From c7fae0de5cae3b4bcf741d168101c06d5bdb8a8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Max Krummenacher Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:27:19 +0200 Subject: colibri-vf: drop machine We decided we won't do a BSP 3.0 for Vybrid. For new designs we recommend ULL now. Signed-off-by: Max Krummenacher --- release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt | 836 --------------------- 1 file changed, 836 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt (limited to 'release-notes') diff --git a/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt b/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4181178..0000000 --- a/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,836 +0,0 @@ -************************************************************* -Release Notes: Embedded Linux BSP V2.x for Colibri VF50/VF61 -************************************************************* - -==> For newer images find the release details in the Toradex developer article: -http://developer.toradex.com/software/linux/linux-software/release-details - -Contents: -- U-Boot 2016.11 boot loader -- Linux 4.4.39 LTS kernel -- Angstrom 2016.12/OpenEmbedded morty/Yocto 2.2 based root file system, using - LXDE desktop environment - -==> Flashing instructions can be found in the Toradex developer article: -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: - - synchronize/improve memory options - - net: increase maximum frame size to accommodate VLAN packets - - update: make setupdate self contained - - predefine ramdisk_addr_r for initrd/initramfs -- Linux kernel: - - updated to 4.4.14 LTS long term stable Linux kernel - - added driver for Ethernet (L2) switch - - added display timings for Fusion 7", 10.1" displays -- Linux user-space: - - trdx-extra.inc: add iperf3 to all images - - florence: update to latest version 0.5.4, build without sound and drop - gstreamer 0.10 dependency - - gpioconfig: fix pkg_postrm -- OpenEmbedded build system: - - further clean-up update.sh update script - - angstrom-qt5-x11-image: add a recipe which deploys qt5 and starts a demo - -- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.6Beta2_20160701 - - 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. -- Currently there is no multi-core communication library/framework available. - -******************************************************************************** -Linux Image V2.6 Beta 1 (March 31, 2016) - -Note: -- A new boot schema using static UBI volumes has been introduced. Therefore - downgrading is not directly possible. To downgrade a module, the UBI - partition needs to be cleared manually using "nand erase.part ubi". -- The new DRM driver for the display controller might behave differently than - the old fbdev based driver. Especially display timings need to be configured - using the panel-simple.c driver. - -- U-Boot boot loader: - - read kernel and device tree from UBI volumes instead of rootfs - - increased NAND clock frequency for Colibri VF61 -- Linux kernel: - - updated to 4.4.5 LTS long term stable Linux kernel - - switched to DRM based driver for the display controller unit (DCU) - Note: The display kernel parameter video uses a new identifier (LVDS-1 - as opposed to dcufb). Specifying display timings in the device tree is - currently not possible, custom display timings should be added to the - driver panel-simple.c. - - removed support for multi-core communication (MCC) - - increased NAND clock frequency for Colibri VF61 - - support creation of SPI devices through /sys/bus/spi/drivers/spidev/new_id - - disable PHY power-down mode due to hardware issues on wakeup - - enable IP/TCP checksum offloading - - add IIO based DAC driver -- Linux user-space: - - use X.org modesetting driver to make use of DRM (instead of fbdev) - - restart USB after suspend/resume using a systemd service - - removed Midori browser from LXDE image (development discontinued) - - drop libmcc and mqxboot since the kernel interfaces have been removed -- OpenEmbedded build system: - - update OpenEmbedded from fido to jethro: - - gcc Linaro GCC 5.2-2015.11-2 - - glibc 2.22 - - systemd 226 - - Xorg 1.17.2 - -- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.6Beta1_20160331 - - 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) -- Standby: Wake-up using UART in DMA mode hangs -- License text do not get deployed to the root file system. -- Currently there is no multi-core communication library/framework available. - -******************************************************************************** -Linux Image V2.5 (January 6, 2015) -- none, this version is identical to the previous beta version V2.5 Beta 3 - -******************************************************************************** -Linux Image V2.5 Beta 3 (December 15, 2015) -- Linux kernel: - - enable RTL8192CU driver e.g. for LM006 USB Wi-Fi stick - - enable PPP and USB ACM support e.g. for Telit 910 modem - - add multitouch HID and RAWHID support - - fix CTAR Register access in DSPI driver - - updated to 4.1.15 LTS long term stable Linux kernel -- Linux user-space: - - make sure USB RNDIS Gadget is started before networkd - - use new Toradex feed server as default feed URI -- OpenEmbedded build system: - - fix memcpy performance improvement to only apply to Linaro glibc - - remove create_configblock.sh from deployment tarball - - add rtl8192cu firmware for LM006 USB Wi-Fi adapter - - add README with dependency and contribution information - - backport rtl8192cx for latest available firmware - -- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.5Beta3_20151215 - - repository linux-toradex branch toradex_vf_4.1 - - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2015.04-toradex - -Known Issues: -- The feeds are missing non-Thumb entires (some packages are only provided in - a non-Thumb architecture, e.g. libvorbisdec1 which is required by - gst-plugins-base-meta). Use the following command to add non-Thumb feeds: - sed -i 'p; s/ http/2 http/; s/armv7at2hf-vfp/armv7ahf-vfp/' /etc/opkg/*feed.conf -- 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) -- Suspend-to-Memory: USB devices on the USB host port get disconnected on resume -- Standby: Wake-up using UART in DMA mode hangs -- Serial console on USB peripheral port is not enabled by default; use this - command: - systemctl enable serial-getty@ttyGS0.service - -******************************************************************************** -Linux Image V2.5 Beta 2 (November 6, 2015) -- U-Boot boot loader: - - UBI fastmap fixes backported from Linux - - add return code for cfgblock commands which allows scripting - - increase TFTP blocksize for better performance - - updated NAND flash controller driver to include latest changes and bug fixes - implemented during code review of the upstream Linux kernel variant of it - - enabled zero bootdelay check (allows entering U-Boot when bootdelay is 0) - - increased heap size to avoid out of memory errors attaching UBI partitions - - implemented L2 cache for Colibri VF61 (no runtime detection; not enabled by - default) - - introduced automatic Ethernet aka TFTP update capability - - fix global timer udelay to use correct clock rate (fixes PHY detection in - U-Boot if boot delay is 0) - - added additional environment variables such as board_name and arm -- Linux kernel: - - updated to 4.1.12 LTS long term stable Linux kernel - - updated NAND flash controller driver to include latest changes and bug fixes - implemented during code review of the upstream variant of it - - fixed PWM default pinmuxing - - enabled /proc/config.gz support - - enabled fbcon Logo support - - automatic USB device/host detection using USBC_DET pin - - added more USB Gadget drivers such as ECM (ethernet) or mass storage, - compile all gadget drivers as modules - - fixed SD card using polling mode instead of relying on card-detect GPIO - - fixed suspend/resume when using PIT timer as clocksource - - disabled UART DMA by default for all UARTs due to issues in current - implementation - - use pull-down on wakeup-key (avoids immediate wake-up on Iris/Viola) - - use reset values as L2 cache latencies - - fixed flickers/unstable backlight GPIO during startup - - changed Fusion multi touch event reporting to adhere to multitouch slot - protocol - - added ARM Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) -- Linux user-space: - - updated to latest Angstrom 2015.06/OpenEmbedded fido: - - glibc 2.22 - - systemd 219 - - Xorg 1.16.1 - - glibc: force memcpy_arm to improve memcpy performance - - load USB Gadget ConfigFS kernel module by default -- OpenEmbedded build system: - - local.conf: add Toradex source mirror as pre-mirror -- Update scripts: - - use space-fixup in UBIFS image (allowing the image to be flashed using DFU) - - update.sh: delete intermediate files after use - - improved update.sh to use module type specific folders allowing update of - different modules with just one update media - -- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.5Beta2_20151106 - - repository linux-toradex branch toradex_vf_4.1 - - 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) -- Suspend-to-Memory: USB devices on the USB host port get disconnected on resume -- Standby: Wake-up using UART in DMA mode hangs -- Serial console on USB peripheral port is not enabled by default; use this - command: - systemctl enable serial-getty@ttyGS0.service - -******************************************************************************** -Linux Image V2.5 Beta 1 (August 13, 2015) -- U-Boot: - - Improve TFTP transfer speed by using increased block size - - Introduce m4boot command which accept a FIT image to boot the secondary - Cortex-M4 core - - Pass U-Boot MTD partitions to the kernel by using device tree fix-up - - Use ARM Global Timer instead of PIT Timer (avoids conflicts with Cortex-M4) - - Clock and mux Colibri UART_B (UART2) by default - - Add fdt_fixup variable to make it easier to include scripts which fix-up - the kernel's device tree (e.g. for evaluation/testing purpose) - - Set DDR fix property in the kernel's device tree to enable - Suspend-to-Memory support -- Linux kernel: - - Update to 4.1.5 LTS long term stable Linux kernel - - Initial Suspend-to-Memory support using Vybrid's LPSTOP2 low power mode - ("echo mem > /sys/power/state") - - Fixed and enhanced suspend/resume functions in various drivers - - Framebuffer ioctl WAITFORVSYNC which allows to synchronize buffer swap - on vertical blanking period - - Support RS485 transceiver on UARTs - - Updated default configuration: Include all drivers necessary to support - USB mass storage, add PWM LED, HWMON IIO and PL2303 serial device support - by default, configure more drivers as modules (e.g. UVC webcam), and - add some Wi-Fi drivers as module too -- Linux user-space: - - Update OpenEmbedded from dizzy to fido: - - glibc 2.21 - - systemd 219 - - Xorg 1.16.3 - - Removed udev-extra-rules (e.g. automount.rules/mount.sh) since the LXDE - image handles automounting using udisk. Newer systemd variants also start - udev using MountFlags=slave leading to mountpoints being mounted by the - udev rules not accessible by other processes. - -- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.5Beta1_20150813 - - repository linux-toradex branch toradex_vf_4.1 - - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2015.04-toradex - -Note: -- Due to flash space constraints we recommend using the console only image on - Colibri VF50 (e.g. Colibri_VF_LinuxConsoleImageV2.5Beta1_20150813.tar.bz2). -- The kernel requires 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 filesystem's /boot directory. - U-Boot reads the device tree according to the following naming 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) -- Suspend-to-Memory: USB devices on the USB host port get disconnected on resume -- Standby: Wake-up using UART in DMA mode hangs - -******************************************************************************** -Linux Image V2.4 Beta 1 (May 18, 2015) -- U-Boot: - - update to U-Boot 2015.04 - - new standard NAND ECC format which is able to fix up to 32-errors per page - - enable ONFI detection, allows to retrieve more details about the NAND chip - - improve NAND read performance by supporting OOB only read - - improve NAND write performance by removing unnecessary page reads on write - - 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") - - add "bmode" command which allows to select a specific boot device - - add display (DCU) support along with some default modes, display the Toradex - logo at VGA resolution by default - - add GPIO support through "gpio" command - - enable USB power for host port explicitly (fixes USB host support on Iris - and Viola Carrier Board) -- Linux kernel: - - update to 4.0.2 stable Linux kernel - - add audio capture support on Colibri VF61 (AC97) - - use configfs for USB Gadget configuration - - improve NAND read performance by supporting OOB only read - - improve NAND write performance by removing unnecessary page reads on write - - export Vybrid SoC information such as ROM revision and unique ID through - SoC bus (/sys/devices/soc0/machine, family, soc_id and revision) -- 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 - - use libusbg to configure USB Gadget through configfs, provides a default - configuration which configures a serial connection using CDC ACM protocol - - enable a serial console on the tty provided by USB Gadget CDC ACM (ttyGS0 - on module side, typically ttyACM0 on host side) - - 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 - - remove e2fsprogs for VF default image (image feature ext2) - - fix GPIOConfig CPU detection on Colibri VF50 (GPIOConfig V1.3) - -- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.4Beta1_20150518 - - repository linux-toradex branch toradex_vf_4.0 - - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2015.04-toradex - -Note: -- mount point names changed from /media/ to /media