4.5. Release notes - 06_00_01¶
4.5.1. What’s New¶
Note
Only regression testing is performed based on the changes. Full testing will be done in 6.01.00 release
This is a patch release on top of the 6.00.00 release to address below key features and bugs. Refer respective component release notes for details on the changes.
- J721E Beta board support with Leo PMIC processor board
- Support for TI MM RTOS decoder package consisting H.264 decoder (library and source package)
- 4 channel 3D Surround view demo using VISS, GPU, FPDLink 2MP Cameras, HDMI Display
- AR233 sensor support
- DSS BT601 discrete sync support in DSS RTOS driver
- Improved stability and performance for Auto Valet Parking Demos
- Critical bugs fixes related to stability seen in Ethernet and Imaging demos
- EDP display interoperability issue and hot-plug-detect (HPD) support
This release in tested on the below HW platforms,
- J721E SoC and J721E EVM
- eDP output from J721E EVM
- MMC/SD, eMMC, OSPI, UART, Ethernet from J721E EVM
- Infotainment daughter card, required for HDMI display demos
- Fusion1 with UB960 FPD link daughter card with 4x UB953-IMX390 FPD Link sensors, required for CSI2RX capture demos
- GESI daughter card, required for some 8 port ethernet switch demos
Some of the key software features are listed below (already supported in earlier releases),
- Linux on A72 and SysBIOS on R5F, C6x, C7x CPUs with IPC (inter-processor communication) working across all CPUs
- RTOS based bootloader via SBL in PDK and Linux based bootloader via uboot in PSDK Linux Auto
- PDK with CSI2, DSS, VPAC, DMPAC, UDMA, MMC/SD, UART, IPC, Ethernet, OSPI drivers
- TIDL and MMALIB for CNN acceleration using C7x/MMA
- TI OpenVX software stack running across A72, R5F, C6x, C7x CPUs in RTOS only mode as well as Linux+RTOS mode
- TI OpenVX nodes for VPAC, DMPAC, CSI2 capture, display, TIDL, OpenGL and OpenVX v1.1 defined nodes
- Imaging library for auto-exposure, auto-whitebalance algorithms, image sensor framework
- 8 port ethernet switch firmware
- ADSA/Vision demos for CNN applications like object classification, parking spot detect, semantic segmentation, auto valet parking
- ADSA/Vision demos for Camera applications like 1CH/4CH IMX390 CSI2 Capture + VISS + display
- Gateway demos for CAN to ethernet routing
- Display sharing and cluster demo applications
- MCU SW for MCU island integration demos
- MCAL AutoSAR drivers (part of MCU SW package)
- VXLIB - OpenVX v1.1 low level kernel for C66x integrated with TIOVX
- Perception toolkit (PTK) for Lidar,Radar,Camera fusion (PC based only)
- TI Code generation tools for R5F, C6x, C7x
- ARM GCC Code generation tools for A72 (needs to be downloaded separately)
4.5.2. Device Support and Validation Information¶
SoC | Build Host (OS) | Run Target (OS) | Test Plaform |
---|---|---|---|
J721e | x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04) | R5F, C6x, C7x running TI-RTOS A72 running Linux |
J721e EVM with daughter cards |
PC emulation mode | x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04) | x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04) | x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04) |
4.5.3. Known Issues¶
Refer to component release notes for known issues in each component