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+++ b/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Release Notes: Linux Image V2.x for Colibri VF50/VF61
Contents:
- U-Boot 2015.04 boot loader
-- Linux 4.4.14 LTS kernel
+- Linux 4.4.21 LTS kernel
- Angstrom 2015.12/OpenEmbedded jethro/Yocto 2.0 based root file system, using
LXDE desktop environment
@@ -12,6 +12,43 @@ Contents:
http://developer.toradex.com/knowledge-base/flashing-linux-on-vybrid-modules
********************************************************************************
+Linux Image V2.6.1 Beta 1 (September 30, 2016)
+- U-Boot boot loader:
+ - backport patches needed if compiling with GCC 6
+ - allow USBC port to use in both roles (device/host)
+- Linux kernel:
+ - updated to 4.4.21 LTS long term stable Linux kernel
+ - bind spidev driver to the standard SPI port by default
+ - add rpmsg support along with the example drivers pingpong and tty copied
+ from the i.MX 7 BSP (#10772 and #20274)
+ - add remoteproc support which allows to load the Cortex-M4 firmware from
+ within Linux (optional)
+ - enable DMA for SPI (#15694)
+ - add fixes useful when using the I2C bus recovery functionality
+ - fix restoring of fbdev console after closing X (or any other DRM context)
+ - add SoC level definition of DSPI2/3 (disabled by default)
+- Linux user-space:
+ - improve fw_printenv/setenv concerning /etc/fw_env.config
+ - deploy virtio/rpmsg as kernel modules and load them by default
+ - add xorg.conf for Vybrid
+- OpenEmbedded build system:
+ - split meta-toradex into BSP layers meta-toradex-bsp-common and
+ meta-toradex-nxp as well as the software layer meta-toradex-demos
+ - rename the parent directory from stuff to layers
+ - mv from build/out*/deploy to deploy
+ - rename TMPDIR from out to tmp
+ - deploy qt5 tools into the sdk as part of optional angstrom-qt5-x11-image.bb
+
+- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.6.1Beta1_20161001
+ - repository linux-toradex branch toradex_vf_4.4
+ - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2015.04-toradex
+
+Known Issues:
+- If the module does not boot, remove all displays connected to HSYNC, VSYNC and reset.
+ (This has been observed on an Evaluation Board V2.1C)
+- License texts do not get deployed to the root file system.
+
+********************************************************************************
Linux Image V2.6 Beta 2 (June 30, 2016)
- U-Boot boot loader:
@@ -720,7 +757,7 @@ Working on latest image:
- NAND flash MTD/UBI/UBIFS with hardware ECC
- serial console debug UARTA ttyLP0
- serial UARTA/UARTB and UARTC up to 921600, including RTS/CTS
- - RS-422/485
+ - RS-485
- I2C via /dev/i2c-X
- MMC/SD card ESDHC2
- PWM /sys/class/pwm/
@@ -758,4 +795,4 @@ Not working or not tested:
Flashing instruction have been moved to the Toradex developer article:
http://developer.toradex.com/knowledge-base/flashing-linux-on-vybrid-modules
-Toradex, July 5, 2016
+Toradex, October 4, 2016