AM35x-OMAP35x-PSP 03.00.00.04 Release Notes

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AM/DM37x support is included for internal development only.

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January 28, 2010

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Introduction
This is Release 03.00.00.04 of OMAP PSP 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 AM3517EVM and OMAP3EVM(OMAP35x, AM/DM37x). The Linux kernel and U-Boot software in this release are based on the following open source repositories:

The File system is based on the Arago, version 2009.11-rc2.

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

For detailed information on the various software components included in the release and how to use them, please refer to the User'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 User Guide provides instructions on how to use the PSP SDK package. A copy of the User Guide is included in the docs folder of the SDK package.

The datasheet included in the docs folder of the SDK package provides performance benchmarks on drivers included with the PSP SDK package.

What's Supported
SDK package includes support for AM3517 platform(AM3517EVM), OMAP35x platforms(OMAP3EVM). Support for AM/DM37x(Early adopter) has been added as part of this release.

The SDK package supports the following components:


 * U-Boot supporting NAND, MMC boot modes
 * X-loader supporting NAND, MMC boot modes
 * Linux Kernel and device drivers.
 * Audio (McBSP)
 * Video Display (V4L2 and Fbdev)
 * Video Capture (BT656 mode)
 * Video Resizer (Only on OMAP35x, AM/DM37x)
 * Ethernet
 * MUSB host supporting MSC, HID and USB Audio/Video
 * MUSB gadget supporting File-storage and CDC/RNDIS
 * MUSB OTG supporting HNP/SRP
 * EHCI host supporting MSC, HID(via a HS hub) and USB Audio/Video
 * NAND
 * MMC/SD/SDIO
 * UART
 * I2C
 * TouchScreen
 * SPI
 * RTC
 * WDT
 * Keypad
 * CAN - SocketCAN implementation (on AM3517)
 * Power Management ICs (TPS65023 on AM3517, TPS65950 on OMAP35x, AM/DM37x)
 * Audio and video examples.
 * Pre-built binaries for X-loader, U-Boot, Linux kernel and filesystem.

What's Not Supported

 * Following are not supported:
 * U-boot (Unified binary supporting Nand/OneNand on OMAP35x platform)
 * NOR support (on AM3517EVM)

New in this Release
Since version 03.00.00.03, the following features have been added:


 * U-boot updated to version 2009.11
 * Linux kernel updated to version 2.6.32(off /pm branch)
 * Support for AM/DM37x platform (EA)

New in this Release - OMAP35x

 * RTC Driver

New in this Release - AM3517

 * I2C GPIO Expander Driver (TCA6416)
 * WDT Driver
 * KeyPad Driver

Installation and Usage
Please look for detailed installation and usage instructions in the User's Guide

Upgrade and Compatibility Information
To upgrade to new PSP release, simply delete the old release and extract the new release in its place.

Device Support
This release supports the Texas Instruments AM3517(on AM3517EVM) and OMAP35x, AM/DM37x (on OMAP3EVM Rev.G) platforms

Validation Information
Please use the Linux Functional Test Bench (LFTB) included in the release package for validating the release. Documentation on using LFTB is included in the LFTB package itself.

Versioning
This is Release 03.00.00.04 of OMAP PSP SDK product.

Technical Support and Product Updates
For further information or to report any problems, contact http://community.ti.com or http://support.ti.com.

OMAP Linux Mailing List: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-omap

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