iMX6 TinyRex SATA - Revision history

Voipac at 06:04, 17 April 2026

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Voipac at 06:02, 17 April 2026

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Voipac at 22:19, 23 October 2021

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Voipac at 06:22, 26 April 2021

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Voipac at 17:19, 1 April 2021

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Voipac at 17:08, 1 April 2021

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Voipac at 02:51, 27 March 2021

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Voipac at 11:01, 15 March 2021

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Voipac at 09:16, 15 March 2021

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Voipac at 19:51, 14 March 2021

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 * Mean Time Between Failures exceeding 1000000 hours
 * supports wear leveling, SMART and power failure management for data integrity<br /><br />
-[[image:Pcam-5C.png|800px]]<br />
+[[image:iMX6_TinyRex_with_SATA_drive.jpg|800px]]<br />
 Although multiple disk on modules can be utilized, iMX6 Rex SATA Disk Module was handpicked as an excellent choice in terms of physical size, power consumption and reliability:

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 * available in extended temperature range
 * Mean Time Between Failures exceeding 1000000 hours
-* supports wear levelling, SMART and power failure management for data integrity<br /><br />
+* supports wear leveling, SMART and power failure management for data integrity<br /><br />
-Although multiple disk on modules can be utilised, iMX6 Rex SATA Disk Module was handpicked as an excellent choice in terms of physical size, power consumption and reliability:
+Although multiple disk on modules can be utilized, iMX6 Rex SATA Disk Module was handpicked as an excellent choice in terms of physical size, power consumption and reliability:
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 !Voipac designation !! Manufacturer !! Model !! Capacity !! Flash type

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-[[Category:iMX6 TinyRex Development kit]]
+[[Category:iMX6 TinyRex Development Kit]]
 [[Category:iMX6 TinyRex Peripherals]]
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 == Creating partitions ==
-'''/dev/sdX''' represent SATA module node which is usually '''/dev/sda''' on iMX6 TinyRex Development kit. Sector size is 512 Bytes.
+'''/dev/sdX''' represent SATA module node which is usually '''/dev/sda''' on iMX6 TinyRex Development Kit. Sector size is 512 Bytes.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 root@imx6-tinyrexultra:~# umount /dev/sdX*
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 export XREX_ROOTFS=fsl-image-gui-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}-2.4.ext4.gz
-wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_Development_kit/module/software/uboot/binaries/${XREX_BOOTLOADER}
+wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_Development_Kit/module/software/uboot/binaries/${XREX_BOOTLOADER}
-wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_Development_kit/module/software/linux/binaries/${XREX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE}
+wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_Development_Kit/module/software/linux/binaries/${XREX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE}
-wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_Development_kit/module/software/linux/binaries/${XREX_KERNEL_DTB}
+wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_Development_Kit/module/software/linux/binaries/${XREX_KERNEL_DTB}
-wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_Development_kit/module/software/yocto/binaries/${XREX_ROOTFS}
+wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_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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 <br />'''''Boot sequence:'''''
-* ROM bootloader loads and execute primary bootloader based on efuses configuration (SPI/SD)
+* ROM bootloader loads and execute primary bootloader based on eFuses configuration (SPI/SD)
 * Primary bootloader (SPI/SD) with set i.MX6 register to overwrite primary boot device and will reset SOC
 * ROM bootloader will load and execute bootloader from newly configured boot device (SATA)

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 </syntaxhighlight>
-=== Downloading and copying files over internet ===
+=== Downloading and copying files over Internet ===
 <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 export XREX_CONFIGURATION=tinyrexultra

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 ! Partition type/index!! Name!! Start offset (Sector)!! Size!! File system!! Content
 |-
-| N/A|| BOOT Loader|| 1 KB (2)|| 1 MB|| N/A|| u-boot-imx6-*rex*sata-2.3.imx
+| N/A|| BOOT Loader|| 1 KB (2)|| 1 MB|| N/A|| u-boot-imx6-*rex*sata-2.4.imx
 |-
-| Primary 1|| Kernel|| 8 MB (16384)|| 32 MB|| VFAT|| zImage-imx6-*rex*-2.3.bin,zImage-imx6-*rex*-2.3.dtb
+| Primary 1|| Kernel|| 8 MB (16384)|| 32 MB|| VFAT|| zImage-imx6-*rex*-2.4.bin,zImage-imx6-*rex*-2.4.dtb
 |-
-| Primary 2|| Rootfs|| Follow Kernel|| - || EXT4|| fsl-image-gui-imx6-*rex*-2.3.ext4.gz
+| Primary 2|| Rootfs|| Follow Kernel|| - || EXT4|| fsl-image-gui-imx6-*rex*-2.4.ext4.gz
 |}
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 #export XREX_CONFIGURATION=rexultra
 #export XREX_CONFIGURATION=openrexultra
-export XREX_BOOTLOADER=u-boot-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}sata-2.3.imx
+export XREX_BOOTLOADER=u-boot-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}sata-2.4.imx
-export XREX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=zImage-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}-2.3.bin
+export XREX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=zImage-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}-2.4.bin
-export XREX_KERNEL_DTB=zImage-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}-2.3.dtb
+export XREX_KERNEL_DTB=zImage-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}-2.4.dtb
-export XREX_ROOTFS=fsl-image-gui-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}-2.3.ext4.gz
+export XREX_ROOTFS=fsl-image-gui-imx6-${XREX_CONFIGURATION}-2.4.ext4.gz
 wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_Development_kit/module/software/uboot/binaries/${XREX_BOOTLOADER}

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 SATA disk modules provides reliable storage. There are multiple benefits for using them:
-* iMX6 TinyRex can use SATA disk to store bootloader and boot directly from. iMX6 TinyRex Modules in Pro, Max, Ultra and UltraPlus configuration support SATA interface
+* iMX6 TinyRex can use SATA disk to store bootloader and boot directly from. iMX6 TinyRex Modules in Pro, Max, Ultra and UltraPlus configurations support SATA interface
 * sizeable capacity
 * available in extended temperature range

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 CPU: ARMv7 Processor [412fc09a] revision 10 (ARMv7), cr=10c53c7d
 CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing instruction cache
-Machine model: Fedevel i.MX6 QuadPlus TinyREX Board
+Machine model: Fedevel iMX6 QuadPlus TinyREX Board
 Reserved memory: created CMA memory pool at 0x2a000000, size 320 MiB
 Reserved memory: initialized node linux,cma, compatible id shared-dma-pool

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 == Performance comparison ==
-In the table below the speed difference between SD card and SATA module are listed. The test was performed using flexible I/O tester:
+The transfer speed differences between SD card and SATA module are listed in the table below . The test was performed using flexible I/O tester:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
 fio --loops=5 --size=100m --filename=/home/root/fiotest.tmp --stonewall --ioengine=libaio --direct=1 \