From 0fa0d34b8079f9e962d27d3e014da37997141863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 18:03:38 +0200
Subject: updated release notes

---
 .../Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt          | 81 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

(limited to 'release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt')

diff --git a/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt b/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
index ab959d5..d8e7243 100644
--- a/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
+++ b/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ Release Notes:  Linux Image V2.x for Apalis iMX6
 ************************************************
 
 Contents:
-- U-Boot 2014.04 boot loader
-- Linux 3.10.17 kernel, based on Freescale's BSP release imx_3.10.17_1.0.1_ga
+- U-Boot 2015.04 boot loader
+- Linux 3.10.17 kernel, based on Freescale's BSP release imx_3.10.17_1.0.2_ga
     and patches from Boundary Devices
-- Angstrom/OpenEmbedded/Yocto 2014.06/daisy/1.6 based root file system, using
+- Angstrom/OpenEmbedded/Yocto 2014.12/dizzy/1.7 based root file system, using
     LXDE desktop environment
 
 ==> Flashing instructions can be found at the very bottom of this release notes
@@ -15,6 +15,60 @@ Licensing:
 - proprietary multimedia codecs included for evaluation purpose only
 - customer required to obtain proper re-distribution license
 
+********************************************************************************
+Linux Image V2.4 Beta 1 (May 18, 2015)
+- U-Boot:
+  - update to U-Boot 2015.04
+  - add generic Toradex config block handling, print exact product description,
+    board revision and serial number to the console
+  - create device-tree properties which make board information
+    available from within Linux userspace through procfs (/proc/device-tree/
+    serial-number, toradex,board-rev and toradex,product-id)
+  - add command to restore Toradex config block ("cfgblock create")
+  - display the Toradex logo, output preference: env var 'panel' | HDMI | Parallel RGB
+  - enabled gpio command line interface
+  - enabled DFU and Mass Storage on USB client, currently slow performance
+  - update procedure now searches for an image on SD card, USB Mass Storage, TFTP server
+- Linux kernel:
+  - added support for Analog Camera Module
+  - enable optional AHCI/SATA driver module
+- Linux user-space:
+  - update OpenEmbedded from daisy to dizzy:
+    - glibc 2.20 (instead of eglibc)
+    - systemd 2.18
+    - Xorg 1.14.7
+    - updated various LXDE packages to newer versions
+  - replace full NTP daemon with systemd's NTP client only systemd-timesyncd
+  - blacklist USB RNDIS for connman, use systemd-networkd to configure RDNIS
+    network interface (new standard IP of the module is 192.168.11.1!)
+  - enable BusyBox resize command to resize the terminal on serial console
+
+- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_iMX6_LinuxImageV2.4Beta1_20150518
+  - repository linux-toradex branch toradex_imx_3.10.17_1.0.0_ga
+  - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2015.04-toradex
+
+Note:
+- mount point names changed from /media/<block device name> to /media/<label>
+
+Known Issues:
+- some USB Thumb drivers don't work well in U-Boot
+- USB hub on Evaluation Board not enabled in U-Boot
+- connecting an analogue mic to the on module codec resets the codec, so that
+    neither headphone out nor mic in works anymore. Workaround: Have mic
+    connected before boot or change the output source between DAC/LineIn
+- on first boot the resizing process adversely affects system performance for
+    the first few minutes until completed
+- Display resolution can be set for some output configurations, set the U-Boot
+    environment variable vidargs accordingly.
+- X uses only the fb0 device
+- flash_eth.img requires manual splitting of the root.ext3 file.
+    see the apalis-imx6_bin/flash_eth.scr script
+- SATA drives not mounted automatically
+    workaround 1: click its icon in the file manager
+    workaround 2: mkdir <mountpoint>; mount /dev/<sata partition> <mountpoint>
+- Desktop integration of video playback uses wrong escaping, always plays
+    fullscreen .local/share/applications/gst-launch.desktop
+
 ********************************************************************************
 Linux Image V2.3 Beta 6 (January 12, 2015)
 - U-Boot:
@@ -243,9 +297,11 @@ Working on latest image:
   - Gigabit Ethernet
   - MMC/SD cards
   - eMMC flash
+  - RAM size auto detection
   - serial console debug UART1
   - Toradex Apalis configuration block handling
   - USB storage as host on USB host ports
+  - framebuffer support
 - Linux kernel
   - GPIOlib /sys/class/gpio
   - PWM LEDs /sys/class/leds/
@@ -259,6 +315,7 @@ Working on latest image:
   - I2C via /dev/i2c-X
   - 8-bit MMC card mmc1
   - 4-bit SD card mmc2
+  - framebuffer console
   - HDMI audio
   - analogue audio playback and capture, resistive touch
     - audio noise is high on V1.0 HW, workaround is to set headphone volume
@@ -266,18 +323,21 @@ Working on latest image:
   - S/PDIF
   - SPI via /dev/spidev32766.0 aka SPI1 and /dev/spidev32765.0 aka SPI2
   - custom Ethernet MAC address
+  - serial number and board revision
   - USB host port
   - USB audio driver
   - USB webcam
   - USB raw HID device /dev/hidrawX
-  - USB device Ethernet RNDIS
+  - USB device Ethernet RNDIS, disabled
   - automatic USB device/host/suspend detection aka full OTG support
   - analog input via IIO framework
+  - parallel camera interface
   - CAN via can0 and can1
   - PCIe (regular ports and mini-PCIe slot)
   - SATA (regular port or mSATA slot)
   - DVFS power management
   - suspend LP1
+  - watchdog
 - Linux user-space
   - Firefox browser
   - Gstreamer playback
@@ -290,12 +350,10 @@ Working on latest image:
   - dual output on HDMI and LVDS, both in 1920x1080
   - single output on EDT 7" Display
   - single output to analog RGB, aka VGA output
-  - resolution setting through modedb string in kernel command line (working
-      resolutions to be tested)
+  - resolution setting through modedb string in kernel command line
 
 Not working or not tested:
 - U-Boot boot loader
-  - framebuffer support
   - USB OTG1 support
 - Linux kernel
   - IrDA
@@ -304,10 +362,7 @@ Not working or not tested:
   - SIM card
   - HDA audio IF on MXM connector (not possible with i.MX 6)
   - I2S / AC97 on MXM connector
-  - watchdog
-  - parallel camera interface
   - CSI2 camera interface
-  - serial number and board revision
 - Linux user-space
   - Gstreamer encoding (not tested)
 - Display:
@@ -326,9 +381,9 @@ Note: recompile U-Boot with apalis_imx6q2g config for Apalis iMX6Q 2GB IT V1.1a
 Initial Preparation:
 - download and extract Apalis_iMX6_LinuxImageVx.yz.tar.bz2 package with root
     permissions
-- use any VFAT formatted SD resp. micro D card with at least 1000 MB of free
+- use any VFAT formatted SD resp. micro SD card with at least 1000 MB of free
     space
-- run update.sh script with optional -o argument pointing to mount point of
+- run update.sh script with -o argument pointing to mount point of
     above mentioned card
 
 Flash eMMC:
@@ -389,4 +444,4 @@ If the boot loader on the module got corrupted this recovers it by loading U-Boo
   - run ./update.sh -d
   - stop at the U-Boot prompt and begin the update as stated above
 
-Toradex, February 06, 2015
+Toradex, May 19, 2015
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