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# Deploy the kernel on your target

The linux partition contains the following elements:

- The kernel binary (uImage or zImage, depending on the platform).
- Several device tree blobs for each SOM and carrier board variant.

A U-Boot bootscript to boot the system. The main purpose of the bootscript is to select the appropriate device tree blob depending on the detected SOM variant and carrier board. This element is provided by the bootloader Yocto recipe, not the kernel.

The linux partition is formatted with a different file system depending on the storage media:

Media | File system
--- | ---
microSD | FAT
eMMC | FAT
NAND flash | UBIFS

To list the contents of the linux partition on MMC media, run ls mmc x:y in the U-Boot console where x is the device index (starting at 0) and y is the partition index (starting at 1). For example, on the ConnectCore 6:

    => ls mmc 0:1
      5182488   uimage-ccimx6sbc.bin
        43933   uimage-imx6dl-ccimx6sbc.dtb
        44112   uimage-imx6dl-ccimx6sbc-w.dtb
        44199   uimage-imx6dl-ccimx6sbc-wb.dtb
        45372   uimage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc.dtb
        45547   uimage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-w.dtb
        45634   uimage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-wb.dtb
        45830   uimage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-wb-ldo-bypass.dtb
        45634   uimage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-id129.dtb
        45642   uimage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-id130.dtb
        44271   uimage-imx6dl-ccimx6sbc-id131.dtb
         2042   boot.scr

    12 file(s), 0 dir(s)

For FAT partitions, you can use the updatefile command to update the kernel or the device tree blobs.

To update the files from userspace, mount the linux partition:

- For systems using eMMC, mount the /dev/mmcblk0p1 device as a vfat file system:

>     root@ccimx6sbc:~# mkdir /mnt/linux
>     root@ccimx6sbc:~# mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/linux
>     root@ccimx6sbc:~# ls -l /mnt/linux
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          2042 May 10  2017 boot.scr
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       5182568 May 10  2017 uImage-ccimx6sbc.bin
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         44295 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6dl-ccimx6sbc-id131.dtb
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         44136 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6dl-ccimx6sbc-w.dtb
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         44223 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6dl-ccimx6sbc-wb.dtb
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         43957 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6dl-ccimx6sbc.dtb
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         45658 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-id129.dtb
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         45666 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-id130.dtb
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         45571 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-w.dtb
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         45854 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-wb-ldo-bypass.dtb
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         45658 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc-wb.dtb
>     -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         45396 May 10  2017 uImage-imx6q-ccimx6sbc.dtb

> On the ConnectCore 6, the linux partition is automatically mounted to /mnt/linux, but as a read-only filesystem. To be able to write on the partition, remount it read/write with mount -o remount,rw /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/linux.

- For systems using a NAND flash, mount the /dev/ubi0_0 device as a ubifs file system:

    root@ccimx6ulstarter:~# mkdir /mnt/linux
    root@ccimx6ulstarter:~# mount -t ubifs /dev/ubi0_0 /mnt/linux/
    root@ccimx6ulstarter:~# ls /mnt/linux/ -l
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 648 Sep 8 2016 boot.scr
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 5939232 Sep 8 2016 zImage-ccimx6ulstarter.bin
    -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 29496 Sep 8 2016 zImage-imx6ul-ccimx6ulstarter-id129.dtb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 29496 Sep 8 2016 zImage-imx6ul-ccimx6ulstarter-wb.dtb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 28852 Sep 8 2016 zImage-imx6ul-ccimx6ulstarter.dtb

From your development machine, you can now copy the files to the target via ssh. For example, for the ConnectCore 6UL SBC Express/Pro:

    scp zImage root@<cc6ul-ip>:/mnt/linux/zImage-ccimx6ulstarter.bin

When building from Yocto, all the elements are packaged together in a single file:

- dey-image-qt-x11-ccimx6sbc.boot.vfat or similar on the ConnectCore 6.
- dey-image-qt-x11-ccimx6qpsbc.boot.vfat or similar on the ConnectCore 6 Plus.
- dey-image-qt-x11-ccimx6ulsbc.boot.ubifs or similar on the ConnectCore 6UL SBC Pro.
- core-image-base-ccimx6ulstarter.boot.ubifs or similar on the ConnectCore 6UL SBC Express.

To update the entire linux partition, save the image file to your TFTP server and use the update command in U-Boot:

    => update linux tftp <filename>

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Deploy the kernel on your target updated on 22 January 2018 02:43:38 PM