AM37x SDK4.0 Release Notes

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AM37x SDK 4.0 Release Notes

Release Notes - June 7, 2010

Introduction

This is Release 4.00 of the AM37x Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK serves to provide a fundamental software platform for development, deployment and execution of Linux based applications on Texas Instruments AM3715. The Linux kernel and U-Boot software in this release are based on the following open source repositories:

Component	Version	Base Repository	Base Tag (or commit id)
OMAP Linux Kernel	2.6.32(Linux kernel version)	The baseline was chosen from "pm" branch of http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/pm	3fd5969a81a9324b58a1c19cf510c0da97c99565. History on "pm" branch gets rewritten and hence the commit may not be valid always.
U-Boot	2009.11	http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=summary	v2009.11

The filesystem was built from the Arago Project.

The codebase for Linux kernel and U-Boot included in this release is also hosted at the following repositories:

Component	Repository (Branch)	Baseline Tag	Release Tag
OMAP Linux Kernel	http://arago-project.org/git/projects/?p=linux-omap3.git;a=summary (OMAPPSP_03.00.01.06)	OMAPPSP_03.00.01.06_baseline	v2.6.32_OMAPPSP_03.00.01.06

For detailed information on the various software components included in the release and how to use them, please refer to the AM37x EVM Software Developer's Guide.

The kernel and U-Boot have been compiled with CodeSourcery GNU Toolchain for ARM Processors 2009-q1-203 based on GCC 4.3.3

Documentation

The AM37x Software Developer's Guide provides instructions on how to use the AM37x SDK. A copy of the AM37x Software Developer's Guide is included in the docs folder of the SDK installation.

What's Supported

This SDK package includes support for the AM3715 platform (AM3715EVM). Future releases will include these platforms: OMAP35x EVM and AM3517 EVM platforms.

Software components included in this SDK are::

• PSP 03.00.01.06 which includes Linux kernel, x-loader and u-boot
• Matrix Application Launcher
  • Qt/Webkit based Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  • Ncurses based Text User Interface (TUI)
• Example Applications & Demos
  • ARM Benchmarks - Dhrystone, Linpack, Whetstone
  • 2D Graphics - Blitrix Neon accelerated graphics demo
  • 3D Graphics - OpenGLES demos including Chameleon Man, Vase, Shaders and Cover Flow
  • Webkit based Internet Browser
  • Power/Clocks - DVFS support to change CPU freq from 300MHz to 1GHz
  • Settings - System debug information including System, Memory, Network and Task information
• Code Composer Studio v5 Preview Edition
• WL1271 Kernel patch and application for WLAN and Bluetooth support
• Host Tools
  • Flash Tool
  • Pin Mux Utility
  • SignGP

What's Not Supported

• The following items are not supported:
  • U-boot (Unified binary supporting Nand/OneNand on OMAP35x platform)
  • AM/DM37x Processor card with Micron Memory

New in this Release

• AM37x default CPU freq at 1GHz
• Hynix memory running at 200MHz

Known Issues

Component	Issue Description	Workaround	Comments
Installer	Running the SDK Installer via a Telnet console does not work.	The SDK Installer should be run from the GUI or serial terminal	To be fixed in future release
Installer	The Flash Tool currently does not remove previous installation of itself.	User would need to need to go Control Panel in Windows and ‘Add/Remove Program’ to remove previous Flash Tool installations	To be fixed in future releases
Installer	Some Installation messages displayed by installjammer are missing for non-english languages.	User may have to use English for SDK installation	To be fixed in future releases
software	Bluetooth: Intermittently FTP'ing files (> than ~ 30KB) from PC to EVM fails	The issue appears to be intermiitent and may or may not impact functionality	To be fixed in future releases
software	Pinmux Utility: could not resize the GUI, so could not see what the other button on the bottom right corner is.	User many need to adjust the display resolution of their Windows PC	To be fixed in future releases
software	Pinmux utility requires Left-click to select a peripheral interface cell. The cell should be auto selected when user right-click it.	No impact to functionality.  Just a note on the user interface.	To be fixed in future releases
software	Matrix GUI can not be controlled from mouse	Mouse support is not enabled by default. The AM37x EVM Software Developer's Guide contains information on how to enable this support	To be fixed in future release
software	QT browser ignores http_proxy settings. Hence outside urls won't be reachable inside a firewall.	Users will not be able to browse URLs outside their firewall	To be fixed in future releases
software	Links from Start Dev (i.e. target.html) web page don't work inside a firewall.	Users should reference the setup.htm file located in the START _HERE partition on the SD card.	To be fixed in future releases
software	Matrix TUI should not be started from /etc/init.d (i.e. /etc/init.d/matrix-tui start).	Users should run matrix_tui by calling matrix_tui directly	To be fixed in future releases
IDE	Console message (eclipse:6936): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times	No impact to functionality	To be fixed in future releases
IDE	IDE Projects build with warning messages ("Error launching external scanner info generator")	No impact to functionality or ability to import and work with these projects	To be fixed in future releases
Docs	WLAN Setup guide shows SW4 switch setting for MMC/SD booting that is different from the setting in the Quick Start Guide	Both SW4 settings provide MMC/SD boot.  Users should follow the Quick Start Guide for consistency	To be fixed in future releases
Docs	WLAN Setup guide refers to PSP 3.0.0.5.	All references to PSP 03.00.00.05 documentation are still valid.  No impact to usability or instructions required	To be fixed in future releases

Installation and Usage

Please refer to the AM37x EVM Software Developer's Guide for more information on how to install the AM37x SDK.

Device Support

This release supports the Texas Instruments AM3715 (on the Mistral Rev G AM3715EVM).

Versioning

This is Release 4.00 of the AM37x SDK.

Technical Support and Product Updates

For further information or to report any problems, contact http://e2e.ti.com or http://support.ti.com.