MFGTool DEBIAN-STRETCH

This guide describes how to flash a Debian Stretch Root Filesystem with MFGTool.

  1. Go to our Download Area and download the MfgTool-2018-08.zip (if you don’t have it already).

  2. Also download Mfgtools-TX6-2018-08-DEBIAN-STRETCH.zip.

  3. Unpack the custom folder.

Mfgtools-TX6-2018-08-DEBIAN-STRETCH contains a custom folder which can be copied onto an existing Mfgtools-TX6-2018-08 installation.

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  1. Start MfgToolSetup

Note

Use MfgToolSetup to set up with the options listed below. General instructions how to set up MFGTool are shown at Mfgtool.

Environment

Choose debian.env. This file includes the required environment settings:

append_bootargs=rootfstype=ext4
bootcmd_mmc=setenv autostart no;run bootargs_mmc;ext2load mmc 0 ${kerneladdr} vmlinuz
bootz_cmd=bootz ${kerneladdr} - ${fdtaddr}
bootcmd=run bootcmd_${boot_mode} bootz_cmd
default_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=ttymxc0,115200 rw quiet panic=1 ${append_bootargs}

  • Debian uses ext4 for the rootfs and needs it to be writeable.

  • ${kerneladdr} is automatically added by MfgTool 8MiB below ${loadaddr}

  • bootz is used instead of bootm

DTB

Choose a dtb which matches your module and baseboard:

DTB filename

Used for

imx6q-tx6-nand

TX6Q-1030, TX6Q-1130

imx6q-tx6-emmc

TX6Q-1036

imx6dl-tx6-nand

TX6U-8030/8130, TX6S-8034/8134

imx6dl-tx6-emmc

TX6U-8033/8133, TX6S-8035/8135

imx6qp-tx6-emmc

TX6Q-8037/8137

imx6ul-txul-nand

TXUL-5010

imx6ul-txul-emmc

TXUL-5011

imx6ull-txul-emmc

TXUL-8013

Kernel and kernel modules

Choose the right kernel. The file naming is the same as for DTB above.

Rootfs

Choose: rootfs.tar