Modify, rebuild and reload the Linux® kernel

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1 Overview[edit]

This stage explains how modify, rebuild and reload the Linux® kernel.
You will first be guided to install the Linux® kernel source code in the Developer Package directory. Then step by step you will execute procedures to modify, rebuild and reload the Linux® kernel.

2 Download the the Linux® kernel source code[edit]

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2.1 For ecosystem release v1.2.0 More info.png[edit]
  • Download the STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.2.0 Developer Package Sources to the following directory:
    $HOME/STM32MPU_workspace/STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.2.0/Developer-Package
  • Uncompress the tarball file to get the Linux® kernel tarball, the ST patches and the ST configuration fragments
 cd $HOME/STM32MPU_workspace/STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.2.0/Developer-Package
 tar xvf en.SOURCES-kernel-stm32mp1-openstlinux-20-02-19.tar.xz
2.2 For ecosystem release v1.1.0 More info.png[edit]
  • Download the STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.1.0 Developer Package Sources to the following directory:
    $HOME/STM32MPU_workspace/STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.1.0/Developer-Package
  • Uncompress the tarball file to get the Linux® kernel tarball, the ST patches and the ST configuration fragments
 cd $HOME/STM32MPU_workspace/STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.1.0/Developer-Package
 tar xvf en.SOURCES-kernel-stm32mp1-openstlinux-4.19-thud-mp1-19-10-09.tar.xz
2.3 For ecosystem release v1.0.0 More info.png[edit]
  • Download the STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.0.0 Developer Package Sources to the following directory:
    $HOME/STM32MPU_workspace/STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.0.0/Developer-Package
  • Uncompress the tarball file to get the Linux® kernel tarball, the ST patches and the ST configuration fragments
 cd $HOME/STM32MPU_workspace/STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.0.0/Developer-Package
 tar xvf en.SOURCES-kernel-stm32mp1-openstlinux-4.19-thud-mp1-19-02-20.tar.xz

3 Prepare the Linux® kernel source code[edit]

  • Extract the Linux® kernel source
For ecosystem release v1.2.0 More info.png
 cd stm32mp1-openstlinux-20-02-19/sources/arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi/linux-stm32mp-4.19-r0
 tar xvf linux-4.19.94.tar.xz

For ecosystem release v1.1.0 More info.png
 cd stm32mp1-openstlinux-4.19-thud-mp1-19-10-09/sources/arm-openstlinux_weston-linux-gnueabi/linux-stm32mp-4.19-r0
 tar xvf linux-4.19.49.tar.xz

For ecosystem release v1.0.0 More info.png
 cd stm32mp1-openstlinux-4.19-thud-mp1-19-02-20/sources/arm-openstlinux_weston-linux-gnueabi/linux-stm32mp-4.19-r0
 tar xvf linux-4.19.9.tar.xz


  • Apply the ST patches
 cd linux-4.19.94/ /* For ecosystem release v1.2.0 More info.png */
 cd linux-4.19.49/ /* For ecosystem release v1.1.0 More info.png */ cd linux-4.19.9//*For ecosystem release v1.0.0 More info.png  */

 for p in `ls -1 ../*.patch`; do patch -p1 < $p; done


  • Apply fragments
 make ARCH=arm multi_v7_defconfig "fragment*.config"
 for f in `ls -1 ../fragment*.config`; do scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh -m -r .config $f; done
 yes '' | make ARCH=arm oldconfig

4 Build the Linux® kernel source code for the first time[edit]

Info white.png Information
The first time the kernel is build it could take several minutes.
  • Build kernel images (uImage and vmlinux) and device tree (dtbs)
 make ARCH=arm uImage vmlinux dtbs LOADADDR=0xC2000040
  • Build kernel module
 make ARCH=arm modules
  • Generate output build artifacts
 mkdir -p $PWD/install_artifact/
 make ARCH=arm INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$PWD/install_artifact" modules_install

5 Deploy the Linux® kernel on the board[edit]

5.1 Push the Linux® kernel into the board[edit]

 scp arch/arm/boot/uImage root@<board ip address>:/boot

5.2 Push the devicetree into the board[edit]

 scp arch/arm/boot/dts/stm32mp157*.dtb root@<board ip address>:/boot

5.3 Push the kernel modules into the board[edit]

For ecosystem release v1.2.0 More info.png:

  • Remove the link created inside the install_artifact/lib/modules/4.19.94 directory
 rm install_artifact/lib/modules/4.19.94/build install_artifact/lib/modules/4.19.94/source

For ecosystem release v1.1.0 More info.png:

  • Remove the link created inside the install_artifact/lib/modules/4.19.49 directory
 rm install_artifact/lib/modules/4.19.49/build install_artifact/lib/modules/4.19.49/source

For ecosystem release v1.0.0 More info.png:

  • Remove the link created inside the install_artifact/lib/modules/4.19.9 directory
 rm install_artifact/lib/modules/4.19.9/build install_artifact/lib/modules/4.19.9/source


  • Optionally, strip kernel modules (to reduce the size of each kernel modules)
 find install_artifact/ -name "*.ko" | xargs $STRIP --strip-debug --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note --preserve-dates
  • Copy Kernel modules
 scp -r install_artifact/lib/modules/* root@<ip of board>:/lib/modules
  • Using the Linux console, re-generate the list of module dependencies (modules.dep) and the list of symbols provided by modules (modules.symbols)
 /sbin/depmod -a
  • Synchronize data on disk with memory
 sync

5.4 Reboot the board[edit]

 reboot

6 Modifying a built-in Linux kernel device driver[edit]

This simple example adds unconditional log information when the display driver is probed.

  • Using the Linux console, check that there is no log information when the display driver is probed
 dmesg | grep -i stm_drm_platform_probe
  • Go to the Linux® kernel source directory
For ecosystem release v1.2.0 More info.png:
 cd $HOME/STM32MPU_workspace/STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.2.0/Developer-Package/stm32mp1-openstlinux-20-02-19/sources/arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi/linux-stm32mp-4.19-r0/linux-4.19.94

For ecosystem release v1.1.0 More info.png:
 cd $HOME/STM32MPU_workspace/STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.1.0/Developer-Package/stm32mp1-openstlinux-4.19-thud-mp1-19-10-09/sources/arm-openstlinux_weston-linux-gnueabi/linux-stm32mp-4.19-r0/linux-4.19.49

For ecosystem release v1.0.0 More info.png:
 cd $HOME/STM32MPU_workspace/STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.0.0/Developer-Package/stm32mp1-openstlinux-4.19-thud-mp1-19-02-20/sources/arm-openstlinux_weston-linux-gnueabi/linux-stm32mp-4.19- r0/linux-4.19.9
  • Edit the ./drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c source file
  • Add a log information in the stm_drm_platform_probe function as follow
static int stm_drm_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
	struct drm_device *ddev;
	int ret;
	[...]

	DRM_INFO("Simple example - %s\n", __func__);

	return 0;
	[...]
}
  • Save the file
  • Rebuitd the Linux® kernel
 make uImage LOADADDR=0xC2000040
  • Update the Linux kernel image into board
 scp arch/arm/boot/uImage root@<board ip address>:/boot
  • Reboot the board
 reboot
  • Check that there is now log information when the display driver is probed
 dmesg | grep -i stm_drm_platform_probe
[    2.764080] [drm] Simple example - stm_drm_platform_probe



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