.org/tools/debian jessie main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/emdebian.list
curl http://emdebian.org/tools/debian/emdebian-toolchain-archive.key | apt-key add -
dpkg --add-architecture armhf
apt-get update
apt-get install crossbuild-essential-armhf

For Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install crossbuild-essential-armhf git build-essential lzop u-boot-tools libncursesw5-dev

Once those are installed:

git clone https://github.com/embeddedarm/linux-tsimx
cd linux-tsimx
git checkout ts-imx_4.1.15_2.0.0_ga

# These next commands set up some necessary environment variables
export ARCH=arm
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
export LOADADDR=0x80800000

# This sets up the default configuration that we ship with
make ts4100_defconfig

## Make any changes in "make menuconfig" or driver modifications, then compile
make && make zImage && make uImage

To install this to a board you would use a USB SD reader and plug in the card. Assuming your Linux rootfs is all on "sdc1":

export DEV=/dev/sdc1
sudo mount "$DEV" /mnt/sd
sudo rm /mnt/sd/boot/zImage
sudo cp arch/arm/boot/zImage  /mnt/sd/boot/zImage
sudo cp arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6*ts*.dtb /mnt/sd/boot/
INSTALL_MOD_PATH="/mnt/sd" sudo -E make modules_install 
INSTALL_HDR_PATH="/mnt/sd" sudo -E make headers_install
sudo umount /mnt/sd/
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