For those of you waiting for a pre-built image, here goes!
If you want to find out more about our development efforts or want to contribute
1. irc channel #imx6-dongle on freenode
2. Kernel/Uboot Source
3. Wiki Page
4. Google Group
I've called this a preview image because it's still work in progress. What's working:
1. New uboot - based on abrasive's (aka James Laids) excellent work.
2. GPU and VPU h/w acceleration
3. Working wifi (although performance can be below par)
4. Working internal/external SD slots.
5. Working usb ports.
Instructions:
1. Download image (thanks to miniand.com for hosting).
2. Unzip image and dd to an SD card. This image is for a 8GB SD card, however the ext4 file partition is only 3GB therefore should work on a 4GB card. Fix the partition (by expanding it) after completing the dd.
3. Download a new uboot and 'dd' to your sd card (replace <drive> with the correct value):
sudo dd if=u-boot.imx bs=1k seek=1 of=/dev/<drive> && sync
4. Place image in the internal sd card slot and fingers crossed it should boot (useful to have a serial console open). The image defaults to 1280x720 screen resolution, once the desktop appears, plug-in a keboard/mouse via the usb port.
5. Next configure wifi, and it may be useful to reboot after setting wifi so that the correct time is picked up.
6. Then enjoy the desktop experience!
2. Unzip image and dd to an SD card. This image is for a 8GB SD card, however the ext4 file partition is only 3GB therefore should work on a 4GB card. Fix the partition (by expanding it) after completing the dd.
3. Download a new uboot and 'dd' to your sd card (replace <drive> with the correct value):
sudo dd if=u-boot.imx bs=1k seek=1 of=/dev/<drive> && sync
4. Place image in the internal sd card slot and fingers crossed it should boot (useful to have a serial console open). The image defaults to 1280x720 screen resolution, once the desktop appears, plug-in a keboard/mouse via the usb port.
5. Next configure wifi, and it may be useful to reboot after setting wifi so that the correct time is picked up.
6. Then enjoy the desktop experience!
Unfortunately shutting down from the desktop just takes you back to the logon screen. To force a proper shut down open a command shell and issue "sudo shutdown -P now", wait a minute or so to ensure shut down is complete and then remove the usb power cable.
To verify GPU acceleration you can run glmark2-es or es2gears. To verfiy VPU run totem with a file of your choice.