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authorMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2016-04-15 17:24:06 +0200
committerMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2016-06-24 00:46:11 +0200
commit8cba8feaa565bb72c36dbe6e9d4376632b9011d4 (patch)
tree27dc4f9060255edf7e8539c37f5e596e3da97a20 /release-notes/Colibri_iMX7_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
parentca5032be47c7a33584cf058db7b966899b59d314 (diff)
Updated release notes.
Signed-off-by: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com> Acked-by: Max Krummenacher <max.krummenacher@toradex.com>
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diff --git a/release-notes/Colibri_iMX7_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt b/release-notes/Colibri_iMX7_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
index 2b1fccd..ca9bbd5 100644
--- a/release-notes/Colibri_iMX7_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
+++ b/release-notes/Colibri_iMX7_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ Contents:
LXDE desktop environment
==> Flashing instructions can be found on the Toradex developer article:
-tbd. for the time being refer to:
-http://developer.toradex.com/knowledge-base/flashing-linux-on-vybrid-modules
+http://developer.toradex.com/knowledge-base/flashing-linux-on-imx7-modules
Licensing:
- proprietary multimedia codecs included for evaluation purpose only
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ Linux Image V2.6 Alpha 1 (March 15, 2016)
- uses ARMv7 hard-float Thumb2 builds (armv7at2hf-vfp-neon)
- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_iMX7_LinuxImageV2.6Alpha1_20160315
- repository linux-toradex branch toradex_imx_3.14.52_1.1.0_ga
- - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2014.04-toradex
+ - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2015.04-toradex
Known Issues:
- poweroff and reboot does not work as expected
@@ -36,9 +35,10 @@ Known Issues:
********************************************************************************
Notes:
-- 115200 baud serial debug console on UARTA aka FFUART (lower X25 on
- EvalBoards resp. X27 on V3.1a depending on JP17/19, X13 on Iris)
+- 115200 baud serial debug console on UARTA aka FFUART (lower X25 on EvalBoards
+ resp. X27 on V3.1a depending on JP17/19, X13 on Iris) without any handshake
- user account: root with empty password
+- UBIFS flash root file system
- opkg package manager
- Linux host used for update preparation requires proper 32-bit execution
environment (e.g. install ia32-libs on 64-bit Ubuntu) and awk (e.g. install
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Notes:
Working on latest image:
- U-Boot boot loader
- - environment storage in NAND
+ - environment storage in NAND flash
- Ethernet
- MMC/SD cards
- NAND flash
@@ -60,53 +60,54 @@ Working on latest image:
- Linux kernel
- analogue audio playback and capture, resistive touch
- analogue input via IIO framework
- /sys/devices/soc.2/30400000.aips-bus/30610000.adc/iio:device0
- Note the 1.8 Full Scale limitation!
+ /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0
+ Note the 1.8 volt full scale limitation!
- DVFS power management (i.MX 7Dual only)
- - Ethernet
+ - Ethernet eth0
- custom Ethernet MAC address
- framebuffer console
- GPIOlib /sys/class/gpio
- I2C via /dev/i2c-X
+ - NAND flash MTD/UBI/UBIFS with hardware ECC
- PWMs /sys/class/pwm
- - NAND UBIFS
- - 4-bit SD card mmc1
- - SPI via /dev/spidev2.0
+ - RTC (i.MX 7 internal and board level I2C RTC)
+ - 4-bit MMC/SD card ESDHC2
+ - SPI (ECSPI) via /dev/spidev2.0
- suspend LP1
- - temperature sensor CPU /sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
- - serial console debug UARTA
- - UARTB, UARTC
- - USB host port (Note, i.MX 7Solo only has USBC port)
+ - CPU temperature sensor via hwmon /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/temp1_input
+ - serial console debug UARTA ttymxc0
+ - serial UARTA/UARTB and UARTC, including RTS/CTS, ttymxc0/1/2
+ - USB host port (Note, i.MX 7Solo only on USBC port)
- USB audio driver
- - automatic USBC switching to host when OTG Host cable detected
- Linux user-space
+ - graphics (LCDIF aka parallel RGB)
- Firefox browser
- LXDE desktop environment
- Display:
- backlight PWM with PWM<A>
- - resolution setting through device tree nodes
+ - resolution setting via device tree nodes
Not working or not tested:
- U-Boot boot loader
- - USB device: DFU support (device firmware upgrade)
+ - USB keyboard
+ - USB device firmware upgrade (DFU) as device on USB OTG port
- Linux kernel
- CAN via MCP2515
- - CAN via flexcan can0 and can1, disabled in device tree
+ - optional CAN via flexcan can0 and can1, disabled in device tree
- IrDA
- parallel bus
- optional parallel camera interface
- - RS-422
- - optional RS485
- - serial number and board revision (not passed in from U-Boot)
- - temperature sensor board
+ - RS-422/485
+ - serial number and board revision (not currently handed over by U-Boot)
+ - module temperature sensor
- USB webcam
- USB raw HID device /dev/hidrawX
- - USB device Ethernet RNDIS, disabled
- - automatic USB device/host detection aka OTG support (not tested)
+ - USB device, ACM, Ethernet CDC, RNDIS
+ - automatic USB device/host detection aka OTG support
- watchdog
- Linux user-space
- GPIO config tool not available
******************************************************************************
-Toradex, March 29, 2016
+Toradex, April 15, 2016