0. Weekly Update to Motorola 23 August, 2005
Linux® on ARM11™ Cores
Weekly Update to Motorola
23 August, 2005
Paul Kline #

1. Recent & Upcoming
MontaVista working toward 23August05 drop
Belcarra working toward Aug 24 drop of HCD using Atlas
Freescale working toward Sept 16 drop L
Combined SCC/Sahara2 reference model from FSL STC on Dec 7 to meet requirements defined in July 26 meeting
Unverified L replanned to Dec 20 (was Dec 7) to incorporate
Linux images for SCM-A11 Pass 2 must also run on Pass 1. Kernel config option for Sahara2 will be mutually exclusive with RNGA & HAC (Pass 1 drivers replaced by Sahara2)
CR to FSL for one-wire driver expected
Samples of Atlas 3.0 and Argon 2.1 available
iDEN provided additional Sphinx/Roadrunner cards to FSL

2. MontaVista 23August05 MXC275-30/Argon+/Zeus Engineering Drop #9
All MontaVista Linux 29July05 kernel features
Merge with Freescale L Release
Initial DPM implementation on Argon+ EVB

3. USBOTG update HCD for SCM-A11 and Atlas transceiver
Belcarra release USBOTG 2.5 scheduled for August 24th
HCD for SCM-A11 and Atlas transceiver
HCD for Argon+ and Atlas transceiver
2.5 drop will use GPT timer by default but has option for High Resolution Timers. 2.6 drop will use HRT by default.
Working on Dual Role using ISP1301
Dual Role using Atlas will attempt to use the port connect status from the USBOTG root hub, as a replacement for D+ information, when in the a_wait_bcon and b_wait_acon states
Driver development for Zeus Peripheral Controller Driver and Roadrunner has started

4. L26.1.13 – Zeus Complete & Argon 2.0 Complete
Unverified release Sept 16. Verified release Sept 30.
Merge with 29July05 MontaVista source and adopt 29July05 MV toolchain
SCM-A11
Fix screen update issues w Epson Smart LCD
Atlas master mode support in the sound driver
Replacing existing Security Control (SCC) driver with SCC driver from FSL Security Technology Center
Apparently some limitations on IPU serial interface for Epson Smart LCD – does Motorola need this near term?
NAND speed ups & fixes
Zeus
AudMux, SSI & Sound
Low-level power mgmt driver
Touchscreen – h/w issue? Software workaround available.
H/w issue w using Epson smart LCD
Zeus CPU card doesn’t have dedicated pins for a parallel smart panel. The signals are muxed with the control signals for the dumb panel.
NAND
Security drivers
Argon+ 2.0
FIR on Argon+
Hantro MPEG4 Encoder (binary only)
SCM-A11 Pass 2 Virtio
Drop 1 of Sahara2 reference model

5. Hardware Status 3 Sphinx/Roadrunner Power Mgmt boards 26-April-05
4 received on 6-July-05 (was 24-June-05)
Additional Sphinx/Roadrunner Power Mgmt boards
7 received on 15-Aug-05
Argon+ Pass 2.0 samples
09-April-05
Linux receive Argon+ Pass 2.0
18-April-05
Argon+ Pass 2.1 samples
18-Aug-05 (was 13-Aug-05)
Linux receive Argon+ Pass 2.1
26-Aug-05 (was 20-Aug-05)
ArgonLV samples
25-Oct-05
ArgonLV initial EVB
8-Nov-05 (was 1-Nov-05)
Linux receive ArgonLV EVB
SCM-A11 Pass 2.0 samples
20-Sept-05
Linux receive SCM-A11 Pass 2.0
22-Sept-05

6. Internal Freescale Drops by Security Technology Center (STC)
Aug 12 (was Aug 15) Drop 1 of Sahara 2 reference driver. Runs on Virtio.
DES/TDES/AES Symmetrical encrypt/decrypt, RNG, polling only
Sept 15 Drop 2 of Sahara 2 reference driver. Runs on Virtio.
All Sahara functions except HMAC
Oct 7 Full Driver Delivery of Sahara 2 reference driver. Runs on Virtio.
Dec 7 Final delivery SCC/Sahara2 reference drivers. Runs on SCM-A11 EVB.
SCC requirements discussed in Libertyville July 26
Proposal is to provide Oct 7 & Dec 7 drops to Motorola

7. Drops to Motorola for SCM-A11 Pass 2.0 (dates tentative)
Sept 16 unverified L supports Virtio model of SCM-A11 Pass 2.0
Power mgmt changes for Pass 2 not tested on Virtio
Incorporate Sahara Drop 1
Sept 30 verified L
Oct 12 FSL unverified patch for Serial Prompt for SCM-A11 Pass 2.0 EVB
Used by Belcarra for USB testing/mods
Includes MU and SDMA drivers
Oct 22 MontaVista drop including L
Nov 2 FSL unverified L for Convert SCM-A11 Pass 1.0 drivers to Pass 2.0
Incorporate Sahara Drop 2
All except Sahara HMAC, SCC, Power Management & USB
Nov 16 verified L
Dec 16 MontaVista drop including L
Dec 20 (was Dec 7) unverified L for Complete Release for SCM-A11 Pass 2.0 EVB
Final Sahara/SCC, Power Management & USB
Jan 13 (was Dec 21) verified L
Feb 2 MontaVista SCM-A11 LSP Update including L (needs to be updated based on new date for L )
Assumes Sept 22 SCM-A11 Pass 2.0 samples to FSL Linux team

8. Linux Drops – Dates Based on 22-Sept SCM-A11 2.0 Samples
Contents
FSL
Verified
MontaVista L
SCM-A11 IPU Follow-Up + Pre-Complete on Argon+ 2.0
10-Aug-05
23-Aug-05 L
Complete Zeus except dual-role USB + Complete on Argon+ 2.0
30-Sept-05
27-Oct-05 EA for Zeus L
Convert to SCM-A11 2.0
16-Nov-05*
16-Dec-05* GA for Zeus L
Complete on SCM-A Complete on Argon+ 2.1
13-Jan-06 (was 21-Dec-05)*
?? (was 02-Feb-05) SCM-A11 LSP Update L
Refresh for ArgonLV and serious bug fixes for SCM-A11 & Zeus
28-Feb-06
10-April-06
* Assumes FSL Linux team gets Argon+ 2.1 samples 20-Aug-05 & SCM-A samples 22-Sept-05

9. Linux BSP Drops to Date Engineering Drop Alpha/ Unverified Verified
MontaVista Mobilinux
L Serial Prompt on MX31Virtio
1-April-04
15-April-04 NA
L GUI on MX31 Virtio
14-May-04
1-June-04
15-June-04
L GUI on Argon+ Virtio
23-June-04
8-July-04
15-July-04
L Partial complete Argon+ Virtio & GUI on SCM Virtio
30-July-04
19-Aug-04
31-Aug-04
L Pre-Silicon on Virtio
4-Oct-04
13-Oct-04
15-Oct-04
L Pre-Silicon 2 on Virtio
12-Nov-04
26-Nov-04
13-Dec-04
L Serial Prompt on SCM-A11 EVB & Argon+ EVB
25-Jan-05
9-Feb-05/16-Feb-05
21-Feb-05
L Pre-GUI & GUI for SCM-A11 EVB & GUI for Argon+ EVB
25-Feb-05
11-Mar-05
24-Mar-05
L Atlas on SCM-A11 & Argon+ EVBs; Zeus Serial Prompt
7-April-05
21-April-05/ 28-April-05
11-May-05
L Complete on SCM-A11 EVB
18-May-05
27-May-05
23-June-05
L GUI on Zeus
1-July-05
13-July-05
29-July-05
L IPU Follow-Up + Argon Pre-Complete
28-July-05
10-Aug-05
23-Aug-05

10. Planned SCM-A11 EVB Distribution

11. Planned Argon+ EVB Distribution

12. Planned Zeus EVB Distribution

13. L26.1.7 – Serial Prompt on SCM-A11 & Argon+ EVBs
EDGE/2.5G:
V2000:
2.6.9 kernel
Merged MontaVista Dec. 13 drop into L source
Serial prompt, Ethernet, I2C, NOR MTD, Sharp LCD
SCM-A11 EVB clocks are 400MHz CPU and 66.5MHz HCLK
ArgonPlus clocks are 52MHz CPU and 52MHz HCLK
New Virtio models for Argon+, SCM-A11 and i.MX31
Ethernet driver doesn’t work on Virtio because of differences from EVBs
I2C h/w issues on SCM-A11 EVB

14. L26.1.8 – Pre-GUI & GUI on SCM-A11/Argon+ EVBs & SCM-A11 BB
EDGE/2.5G:
V2000:
Linux kernel. L will merge with MV 21Feb05 Linux kernel.
On EVB
Watchdog
SDMA API, SDMA TTY, Messaging Unit
Sharp LCD, Keypad
GUI -- GTK+ and DirectFB (un-optimized)
GUI --Qt/embedded – partial since no touch screen support
Ethernet, IPU Post-Processing, Camera & IPU Pre-Processing
On Brassboard
SPI, Atlas protocol, Atlas Connectivity, Atlas Light, Atlas Audio
Atlas Real-Time Clock, Atlas Power & Atlas Battery & Atlas A/D Converter
GUI features omitted because Atlas for EVB late
Atlas digitizer

15. SCM-A11 BB Linux release
Redboot for BB and Linux for BB merged with L26.1.8
DSP wake-up command implemented and tested in RedBoot
SDMA / MU / Ethernet / wake up of DSP in Linux
Boot from Linux of DSP through MU ROM Code
Ethernet support on Linux
Configuration from Linux of IOMUX to update SPI configuration needed for Atlas support
SDMA / MU communication between DSP and MCU tested
Fixes needed on DSP
Disable interrupt at first step of execution
Configuration of IOMUX to update SPI configuration (the patch put in Linux works only if the DSP image does not start)

16. L26.1.9 – Atlas on SCM-A11 & Argon+ EVBs; Zeus Serial Prompt
Merged with MontaVista 24Mar05 drop & toolchain
SCM-A11 & Argon+ EVBs (no brassboard support in this release)
Default is L2 cache support in “Write-through and read-allocate only” mode
SPI, Atlas protocol, Atlas Connectivity, Atlas digitizer, Atlas Real-Time Clock
Multimedia Card (MMC) Driver
External UART
Security: RNGA & HACC
USB peripheral on ISP1301 for SCM-A11 EVB & Argon+ EVB
Qt/embedded (digitizer bouncy and sluggish with QT)
Argon+ EVB only
Dynamic Process & Temperature Compensation
Zeus EVB
Serial Prompt
L2 cache turned off for Zeus
Internal and External UARTs, Timers, Interrupts, IOMUX, GPIO, Ethernet, i2c, NOR MTD
Defer Image Processing Unit Post-Filtering
Plan to provide NAND MTD before the next release
Unable to build Gtk+ with directFB with new toolchain so plan to drop support for Gtk+

17. L26.1.10 Complete Release for SCM-A11 EVB
Unverified release on 18-May; verified release 27-May
SCM-A11 & Argon+ EVBs
Slow Infrared (SIR)
Security
Run-time Integrity Checker (RTIC), Security Controller Module (SCC)
SSI/AudMux & Sound Drivers
Revised IPU drivers
IPU post-processing of MPEG4 decoder output
Double buffering in the framebuffer driver via the PAN ioctls
Epson Smart LCD driver
NAND flash MTD
SCM-A11 EVB Only
USB peripheral driver using Atlas on SCM-A11 EVB
NAND Bootloader
Low-level power management driver
Issues
Low-level power management & SSI/Sound conflict—sound driver use of PLL0 disables voltage change
Sound quality issues due to performance
Zeus
Turn on L2 cache in write-through mode

18. L26.1.11 – GUI on Zeus https://www.freescale.com/go/141895711
Unverified release July 1. Verified release July 15.
Merged with 11May05 MontaVista source and adopted 11May05 MV toolchain
Supports Atlas 2.1
Zeus EVB
Sharp LCD, Keypad
Slow IR
Roadrunner
SPI, RR protocol, Connectivity, Light
Power & Battery, A/D Converters
This drop will be used by Belcarra for USB development on Zeus
Touchscreen doesn’t work properly – h/w issue on Sphinx board?
SCM-A11 EVB
Two graphics planes using two framebuffer drivers
Many fixes to CSPI, MMC, Sound, and IPU pre-processing
USB peripheral driver using Atlas sharing GPT w MontaVista
Argon+ EVB
Supports Argon+ 2.0 (Argon+ 1.0 no longer supported)
Low-level Power Management driver
USB peripheral driver using Atlas with latest Atlas card mods?

19. L26.1.12 – IPU Follow-Up & Argon+ Pre-Complete
Unverified release July 28. Verified release Aug 10.
Merged with 23June05 MontaVista source and adopted 23June05 MV toolchain
SCM-A11 & Argon+ 2.0
IPU post-processing of H.264 decoder output
Bus snooping for Epson Smart LCD
Camera viewfinder on Epson panel
Fixed 11 defects identified by MontaVista
Zeus
Roadrunner audio driver
MMC driver
Miniboot
Virtio for SCM-A11 Pass 2.0
Linux serial prompt
Have to disable IPU drivers
Defer to L
Serial interface for Epson Smart LCD
Zeus low-level power mgmt driver
FIR on Argon+
Touchscreen on Zeus – h/w issue?
Hantro MPEG4 Encoder (binary only)

20. L26.1.14 – Convert to SCM-A11 2.0 + Argon 2.0 Complete
Unverified release Nov 2. Verified release Nov 16.
SCM-A11 Pass 2.0
All Pass 1.0 drivers running on SCM-A11 Pass 2.0
Argon+ 2.1
Considering removing serial prompt delivery from this drop to speed up SCM-A11 work
Zeus
Dual-role USB

21. MontaVista 21Feb05 MXC SCM-A11 EVB Platform Engineering Drop
ftp://vision.mvista.com/private/freescale/mxc/050221/linux _dev-mxc tar.bz2
Merge with Freescale L BSP release
Linux kernel
SCM-A11 EVB
Argon+/SCM-A11 Virtio Models
MontaVista Command Line Environment
gcc Compiler
ARM11 support
New ARM ABI (EABI)
glibc (Sept 2004 snapshot)
gdb 6.3
binutils
MontaVista standard userspace packages

22. MontaVista 24Mar05 MXC Argon+/ SCM-A11 EVB Platform Engineering Drop
ftp://vision.mvista.com/private/freescale/mxc/050324/linux _dev-mxc tar.bz2
linux kernel.org baseline
Includes all Linux L Release updates
MontaVista common build, version, logo, etc., customizations
Dynamic Power Management (DPM)
High Resolution Timers (HRT)
Variable Scheduling Timeouts (VST)
KGDB
loops_per_jiffy (LPJ)
LTT
Fast Real-Time Domain (FRD)
Protected RAM File System (PRAMFS)
RT kernel enhancements
Interrupt Latency Instrumentation & Kernel Function Instrumentation
Memory Accounting
Prioritizable Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer
Accelerated Shutdown
Prioritizable Kernel thread per softirq level
Preemption Latency Instrumentation
Preserve MTD filesystem data during suspend
CRAMFS Linear/XIP CRAMFS support
ARM Kernel XIP support
MontaVista Mobilinux 4.0 for ARMv6 Targets Engineering Release ( )
gcc Compiler
ARM11 support
ARM eABI
glibc , gdb 6.3, binutils 2.15
MontaVista Mobilinux 4.0 standard userspace packages
KFI (Kernel Function Instrumentation)
MontaVista Power Manager

23. MontaVista 11May05 MXC Argon+/ SCM-A11 Platform Engineering Drop
ftp://vision.mvista.com/private/freescale/mxc/050511/linux _dev-mxc tar.bz2
linux kernel.org baseline
Includes all FSL Linux L Release updates
MontaVista common build, version, logo, etc., customizations
Dynamic Power Management (DPM)
High Resolution Timers (HRT)
Variable Scheduling Timeouts (VST)
KGDB
loops_per_jiffy (LPJ)
Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT)
Fast Real-Time Domain (FRD)
Protected RAM File System (PRAMFS)
RT kernel enhancements
Interrupt Latency Instrumentation & Kernel Function Instrumentation
Memory Accounting
Prioritizable Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer
Accelerated Shutdown
Prioritizable Kernel thread per softirq level
Preemption Latency Instrumentation
Preserve MTD filesystem data during suspend
CRAMFS Linear/XIP CRAMFS support
ARM Kernel XIP support
MontaVista Mobilinux 4.0 for ARMv6 Targets Engineering Release ( )
gcc Compiler
ARM11 support
ARM eABI
glibc , gdb 6.3, binutils 2.15
MontaVista Mobilinux 4.0 standard userspace packages
KFI (Kernel Function Instrumentation)
DevRocket Development Environment
DevRocket System Measurement Tools
MontaVista Power Manager

24. MontaVista 23June05 Mobilinux 4.0 SCM-A11 (Pass 1.0) EVB Early Release
ftp://vision.mvista.com/private/freescale/mxc/050623/linux _dev-mxc tar.bz2
linux kernel.org baseline
Includes all FSL Linux L Release updates
MontaVista common build, version, logo, etc., customizations
Dynamic Power Management (DPM)
High Resolution Timers (HRT)
Variable Scheduling Timeouts (VST)
KGDB
loops_per_jiffy (LPJ)
Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT)
Fast Real-Time Domain (FRD)
Protected RAM File System (PRAMFS)
RT kernel enhancements
Interrupt Latency Instrumentation & Kernel Function Instrumentation
Memory Accounting
Prioritizable Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer
Accelerated Shutdown
Prioritizable Kernel thread per softirq level
Preemption Latency Instrumentation
Preserve MTD filesystem data during suspend
CRAMFS Linear/XIP CRAMFS support
ARM Kernel XIP support
MontaVista Mobilinux for ARMv6 Targets Engineering Release ( )
gcc Compiler
ARM11 support
ARM eABI
glibc
Includes new ARM TLS model
gdb 6.3, binutils 2.15
MontaVista Mobilinux standard userspace packages
KFI (Kernel Function Instrumentation)
DevRocket Development Environment
DevRocket System Measurement Tools
MontaVista Power Manager

25. MontaVista 29July05 Mobilinux 4.0.1 SCM-A11 (Pass 1.0) EVB
ftp://vision.mvista.com/private/freescale/mxc/050729/linux _dev-mxc tar.bz2
ftp://vision.mvista.com/private/freescale/mxc/050729/makena050724_
linux kernel.org baseline
Includes all FSL Linux L Release updates
MontaVista common build, version, logo, etc., customizations
Dynamic Power Management (DPM)
High Resolution Timers (HRT)
Variable Scheduling Timeouts (VST)
KGDB
loops_per_jiffy (LPJ)
Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT)
Fast Real-Time Domain (FRD)
Protected RAM File System (PRAMFS)
RT kernel enhancements
Interrupt Latency Instrumentation & Kernel Function Instrumentation
Memory Accounting
Prioritizable Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer
Accelerated Shutdown
Prioritizable Kernel thread per softirq level
Preemption Latency Instrumentation
Preserve MTD filesystem data during suspend
CRAMFS Linear/XIP CRAMFS support
ARM Kernel XIP support
MontaVista Mobilinux for ARMv6 Targets Engineering Release ( )
gcc Compiler
ARM11 support
ARM eABI
glibc
Includes new ARM TLS model
gdb 6.3, binutils 2.15
MontaVista Mobilinux standard userspace packages
KFI (Kernel Function Instrumentation)
DevRocket Development Environment
DevRocket System Measurement Tools
MontaVista Power Manager

26. MontaVista 27Oct05 MXC275-30/Argon+/Zeus Engineering Drop #10
All MontaVista Linux 23Aug05 kernel features
Merge with Freescale L Release
Initial DPM implementation on Zeus EVB

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