Quick Start

• Genesi EFIKA MX Smartbook
• SD card
• USB stick, 2G or larger

1. Fetch the SD card and USB stick images
2. Write the SD card image

xz -dc Efika_MX_SD_card.img.xz | dd of=/dev/mmcsd0 bs=64k

1. Write the USB stick image

xz -dc Efika_MX_USB_Flash.img.xz | dd of=/dev/da0 bs=2m

Note: The /dev/mmcsd0 and /dev/da0 devices above are examples from a Thinkpad X220 laptop. Check device names carefully to ensure they correspond to your desired media before issuing the dd commands.

1. Lift off Smartbook keyboard. A small screwdriver needs to be inserted into holes near F1, F6, F10, and End to gently pry it up.
2. Change dip switches from default of ON-ON-ON-off to off-off-off-ON
3. Replace keyboard
4. Insert SD card and USB stick in smartbook
5. Power up and issue the fatload and bootm commands at the Efika> prompt

Efika> fatload usb 0 0x91000000 kernel.uboot
reading kernel.uboot

5513471 bytes read
Efika> bootm 0x91000000
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 91000000 ...
   Image Name:   FreeBSD kernel
   Created:      2013-02-16  13:48:48 UTC
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    5513407 Bytes = 5.3 MiB
   Load Address: 90100000
   Entry Point:  90200100
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK

Starting kernel ...

Links:

• http://raybsd.blogspot.com/2012/12/your-first-run-of-freebsd-on-genesi.html
• http://raybsd.blogspot.ca/2013/02/easy-way-to-do-it-try-freebsd-on-efika.html

• http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2010/11/29/debug-board-for-efika-mx-smartbook/
• http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/0982660215/WM8654-ND/3044775