From e3d3e8602a5951cda12548b9ccbcb651cbe6b3f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcel Ziswiler Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 10:00:38 +0200 Subject: updated release notes Signed-off-by: Marcel Ziswiler Acked-by: Max Krummenacher --- .../Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt | 70 ++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 18 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 f1a14d4..1b0c59c 100644 --- a/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt +++ b/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt @@ -15,6 +15,44 @@ Licensing: - proprietary multimedia codecs included for evaluation purpose only - customer required to obtain proper re-distribution license +******************************************************************************** +Linux Image V2.6.1 Beta 1 (September 29, 2016) + +- U-Boot boot loader: + - backport patches needed if compiling with GCC 6 + - add fdt_fixup environment variable as a hook to modify device tree + - configblock: add 'Apalis iMX6 Dual 1GB IT' +- Linux kernel: + - backport patches needed if compiling with GCC 6 + - add support for RS-485 (#19323) +- Linux user-space: + - deploy GPIOConfig V1.4 which corrects the iomux offset of PAD_SD4_DATA6 + - improve fw_printenv/setenv concerning /etc/fw_env.config +- 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 Apalis_iMX6_LinuxImageV2.6.1Beta1_20160929 + - repository linux-toradex branch toradex_imx_3.14.52_1.1.0_ga + - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2015.04-toradex + +Known Issues: +- PCIe suspend/resume issue +- some USB Thumb drives don't work well in U-Boot +- USB hub on Evaluation Board not enabled in U-Boot +- 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 +- Ethernet aka TFTP update requires manual splitting of the root.ext3 file + which can be taken care of by the -c argument of our update.sh script. +- License texts do not get deployed to the root file system. + ******************************************************************************** Linux Image V2.6 (August 26, 2016) - none, this version is identical to the previous beta version V2.6 Beta 2 @@ -51,9 +89,6 @@ Known Issues: - PCIe suspend/resume issue - some USB Thumb drives 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 @@ -110,9 +145,6 @@ Known Issues: - USB RNDIS is racy due to networkd bug and not started by default - some USB Thumb drives 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 @@ -253,8 +285,8 @@ Note: 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 +- on V1.0 HW 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 @@ -386,8 +418,8 @@ Linux Image V2.3 Beta 3 (October 31, 2014) - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2014.04-toradex Known Issues: -- 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 +- on V1.0 HW 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 @@ -431,8 +463,8 @@ Linux Image V2.3 Beta 1 (August 4, 2014) - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2014.04-toradex Known Issues: -- 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 +- on V1.0 HW 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 @@ -463,8 +495,8 @@ Linux Image V2.2 Beta 1 (April 04, 2014) - sources git.toradex.com tag Apalis_iMX6_LinuxImageV2.2Beta1_20140404 Known Issues: -- 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 +- on V1.0 HW 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 @@ -511,6 +543,7 @@ Working on latest image: - eMMC ext3 - serial console debug UART1 - UART2, UART3 and UART4 + - optional RS485 - I2C via /dev/i2c-X - 8-bit MMC card mmc1 - 4-bit SD card mmc2 @@ -531,6 +564,7 @@ Working on latest image: - automatic USB device/host/suspend detection aka full OTG support - analog input via IIO framework - parallel camera interface + - CSI2 camera interface - CAN via can0 and can1 - PCIe (regular ports and mini-PCIe slot) - SATA (regular port or mSATA slot) @@ -556,13 +590,13 @@ Not working or not tested: - USB OTG1 support - Linux kernel - IrDA - - RS-422 - - optional RS485 - All UART control lines on V1.0 HW - SIM card - HDA audio IF on MXM connector (not possible with i.MX 6) + - on V1.0 HW 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 - I2S / AC97 on MXM connector - - CSI2 camera interface - Linux user-space - Gstreamer encoding (not tested) - Display: @@ -576,4 +610,4 @@ Not working or not tested: Flashing instruction have been moved to the Toradex developer article: http://developer.toradex.com/knowledge-base/flashing-linux-on-imx6-modules -Toradex, August 26, 2016 +Toradex, October 5, 2016 -- cgit v1.2.3