Release Notes 08.06.00

Table of Contents

• Device and Validation Information
• Dependent Tools and Compiler Information
• Key Features
  • OS Kernel
  • Driver Porting Layer (DPL)
  • Secondary Bootloader (SBL)
  • SOC Device Drivers
  • Board Device Drivers
  • SDL
• Fixed Issues
• Known Issues
• Limitations
• Limitations

Attention

Also refer to individual module pages for more details on each feature, unsupported features, important usage guidelines.

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.

Device and Validation Information

SOC	Supported CPUs	EVM	Host PC
AM62Ax	MCU R5F, R5F	SK-AM62A-LP EVM (referred to as am62ax-sk in code)	Windows 10 64b or Ubuntu 18.04 64b

Dependent Tools and Compiler Information

Tools	Supported CPUs	Version
Code Composer Studio	MCU-R5F	12.2.0
SysConfig	MCU-R5F, R5F	1.15.0, build 2826
TI ARM CLANG	MCU-R5F, R5F	2.1.2.LTS
FreeRTOS Kernel	MCU-R5F, R5F	10.4.3

Key Features

OS Kernel

OS	Supported CPUs	SysConfig Support
FreeRTOS Kernel	MCU-R5F, R5F	NA
FreeRTOS POSIX	MCU-R5F	NA
NO RTOS	MCU-R5F, R5F	NA

Driver Porting Layer (DPL)

Module	Supported CPUs	SysConfig Support	OS support
Address Translate	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES	FreeRTOS, NORTOS
Cache	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES	FreeRTOS, NORTOS
Clock	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES	FreeRTOS, NORTOS
CycleCounter	MCU-R5F, R5F	NA	FreeRTOS, NORTOS
Debug	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES	FreeRTOS, NORTOS
Heap	MCU-R5F, R5F	NA	FreeRTOS, NORTOS
Hwi	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES	FreeRTOS, NORTOS
MPU	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES	FreeRTOS, NORTOS
Semaphore	MCU-R5F, R5F	NA	FreeRTOS, NORTOS
Task	MCU-R5F, R5F	NA	FreeRTOS
Timer	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES	FreeRTOS, NORTOS

Secondary Bootloader (SBL)

SBL Mode	Supported CPUs	SysConfig Support	PHY Support	DMA Support	OS support
OSPI NAND	R5F	YES	No	Yes	NORTOS
EMMC	R5F	YES	NA	NA	NORTOS
UART	R5F	YES	NA	No	NORTOS

SOC Device Drivers

Peripheral	Domain	Supported CPUs	SysConfig Support
DDR	Main	R5F	YES
GPIO	MCU	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
	Main	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
I2C	Main	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
	MCU	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
	Wakeup	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
IPC	Main	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
MCAN	MCU	MCU-R5F	YES
MCSPI	Main	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
	MCU	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
Pinmux	Main	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
	MCU	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
	Wakeup	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
SOC	NA	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
SCIClient	NA	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
UART	Main	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
	MCU	MCU-R5F, R5F	YES
	Wakeup	R5F	YES

Note

Refer Accessing main and wakeup domain peripherals from MCU domain for accessing main/wakeup peripherals from MCU Domain.

Board Device Drivers

Peripheral	Supported CPUs	SysConfig Support
Flash	R5F	YES
LED	MCU-R5F	YES

SDL

SDL Module	Supported CPUs	SysConfig Support
MCRC	MCU-R5F	NO
ESM	MCU-R5F	NO
VTM	MCU-R5F	NO

Fixed Issues

NA

Known Issues

ID	Head Line	Module	Reported in release	Workaround
SITSW-2186	SBL OSPI DMA is not working on the HS-SE devices	Bootloader	8.6.0	Disable DMA on the OSPI NAND SBL example when HS-SE device is used

Limitations

ID	Head Line	Module	Reported in release	Workaround
MCUSDK-208	gmake with -j can sometimes lock up Windows command prompt	Build	7.3.0	Use bash for windows as part of git for windows or don't use -j option

Limitations

S.No	Head Line	Module
1	The ROM startup model for runtime initializations in TI ARM CLANG is not supported/tested in the SDK	NA
2	PHY mode not supported for OSPI NAND SBL	Bootloader