HCL:Efika MX

The DTB never landed on upstream kernel and u-boot support has been dropped in 2015.

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EfikaMX Smarttop

The Efika MX Smarttop is a desktop computer, ready to use for most lightweight desktop workloads.

Technical Data

• Freescale i.MX515 (ARM Cortex-A8 800MHz)
• 3D Graphics Processing Unit
• WXGA display support (HDMI)
• Multi-format High-Definition hardware video decoder
• 512MB RAM
• 8GB Internal SSD
• 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet
• 802.11 b/g/n WiFi
• SDHC card reader
• 2x USB 2.0 ports
• Audio jacks for headset
• Built-in speaker

Installing the openSUSE 12.2 Image

1. Download the latest openSUSE-12.2-ARM-JeOS-efikamx-*.raw.xz image at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/12.2:/ARM/images/ .
2. As root extract the image onto your SD-Card (replace sdX with the device name of your SD-Card). WARNING: all previous data on the SD-Card will be lost.

    xzcat [image].raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdX; sync

3. Insert the SD-Card with the openSUSE image into your Efika MX Smarttop.
4. Connect the Efika MX Smarttop using the Debug Board to your PC via RS-232.
   1. Run a a terminal emulator on your PC, e.g. screen:

       screen /dev/ttyS0 115200

      Replace ttyS0 with the character device name of the serial port you connected the Efika MX Smarttop to (e.g. ttyUSB0 for a USB/Serial adapter).
5. Power on the Efika MX Smarttop.
6. Walk through the first boot steps on the serial console.
7. Have a lot of fun...

Known Issues

• No graphics (driver is not upstream).