5.1. Release notes - 10_01_00

5.1.1. Features

Note

New features vs previous release are marked in bold

5.1.1.1. Hardware support

  1. J784S4 E1 EVM support

  2. Fusion1 RevC daughter card with UB960 FPDLink deserializer

  3. Fusion2 E2 daughter card with UB9702 FPDLink deserializer

  4. IMX390 2MP CSI2 image sensor + UB953 FPDLink serializer

  5. Quad Port Ethernet daughter card (for CPSW9G support)

5.1.1.2. Software features

Important

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

5.1.1.2.1. Vision Apps (ADAS, Vision, DL demos)

  • OpenVX based demos for ADAS, Vision, deep learning applications

    • FreeRTOS or SafeRTOS on C7x, R5F and Linux/QNX on A72

    • Integrates all major PSDK RTOS and PSDK LINUX SW components like TIDL, MMALIB, PDK, OpenVX, ETHFW, OpenGL, video codec, C7x algorithms, imaging/sensors, IPC, Linux, FreeRTOS, SPL/uboot.

    • Integrates all major HW components like CSI2 camera, eDP display, UART, I2C, ethernet, SD card

  • Deep Learning demos

    • Image Classification demo

      • File based

      • Camera based

    • Standalone Semantic Segmentation application

      • File based

      • Camera based

    • Standalone Object Detection application

      • File based

      • Camera based

    • Auto valet parking (AVP) demo

      • semantic segmentation, Parking spot detect and Vehicle detect algorithms

      • 1 channel, 3 algo mode (AVP1 demo)

      • 3 channel, 3 algo mode - combined network for parking spot and vehicle detect (AVP2 demo)

      • 3 channel, 5 algo mode - combined network for parking spot and vehicle detect + Three task network for Semantic Segmentation, Motion Segmentation and Depth Estimation (AVP3 demo)

    • DKAZE-based Visual Localization application

    • Debug support for the ability to debug intermediate layer information from TIDL node

  • Surround view demos

    • 3D surround view using GPU on 4x 2MP 30fps live camera input

    • 3D surround view calibration application

  • ADAS/Vision demos

    • Dense optical flow (DOF) demo

    • Stereo disparity engine demo

    • Single and multi camera to display (CSI2RX + VISS + LDC + MSC + Display) demo

    • C7x algorithm offload demo (with DMA acceleration)

  • OpenVX target nodes

    • image pre-processing (YUV 2 RGB) nodes for DL demos

    • image post-processing and visualization nodes for deep learning, DOF, Stereo demos

    • OpenGL nodes for surround view

  • Profiling, logging and other utility APIs

  • All included MCU tasks are split between MCU2_0 (ETHFW, VPAC0 HWA), MCU2_1 (DMPAC HWA), and MCU4_0 (VPAC1), leaving MCU3_0, MCU3_1, and MCU4_1 free on main domain

5.1.1.2.2. Platform Development Kit (PDK)

  • RTOS device drivers running on R5F, C7x

  • Supported drivers and modules

    • ENET CPSW (2G & 9G in Main domain, 2G in MCU domain), RGMII (CPSW 2G), SGMII/QSGMII (CPSW_9G), lwIP, FreeRTOS & SafeRTOS

    • CSL-FL (Chip support library)

    • GPIO

    • I2C

    • IPC (inter processor communication)

    • MMCSD with FATFS

    • OSAL

    • SBL secondary bootloader

    • SCI Client (DMSC interface)

    • SPI driver (SPI, OSPI, NAND)

    • UART

    • UDMA and DRU

    • DSS display (eDP)

    • 2xCSI2-RX camera (4 cameras per instance)

    • 2xCSI2-TX

    • 2xVPAC and DMAC (VHWA)

    • FreeRTOS Support on R5, DSPs

    • SafeRTOS Support on R5, DSPs

Refer to PDK release notes LINK for more details.

5.1.1.2.3. 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, Dio, Eth, Pwm & Wdg

5.1.1.2.4. TI Deep learning Product (TIDL) and MMALIB

  • TensorFlow Lite Runtime with Delegate API support for heterogeneous execution on ARM+C7x_MMA

  • ONNX Runtime with Execution Provider support for heterogeneous execution on ARM+C7x_MMA

  • NEO-AI-DLR support - TVM model compilation for heterogeneous execution on ARM+C7x_MMA

  • Upgraded to exercise MMA REV2 IP enhancement features - Support for hardware acceleration via on-the-fly padding of tensors - Support for asymmetric quantization for TF-Lite post training quantized models

  • TIDL deep learning inference engine library running on C7x/MMA

  • Supports Caffe, ONNX, TFlite network exchange formats

  • Supported layers: Convolution, Deconvolution, Pooling, ReLU, Elt-wise, Inner product, Soft-max, and many more

  • TIDL network import tool and graph visualizer tool

  • Post Training Quantization options for 8-bit, 16-bit and mixed precision inference

  • Support for batch processing

  • Support for auto C7x code generation with TVM

  • Compiler robustness improvement, Init time optimization and partial batch supports

  • Refer to edgeai-tidl-tools for further details

5.1.1.2.5. FFT Library for C7x/MMA (FFTLIB)

  • C7x-only kernels

  • C7x+MMA kernels

  • Note: This is packaged as a stand-alone library component, and is not integrated into any SDK level demos

5.1.1.2.6. DSP Library for C7x/MMA (DSPLIB)

  • C7x-only kernels

  • Note: This is packaged as a stand-alone library component, and is not integrated into any SDK level demos

5.1.1.2.7. MATH Library for C7x/MMA (MATHLIB)

  • C7x-only kernels

  • Note: This is packaged as a stand-alone library component, and is not integrated into any SDK level demos

5.1.1.2.8. TI OpenVX (TIOVX)

  • OpenVX v1.1 compliant implementation with graph pipelining, user data object, bidirectional parameters and safe casts extensions support

  • OpenVX API on A72 running Linux/QNX

  • OpenVX target kernels on C7x, R5F, A72

  • OpenVX v1.1 C6x optimized kernels recompiled for C7x

  • OpenVX nodes for

    • TIDL (C7x-MMA)

    • VISS (R5F)

    • LDC (R5F)

    • MSC (multi-scalar) (R5F)

    • Pyramid (using MSC) (R5F)

    • Dense Optical Flow (R5F)

    • Stereo Disparity Engine (R5F)

    • BLNF (bilateral noise filter) (R5F)

    • CSI2-RX camera (R5F)

    • CSI2-TX (R5F)

    • Display (eDP) (R5F)

  • OpenVX tutorials for getting started

  • PyTIOVX tools for target kernel code generation

  • Performance Analyzer tool for run time logging of OpenVX graphs

  • VISS node supports heterogeneous cameras

5.1.1.2.9. Imaging

  • IMX390 2MP sensor driver (30/60fps) with IQ tuning

  • TI Auto-exposure and auto white-balance algorithms

  • Support for UB960/UB9702 broadcast mode

  • Sensor framework supports heterogeneous cameras

  • GLBC context save/restore

  • Simultaneous processing on two place input on MSC and LDC

  • D3 IMX728 sensor driver with IQ tuning

5.1.1.2.10. Ethernet Switch Firmware (ETHFW)

  • Ethernet firmware interface API

  • Ethernet switch firmware running on R5F for CPSW9G

  • 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

  • Remote switch configuration server

  • GUI switch configuration tool

  • Inter-VLAN routing demo

  • IP next header filtering demo

  • CPSW Proxy/Server layer for remote core integration

  • Integration with AUTOSAR Eth Virtual MAC driver

  • gPTP support

  • MAC-only mode support

  • Shared memory based virtual Ethernet adapter

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

  • Multi-core broadcast/multicast traffic using VEPA mode

  • Ethernet firmware support for QSGMII mode

  • Driver support for XAUI and USXGMII modes

  • Checksum offload support for lwIP interface

  • Scatter-gather for packet transmission

  • VLAN support

  • CPSW recovery support

  • RTOS client support on MCU3_0

  • PPS signal generation support added

  • Heartbeat mechanism support

5.1.1.2.11. TI Autonomous Driving Algorithms (TIADALG)

  • Image pre-processing APIs for color plane conversion and separation YUV to RGB for DL applications (C6x optimized. recompiled for C7x)

  • Camera Pose estimation API using solve pnp technique (C6x optimized. recompiled for C7x)

  • Visual localization algorithm (C6x optimized. recompiled for C7x)

  • Structure from Motion algorithm

5.1.1.2.12. FreeRTOS

  • FreeRTOS for R5F and C7x

  • lwIP TCP/IP stack integration for R5F

5.1.1.2.13. Code Gen Tools (CGT)

  • TI Compiler, assembler, linker for R5F, C7x

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

  • GCC compiler for A72 (needs to be downloaded separately)

5.1.2. Device Support and Validation Information

SoC

Build Host (OS)

Run Target (OS)

Test Plaform

J784S4

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 22.04)

R5F, C7x running FreeRTOS

A72 running Linux or QNX

J784S4 EVM with daughter cards

PC emulation mode (1)

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 22.04)

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 22.04)

x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 22.04)

(1) Requires download of addon package from mySecure Software

5.1.3. 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.

5.1.3.1. 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).

5.1.3.2. MCU Software (MCUSW)

5.1.3.2.1. Ethernet

MCAL Ethernet (MCU CPSW_2G) and Virtual MAC (virtual client for CPSW_9G) 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.

MCAL Ethernet driver is not supported in Main domain CPSW_2G (CPSW_2G).

5.1.4. Known Issues

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

5.1.5. Change Requests

ID

Head Line

Original Fix Version

New Fix Version

Components

JACINTOREQ-8357

Scope out of TIDL MRs related to Safety for SDK 10.1

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

ANALYTICS

JACINTOREQ-8356

Change request for release schedule change for software monitoring of DMPAC events, watchdog timer for VPAC and DMPAC, raw histogram support.

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

IMAGING

JACINTOREQ-8355

Change request for release schedule change for VISS to MSC flexconnect

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

IMAGING

JACINTOREQ-8205

ETHFW: SDK 10.1 Scope changes for Multicore Timesync

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

NETWORKING

JACINTOREQ-8075

Change request for release schedule change for VPAC PSA signature data.

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

IMAGING

JACINTOREQ-8074

Scope change for OSPI Programmable write protected regions on J7AHP

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-8009

CR: Move (MCU_1_1 to SDK 11.1, HSM M4 to SDK 11.0) on J784S4

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PLATFORM_SW

JACINTOREQ-7974

ETHFW/Enet LLD: SDK 10.1 Scope changes for VLAN and MAC-2-MAC on SGMII

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

NETWORKING

JACINTOREQ-7898

Imaging MRs to be rejected or moved to 10.2

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

IMAGING

JACINTOREQ-7892

Change request for release schedule change for DMA based VISS configuration support and Flexconnect paths.

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

IMAGING

JACINTOREQ-7890

Scope in of TIDL MRs for SDK 10.1

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

ANALYTICS

JACINTOREQ-7889

Scope out of TIDL MRs for SDK 10.1

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

ANALYTICS

JACINTOREQ-7866

CR: Drop SDK 10.02 release and rename as SDK 11.00 for non-Linux component

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

ADASVISION

JACINTOREQ-7861

PDK 10.1 Scope change for MCU Only Mode

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-7850

Scope change of CP_INTD feature support for CSIRX on J7ES, J7AHP, J7AEP, J7AHP_27x27

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-7845

Change request to defer FVID2 safety qualification

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

IMAGING

JACINTOREQ-7844

CR JACINTOREQ-6588 (u-boot should support ums)

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PLATFORM_SW_CONNECTIVITY

JACINTOREQ-7800

Scope change for additional feature support for CSITX/CSIRX on J7AHP, J7AEN

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-7799

Scope out of DL Runtime Support in Ubuntu 22.04 Docker

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

ADASVISION

JACINTOREQ-7757

CR: CR due to automated test case is not available

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PLATFORM_SW

JACINTOREQ-7732

Change request for scope/release schedule change for incremental system optimization and additional color spaces support requirements

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

IMAGING

JACINTOREQ-7727

CR: MCU1_1 in split mode where DM resides

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PLATFORM_SW

JACINTOREQ-7717

Scope change for HLOS Boot support in eMMC mode

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-7715

Scope change for Multilink support on SerDes for PDK devices.

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-7710

VPU: Move Non-fatal-error codes for Decoder to 10.1

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

QNX

JACINTOREQ-7702

Scope change for Early CAN support on HS Devices

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-7678

CR: Change Scope of (Firewalling support on J784S4 due to TIFS firmware dependency) from SDK 10.0

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PLATFORM_SW

JACINTOREQ-7677

Connectivity MRs which are CRed out to PSDK_11.x as part of MR cleanup

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PLATFORM_SW_CONNECTIVITY

JACINTOREQ-7675

Connectivity MRs which are CRed out to PSDK_10.1 as part of MR cleanup

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PLATFORM_SW_CONNECTIVITY

JACINTOREQ-7652

MCAL: J7AEN Safety + Jacinto Re-Certification for SDK10.1

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

MCAL

JACINTOREQ-7637

MCUSS Demos: Remove CAN Boot App, CAN XIP/FOTA Demo from MCUSW Offering

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

MCAL

JACINTOREQ-7636

Scope change for PDK Drivers

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-7632

Scope change for MCU Only Mode

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-7627

PDK Scope Change due to J742S2

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

PDK

JACINTOREQ-7556

Defer IPC resorce table changes

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

QNX

JACINTOREQ-7541

Push out “MMALIB shall support 3x3 stride 3 Row flow C7120”

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

MMALIB

JACINTOREQ-7540

Push out “MMALIB shall support pixel shuffle”

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

MMALIB

JACINTOREQ-7511

DEFER “MMALIB shall support ILUT on all CNN kernels for devices where it is available”

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

MMALIB

JACINTOREQ-7507

Defer benchmark numbers on IPC with OpenVX overhead on J7 platforms to 10.1 release

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

TIOVX

JACINTOREQ-7445

PSDK QNX Safety Features

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

QNX

JACINTOREQ-6474

J7AEN impacts existing commitments

PSDK_10.1

PSDK_11.0

ADASVISION

5.1.5.1. Errata workarounds

None

5.1.6. Additional Reports

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