Sitara SDK 4.01 Release Notes

Sitara SDK 4.01 Release Notes

Release Notes - Jan 21, 2011

Introduction

This is Release 4.01 of the Sitara Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK serves to provide a fundamental software platform for development, deployment and execution of Linux based applications on the following ARM Microprocessors:

• AM1810
• AM180x
• AM35x
• AM37x

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 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 Software Developer's Guide provides instructions on how to use SDK 4.01. A copy of the Software Developer's Guide is included in the docs folder of the SDK installation.

What's Supported

Software components included in this SDK are::

• PSP versions
  • 0x.0x.0x.0x - AM1810x
  • 0x.0x.0x.0x - AM180x
  • 03.00.01.06 - AM35x/Am37x
• SDK Installer
• Setup Scripts
• Makefiles
• Matrix Application Launchers
• Example Applications & Demos
• Code Composer Studio v5
• Host Tools
  • Flash Tool
  • Pin Mux Utility

What's Not Supported

The following items are not supported:

• AM35x support in the provided Flash Tool. Future releases which will include this support are located here:

• For details of unsupported features with WLAN and BT Components see associated Release Notes

New in this Release

• New platforms including AM1810, AM180x and Am35x
• New Matrix enhancements and updates
• New release of CCSv5
• New Remote System Explorer plugin for CCSv5
• New Setup Script for FS, TFTP, NFS, Minicom and Uboot configurations
• Updated SDK Installer

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

For known issues with WLAN and BT Components see associated Release Notes

Installation and Usage

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

Device Support

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

Versioning

This is Release 4.01 of the Sitara SDK.

Technical Support and Product Updates

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