Virtual Udoo Environment.

Hi Problemer,

I've been working on this just yesterday, and I didn't saw your post! What a coincidence...

Before I answer your question, I have to ask you what you really want from a virtualization.

In fact, there isn't an available VM for the machine "UDOO", or for a i.MX6 processor in qemu. That means that you'll be unable to use your UDOO kernel/uboot. This also means that there will not be any Arduino, GPIO, Vivante (GPU). JFYI.

But. If you just want to boot a linux distribution compiled for armv7, like our debian wheezy, you can do it virtualizing a cortex-a9 processor like Versatile Express. How to do it? It's simple. Using qemu, a pre-compiled kernel for that board, and your debian distro for UDOO.

First, you have to install qemu on your machine.

Code:

sudo apt-get install qemu

Done it?
Download/compile a working kernel for vexpress. The one in http://crux-arm.nu/SupportedDevices/Vexpress is ready to use.

Now create a folder and put the kernel (zImage) and the Debian Wheezy image inside it. Go inside it and then execute

Code:

qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a9 -cpu cortex-a9 -m 1024 -kernel zImage* -append "rw console=ttyAMA0 console=tty root=/dev/mmcblk0p1" -smp 2 -sd debian.img

Success!

Note: If you don't have got an image, you can either use the SD that you're using on your UDOO, plugging it into your pc ( substitute debian.img with /dev/sdc e.g.), create one from scratch with qemu-img (further details in the previous link) or copy the entire SD to disk with

Code:

dd if=/dev/sdc of=debian.img bs=1M

Note2: No GUI? You have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the image, probably. Substitute "vivante" driver with the "fbdev" one in the "Device" Section. Reboot.

Code:

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Enjoy, Ek5