4.7. Release notes - 07_01_01

4.7.1. Features

Note

New features vs previous release are marked in bold

4.7.1.1. Hardware support

  1. J7200 EVM support with Leo and Hera PMIC processor board

  2. GESI(Gateway/Ethernet Switch/Industrial) daughter card (for CAN ports)

4.7.1.2. Software features

Important

Below is a summary of key features. Refer individual SDK Components release notes for more details

4.7.1.2.1. Gateway Demos

  • CAN-Ethernet gateway demo to showcase routing between CAN-to-CAN, CAN-to-Ethernet, Ethernet-to-Ethernet and Ethernet-to-CAN using IEEE 1722 protocol

  • Out of box version of CAN-Ethernet gatway demo (without needing PCAN-USB device)

4.7.1.2.2. Platform Development Kit (PDK)

  • RTOS device drivers running on R5F, A72

  • Supported drivers and modules

    • Board diagnostic library

    • ENET CPSW (2G and 5G), CPTS, SGMII/QSGMII

    • CSL-FL (Chip support library)

    • GPIO

    • I2C

    • IPC (inter processor communication)

    • McASP

    • MMCSD with FATFS (A72 with RTOS)

    • OSAL

    • SBL secondary bootloader

    • SCI Client (DMSC interface)

    • SPI driver (SPI, QSPI, OSPI, Hyperflash)

    • UART

    • UDMA and DRU

    • xSPI as boot media

    • CSL-FL for Hyperflash

    • PMIC Driver for LP8764x(Hera)

4.7.1.2.3. MCU Software (MCUSW)

  • AutoSAR MCAL driver and demo applications running on R5F

  • AutoSAR MCAL driver for Adc, Can, CDD IPC,Dio, Eth, Gpt, Pwm, Spi & Wdg

    • Pwm : based on EHRPWM, CDD IPC with Linux

  • AUTOSAR Specification Version: 4.3.1

  • Migrated Gpt & Dio MCAL to AUTOSAR 4.3.1 specification

  • Ethernet CPSW 2G & CPSW5G MCAL driver

  • MCU Demo Applications

    • CAN Profiling Application

    • CDD IPC Profiling Application

    • SPI IPC Profiling Application

4.7.1.2.4. Ethernet Switch Firmware (ETHFW)

  • Ethernet firmware interface API

  • Ethernet switch firmware running on R5F for CPSW9G (or CPSW5G)

  • Layer 2 switching

  • NDK integration

  • Remote switch configuration server

  • GUI switch configuration tool

  • Inter VLAN routing

  • IP next header filtering

  • Rate limiting

  • CPSW Proxy/Server layer for remote core integration

  • Integration with AutoSAR Eth Virtual MAC driver

  • PTP Support

4.7.1.2.5. TI-RTOS

  • SysBIOS for R5F

  • Network developer kit (NDK) on R5F

4.7.1.2.6. Code Gen Tools (CGT)

  • TI Compiler, assembler, linker for R5F

  • GCC compiler for A72

4.7.2. Device Support and Validation Information

SoC

Build Host (OS)

Run Target (OS)

Test Plaform

J7200

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04)

R5F running TI-RTOS

A72 running Linux

J7200 EVM with daughter cards

PC emulation mode (1)

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04)

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04)

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04)

4.7.3. Upgrade and Compatibility

In this section, we only highlight a few significant changes in this SDK. For full list of upgrade and compatibility topics, please refer to individual components release notes SDK Components.

4.7.3.1. System Firmware Architecture Upgrade (PDK)

This release introduces the new architecture for System firmware where the TI Foundational Security (TIFS) is running on the DMSC and Power Management & Resource Management (collectively known as Device Management (DM)) runs as a library on the MCU1_0 R5F. Refer to following pages for more details:

4.7.3.2. ENET LLD (PDK)

Low-level driver support for CPSW Ethernet peripherals has been migrated from CPSW LLD to Enet LLD. This change comes with API name changes. More details of this change can be found in the Upgrade and Compatibility section of the PDK Release Notes: LINK

4.7.4. Known Issues

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

4.7.5. Additional Reports

For additional reports like test report, traceability refer [LINK] (or ${PSDK RTOS_PATH}/psdk_rtos/docs/additional_reports in package)