4.1. Release notes - 07_03_00

4.1.1. Features

Note

New features vs previous release are marked in bold.

4.1.1.1. Hardware support

  1. AM65xx EVM and IDK with SR2 / SR2.1 support

4.1.1.2. Software features

Important

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

4.1.1.2.1. Platform Development Kit (PDK)

  • RTOS device drivers running on R5F, A53

  • Supported drivers and modules

    • Board diagnostic library

    • CPSW2G, CPTS, SGMII/QSGMII

    • CSL-FL (Chip support library)

    • GPIO

    • I2C

    • IPC (inter processor communication)

    • McASP

    • MMCSD with FATFS (A53 with RTOS)

    • OSAL

    • SBL secondary bootloader

    • SCI Client (DMSC interface)

    • SPI driver (SPI, QSPI, OSPI, Hyperflash)

    • UART

    • UDMA and DRU

    • CAL

    • DSS

    • enet (R5F)

New Features

ID

Description

Module

PDK-4928

Support Firewall control layer for TISCI features

SCICLIENT

ETHFW-1697 1698, 1700 1734

Added ICSSG Switch and Dual-MAC support in Enet LLD

PDK/ENET Driver

ADASVISION-4614 ADASVISION-4615 ADASVISION-4616

Coexistance demo of EtherCAT Slave, IPC & Linux EtherCAT with Linux & IPC Demo Documentation

EtherCAT Slave + IPC + Linux Demo

Note

  • pdk/emac driver Will be deprecated in the next release. Please switch to use enet lld

    • i.e. The pdk/packages/ti/drv/emac will be replaced with pdk/packages/ti/drv/enet

    • pdk/packages/ti/drv/enet is available now and supports ICSSG ports too

    • Please refer to the EMAC to Enet LLD migration guide for further details [LINK].

  • IPC3.x is deprecated for AM65X starting in SDK 7.0. SDK 6.3 was the last release with support for IPC3.x for AM65X. IPC LLD, included with PDK, is the only supported IPC stack for AM65X.

4.1.1.2.2. TI-RTOS

  • SysBIOS for R5F

  • Network developer kit (NDK) on R5F

4.1.1.2.3. Code Gen Tools (CGT)

  • TI Compiler, assembler, linker for R5F

  • GCC compiler for A53

4.1.2. Device Support and Validation Information

  • AM65xx SR2

  • AM65xx SR2.1, Check PDK FAQ - Supported Cores by example applications for details

4.1.3. Upgrade and Compatibility

  • emac driver is replaced by enet driver. emac will be removed

  • Industrial Protocols are not packaged with this SDK. Please refer to Industrial Protocols section for more information.

4.1.4. Fixed Issues

Key issues addressed by componets are called out in the component release notes - Refer PDK Release notes for PDK issues LINK

4.1.5. Known Issues

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