4.1. Release notes - 08_06_01

4.1.1. Features

Note

This is a patch release to 08.06.00 with below updates

  • RTOS: SBL SD boot bug fix for CPU copy to read MBR before TIFS is loaded.

  • Linux: Uboot bug fix for race condition in opening up of firewalls in both background and foreground region to avoid potential for a firewall exception.

  • TIFS: Fix to open up firewall for HSM M4_1 to access SA3UL.

4.1.1.1. Hardware support

  1. J7200 ES2.0 and 2.1

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

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

4.1.1.2. Software features

Important

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

4.1.1.2.1. Platform Development Kit (PDK)

  • RTOS device drivers running on R5F, A72

  • Supported drivers and modules

    • ENET CPSW (2G and 5G), CPTS, SGMII/QSGMII, lwIP, FreeRTOS & SafeRTOS

    • CSL-FL (Chip support library)

    • GPIO

    • I2C

    • IPC (inter processor communication)

    • McASP

    • MMCSD with FATFS

    • 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), TPS6594x(Leo)

    • FreeRTOS Support on R5

    • SafeRTOS Support on R5

    • KeyWriter - example application

4.1.1.2.2. MCU Software (MCUSW)

  • AutoSAR 4.3.1 MCAL driver and MCU1_0 example applications running on R5F (TI Arm Clang Compiler).

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

  • MCUSW ”boot app”

4.1.1.2.3. Ethernet Switch Firmware (ETHFW)

  • Ethernet firmware interface API

  • Ethernet switch firmware running on R5F for CPSW5G

  • Layer 2 switching

  • FreeRTOS and SafeRTOS for Main R5F Core 0

  • FreeRTOS and SafeRTOS for Main R5F Core 1 virtual client

  • lwIP TCP/IP stack integration

  • NDK integration (has been discontinued from this release)

  • 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

  • MAC-only mode support

  • Shared memory based virtual Ethernet adapter

  • Multi-core broadcast/multicast traffic using software fan-out

  • Ethernet firmware support for SGMII and QSGMII modes

  • Driver support for XAUI and USXGMII modes

  • Checksum offload support for lwIP interface

  • Scatter-gather for packet transmission

  • Errata i2389 software warkaround for the MDIO driver

4.1.1.2.4. FreeRTOS

  • FreeRTOS for R5F

  • lwIP TCP/IP stack integration for R5F

4.1.1.2.5. Code Gen Tools (CGT)

  • TI LLVM (CLANG) Compiler, assembler, linker for R5F

  • GCC compiler for A72

4.1.2. Device Support and Validation Information

SoC

Build Host (OS)

Run Target (OS)

Test Plaform

J7200

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04)

R5F running FreeRTOS

A72 running Linux or QNX

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)

4.1.3. 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.

4.1.3.1. Gateway Demos

Gateway Demos are no longer included in the PSDK package starting in 08.01.00 release.

4.1.3.2. TI Arm Clang C/C++ Compiler

08.01.00 was the first release which includes TI Arm Clang Compiler (tiarmclang) for the R5F cores. Prior releases used the TI Arm Compiler (armcl). There are migration steps that may be necessary for existing code running on the R5F cores. The software delivered on R5F from TI has aleady been migrated accordingly. Please review the PDK release notes (LINK) for additional links and developer pages dedicated Clang migration.

4.1.3.3. TI-RTOS vs. FreeRTOS

FreeRTOS is the default OS for R5F libraries and binaries starting in 08.00.00 release. In 08.01.00 release, FreeRTOS is the default build and TI-RTOS (Sysbios) is no longer supported or packaged as part of the SDK. Please review the PDK release notes (LINK) for additional links and developer pages dedicated FreeRTOS migration.

4.1.3.4. Enet LLD

Support for scatter-gather in packet transmission has been added starting in 08.05.00 release. This feature requires a change in Enet LLD DMA API, so applications using Enet LLD APIs need to be ported to use the updated API. Developers should refer to the porting steps documented in Enet LLD User’s Guide (LINK).

4.1.3.5. NDK vs. lwIP

lwIP is the default network stack starting in 08.00.00 release. In 08.01.00 release, NDK was no longer supported or packaged as part of the SDK.

4.1.3.6. MCU Software (MCUSW)

4.1.3.6.1. Ethernet

MCAL Ethernet (MCU CPSW_2G) and Virtual MAC (virtual client for CPSW_5G) drivers have been signficantly refactored to remove most dependencies with other SDK components, such as Enet LLD and UDMA LLD. The only remaining SDK dependency is with SCI Client driver. The driver configuration has also moved to a static-oriented allocation approach for TX channel, RX channel, Ring Accs, and other resources. Please refer to the Ethernet User Guide (LINK) chapter in the MCUSW documentation for further information about Ethernet module configuration.

Additionally, MCAL Ethernet driver (MCU CPSW_2G) now has Global Time support (packet timestamping) as well as support for link time and post-build configuration, in addition to pre-compile variant already supported in previous SDKs.

4.1.4. Known Issues

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

4.1.5. Change Requests

ID

Head Line

Original Fix Version

New Fix Version

Components

JACINTOREQ-4967

Pull in Firewall Notification Feature

PSDK_9.2

PSDK_8.6

TIFS

JACINTOREQ-5389

PDK 8.6 Scope Change : See PDK release notes

PSDK_8.6

PSDK_9.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-5423

Push out “Firewall Notification Feature”

PSDK_8.6

PSDK_9.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-5431

PDK 8.6 Board Library/Diag Requirement Scope Change

PSDK_8.6

PSDK_9.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-5424

Ethernet: CPSW: Scope out SG RX

PSDK_8.6

Descope

ETHFW

JACINTOREQ-5425

Ethernet: Scope in Enet LLD & ETHFW support for SafeRTOS

-

PSDK_8.6

ETHFW

JACINTOREQ-5425

Ethernet: Scope in lwIP optimizations (phase 1)

-

PSDK_8.6

ETHFW

JACINTOREQ-5425

Ethernet: ETHFW boot time benchmark

PSDK_8.6

PSDK_9.0

ETHFW

JACINTOREQ-5425

Ethernet: VLAN support in ETHFW

PSDK_8.6

PSDK_10.x

ETHFW

JACINTOREQ-5425

Ethernet: Large frame support

PSDK_8.6

Descope

ETHFW

4.1.5.1. Errata workarounds

Record ID

Summary

Workaround

ErrataID

PDK-8375

OSPI Boot Mode Failure with MCU2_1 Core

STOG should be left in disabled/bypass mode. This issue is addressed in J721E SR1.1.

i2121

PDK-6894

DDR: Valid VRef range must be defined during LPDDR4 Command Bus Training

i2160

PDK-9844

DDR: LPDDR4 should be configured to 2666 MT/S

LP4-2666 is recommended for SW development

i2186 (PG1.0 only)

4.1.6. Additional Reports

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