AM263Px MCU+ SDK  11.00.00
Release Notes 11.00.00

Attention
1. Also refer to individual module pages for more details on each feature, unsupported features, important usage guidelines.
2. RPRC image format has been deprecated from this release. Multi Core ELF image format should be used. (Understanding Multicore ELF image format).
3. The default Stack size is 16KB and Heap size 32 KB for SDK examples. This can be adjusted as per application requirement through Memory Configurator in SysCfg or by updating Linker script in case of standalone applications.
4. SDK has been updated to support CCS Theia Out of Box from this release. Refer to Compatibility section below for changes w.r.t Eclipse.
5. The default SysCfg linked to CCS is an older version and needs to updated to the SDK supported version mentioned below. Please follow steps mentioned in Check Packages as seen by CCS.
6. Uniflash 9.2.0 does not support out of the box flashing of AM263Px-CC Rev B and AM263Px-LP Rev A binaries. As a workaround, use Uniflash's custom flasher feature mentioned here Custom Flash Support. Out of box flashing support for these boards will be available in the next Uniflash release.
7. For customer migrating from any release before SDK 10.00.00 to 10.00.00 or any release after, "DPL CFG" module has to be added in SysCfg in order to enable interrupts during DPL initialization. This module was added in SysCfg for 10.00.00 release to allow configuring Init time Enable/Disable of interrupts for RTOS applications (Default set to enabled).
Note
The examples will show usage of SW modules and APIs on a specific CPU instance and OS combination.
Unless explicitly noted otherwise, the SW modules would work in both FreeRTOS and no-RTOS environment.
Unless explicitly noted otherwise, the SW modules would work on any of the R5F's present on the SOC.

New in this Release

Feature Module
Clock Tree support for PLL and Peripheral clock configuration Sysconfig
CCS Theia Support CCS
Multi Core FreeRTOS IPC Example IPC
OSPI Phy Graph Plotter Example OSPI
Board Level Sysconfig Support Sysconfig
McSPI External Loopback Example McSPI
SBL over Ethernet Bootloader
LwIP stack upgrade to STABLE-2_2_1_RELEASE Networking
Ethernet example demonstrating low-latency Raw-UDP traffic prioritization for industrial applications Networking

Modules Not tested/supported in this release

Device and Validation Information

SOC Supported CPUs EVM Host PC
AM263Px R5F AM263Px ControlCard Rev B (referred to as am263px-cc in code).
Windows 10 64b or Ubuntu 18.04 64b or MacOS
AM263Px R5F AM263Px LaunchPad Rev A (referred to as am263px-lp in code).
Windows 10 64b or Ubuntu 18.04 64b or MacOS

Dependent Tools and Compiler Information

Tools Supported CPUs Version
Code Composer Studio R5F 20.3.0
SysConfig R5F 1.25.0 build, build 4268
TI ARM CLANG R5F 4.0.3.LTS
FreeRTOS Kernel R5F 11.1.0
LwIP R5F STABLE-2_2_1_RELEASE
Mbed-TLS R5F 2.13.1
Uniflash R5F 9.2.0

Key Features

Experimental Features

Attention
Features listed below are early versions and should be considered as "experimental".
Users can evaluate the feature, however the feature is not fully tested at TI side.
TI would not support these feature on public e2e.
Experimental features will be enabled with limited examples and SW modules.
Feature Module
GUI for UART Uniflash Tool Bootloader
Ether-ring Driver Implementation Networking
Ether-ring Demo with Real Time Traffic Generator and Background LwIP traffic Networking
Smart Layout OptiFlash
Etherring demo showcasing the integration of vehicle CAN bus data through a CAN-Ethernet gateway Networking
Ethernet MDIO with Clause 45 support Networking

OS Kernel

OS Supported CPUs SysConfig Support Key features tested Key features not tested / NOT supported
FreeRTOS Kernel R5F NA Task, Task notification, interrupts, semaphores, mutexs, timers Task load measurement using FreeRTOS run time statistics APIs. Limited support for ROV features.
FreeRTOS POSIX R5F NA pthread, mqueue, semaphore, clock -
NO RTOS R5F NA See Driver Porting Layer (DPL) below -

Driver Porting Layer (DPL)

Module Supported CPUs SysConfig Support OS support Key features tested Key features not tested / NOT supported
Cache R5F YES FreeRTOS, NORTOS Cache write back, invalidate, enable/disable -
Clock R5F YES FreeRTOS, NORTOS Tick timer at user specified resolution, timeouts and delays -
CpuId R5F NA FreeRTOS, NORTOS Verify Core ID and Cluster ID that application is currently running on -
CycleCounter R5F NA FreeRTOS, NORTOS Measure CPU cycles using CPU specific internal counters -
Debug R5F YES FreeRTOS, NORTOS Logging and assert to any combo of: UART, CCS, shared memory -
Heap R5F NA FreeRTOS, NORTOS Create arbitrary heaps in user defined memory segments -
Hwi R5F YES FreeRTOS, NORTOS Interrupt register, enable/disable/restore, Interrupt prioritization -
MPU R5F YES FreeRTOS, NORTOS Setup MPU and control access to address space -
Semaphore R5F NA FreeRTOS, NORTOS Binary, Counting Semaphore, recursive mutexs with timeout -
Task R5F NA FreeRTOS Create, delete tasks -
Timer R5F YES FreeRTOS, NORTOS Configure arbitrary timers -

Secondary Bootloader (SBL)

Module Supported CPUs SysConfig Support OS support Key features tested Key features not tested / NOT supported
Bootloader R5FSS0-0 YES NORTOS Boot modes: OSPI, UART. All R5F's. MCELF, multi-core image format -

SOC Device Drivers

Peripheral Supported CPUs SysConfig Support DMA Supported Key features tested Key features not tested / NOT supported
ADC, ADC_R R5F YES Yes. Examples: adc_soc_continuous_dma, adc_alternate_dma_trigger Single software triggered conversion, Multiple ADC trigger using PWM, Result read using DMA (normal and alternate triggers), EPWM trip through PPB limit, PPB features, Burst mode, Single and Differential mode, Interrupt with Offset from Aquisition Window, EPWM/ECAP/RTI triggered conversions, Trigger Repeater for Undersampling and Oversampling, Global Force on Multiple ADCs, Internal DAC Loopback to Calibration Channels, Safety Checker and Aggregator, Open Short Detection feature External channel selection
Bootloader R5F YES Yes. DMA enabled for SBL OSPI Boot modes: OSPI, UART. All R5F's -
CMPSS R5F YES NA Asynchronous PWM trip, digital filter, Calibration, Diode Emulation example CMPSS Dac LoopBack feature
CPSW R5F YES No MAC loopback, PHY loopback, LWIP: Getting IP, Ping, Iperf, Layer 2 MAC, Layer 2 PTP Timestamping and Ethernet CPSW Switch support, TSN stack RMII, MII mode
DAC R5F YES Yes. Example: dac_sine_dma Constant voltage, Square wave generation, Sine wave generation with and without DMA, Ramp wave generation, Random Voltage generation -
ECAP R5F YES yes. Example : ecap_edma ECAP APWM mode, PWM capture, DMA trigger in both APWM and Capture Modes, ecap signal monitoring example -
EDMA R5F YES NA DMA transfer using interrupt and polling mode, QDMA Transfer, Channel Chaining, PaRAM Linking, Error Handling -
EPWM R5F YES Yes. Example: epwm_dma, epwm_xcmp_dma Multiple EPWM Sync from Top Module, PWM outputs A and B in up-down count mode, Trip zone, Update PWM using EDMA, Valley switching, High resolution time period adjustment, chopper module features, type5 features -
EQEP R5F YES NA Speed and Position measurement. Frequency Measurement, Speed and Direction Measurement, cw-ccw modes -
FSI R5F YES Yes. Example: fsi_loopback_dma RX, TX, polling, interrupt mode, Dma, single lane loopback. - FSI Spi Mode
GPIO R5F YES NA Output, Input and Interrupt functionality -
I2C R5F YES No Controller mode, basic read/write -
IPC Notify R5F YES NA Mailbox functionality, IPC between RTOS/NORTOS CPUs M4F core
IPC Rpmsg R5F YES NA RPMessage protocol based IPC M4F core
LIN R5F YES YES RX, TX, polling, interrupt, DMA mode. -
MCAN R5F YES No RX, TX, interrupt and polling mode, Corrupt Message Transmission Prevention, Error Passive state, Bus Off State, Bus Monitoring Mode -
MCSPI R5F YES Yes. Example: mcspi_loopback_dma Controller/Peripheral mode, basic read/write, polling, interrupt and DMA mode -
MDIO R5F YES NA Register read/write, link status and link interrupt enable API -
MMCSD R5F YES NA MMCSD 4bit, Raw read/write, file IO, eMMC -
PINMUX R5F YES NA Tested with multiple peripheral pinmuxes -
PMU R5F NO NA Tested various PMU events Counter overflow detection is not enabled
OptiFlash R5F Yes NA FLC, RL2, RAT functionality, XIP with RL2 enabled, OTFA, FOTA, Optishare, Smart Layout -
OSPI R5F YES Yes. Example: ospi_flash_dma Read direct, Write indirect, Read/Write commands, DMA for read -
RTI R5F YES No Counter read, timebase selection, comparator setup for Interrupt, DMA requests Capture feature, fast enabling/disabling of events not tested
RESOLVER R5F YES No Angle and Speed Calcution. input Band Pass Filter, Manual Phase Gain Correction and Manual Ideal Sample Selection Mode calculation, Non-Rotational Safety Diagnostic features, Dual motor/Single motor redundant sensing Tuning, Rotational Safety Diagnostic features
SDFM R5F YES yes. Example : sdfm_filter_sync_dmaread Filter data read from CPU, Filter data read with PWM sync, triggered DMA read from the Filter FIFO, ECAP Clock LoopBack -
SOC R5F YES NA Lock/unlock MMRs, clock enable, set Hz, Xbar configuration, SW Warm Reset, Address Translation -
SPINLOCK R5F NA NA Lock, unlock HW spinlock -
UART R5F YES Yes. Example: uart_echo_dma Basic read/write at baud rate 115200, polling, interrupt mode HW flow control not tested, DMA mode not supported
WATCHDOG R5F YES NA Reset mode, Interrupt mode -

Trigonometric Operations

Peripheral Supported CPUs SysConfig Support DMA Supported Key features tested Key features not tested / NOT supported
TMU R5F NO NA TMU Operations, Pipelining, Contex Save Square Root, Division Operations. more than 1 Interrupt Nesting for the contex save is not Supported.

Board Device Drivers

Peripheral Supported CPUs SysConfig Support Key features tested Key features not tested
EEPROM R5F YES Only compiled -
FLASH R5F YES OSPI Flash -
LED R5F YES GPIO -
ETHPHY R5F YES Tested with ethercat_slave_beckhoff_ssc_demo example -
PMIC R5F YES LDO Voltage control -
IOEXPANDER R5F YES IO configurability -

Networking

Module Supported CPUs SysConfig Support OS Support Key features tested Key features not tested
Time-Sensitive Networking(gPTP-IEEE 802.1AS) R5F NO FreeRTOS gPTP IEEE 802.1 AS-2020 compliant gPTP stack, End Nodes and Bridge mode support, YANG data model configuration, IEEE 1722 compliant AVTP Stack Multi-Clock Domain
LwIP R5F YES FreeRTOS TCP/UDP IP networking stack with and without checksum offload enabled, TCP/UDP IP networking stack with server and client functionality, basic Socket APIs, netconn APIs and raw APIs, DHCP, ping, TCP iperf, scatter-gather, DSCP priority mapping Other LwIP features
Ethernet driver (ENET) R5F YES FreeRTOS Ethernet as port using CPSW, MAC loopback and PHY loopback, Layer 2 MAC, Packet Timestamping, CPSW Switch, CPSW EST, interrupt pacing, Policer and Classifier, MDIO Manual Mode, Credit Based Shaper (IEEE 802.1Qav), Strapped PHY (Early Ethernet) N/A
ICSS-EMAC R5F YES FreeRTOS Switch and MAC features, Storm Prevention (MAC), Host Statistics, Multicast Filtering Promiscuous Mode
Ether-ring Implementation R5F NO FreeRTOS Duplicate Rejection, Ring termination and Packet Duplication, Latency measurement for different real-time traffic profiles, Performance KPIs N/A

Safety Diagnostic Library

Module Supported CPUs SysConfig Support OS support Key features tested Key features not tested / NOT supported
MCRC R5F NA NORTOS Full CPU, Auto CPU Mode and Semi CPU Auto Mode -
DCC R5F NA NORTOS Single Shot and Continuous modes -
PBIST R5F NA NORTOS Memories supported by MSS PBIST controller. -
ESM R5F NA NORTOS Tested in combination with RTI, DCC -
RTI R5F NA NORTOS WINDOWSIZE_100_PERCENT, WINDOWSIZE_50_PERCENT ,Latency/Propagation timing error(early)(50% window),Latency/Propagation timing error(late)(50% window) -
ECC R5F NA NORTOS ECC of MSS_L2, R5F TCM, MCAN, VIM, ICSSM, TPTC FSS FOTA and OSPI
ECC Bus Safety R5F NA NORTOS AHB, AXI, TPTC -
CCM R5F NA NORTOS CCM Self Test Mode,Error Forcing Mode and Self Test Error Forcing Mode. TMU and RL2 are also validated -
R5F STC(LBIST), Static Register Read R5F NA NORTOS STC of R5F, R5F CPU Static Register Read -
TMU ROM Checksum R5F NA NORTOS ROM checksum for TMU -
Time out Gasket(STOG) R5F NA NORTOS Timeout gasket feature -
Thermal Monitor(VTM) R5F NA NORTOS Over, under and thershold temperature interrupts -
Integrated Example R5F NA FreeRTOS Integrated example with all the SDL modules integrated in to one example. ECC for TPTC, ECC Bus Safety and STC.

Note: SDL is validated only on ControlCard.

PRU IO

Module Supported CPUs SysConfig Support OS Support Key features tested Key features not tested
Empty PRU YES Bare Metal Empty project to get started with PRU firmware development -

Fixed Issues

ID Head Line Module Applicable Releases Applicable Devices Resolution/Comments
MCUSDK-14749 McSPI: Non Powers of 2 cannot be configured as fifo trigger levels in polling and interrupt mode McSPI 10.02.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Fix in SysCfg Meta file.
MCUSDK-13966 All UART triggers levels not exposed in SysCfg UART 10.00.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Update SysCfg to show all trigger levels from 1 to 64.
MCUSDK-14573 Incorrect handling of errata i2310 in UART isr UART 10.00.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Reorder the ISR state machine for handling UART errata correctly.
MCUSDK-14704 Adding multiple instances of UART DMA LLD causes failure UART 10.01.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px SysCfg template update to pass the EDMA handle correctly
MCUSDK-14706 GPIO Qual selection API missing GPIO 10.00.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Qual sel API added in pinmux driver
MCUSDK-14569 UART Errata i2310 is missing a step UART 10.00.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Added IIR register read to clear the interrupt
MCUSDK-14620 SDK build fails in Mac Machines Build 10.02.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Added GMAC library for MAC into SDK
MCUSDK-14659 Incorrect RTI clock source mux address for RTI 4 to 7 RTI 10.00.00 onwards AM263Px Updated to correct mux addresses in SysCfg
MCUSDK-13182 SysCfg unexpectedly changes OSPI Pin OSPI 10.00.00 onwards AM263Px The OSPI pins are locked in SDK examples.
MCUSDK-14857, MCUSDK-14731 Core 1 unhalted in SBL before FSM Trigger, Memory load SBL 10.00.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Skip unhalting core 1 of both clusters in dual core mode
MCUSDK-14712 OSPI Reset Pin being used before configuration OSPI 10.00.00 onwards AM263Px Configure OSPI reset in OSPI open instead of Flash open
PROC_SDL-9179 Redefinition error in MCU_PBIST Sysconfig SDL 10.02.00 onwards AM263Px, AM261x Resolved in Source code
PROC_SDL-9148 ECC D-Data fail during release SDL 10.02.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Fixed in example.
PROC_SDL-9160 PBIST does not cover the VIM memories SDL 10.02.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px, AM261x Fixed in Source and Used polling method instead of ISR to cover VIM memory
PROC_SDL-9154 VTM Example stuck in UC2 SDL 10.02.00 onwards AM263Px, AM261x Fixed in example
MCUSDK-14695 SDFM_configComparator has incorrect input in examples SDFM 10.00.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Updated example to pass correct value
MCUSDK-13153 Self nesting of interrupts is not working DPL 09.01.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Added macros for handling self re-entrant IRQ
MCUSDK-11935 DPL Low Latency Interrupt Application: controlfnc section missing in linker command DPL 09.00.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px Added missing .controlfnc section in linker command file of DPL Low Latency Interrupt example
MCUSDK-14696 ADC Sysconfig does not seem to generate codes for repeaters ADC 10.00.00 onwards AM263Px Fixed syscfg template file to generate trigger repeater code for burst mode
MCUSDK-14645 Implementation of the ADC_selectSOCExtChannel ADC 10.01.00 onwards AM263Px Fixed ADC_selectSOCExtChannel API implementation
MCUSDK-14746 TMU: Docs: QUAD feature listed under not supported section TMU 10.02.00 onwards AM263Px Updated documentation
MCUSDK-14661 Errata i2485 config missing in empty projects TMU 10.02.00 onwards AM263Px Updated example syscfg to have the part of TCMA blocked for R5SS1_CORE1
MCUSDK-14917 "Selected mode" in pinmux.csv.xdt file not being updated correctly in SysCfg Pinmux 10.01.00 onwards AM263x, AM263Px, AM261x Fixed in Pinmux CSV template

Known Issues

ID Head Line Module Reported in release Workaround
MCUSDK-13865 HRPWM Deadband sfo example has 1ns jitter EPWM 10.00.00 onwards -
MCUSDK-13201 HRPWM waveform not generating (in updwon count) when prescaler is non-zero and HRPE is enabled EPWM 10.00.01 onwards None
MCUSDK-13834 EQEP: EQEP frequency measurement example is not working as expected EQEP 10.00.01 onwards None
MCUSDK-14059 CMPSS DE example has Glitch in PWM output CMPSS 10.00.01 onwards None
MCUSDK-13011 Multicore Empty project not working properly FreeRTOS 09.01.00 onwards -
PINDSW-7715 Dual EMAC instance not working with both ports together for icss_emac_lwip example ICSS-EMAC 09.02.00 onwards None
PINDSW-7746 Low iperf values in TCP and UDP ICSS-EMAC 09.02.00 onwards None
PINDSW-8118 Enabling DHCP mode in icss_emac_lwip example causes assert ICSS-EMAC 09.02.00 onwards None
MCUSDK-12756 MbedTLS - Timing side channel attack in RSA private operation exposing plaintext. Mbed-TLS 08.06.00 onwards None
MCUSDK-14898 SDL apps fails on other than RFSS0-0 with SBL SBL, SDL 11.00.00 onwards This because SBL brings the RFSS1-0 out of reset before the SBL UART prints gets flushed. This will be fixed in next release. As a workaround the application in R5FSS1-0 can delay the start of application till SBL UART prints gets completed.
PROC_SDL-8392 In ECC bus safety example, ECC error is not properly cleared at the source. SDL 09.00.00 onwards None
PROC_SDL-8787 ECC TPTC and STC examples are not supported in SDL integrated example. SDL 10.01.00 onwards Use standalone examples and for STC use sbl_null with syscfg enabled
PROC_SDL-8857 SDL integrated example does not support ECC Bus Safety. SDL 10.01.00 onwards Use standalone example.
PROC_SDL-9163 ECC Aggregators FSS FOTA and OSPI SDL 10.02.00 onwards None
MCUSDK-13652 Readelf throws warning while parsing RS note SBL, QSPI 10.00.00 onwards -
MCUSDK-14509 AM263x/Am263px/AM261x: 10% Packet drop with UDP iperf in 100M bandwidth in 1Gbps FullDuplex linkspeed Networking 10.00.00 onwards -
MCUSDK-14883 AM263x, AM263Px: SBL: RPRC descoping broke SBL over Ethernet example Networking 11.00.00 onwards -
MCUSDK-14582 Flash: Incorrect flash name after Loading Flash JSON OSPI 10.00.00 onwards -
MCUSDK-14647 All CANFD standard ID conigurations are not exposed in SysCfg CAN 10.02.00 onwards Configure Config type, ID's,etc in application
MCUSDK-14714 Bufnum of 6 and 12 will cause the vring indexes to get corrupted IPC 10.00.00 onwards Use other VRING buffer numbers.
MCUSDK-14879 Potential system hang issue due to priority mask based critical sections. FreeRTOS 10.00.00 onwards Not to use Priority mask based critical sections (Disabled by default in SDK).
MCUSDK-14893 Sub projects under system projects cannot be changed in CCS Theia CCS 11.00.00 onwards -
MCUSDK-14819 Ram is getting erased/overwritten once warm reset is done in application SBL 11.00.00 onwards -
MCUSDK-14851 Few parameters are incorrect in JEDEC table from ospi diag example OSPI 11.00.00 onwards Refer flash datasheet and update
MCUSDK-14895 UART LLD Rx error checking logic checks if all errors exist at once UART 10.00.00 onwards -
MCUSDK-13011 Data Abort in application when all cores are running freertos using Gel files(CCS) FreeRTOS 10.00.00 onwards Flash and use SBL NULL instead of gel files
MCUSDK-14941 McSPI: Non Multiple's of FIFO cannot be transferred in DMA mode McSPI 10.00.00 onwards Use FIFO Trigger level of 1.
MCUSDK-14936 Uniflash unable to connect to target in OSPI boot mode Uniflash 10.01.00 onwards -
MCUSDK-14914 Unable to add UART communication port to target configuration in Theia Real Time Debug 10.02.00 onwards Use the CCXML file from CCS eclipse after updating to correct COM port.

Errata

ID Head Line Module SDK Status
i2189 OSPI: Controller PHY Tuning Algorithm OSPI Implemented
i2311 USART: Spurious DMA Interrupts UART Implemented
i2324 No synchronizer present between GCM and GCD status signals Common Implemented
i2345 CPSW: Ethernet Packet corruption occurs if CPDMA fetches a packet which spans across memory banks CPSW Implemented
i2351 OSPI: Controller does not support Continuous Read mode with NAND Flash OSPI Implemented
i2354 SDFM: Two Back-to-Back Writes to SDCPARMx Register Bit Fields CEVT1SEL, CEVT2SEL, and HZEN Within Three SD-Modulator Clock Cycles can Corrupt SDFM State Machine, Resulting in Spurious Comparator Events SDFM Open
i2356 ADC: Interrupts may Stop if INTxCONT (Continue-to-Interrupt Mode) is not Set ADC Implemented
i2375 SDFM: SDFM module event flags (SDIFLG.FLTx_FLG_CEVTx) do not get set again if the comparator event is still active and digital filter path (using SDCOMPxCTL.CEVTxDIGFILTSEL) is being selected SDFM Open
i2383 OSPI: 2-byte address is not supported in PHY DDR mode OSPI Implemented
i2401 CPSW: Host Timestamps Cause CPSW Port to Lock up CPSW Open
i2404 Race condition in mailbox registers resulting in events miss IPC, Mailbox Implemented
i2405 CONTROLSS: Race condition OUTPUT_XBAR and PWM_XBAR resulting in event miss Crossbar Open
i2485 AM263PX: TMU: TCM Memory Corruption on R5SS0_CORE1 and R5SS1_CORE1 when writing to TMU Registers TMU Implemented a workaround Errata : TCM Memory Corruption on R5SS0_CORE1 and R5SS1_CORE1 when writing to TMU Registers
Workaround: Do not use initial bytes (0x40-0x3A0) of ATCM from CPU1 allocation. Initial bytes (0x40-0x3A0 => 868 bytes) of CORE1 TCM are blocked using linker command settings of multi-core application/examples.
Refer TMU 4 Cores Support

Limitations

ID Head Line Module Reported in release Workaround
MCUSDK-13630 Cache should not be enabled at last 32B L2 Bank boundary Cache 10.01.00 Create MPU configurations for last 32B of each L2 Bank with Non Cached attribute

Upgrade and Compatibility Information

How to run FOTA examples on AM263PX-SIP board

One difference between AM263PX-SIP and AM263PX is the in package flash. In SIP board, flash is of Non-RWW in nature whereas, it is of RWW in other case. Example FLSOPSKD Benchmark is made to work out of box for AM263PX board but need some manual changes to make it work on AM263PX-SIP board. Here, to make this example with AM263PX-SIP board, please remove the RUN_XIP_IN_PARALLEL macro.

Compiling examples in MacOS machines

Currently the gmac library packaged within SDK is compiled using gcc darwin23.6.0 on Apple MAC. To build SDK examples on a different toolchain, recompile the gmac library by using these steps:

$ cd {SDK_PATH}/tools/boot/multicore-elf/c_modules/gmac
$ make all
  • A new library will be created inside mac/dist.
  • Rename this file to "gmac.arm64-apple-darwin.darwin.dylib".

RPRC Image format is Deprecated and Corresponding SBL's are also removed from SDK

RPRC image format is no longer supported and MCELF will be the only file format. Older SBL's and Cfg files which mapped to RPRC format are removed and replaced with MCELF variants. Below is the list of updated SBL's and Cfg files:

Deprecated SBL + CFG File Supported SBL + CFG File
SBL QSPI (default_sbl_qspi.cfg) SBL QSPI MULTICORE ELF (mcelf_sbl_qspi.cfg)
SBL UART SBL UART MULTICORE ELF
SBL SD (default_sbl_sd.cfg) SBL SD MULTICORE ELF (mcelf_sbl_sd.cfg)
SBL CAN (default_sbl_can.cfg) SBL CAN MULTICORE ELF (mcelf_sbl_can.cfg)
SBL CAN UNIFLASH (default_sbl_can_uniflash.cfg, default_sbl_can_uniflash_app.cfg) SBL CAN UNIFLASH MULTICORE ELF (mcelf_sbl_can_uniflash.cfg, mcelf_sbl_can_uniflash_app.cfg)

Please refer to the updated SDK example makefiles for Infra changes.

Flash Reset moved to SysCfg

Earlier, flash reset was done in board.c file within application which is now moved to SysCfg. If Flash reset logic needs to be added, please enable "Enable Flash Reset API" configurable in Flash module. This is by enabled out of box for all SDK Flash examples. For custom flash, define the flash reset API in application and add the API name to "Flash Reset Function" configurable.

Module clock configuration through Clock Tree

Previously our SDK had a mix of hardcoded clock configurations and limited configuration flexibility through sysconfig for the modules. With Clocktree, we now have a clear view of the entire clock tree with configurable components like PLL, DPLL, muxes, dividers added with validity checks. Earlier, the Input clock source and frequency for any module was configured through the module view in SysCfg. From now, this has to be done through clocktree.

Please refer to Clocktree for more details.

Migrating back from CCS Theia to CCS Eclipse

SDK was supporting CCS Eclipse until this release and now been migrated to support CCS Theia Out of Box. Below sections describe how to update the applications for Eclipse if needed.

Importing and Building in Eclipse

CCS Projectspec files are same for both Theia and Eclipse. Hence, no update is needed to import and build an SDK application on Eclipse.

CCS SBL Loading

JS Script for SBL loading on eclipse is updated to "load_sbl_eclipse.js". Please refer to CCS Tools for more details.

Migrating examples to 11.00.00 from older versions

Note
Images are shown for AM64x. It is application for AM263PX as well.

Makefile Changes

Library Name change on makefile and CCS projects

From 11.00.00 SDK all the libraries are built separately for OS. There are separate libraries available for NoRTOS and FreeROTS. So the makefiles needs to be updated accordingly. Please refer the sample changes on the makefile below. These changes are not applicbale for the librarries which were already built separately for NoRTOS/FreeRTOS like kernel libraries.

For NoRTOS/baremetal,

Library name change for NoRTOS example

For FreeRTOS,

Library name change for FreeRTOS example

similar change can be done on the CCS project as well

OS define on makefile and CCS projects

Additional macro OS_NORTOS or OS_FREERTOS should be defined on the makefile or CC project based on the OS of the project.

For NoRTOS/baremetal,

OS Macro addition for NoRTOS example

For FreeRTOS,

OS Macro addition for FreeRTOS example

SDL PBIST Self test

VIM Memory groups are added to PBIST self test from this release. Because of this change, Self test (SDL_PBIST_selfTest) API has to be called in polling mode only and interrupt mode is not supported.

Compiler Options

Module Affected API Change Additional Remarks
- - - -

SOC Device Drivers

Module Affected API Change Additional Remarks
- - - -

Ethernet and Networking

Module Affected API Change Additional Remarks
- - - -