Gateway Demo Release Notes

Version: 01.02.00.00

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Getting Started
  3. What's New
  4. Device Support
  5. Validation Information
  6. Fixed Issues
  7. Known Issues
  8. Technical Support
  9. Package Versioning

Introduction

The Gateway Demo package consists of all demos related to Automotive Gateway for J721E family of devices . These demos use AUTOSAR compliant drivers. At present CAN-Ethernet Gateway demo and CAN Generator applications are part of the package.

Getting Started

Refer to following documentation for further details:

Module Description Document Link
All This document details Hardware and Software requirements, Installation, Dependencies, Build instructions, Steps to run the demo, Changes over previous release and Limitations [HTML]

What's New

Module Changes Over Previous Release
CAN-Eth Gateway Demo
  • Support has been added for Jacinto DRA821 platform
  • Support for Out of Box Demo has been added, this allows running the demo without PCAN-USB.
  • Support for CAN generator application has been added. This acts as a proxy for PCAN-USB devices and provides Sciclient services as well.
  • CAN bootloader app is no longer required to boot Gateway via OSPI. SBL OSPI bootloader is the recommended approach instead.
CAN Generator Application
  • Added New

Device Support

SoC HOST (OS) Target (OS) Test Platform
J721E Linux TI RTOS J721E EVM + GESI card
J7200 Linux TI RTOS J7200 EVM + GESI card + SGMII card

Validation Information

This release was built and validated using the following tools.

Build Tools (included in Processor SDK):

Fixed Issues

ID Description Module Platform
NA NA NA NA

Known Issues

ID Description Workaround Comments Module Platform
ADASVISION-4002 Gateway app build system doesn't take care of library dependency. For example if a file is changed in CAN driver in MCUSW or Eth FW Delete the contents of binary folder and build NA CAN-Eth Gateway All
ADASVISION-4152 Gateway app does not boot ocassionally with OSPI boot Try to boot with CCS or try again if it fails NA CAN-Eth Gateway DRA829
ADASVISION-4417 Gateway app make all does not work Build Gateway and CAN generator apps separately and issue make allclean in between NA CAN-Eth Gateway and CAN Generator app All
ADASVISION-4420 Gateway combined image generates Invalid Magic number with OSPI boot Use CCS Boot NA CAN-Eth Gateway and CAN Generator app DRA829

Known Limitations

ID Description Workaround Comments Module
NA NA NA NA All

Technical Support

For technical support and additional assistance, visit or [E2E] contact local TI Field Application Engineer

Package Versioning

Each package version is composed of 4 period-delimited numbers - represented here by the letters M, m, p and b [M.m.p.b]. The table below provides a descriptive reference regarding package version numbering.

Digit Meaning Description
1 (M=Major) Major revision Incremented when the new version is substantially different from the previous For example, a new module added or an existing module's algorithm significantly altered.
2 (m=minor) Minor revision Incremented when the new version has changed but not in a major way. For example, some minor changes in the API or feature set.
3 (p=patch) Patch number Incremented for all other source code changes. This include any packaging support code.
4 (b=build) Build number Incremented for each release delivery to CM. Reset for any change to M, m or p

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