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authorMax Krummenacher <max.oss.09@gmail.com>2015-11-09 12:41:05 +0100
committerMax Krummenacher <max.oss.09@gmail.com>2015-11-09 12:41:05 +0100
commit7cc2736b77f7c6534b94ceb9f0e85ff0fe23950f (patch)
tree690b815fbdd5b74b3cd7c72a567a85a2a8305db7
parent37c61065c22f2da8e0265e03adced8ae61bb080f (diff)
Apalis/Colibri iMX6: updated release notes
-rw-r--r--release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt11
-rw-r--r--release-notes/Colibri_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt16
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt b/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
index ee1a3be..d0a6433 100644
--- a/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
+++ b/release-notes/Apalis_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
@@ -21,14 +21,17 @@ Linux Image V2.5 Beta 2 (November 6, 2015)
- U-Boot boot loader:
- add return code for cfgblock commands which allows scripting
- increase TFTP blocksize for better performance
- - enable eMMC boot support commands (e.g. /dev/mmcblk0boot0)
- enabled zero bootdelay check (allows entering U-Boot when bootdelay is 0)
+ - enable eMMC boot support commands (e.g. /dev/mmcblk0boot0)
+ - boot U-Boot from the eMMC boot area (/dev/mmcblk0boot0)
- move environment to the end of the eMMC boot area before the config block
- enable crc32 verify support
- Linux kernel:
- migrate to Linux 3.14.28 kernel, based on Freescale's BSP release imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga
+ - optional RS485 is not yet migrated
- add optional CSI camera support for OmniVision OV5640
- changed Fusion multi touch event reporting to adhere to multitouch slot
+ - renamed the device tree for V1.0 HW from imx6q-apalis-eval_v1_0.dtb to imx6q-apalis_v1_0-eval.dtb
- Linux user-space:
- updated to latest Angstrom 2015.06/OpenEmbedded fido:
- glibc 2.22
@@ -36,7 +39,8 @@ Linux Image V2.5 Beta 2 (November 6, 2015)
- Xorg 1.16.1
- glibc: force memcpy_arm to improve memcpy performance
- fw_printenv/setenv: follow U-Boot environment move
- - updated Vivante binary graphics/multimedia drivers (some gstreamer plugins changed their names)
+ - updated Vivante binary graphics/multimedia drivers (some gstreamer plugins
+ changed their names, notably mfw_v4lsink to imxv4l2sink)
- fix USB RNDIS operation (still racy due to networkd bug)
- OpenEmbedded build system:
- local.conf: add Toradex source mirror as pre-mirror
@@ -53,7 +57,6 @@ Linux Image V2.5 Beta 2 (November 6, 2015)
Known Issues:
- PCIe suspend/resume issue
- USB RNDIS is racy due to networkd bug
-- missing RS-485 support
- some USB Thumb drivers 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
@@ -425,4 +428,4 @@ 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, November 6, 2015
+Toradex, November 9, 2015
diff --git a/release-notes/Colibri_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt b/release-notes/Colibri_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
index cc109b6..654e7f9 100644
--- a/release-notes/Colibri_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
+++ b/release-notes/Colibri_iMX6_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ Linux Image V2.5 Beta 2 (November 6, 2015)
- add return code for cfgblock commands which allows scripting
- increase TFTP blocksize for better performance
- fix setup of I2C3
- - enable eMMC boot support commands (e.g. /dev/mmcblk0boot0)
- enabled zero bootdelay check (allows entering U-Boot when bootdelay is 0)
+ - enable eMMC boot support commands (e.g. /dev/mmcblk0boot0)
+ - boot U-Boot from the eMMC boot area (/dev/mmcblk0boot0)
- move environment to the end of the eMMC boot area before the config block
- enable crc32 verify support
- Linux kernel:
- migrate to Linux 3.14.28 kernel, based on Freescale's BSP release imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga
+ - optional RS485 is not yet migrated
- automatic USB device/host detection using USBC_DET pin
- changed Fusion multi touch event reporting to adhere to multitouch slot
- Linux user-space:
@@ -37,7 +39,8 @@ Linux Image V2.5 Beta 2 (November 6, 2015)
- Xorg 1.16.1
- glibc: force memcpy_arm to improve memcpy performance
- fw_printenv/setenv: follow U-Boot environment move
- - updated Vivante binary graphics/multimedia drivers (some gstreamer plugins changed their names)
+ - updated Vivante binary graphics/multimedia drivers (some gstreamer plugins
+ changed their names, notably mfw_v4lsink to imxv4l2sink)
- fix USB RNDIS operation (still racy due to networkd bug)
- OpenEmbedded build system:
- local.conf: add Toradex source mirror as pre-mirror
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ Linux Image V2.5 Beta 2 (November 6, 2015)
- improved update.sh to use module type specific folders allowing update of
different modules with just one update media
-- sources git.toradex.com tag Apalis_iMX6_LinuxImageV2.5Beta2_20151106
+- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_iMX6_LinuxImageV2.5Beta2_20151106
- repository linux-toradex branch toradex_imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga
- repository u-boot-toradex branch 2015.04-toradex
@@ -210,7 +213,6 @@ Working on latest image:
- eMMC ext3
- serial console debug UARTA
- UARTB, UARTC
- - optional RS485
- I2C via /dev/i2c-X
- 4-bit SD card mmc1
- framebuffer console
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ Working on latest image:
- USB webcam
- USB raw HID device /dev/hidrawX
- USB device Ethernet RNDIS, disabled
+ - automatic USB device/host detection aka OTG support
- analog input via IIO framework
- optional parallel camera interface (imx6dl-colibri-cam-eval-v3.dtb)
- DVFS power management
@@ -249,11 +252,10 @@ Not working or not tested:
- U-Boot boot loader
- USB device/host switching
- Linux kernel
- - automatic USB device/host detection aka OTG support
- CAN via MCP2515
- IrDA
- RS-422
-
+ - optional RS485
- Linux user-space
- Gstreamer encoding (not tested)
- GPIO config tool not available
@@ -266,4 +268,4 @@ 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, November 6, 2015
+Toradex, November 9, 2015