iMX6 Rex CFast Card - Revision history

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 * SLC NAND Flash technology
 * storage capacity up to 64GB
-* Built-in Error Correcting Code (ECC) to detect and correct transfer errors
+* Built-in Error Correcting Code (ECC) to detect and correct transfer errors<br /><br />
 '''''Commercial Grade CFast card:'''''<br />

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-[[Category:iMX6 Rex Development kit]]
+[[Category:iMX6 Rex Development Kit]]
 [[Category:iMX6 Rex Peripherals]]
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 <div style="float:right">__TOC__</div>
-iMX6 Rex Development kit supports Compact Flash storage option. These types of devices uses SATA interface.
+iMX6 Rex Development Kit supports Compact Flash storage option. These types of devices uses SATA interface.
 == Info ==
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 <br />'''''Notes:'''''<br />
-* iMX6 Rex Development kit can use SATA disk to story and use filesystem. iMX6 Rex Modules in Pro, Ultra and UltraPlus configurations support SATA interface
+* iMX6 Rex Development Kit can use SATA disk to story and use filesystem. iMX6 Rex Modules in Pro, Ultra and UltraPlus configurations support SATA interface
 * iMX6 Rex Base Board is assembled with SATA signals routed to CFast interface by default
-* Direct boot (e.g. bootloader store) from iMX6 Rex Development kit using CFast interface might not be possible
+* Direct boot (e.g. bootloader store) from iMX6 Rex Development Kit using CFast interface might not be possible
 <br />'''''Device used for testing:'''''<br />
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 == Creating partitions ==
-This procedure assumes CFast card was detected in '''/dev/sda''' on iMX6 Rex Development kit. Sector size is 512 Bytes.
+This procedure assumes CFast card was detected in '''/dev/sda''' on iMX6 Rex Development Kit. Sector size is 512 Bytes.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 root@imx6-rexultra:~# fdisk /dev/sda
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 export XREX_ROOTFS=fsl-image-gui-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}-2.3.ext4.gz
-wget http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/uboot/binaries/${XREX_BOOTLOADER}
+wget http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_Kit/module/software/uboot/binaries/${XREX_BOOTLOADER}
-wget http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/linux/binaries/${XREX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE}
+wget http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_Kit/module/software/linux/binaries/${XREX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE}
-wget http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/linux/binaries/${XREX_KERNEL_DTB}
+wget http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_Kit/module/software/linux/binaries/${XREX_KERNEL_DTB}
-wget http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/yocto/binaries/${XREX_ROOTFS}
+wget http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_Kit/module/software/yocto/binaries/${XREX_ROOTFS}
 sudo dd if=${XREX_BOOTLOADER} of=/dev/sda bs=512 seek=2 conv=fsync
 sudo umount /dev/sda1

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 == Info ==
 '''''Industrial Grade CFast card:'''''<br />
-* Temperature range -40°C to 90°C
+* Temperature range -40°C to +90°C
 * SLC NAND Flash technology
 * storage capacity up to 64GB
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 '''''Commercial Grade CFast card:'''''<br />
-* Temperature range -5°C to 70°C
+* Temperature range -5°C to +70°C
 * MLC NAND Flash technology
 * storage capacity up to 256GB

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 == Bootloader settings ==
-Configuring primary (SPI/SD) bootloader. The default bootloader will chainload SATA bootloader. SATA bootloader is configured to load kernel and device tree from first partition and rootfs from second partition. Changes are applied in uboot environment:
+The board uses SPI Flash memory to store the loading files. The default bootloader will chainload SATA bootloader. SATA bootloader is configured to load kernel and device tree from first partition and rootfs from second partition. Changes are applied in U-Boot environment:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 setenv sataroot '/dev/sda2 rootwait rw'

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 == Info ==
 '''''Industrial Grade CFast card:'''''<br />
-* Temperature range -40°C - 90°C
+* Temperature range -40°C to 90°C
 * SLC NAND Flash technology
 * storage capacity up to 64GB
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 '''''Commercial Grade CFast card:'''''<br />
-* Temperature range -5°C - 70°C
+* Temperature range -5°C to 70°C
 * MLC NAND Flash technology
 * storage capacity up to 256GB

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 sudo mkfs.vfat -n KERNEL /dev/sda1
 mkdir tmpmount
-sudo mount /dev/sdX1 tmpmount
+sudo mount /dev/sda1 tmpmount
 sudo cp -v zImage-imx6-*rex*.bin tmpmount/zImage
 sudo cp -v zImage-imx6-*rex*.dtb tmpmount/imx6-*rex*.dtb

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 == Partition layout ==
-This partition is designed for SATA modules acting as a booting device:
+This partition is designed for CFast cards acting as a booting device:
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Partition type/index!! Name!! Start offset (Sector)!! Size!! File system!! Content