Install Ubuntu 14.04 on i.MX7D-SDB
This document describe the setup detail for ubuntu core on MX7D SDB.
1. Software & Hardware requirements
Hardware: iMX7D SabreSD board, a SD card with 8 GB or larger.
Host OS: Ubuntu 12.04, or 14.04
Software: Gcc, Uboot, (kernel + device-tree dtbs + modules) based on L3.14.38 _6qp,
Ubuntu 14.04 arm core rootfs.
2. Setting the Ubuntu host
Install host dependences:
sudo apt-get install gparted git build-essential libncurses5 wget u-boot-tools
zlib1g-dev ncurses-dev cmake libc-dev-armhf-cross pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf
build-essential checkinstall cmake pkg-config lzop libc6 libstdc++6
Download gcc and extract it:
$ cd ~/
$ wget -c https://releases.linaro.org/14.09/components/toolchain/binaries/gcc-
linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9-2014.09_linux.tar.xz
$ tar xf gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9-2014.09_linux.tar.xz
$ export ARCH=arm
$ export CROSS_COMPILE=../gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9-
2014.09_linux/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-
$ unset LDFLAGS
3. Download u-boot
Download uboot: