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[[Category:iMX6 Rex Development kit]]
[[Category:iMX6 Rex Pro]]
[[Category:Android]]

<div style="float:right">__TOC__</div>
Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google.<br /><br />

This document describes installation procedure for binary Freescale Android 7.1 image.
Supported peripheral:
* iMX6 Rex Pro Module
* HDMI/LVDS output
* USB flash as external storage
* SD card as external storage
* Video playback
* Audio playback
* WiFi
* Ethernet

== Android 7.1 ==
=== Install Prerequisites ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo apt-get install uuid uuid-dev
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev liblz-dev
sudo apt-get install liblzo2-2 liblzo2-dev
sudo apt-get install lzop
sudo apt-get install git-core curl
sudo apt-get install u-boot-tools
sudo apt-get install mtd-utils
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fsutils
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
</syntaxhighlight>

=== Source code ===
Downloadable files needed during the building:
* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/sources/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_docs.tar.gz Documentation] for Android provided by NXP

* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/sources/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source.tar.gz Source code] with patches provided by NXP

* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/sources/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac.tar.gz Voipac patches] that add support for TinyRex boards

==== Applying Voipac patches ====
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
tar xvzf android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac.tar.gz -C ~/workdir/imx6/android/

cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/a711-rex/device/
tar xvzf ~/workdir/imx6/android/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac/device_vpac-proprietary_voipac.tar.gz -C .

cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/a711-rex/device/fsl/
git apply ~/workdir/imx6/android/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac/device_fsl_voipac.patch

cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/a711-rex/bootable/bootloader/uboot-imx
git apply ~/workdir/imx6/android/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac/bootable_bootloader_uboot-imx_voipac.patch

cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/a711-rex/kernel_imx
git apply ~/workdir/imx6/android/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac/kernel_imx_voipac.patch

cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/a711-rex/hardware/imx
git apply ~/workdir/imx6/android/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac/hardware_imx_voipac.patch

cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/a711-rex/hardware/broadcom/wlan
git apply ~/workdir/imx6/android/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac/hardware_broadcom_wlan_voipac.patch
</syntaxhighlight>

==== Build name options ====
* imx6tinyrex - iMX6 TinyRex Module PRO/MAX/MAX4G/ULTRA
* imx6rex - iMX6 Rex Module PRO/ULTRA
* imx6openrex - iMX6 OpenRex SBC MAX/MAX4G/ULTRA

==== Build type options ====
* user - Production ready image, no debug
* userdebug - Provides image with root access and debug, similar to "user"
* eng - Development image with debug tools

==== Building commands ====
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/a711-rex
source build/envsetup.sh

lunch imx6tinyrex-userdebug
make 2>&1 | tee build-log-imx6tr.txt

lunch imx6rex-userdebug
make 2>&1 | tee build-log-imx6r.txt

lunch imx6openrex-userdebug
make 2>&1 | tee build-log-imx6or.txt
</syntaxhighlight>

Compiled files are stored in the ouput directory:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/a711-rexout/
ls -la out/target/product/

drwxrwxr-x 6 user user 4096 7 24 07:19 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 user user 4096 8 30 2017 ..
drwxrwxr-x 11 user user 4096 8 22 21:34 imx6openrex
drwxrwxr-x 11 user user 4096 7 28 20:19 imx6rex
drwxrwxr-x 11 user user 4096 6 18 2017 imx6tinyrex
drwxrwxr-x 11 user user 4096 5 1 2017 sabresd_6dq
</syntaxhighlight>

=== Binary files ===
Official Voipac Android files can be found in [http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/binaries downloads section].

=== Preparing SD card ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
mkdir -pv ~/workdir/imx6/android/bin/7_1/rex
cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/bin/7_1/rex
wget -r -nH -nd -np -R index.html* http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/binaries
chmod a+x vpac-sdcard-partition.sh
</syntaxhighlight>

==== SD card partition layout ====
This will be the final SD card partitioning layout at the end of installation procedure:

{| class="wikitable"
! Partition type/index !! Name !! Start offset !! Size !! File system !! Content
|-
| N/A|| BOOT Loader|| 1 KB|| 1 MB|| N/A|| bootloader
|-
| Primary 1|| Boot|| 8 MB|| 32 MB|| boot.img format, kernel + ramdisk|| boot.img
|-
| Primary 2|| Recovery|| Follow Boot|| 32 MB|| boot.img format, kernel + ramdisk|| recovery.img
|-
| Logic 5 (Extended 3)|| SYSTEM|| Follow Recovery|| 1536 MB|| EXT4. Mount as /system|| system.img (Android system files under /system/ dir)
|-
| Logic 6 (Extended 3)|| CACHE|| Follow SYSTEM|| 512 MB|| EXT4. Mount as /cache || Android cache for image store of OTA
|-
| Logic 7 (Extended 3)|| Device|| Follow CACHE|| 8 MB|| EXT4. Mount as /vender|| To Store MAC address files
|-
| Logic 8 (Extended 3)|| Misc|| Follow Device|| 6 MB|| N/A|| For recovery store bootloader message, reserve
|-
| Logic 9 (Extended 3)|| DATAFOOTER|| Follow Misc|| 2 MB|| N/A|| For crypto footer of DATA partition encryption bootloader message, reserve
|-
| Primary 4|| DATA|| Follow Misc|| Total - Other images|| EXT4. Mount at /data|| Application data storage for the system application and for internal media partition in /mnt/sdcard/ dir
|}

==== Creating SD card ====
Based on the location where the SD card has been mounted alter and use one of these commands:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo ./vpac-sdcard-partition.sh -f imx6rex pro /dev/mmcblkX
</syntaxhighlight>
or
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo ./vpac-sdcard-partition.sh -f imx6rex pro /dev/sdX
</syntaxhighlight>

=== Setup ===
==== Bootloader ====
Android bootloader is stored at SD card and directly executed. Linux bootloader stored in SPI Flash must be configuration to chainload Android bootloader.

=== Chainloading SD card bootloader ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
setenv bootcmd "bmode esdhc3"
saveenv
reset
</syntaxhighlight>

==== Setting HDMI video output ====
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
setenv bootargs "console=ttymxc0,115200 init=/init video=mxcfb0:dev=hdmi,if=RGB24,bpp=32 video=mxcfb1:off vmalloc=128M androidboot.console=ttymxc0 consoleblank=0 androidboot.hardware=freescale cma=320M"
saveenv
</syntaxhighlight>

==== Setting LVDS video output ====
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
setenv bootargs "console=ttymxc0,115200 init=/init video=mxcfb0:dev=ldb,edt570,if=RGB666 video=mxcfb1:off vmalloc=128M androidboot.console=ttymxc0 consoleblank=0 androidboot.hardware=freescale cma=320M"
saveenv
</syntaxhighlight>

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-[[Category:iMX6 Rex Development kit]]
+[[Category:iMX6 Rex Development Kit]]
 [[Category:iMX6 Rex Pro]]
 [[Category:Android]]
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 === Source code ===
 Downloadable files needed during the building:
-* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/sources/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_docs.tar.gz Documentation] for Android provided by NXP
+* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_Rex_Development_Kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/sources/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_docs.tar.gz Documentation] for Android provided by NXP
-* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/sources/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source.tar.gz Source code] with patches provided by NXP
+* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_Rex_Development_Kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/sources/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source.tar.gz Source code] with patches provided by NXP
-* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/sources/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac.tar.gz Voipac patches] that add support for iMX6 Rex boards
+* [http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_Rex_Development_Kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/sources/android_N7.1.1_1.0.0_source_voipac.tar.gz Voipac patches] that add support for iMX6 Rex boards
 ==== Applying Voipac patches ====
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 === Binary files ===
-Official Voipac Android files can be found in [http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/binaries downloads section].
+Official Voipac Android files can be found in [http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_Kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/binaries downloads section].
 === Preparing SD card ===
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 mkdir -pv ~/workdir/imx6/android/bin/7_1/rex
 cd ~/workdir/imx6/android/bin/7_1/rex
-wget -r -nH -nd -np -R index.html* http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/binaries
+wget -r -nH -nd -np -R index.html* http://downloads.voipac.com/index.php?p=iMX6_Rex_Development_Kit/module/software/android/Android_7_1/binaries
 chmod a+x vpac-sdcard-partition.sh
 </syntaxhighlight>

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 This document describes installation procedure for binary Freescale Android 7.1 image.
-Supported peripheral:
+Supported peripherals on iMX6 Rex Pro Module:
 * HDMI/LVDS output
 * USB flash as external storage

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 === Setup ===
 ==== Bootloader ====
-Android bootloader is stored at SD card and directly executed. Linux bootloader stored in SPI Flash must be configuration to chainload Android bootloader.
+Android bootloader is stored in SD card and directly executed. Linux bootloader stored in SPI Flash must be configuration to chainload Android bootloader.
 === Chainloading SD card bootloader ===

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 ==== Build name options ====
-* imx6tinyrex - iMX6 TinyRex Module PRO/MAX/MAX4G/ULTRA
+* imx6tinyrex - iMX6 TinyRex Module Pro/Max/Max4G/Ultra
-* imx6rex - iMX6 Rex Module PRO/ULTRA
+* imx6rex - iMX6 Rex Module Pro/Ultra
-* imx6openrex - iMX6 OpenRex SBC MAX/MAX4G/ULTRA
+* imx6openrex - iMX6 OpenRex SBC Max/Max4G/Ultra
 ==== Build type options ====