Release Notes 2.5.4 Print

 

 

Overview

This is the Linux BSP (Board Support Package) for the NXP i.MX RT1170 EVK board.

The BSP provides a software development environment for evaluation and development of Linux (uClinux) on the Cortex-M7 processor core of the  i.MX RT1170 microcontroller using the NXP i.MX RT1170 EVK board as a hardware platform.

Supported Features

The following list summarizes the features and capabilities of this release of the NXP i.MX RT1170 EVK BSP:

  • Linux:
    • Kernel v.4.5;
    • Serial Linux console;
    • Ethernet device driver and Linux TCP/IP networking (ping, NFS, Telnet, FTP, NTPD, etc);
    • busybox v1.24.2;
    • POSIX pthreads;
    • Hardened exception handling; an exception triggered by a process affects only the offending process;
    • MPU user-level protection support;
    • GPIO device driver.
  • U-Boot firmware:
    • U-Boot v2017.09-rc1;
    • Target initialization from power-on / reset;
    • Serial console;
    • Ethernet driver for loading images to the target;
    • Device driver for SD Card;
    • Device driver for the FlexSPI controller and QSPI Flash;
    • Autoboot feature, allowing boot of OS images from the QSPI Flash or other storage with no operator intervention;
    • Persistent environment in the QSPI Flash for customization of target operation;
    • Sophisticated command interface for maintenance and development of the target.
  • Development tools:
    • Linux-hosted cross-development environment;
    • 4.7.4 GNU toolchain is used for development of U-Boot, Linux and user-space applications;
    • mkimage tool used by the Linux kernel build process to create a bootable Linux image.

New and Changed Features

The following is a summary of the changes in Release 2.5.4, as compared to Release 2.5.3:

  1. Support booting from QSPI Flash in Linux i.MX RT1170.
    ID    : RM 6629.
  2. Support CAN device driver in the Linux i.MX RT BSP.
    ID    : RM 6600.
  3. fw_printenv does not work from the 2.5.3 release on the i.MX RT1170.
    ID    : RM 6623.
  4. ssh client does not work from the 2.5.3 release on the i.MX RT1170.
    ID    : RM 6643.

Known Problems & Limitations

This section lists known problems and limitations of this release:

  1. Linux clocks are hardcoded in .dts.
    ID    : RM 2030.
    Workaround: None.