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diff --git a/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt b/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt index 4b44848..dc49234 100644 --- a/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt +++ b/release-notes/Colibri_VF_LinuxReleaseNotesV2.x.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Release Notes: Linux Image V2.x for Colibri VF50/VF61 Contents: - U-Boot 2015.04 boot loader -- Linux 4.4.14 LTS kernel +- Linux 4.4.21 LTS kernel - Angstrom 2015.12/OpenEmbedded jethro/Yocto 2.0 based root file system, using LXDE desktop environment @@ -12,6 +12,43 @@ Contents: 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: @@ -720,7 +757,7 @@ Working on latest image: - NAND flash MTD/UBI/UBIFS with hardware ECC - serial console debug UARTA ttyLP0 - serial UARTA/UARTB and UARTC up to 921600, including RTS/CTS - - RS-422/485 + - RS-485 - I2C via /dev/i2c-X - MMC/SD card ESDHC2 - PWM /sys/class/pwm/ @@ -758,4 +795,4 @@ Not working or not tested: Flashing instruction have been moved to the Toradex developer article: http://developer.toradex.com/knowledge-base/flashing-linux-on-vybrid-modules -Toradex, July 5, 2016 +Toradex, October 4, 2016 |