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diff --git a/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt b/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt index 5ef6d98..a9dc207 100644 --- a/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt +++ b/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt @@ -4,14 +4,68 @@ Release Notes: Linux Image V2.x for Colibri VF50/VF61 Contents: - U-Boot 2014.10 boot loader -- Linux 3.0.15 kernel, based on Freescale TWR-VF65GS10 Timesys LinuxLink - 2014-05-29 (ts2.17) +- Linux 3.18.0 kernel - Angstrom/OpenEmbedded/Yocto 2014.06/daisy/1.6 based root file system, using LXDE desktop environment ==> Flashing instructions can be found at the very bottom of this release notes ******************************************************************************** +Linux Image V2.3 Beta 5 (December 19, 2014) +- U-Boot: + - set secondary MAC address (for dual Ethernet carrier boards) + - use Thumb2 instruction set which shrinks U-Boot size by about 25% + - fix sub-page NAND writes + - USB host and device support + - USB host: enable mass storage support + - USB device: enable DFU support (device firmware upgrade) + - USB device: use Toradex VID/PID and specify device serial number + - improve evaluation of reset source + - switch default console to ttyLP0 (used by mainline kernel) +- Linux kernel: + - switch to vanilla 3.18 based Linux kernel with device tree capabilities + - clock handling using the common clock framework. Clocks get enabled only if + needed which saves power during runtime as well as sleep. + - new GPIO driver including Pinctrl support for muxing/pin settings + - ADC support through IIO framework (including reading the temperature sensor) + - PWM driver using the PWM framework with sysfs API + - UART driver with DMA support, exported as ttyLPX (was ttymxcX) + - SD card support including card detect + - on-module CAN controller support using FlexCAN driver + - USB peripheral and host support (specified in device tree for now) + - configurable main clocksource, using ARM Global Timer by default + - MSCM driver for interrupt routing between Cortex-A5/Cortex-M4 + - Multi-Core Communication support updated for use with virtual IRQ numbers +- Linux user-space: + - Update mcc-pingpong buildscript to build with the new kernel + - update X server to 1.14.7 + - /etc/machine-id: ensure it is saved non-volatile + +- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.3Beta5_20141219 + - repository linux-toradex branch toradex_vf_3.18 + - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2014.10-toradex + +Note: +- The kernel requires now the device tree from within the root filesystem to + boot. Board customisation within code are for most use cases not necessary. + For custom carrier boards, it is recommended to create a customised + device tree file and deploy it in the root filesystems /boot directory. + U-Boot reads the device tree according to the following name scheme: + => ${soc}-colibri-${fdt_board}.dtb + + Hence, a custom carrier board needs to set the fdt_board variable accordingly + and would name the device tree files using the SoC prefix depending on the + supported module type: + => vf500-colibri-mycarrier.dtb + => vf610-colibri-mycarrier.dtb + +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) +- Analogue audio and Touchscreen are not yet working on the Colibri VF61 +- SPI and CAN over SPI (using MCP251x) do not work yet on the new kernel + +******************************************************************************** Linux Image V2.3 Beta 3 (October 31, 2014) - U-Boot: - update to mainline U-Boot 2014.10 with new partition layout @@ -269,36 +323,40 @@ Notes: - 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 gawk on Ubuntu) -Working: +Working on latest image: - U-Boot boot loader - environment storage in NAND flash - Ethernet - MMC/SD cards + - NAND flash - RAM size auto detection - - serial console debug UART0 + - serial console debug UARTA - Toradex Colibri configuration block handling - module type auto detection + - USB storage as host on USB host port + - USB device DFU - Linux kernel - GPIOlib /sys/class/gpio - - temperature sensor /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/temp1_input + - PWM /sys/class/pwm/ + - temperature sensor /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio\:device0/in_temp_input - RTC (Vybrid internal without wakeup support and board level I2C RTC) - Ethernet eth0 - NAND flash MTD UBIFS with hardware ECC - - serial console debug UART0 - - Serial UART_A/UART_B and UART_C up to 921600, including RTS/CTS + - serial console debug UARTA (ttyLP0) + - serial UARTA/UARTB and UARTC up to 921600, including RTS/CTS - I2C via /dev/i2c-X - MMC/SD card ESDHC2 - - PWM LEDs /sys/class/leds/ - - Colibri VF61: AC97 resistive touch (early version, load module snd-soc-wm9712/mvf-sai-ac97) - - SPI via /dev/spidev1.0 - framebuffer console - - custom Ethernet MAC Address + - custom Ethernet MAC address - serial number and board revision - - watchdog - USB host port - USB raw HID device /dev/hidrawX - - analogue inputs /dev/mvf-adc.{0|1} (see http://developer.toradex.com/knowledge-base/adc-(linux)#Colibri_VFxx) - - power management (standby is LPRun, suspend-to-mem is Stop mode) + - USB device Ethernet RNDIS + - USB device CDCACM + - analogue inputs /sys/bus/iio/devices/ + - power management (standby is Stop mode) + - interrupt router (peripheral gets routed on interrupt request) + - watchdog - optional CAN (Vybrid SoC internal) - Linux user-space - graphics (DCU aka parallel RGB) @@ -306,26 +364,27 @@ Working: - GPIO config tool - LXDE - Cortex M4 utility mqxboot - - Communication library libmcc + - communication library libmcc Not working or not tested: - U-Boot boot loader - USB keyboard - - USB storage as host - framebuffer support - Linux kernel - USB audio driver - USB webcam - - USB device Ethernet RNDIS (unreliable/freezes) - automatic USB device/host detection aka OTG support - - optional parallel camera interface - IrDA + - optional parallel camera interface - RS-422/485 - - Colibri VF61: Analogue audio + - SPI (DSPI) + - Colibri VF61: + - analogue audio (early version available on git) + - resistive touch (early version available on git) -************************************************************* -NAND Boot: Colibri VF50 V1.0a and Colibri VF61 V1.0b (Sample) -************************************************************* +****************************************************************************** +NAND Boot: Colibri VF50 V1.0a and V1.1a, Colibri VF61 V1.0b and V1.1b (Sample) +****************************************************************************** If the boot loader in NAND got corrupted UART/SD card boot as described further down can be used as a means of recovery. @@ -432,4 +491,4 @@ Boot from SD Card: - apply power - upon first boot post-install scripts are run which takes around 2 minutes, please be patient -Toradex, November 5, 2014 +Toradex, December 19, 2014 |