Subpart - STM32MP1 - Starter Package

Applicable for

STM32MP15x lines, STM32MP13x lines

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1. Article purpose

This article gathers the information that applies to any STM32MP1 board.

Warning

To start efficiently the board, it's recommended to go through the Starter Package article relative to your board: Category:Starter Package

That's the reason why the steps 2, 3 and 6 referenced in this article depend on the considered board:

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• For STM32MP13x lines 

• Step 2 is either STM32MP13 Discovery kits - Starter Package#step2
• Step 3 is either STM32MP13 Discovery kits - Starter Package#step3
• Step 6 is either STM32MP13 Discovery kits - Starter Package#step6

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• For STM32MP15x lines 

• Step 2 is either STM32MP15 Evaluation boards - Starter Package#step2 or STM32MP15 Discovery kits - Starter Package#step2
• Step 3 is either STM32MP15 Evaluation boards - Starter Package#step3 or STM32MP15 Discovery kits - Starter Package#step3
• Step 6 is either STM32MP15 Evaluation boards - Starter Package#step6 or STM32MP15 Discovery kits - Starter Package#step6

2. Checking the boot sequence

Assuming you have performed the optional step 6 above, the information (coming successively from the TF-A, OP-TEE OS, U-Boot and the Linux operating system that is booting on the board), should be displayed on the host PC Terminal.

Information

The information displayed below might differ from that on your own application, and should just be considered as an example.

First information scrolled on the remote Terminal during boot

Last information scrolled on the remote Terminal during boot

In parallel, a U-Boot splash screen picture is displayed on the DSI display (if one is connected to the board).

A user space graphical boot splash screen (PSplash) picture is then briefly displayed on the HDMI monitor if one is connected to the board, or otherwise on the DSI display (if one is connected to the board).

When the boot process is complete, the launcher application is shown on the HDMI monitor if one is connected to the board, or otherwise on the DSI display (if one is connected to the board).

More detail about this launcher application in GTK demo launcher page.

3. Mouse, keyboard and Ethernet hot-plugs

Let's assume that the optional step 2 and step 3 were not achieved when setting up the system above.

When connecting a USB mouse, the following information is displayed by the Terminal program:

[  926.786326] usb 2-1.1: new low-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-platform
[  926.961413] input: Logitech Optical USB Mouse as /devices/platform/soc/5800d000.usbh-ehci/usb2/2-1/2-1.1/2-1.1:1.0/0003:046D:C016.0001/input/input2
[  926.975098] hid-generic 0003:046D:C016.0001: input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech Optical USB Mouse] on usb-5800d000.usbh-ehci-1.1/input0

When connecting a USB keyboard, the following information is displayed by the Terminal program:

[ 1009.026567] usb 2-1.3: new low-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-platform
[ 1009.193990] input: Dell Dell USB Keyboard as /devices/platform/soc/5800d000.usbh-ehci/usb2/2-1/2-1.3/2-1.3:1.0/0003:413C:2003.0002/input/input3
[ 1009.280101] hid-generic 0003:413C:2003.0002: input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Dell Dell USB Keyboard] on usb-5800d000.usbh-ehci-1.3/input0

When connecting an Ethernet cable, the following information is displayed by the Terminal program:

[ 1215.356377] stm32-dwmac 5800a000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 1215.363377] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 1215.391068] Link is Up - 1000/Half

or on STM32MP13x lines  for the second Ethernet interface

[  117.370989] stm32-dwmac 5800e000.eth2 eth1: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[  117.377950] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready

4. Remote and local Terminal programs

As already explained in the step 6 above, a remote Terminal program can be installed and configured on your host PC in order to communicate with the board through a serial link or an Ethernet link: see How to get Terminal.

The remote Terminal on your host PC can be used to enter command lines, as shown below with the ifconfig command to query the network interface parameters:

Example of command (ifconfig) executed on the remote Terminal program

A local Terminal program can be launched directly on the board. Click on the small icon at the top left corner of the display (see the red arrow on the figure below):

Icon to launch a local Terminal program

Wayland Terminal program

Then the on-board Wayland Terminal can be used to directly enter command lines as shown below, still with the ip addr command to query the network interface parameters:

Example of command (ip addr) executed on the Wayland Terminal program

Consequently, unless an explicit restriction is mentioned, command lines can be run from both Terminals.

Note: in this article, any command executed on the board (through the remote Terminal or the Wayland Terminal) starts with , while any command executed on the host PC starts with .

5. Executing basic commands

Information

The outputs of the commands executed below are examples; the outputs obtained might differ.

5.1. Having a look at the OpenSTLinux directory structure

The directory structure and directory contents in the OpenSTLinux distribution is standard. Some details are available in the OpenSTLinux directory structure article.

5.2. Identifying the software running on board

Information

Obviously, what you obtain might differ from what is displayed on the Output example column.

5.2.1. For ecosystem release v4.1.0

Software	How to get its version	Output example
TF-A	TF-A Version number	NOTICE: BL2: v2.6-stm32mp1-r2.0(debug):v2.6-dirty
U-Boot	See the version displayed in the console	2021.10-stm32mp-r2 [...]
Linux kernel	cat /proc/version	Linux version 5.15.67 (xxxx@yyyy) (arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 11.3.0 ) [...]
GCC	cat /proc/version	Linux version 5.15.67 (xxxx@yyyy) (arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 11.3.0) [...]
Yocto Project	grep DISTRO_CODENAME /etc/build	DISTRO_CODENAME = kirkstone
Weston	weston --version	weston 10.0.2
GStreamer	gst-play-1.0 --version	GStreamer 1.20.3
GPU (only on STM32MP15x lines )	cat /sys/kernel/debug/gc/version	6.4.9.436021 built [...]

5.2.2. For ecosystem release v4.0.0

Software	How to get its version	Output example
TF-A	TF-A Version number	NOTICE: BL2: v2.6-stm32mp1-r1.0(debug):v2.6-dirty
U-Boot	See the version displayed in the console	2021.10-stm32mp-r1 [...]
Linux kernel	cat /proc/version	Linux version 5.15.24 (xxxx@yyyy) (arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0 ) [...]
GCC	cat /proc/version	Linux version 5.15.24 (xxxx@yyyy) (arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0) [...]
Yocto Project	grep DISTRO_CODENAME /etc/build	DISTRO_CODENAME = kirkstone
Weston	weston --version	weston 10.0.0
GStreamer	gst-play-1.0 --version	GStreamer 1.20.1
GPU (only on STM32MP15x lines )	cat /sys/kernel/debug/gc/version	6.4.7.365873 built [...]

5.3. Configuration tips

• Configure the keyboard layout (qwerty, azerty...)

5.4. Getting board IP address

Prerequisite: your board is connected to your local network through the Ethernet connector (see step 3).

• Get the IP address of your board with the ip Linux command line (recommended method):

 ip addr show eth0                                                                           
3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet xx.xx.xx.xx/xx brd xx.xx.xx.xx scope global dynamic eth0
       valid_lft 159045sec preferred_lft 159045sec
    inet6 xxxx::xx:xx:xx:xx/xx scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

• Get the IP address of your board with the ifconfig Linux command line (a deprecated but well-known command):

 ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:xx.xx.xx.xx  Bcast:xx.xx.xx.xx  Mask:255.255.252.0
          inet6 addr: xxxx::xx:xx:xx:xx/xx Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2619 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1311 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:353250 (344.9 KiB)  TX bytes:118305 (115.5 KiB)
          Interrupt:247

5.5. Copying a file from your host PC to your board (and reciprocally)

• How to transfer a file over network (recommended method)

• How to transfer a file over serial console

5.6. Miscellaneous commands

Information

The outputs of the commands executed below are examples; the outputs that you obtain might differ.

5.6.1. Printing distribution specific information

 cat /etc/os-release 
ID=openstlinux-weston
NAME="ST OpenSTLinux - Weston - (A Yocto Project Based Distro)"
VERSION="4.0.4-openstlinux-5.15-yocto-kirkstone-mp1-v22.11.23 (kirkstone)"
VERSION_ID=4.0.4-openstlinux-5.15-yocto-kirkstone-mp1-v22.11.23
PRETTY_NAME="ST OpenSTLinux - Weston - (A Yocto Project Based Distro) 4.0.4-openstlinux-5.15-yocto-kirkstone-mp1-v22.11.23 (kirkstone)"
DISTRO_CODENAME="kirkstone"

Where:

ID	A lower-case string identifying the operating system
NAME	A string identifying the operating system
VERSION	A string identifying the operating system version, including a release code name
VERSION_ID	A lower case string identifying the operating system version
PRETTY_NAME	A full pretty name of the release

5.6.2. Printing system information

 uname -a
Linux stm32mp1 5.15.67 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 8 10:32:54 UTC 2022 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

Where:

Linux	Kernel name
stm32mp1	Network node hostname
5.15.67	Kernel release
#1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 8 10:32:54 UTC 2022	Kernel version
armv7l	Machine hardware name
GNU/Linux	Operating system

5.6.3. Printing Linux kernel and GCC versions

 cat /proc/version
Linux version 5.15.67 (oe-user@oe-host) (arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 11.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.38.20220708) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 8 10:32:54 UTC 2022

Where:

Linux	Kernel name
version 5.15.67	Kernel release
(xxxx@yyyy)	Person (xxxx) who compiled the kernel, and machine (yyyy) where it happened
(arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 11.3.0 )	Version of the GCC compiler used to compile the kernel
#1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 8 10:32:54 UTC 2022	Kernel version; type of kernel (SMP) and date and time of the kernel compilation

5.6.4. Printing the amount of disk space available on all mounted file systems

 df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs         116M     0  116M   0% /dev
/dev/mmcblk0p10  684M  453M  184M  72% /
tmpfs            195M  176K  195M   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs             78M  8.8M   70M  12% /run
tmpfs            4.0M     0  4.0M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs            195M   16K  195M   1% /tmp
/dev/mmcblk0p8    55M   39M   12M  77% /boot
/dev/mmcblk0p9    14M  5.9M  6.8M  47% /vendor
tmpfs            195M   96K  195M   1% /var/volatile
/dev/mmcblk0p11   14G   45M   13G   1% /usr/local
tmpfs             39M  4.0K   39M   1% /run/user/1000
tmpfs             39M     0   39M   0% /run/user/0

Where:

Filesystem	Source of the mount point, usually a device
Size	Total size in human readable format (e.g. 1K, 234M, 2G)
Used	Used size in human readable format
Available	Available size in human readable format
Use%	Percentage of used size divided by the total size
Mounted on	Mount point

Note: the user file system (userfs) and the boot file system (bootfs) are accessible respectively through the /usr/local mounting point, and the /boot mounting point (see Flash partitions for a description of the file systems).