4.1. Release notes - 10_00_00

4.1.1. Documentation

The documentation included with the PSDK QNX J722S is specific to the PSDK QNX J722S package.

PSDK RTOS J722S package documentation (PSDK RTOS Components) must also be referenced, for full understanding of PSDK QNX J722S support.

4.1.2. PSDK QNX J722S Features

Note

Reference PSDK RTOS J722S package documentation (LINK) for an extensive list of new and current features supported by PSDK QNX + PSDK RTOS. This section lists only the features that are PSDK QNX J722S specific.

Note

For features & drivers enabled by the QNX BSP, please refer to BSP Documentation or contact QNX. Specifically starting in SDP 8.0 this includes the CPSW io-sock networking driver(s).

Note

The release is tested on Ubuntu (x86_64) 22.04 system and may not work on earlier or later Ubuntu systems.

Note

In order to be compatible with ti-u-boot-24.04 / upstream u-boot v2024.07-rc1 or newer, an additonal 512KB carveout was added at 0x80000000 to protect the new Arm Trusted Firmware load address space. This is required for SPL boot to work properly.

4.1.2.1. Enabled in this release

Features enabled in this release, specific to PSDK QNX J722S addon package are:

  • Established a new carveout for Arm Trusted Firmware in the TI Build file to allow for SPL boot to work properly with new versions of u-boot

  • OMX IL Component support for VPU video decoder

    • Support for block-level spatial & temporal error concealment

    • Support for user input to determine number of non-linear frame buffers

For additional new updates, please refer PSDK RTOS package documentation (PSDK RTOS Components).

4.1.2.2. Enabled in previous releases

Features enabled in previous release, specific to PSDK QNX J722S 8.0 addon package are:

  • Support for QNX SDP 8.0

  • Shared Memory Allocator Resource Manager

  • SCIClient Resource Manager

  • UDMA Resource Manager

  • IPC Resource Manager

  • K3conf utility

  • Validation with the PSDK RTOS release

    • SBL Boot (SD and OSPI)

    • IPC echo test remote core firmware

  • PDK library build updated from using PDK makefile system to QNX makefile

  • Update to build system to use QCONF_OVERRIDE and support for .sym file

  • Debug build profile deprecate from the PSDK QNX build system

  • VPU video codec updates

    • Empirical values for internal and external buffers used for Codec published.

    • Various encode and decode fps rates published.

    • Resource manager support for VPU video encoder

    • Resource manager support for VPU video decoder

    • Multicore codec support.

    • Codec IO-buffer and Internal buffer management using SharedMemoryAllocator.

    • Supports usage of DDR high-mem (>4G range). Default base address is “0x8 C000 0000” with a total of 768MB.

  • OMX IL Component support for VPU video encoder and File-based OMX encoder test application (H.264 & HEVC)

    • Configurable GOP Preset support. Can configure combinations of I and P frames

    • Supports logging at different levels

    • Supports a multi-threaded implementation

    • Encoder multichannel support upto 8x1080p streams

    • Encoder supports performance upto 1x1080p at 60fps and 2x1080p at 30fps

  • OMX IL Component support for VPU video decoder and File-based OMX decoder test application (H.264 & HEVC)

    • Support for YUV 420 and pseudo-YUV 422 output formats.

    • Supports zero-copy buffer passing between application and codec

    • Supports I, P and B frame decoding

    • Supports decode of stream headers in advance

    • Supports logging at different levels

    • Supports a multi-threaded implementation

  • VPU codec (encoder and decoder) with test app

    • HEVC & H.264 4K Encode support with file-to-file encode test app

    • HEVC & H.264 4K Decode support with file-to-file decode test app

    • Multi-instance HEVC/H.264 Encode & Decode support with multi-inst test app

  • OMX IL Component support for VPU video encode & decode (H.264 & HEVC)

    • Decode/Encode: Support for 2x HW VPU instances for Video Encode / Decode

    • Decode/Encode: Supports Interrupt mode for VPU codec

    • Decode/Encode: Supports 8 channel D1@30fps Encode + 8 channel D1@30fps Decode

    • Encode: Supports Rate control - VBR and CBR

    • Encode: Supports CBR (e.g., for Video Conferencing), 2-10 Mbps

    • Decode: Performance profiler added for VPU decode

    • Decode: Publish Codec Capabilities through API

For additional new updates, please refer PSDK RTOS package documentation (PSDK RTOS Components).

4.1.2.3. Change Requests

The following Change requests have been made for this release.

  • VPU changes

    • Encoder: Descope configurable block sizes due to lack of HW support

    • Decoder: Move non-fatal error code support to 10.1 release

  • Re-evaluate safety requirement for TI’s reference shared memory allocator

4.1.2.4. Errata

Please refer release note in the PSDK RTOS J722S package documentation (PSDK RTOS Components) for the complete errata list.

4.1.2.5. Hardware support

Note

Refer to Release Notes in PSDK RTOS User Guide(LINK) for detailed information on supported Hardware.

4.1.3. Software Dependencies

4.1.3.1. QNX Dependency

Note

The PSDK QNX addon package is dependent on installations from QNX Software Center. The below QNX packages were used for PSDK QNX 10_00_00 build and verification.

4.1. QNX SDP 8.0

QNX SDP 800 Package

Build ID

Package ID

Package Version

QNX® Software Development Platform 8.0

141*

com.qnx.qnx800

8.0.0.00141T202311271501L

(Validated against this version contact QNX for latest)

QNX® SDP 8.0 Screen Board Support J722S (with Debug Symbols)

128

com.qnx.qnx800.target.screen.board.j722s

4.0.1.00128T202405150459L

QNX® SDP 8.0 BSP for Texas Instruments Jacinto 7 J722S Evaluation Modules

64

com.qnx.qnx800.bsp.hw.ti_j722s_evm

0.0.1.00064T202405101113L

4.1.3.2. PSDK RTOS Dependency

The PSDK QNX package is an addon package to the PSDK RTOS release, as such the PSDK RTOS is required.

4.1.4. Device Support and Validation Information

SoC

Build Host (OS)

Run Target (OS)

Test Platform

J722S

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 22.04)

R5F & C7x running TI-RTOS

A72 running QNX

TI EVM with daughter cards

Note

Refer EVM Setup for J722S for more details on the TI EVM support.

4.1.5. Open Defects

Below table lists all the current open defects:

ID

Head Line

EXT_PSDKQA-8

VPU: OMX decoder fails to decode H.264 mixed resolution 1080p/720p video

EXT_PSDKQA-19

J722S: Cache invalidate on A53 incosistent for remoteproc use cases

4.1.6. Closed Issues

Below table lists all the defects closed from previous releases:

ID

Head Line

EXT_PSDKQA-21

[IPC]: RPMessage_recv sometimes returns SOK with no data

EXT_PSDKQA-22

SafeRTOS: IPC echo test fails to ping mcu cores

4.1.7. Known Issues

A list of key known issues with the PSDK QNX release is provided below.

Note

Refer to individual PSDK RTOS Components release notes for known issues in each component

Index

Module

Description

1

QNX IPC RM

RPMessage_recv() can fail during combinatorial stress run

2

QNX UDMA RM

UDMA resource manager may not free UDMA resources when client exits unexpectedly.

3

QNX CPSW

CPSW recovery functionality is not functional as of the early release.

4

QNX DDR_BW tool

DDR_BW tool is currently non-functional

5

QNX virtual display config

QNX virtual display configuration update is needed to get the virtual display to work. Please refer to the scren package release notes for more details.

Note

SafeRTOS is not enabled for J722S for the PSDK RTOS 10.0 release. Some of the Vision app test cases fail.

4.1.8. Additional Reports

For additional reports like test report, traceability refer PSDK RTOS Additional Reports