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authorMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2014-11-03 14:35:01 +0100
committerMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2014-11-03 14:35:01 +0100
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Release Notes: Linux Image V2.x for Colibri VF50/VF61
******************************************************
Contents:
-- U-Boot 2014.04 boot loader
+- U-Boot 2014.10 boot loader
- Linux 3.0.15 kernel, based on Freescale TWR-VF65GS10 Timesys LinuxLink
2014-05-29 (ts2.17)
- Yocto/OpenEmbedded daisy/2014.06 based root file system, using LXDE desktop
@@ -12,6 +12,39 @@ Contents:
==> Flashing instructions can be found at the very bottom of this release notes
********************************************************************************
+Linux Image V2.3 Beta 3 (October 31, 2014)
+- U-Boot:
+ - update to mainline U-Boot 2014.10 with new partition layout
+ - upstream NAND flash support: faster transfers due to optimised memcpy
+ - improved DDR initialization, according to JEDEC specifications
+ - enable caches in U-Boot
+ - boot zImage kernel from root file system
+ - create environment variable containing SoC type
+ - update environment script to also support device tree based kernels
+ - use PLL1 as DDR clock for Colibri VF50 (keep PLL2 off)
+- Linux kernel:
+ - support SMBus block reads (I2C)
+ - complete I2C resource tables
+ - enable wakealarm feature of SoC RTC to wakeup the system from suspend
+ - compile/deploy in zImage format
+- Linux user-space:
+ - switch to ARMv7 hard-float Thumb2 builds (armv7at2hf-vfp-neon)
+ - updated LXDM to 0.5 with proper systemd-logind support
+ - removed ConsoleKit session/login manager (superseded by systemd-logind)
+ - lxsession shows hibernate button only when kernel support is available
+ - various build and dependency fixes for LXDE recipes
+
+- sources git.toradex.com tag Colibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.3Beta3_20141031
+ - repository linux-toradex branch colibri_vf
+ - repository u-boot-toradex branch 2014.10-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 V2.1)
+- Analogue audio is not working on the Colibri VF61
+- USB client is not reliable (communication freezes when using RNDIS/g_ether)
+
+********************************************************************************
Linux Image V2.3 Beta 1 (August 4, 2014)
- U-Boot
- Fix environment offset to match new MTD partition layout
@@ -394,4 +427,4 @@ Boot from SD Card:
- apply power
- upon first boot post-install scripts are run which takes around 2 minutes, please be patient
-Toradex, September 14, 2014
+Toradex, November 3, 2014