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diff --git a/docs/2_Hardware_Support/Renesas_Gen3_Boards /1_meta-rcar-gen3_Layer.md b/docs/2_Hardware_Support/Renesas_Gen3_Boards /1_meta-rcar-gen3_Layer.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbbcedf --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/2_Hardware_Support/Renesas_Gen3_Boards /1_meta-rcar-gen3_Layer.md @@ -0,0 +1,242 @@ +--- +edit_link: '' +title: meta-rcar-gen3 Layer +origin_url: >- + https://git.automotivelinux.org/AGL/meta-renesas-rcar-gen3/plain/meta-rcar-gen3/README.md?h=master +--- + +<!-- WARNING: This file is generated by fetch_docs.js using /home/boron/Documents/AGL/docs-webtemplate/site/_data/tocs/hardware/master/renesas-gen3-boards-docs-book.yml --> + +# meta-rcar-gen3 + + +This layer provides the support for the evaluation board mounted ARM SoCs of +Renesas Electronics, called the R-Car Generation 3. + +Currently, this supports boards and the SoCs of the following: + +```bash + - Board: Salvator-X / SoC: R8A7795 (R-Car H3), R8A7796 (R-Car M3), R8A77965 (R-Car M3N) + - Board: R-Car Starter Kit premier(H3ULCB) / SoC: R8A7795 (R-Car H3) + - Board: R-Car Starter Kit pro(M3ULCB) / SoC: R8A7796 (R-Car M3) + - Board: R-Car Starter Kit pro(M3NULCB) / SoC: R8A77965 (R-Car M3N) + - Board: Ebisu / SoC: R8A77990 (R-Car E3) +``` + +## Branch Policy + + +* This is Community Yocto BSP to follow Yocto/Poky releases. + +* It is not supported to the level of the Customer Yocto BSP. + +## Tag Policy + + +* Releases are created from the respective working branch. + +* After a Customer Yocto BSP version releases, the Community Yocto BSP will be +rebased and released accordingly. + +* dunfell-X: + + * The versions used on dunfell (Yocto Project 3.1) will start on + dunfell-Yocto-v3.21.0 to keep the major version numbers in sync. + +## Contribution + + +* Please submit any patches for this layer to: takamitsu.honda.pv@renesas.com + +* Please see the MAINTAINERS file for more details. + +## Layer Dependencies + + +This layer depends on: + +* poky + +```bash + URI: git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky + layers: meta, meta-poky, meta-yocto-bsp + branch: dunfell +``` + +* meta-openembedded + +```bash + URI: git://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded + layers: meta-oe, meta-python + branch: dunfell +``` + +## Build Instructions + + +The following instructions require a Poky installation (or equivalent). + +* This also needs git user name and email defined: + +```bash + $ git config --global user.email "you@example.com" + $ git config --global user.name "Your Name" +``` + +* Initialize a build using the 'oe-init-build-env' script in Poky. e.g.: + +```bash + $ source poky/oe-init-build-env +``` + +* After that, initialized configure bblayers.conf by adding meta-rcar-gen3 layer. +e.g.: + +```bash + BBLAYERS ?= " \ + <path to layer>/poky/meta \ + <path to layer>/poky/meta-poky \ + <path to layer>/poky/meta-yocto-bsp \ + <path to layer>/meta-renesas/meta-rcar-gen3 \ + <path to layer>/meta-openembedded/meta-python \ + <path to layer>/meta-openembedded/meta-oe \ + " +``` + +* To build a specific target BSP, configure the associated machine in local.conf: + +```bash + MACHINE ??= "<supported board name>" +``` + +Board|MACHINE +-----|------- +Salvator-X/XS|MACHINE="salvator-x" +Ebisu|MACHINE="ebisu" +Starter Kit Pro (M3ULCB)|MACHINE="m3ulcb" +Starter Kit Pro (M3NULCB)|MACHINE="m3nulcb" +Starter Kit Premier (H3ULCB)|MACHINE="h3ulcb" + +* Select the SOC + + * For H3: r8a7795 + + ```bash + SOC_FAMILY = "r8a7795" + ``` + + * For M3: r8a7796 + + ```bash + SOC_FAMILY = "r8a7796" + ``` + + * For M3N: r8a77965 + + ```bash + SOC_FAMILY = "r8a77965" + ``` + + * For E3: r8a77990 + + ```bash + # Already added in machine config: ebisu.conf + SOC_FAMILY = "r8a77990" + ``` + +* Configure for systemd init in local.conf: + +```bash + DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd" + VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd" +``` + +* Configure for ivi-shell and ivi-extension + +```bash + DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " ivi-shell" +``` + +* Configure for USB 3.0 + +```bash + MACHINE_FEATURES_append = " usb3" +``` + +* Enable tuning support for Capacity Aware migration Strategy (CAS) + +```bash + MACHINE_FEATURES_append = " cas" +``` + +* For a list of sample local.conf file, please refer to: [docs/sample/conf/](docs/sample/conf/) + +* Build the target file system image using bitbake: + +```bash + $ bitbake core-image-minimal +``` + +After completing the images for the target machine will be available in the +output directory 'tmp/deploy/images/<supported board name>'. + +Images generated: + +* Image (generic Linux Kernel binary image file) + +* \<SoC\>-\<machine name\>.dtb (DTB for target machine) + +* core-image-minimal-\<machine name\>.tar.bz2 (rootfs tar+bzip2) + +* core-image-minimal-\<machine name\>.ext4 (rootfs ext4 format) + +## Build Instructions for SDK + + +NOTE: + +**This may be changed in the near feature. These instructions are tentative.** + +Should define the staticdev in SDK image feature for installing the static libs +to SDK in local.conf. + +```bash + SDKIMAGE_FEATURES_append = " staticdev-pkgs" +``` + +### For 64-bit target SDK (aarch64) + + +Use `bitbake -c populate_sdk` for generating the toolchain SDK + +```bash + $ bitbake core-image-minimal -c populate_sdk +``` + +The SDK can be found in the output directory `tmp/deploy/sdk` + +* `poky-glibc-x86_64-core-image-minimal-aarch64-toolchain-x.x.sh` + +### Usage of toolchain SDK + + +Install the SDK to the default: `/opt/poky/x.x` + +* For 64-bit target SDK + +```bash + $ sh poky-glibc-x86_64-core-image-minimal-aarch64-toolchain-x.x.sh +``` + +* For 64-bit application, using environment script in `/opt/poky/x.x` + +```bash + $ source /opt/poky/x.x/environment-setup-aarch64-poky-linux +``` + +## R-Car Generation 3 Information + + +Refer to the following for more information from eLinux website + +https://elinux.org/R-Car |