Build and Run Android(AOSP) on i.MX8 MN (Nano)

 

 

Couple of links to get started 

Download ARM compiler "aarch64-none-linux-gnu" from below-

https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/gnu-a/downloads

Note: while downloading the compiler, select

x86_64 Linux hosted cross compilers for 64bit HOST CPU

 

OR

 

Windows (mingw-w64-i686) hosted cross compilers for 32bit HOST CPU

 

i.MX8 MN Nano resources 

https://www.nxp.com/design/development-boards/i-mx-evaluation-and-development-boards/evaluation-kit-for-the-i-mx-8m-nano-applications-processor:8MNANOD4-EVK 

 

Repo setup and download 

https://source.android.com/setup/develop

https://source.android.com/setup/build/downloading 

 

Few steps to follow for building and running the AOSP on i.MX 8 MN (refer the video for more details) 

1. Setup the environment  

source build/envsetup.sh 

 

2. Select i.MX8 MN series  

lunch 38 

 

3. Select respective compiler - X86-64 for 64Bit CPU and download 32bit if you have a 32bit compiler  

export AARCH64_GCC_CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/gcc-arm-9.2-2019.12-x86_64-aarch64-none-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-none-linux-gnu- 

 

4. Execute any of the below mentioned make commands to build the OS  

./imx-make.sh -j4  

                OR  if the build fails with exit status 137 run below command

make -j4 2>&1 | tee -a build-log.txt 

 

5. Finally flash the OS to your SD card

sudo ./device/fsl/common/tools/fsl-sdcard-partition.sh -f imx8mn -u ddr4 -d ddr4 -c 28 -D out/target/product/evk_8mn/ /dev/sdc