STM32MP135F-DK image saving with GC2145 camera

[alpka]

Hello all,

I'm working with STM32MP135F-DK board and GC2145 camera that comes with it. My main purpose is to get the image and save it. I tried to use the following documents for this:

https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32MP13_V4L2_camera_overview#Grab_a_raw_frame

https://www.st.com/resource/en/application_note/an5478-stm32mp13x-lines-interfacing-with-a-mipi-csi2-camera-stmicroelectronics.pdf

I didn't know how to do the "3.1-kernel configuration" step in the first link. So I followed the links below:

https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/Menuconfig_or_how_to_configure_kernel

After this link, I went to the following link:
https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32MP1_Distribution_Package

After installing some packages here, I went back to the "menuconfig-how to configure kernel" link, and here I got stuck on the following step:

I have the specified files but I don't know in which directory I should run the make config or make menuconfig commands.

To be honest, I am new to embedded Linux and my main goal is to take images with the camera and save this image. However, while trying to do this, I got lost in the documents. Can you help with a road map and what I should do?

[Erwan SZYMANSKI · Accepted solution]

Hello @alpka ,
I advice you to begin with this wiki article : https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32MP1_Developer_Package

It will give you the basics first.
Then take some time to understand how to modify the Linux configuration / Linux code, recompile it and deploy it on the target. It will help you to go forwards with the mandatory tools to begin playing with the board.

Kind regards,
Erwan.