Release Notes 3.0.5
1. Overview
This is the Linux BSP (Board Support Package) for the NXP i.MX RT1170 EVK/EVKB 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 / NXP i.MX RT1170 EVKB board as a hardware platform.
2. Supported Features
The following list provides a summary of the features and capabilities of this release of the NXP i.MX RT1170 BSP:
Linux:
Kernel v.6.1.22;
Serial Linux console;
Ethernet device driver and Linux TCP/IP networking (ping, NFS, Telnet, FTP, NTPD, etc);
Clock driver;
pinctrl
driver;MMC/SD driver;
I2C driver;
USB High Speed driver (Host and Gadget modes);
(PAID ADD-ON) QSPI Flash driver;
(PAID ADD-ON) ADC driver;
(PAID ADD-ON) CAN bus driver;
(PAID ADD-ON) SPI bus driver;
(PAID ADD-ON) Support LVGL GUI;
busybox
v1.35.0;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 v 2023.04;
Target initialization from power-on / reset;
Serial console;
Ethernet driver for loading images to the target;
Clock driver;
pinctrl
driver;Device driver for MMC/SD Card;
USB driver;
Autoboot feature, allowing boot of OS images from the SD Card;
Persistent environment in the SD Card for customization of target operation;
Sophisticated command interface for maintenance and development of the target.
Development tools:
Linux-hosted cross-development environment;
11.3.0 GNU toolchain is used for development of user-space applications;
ELF / dynamic linking supported;
Debugging user-space applications with cross-GDB;
Hardware FPU enabled in the toolchain and kernel;
mkimage
tool used by the Linux kernel build process to create a bootable Linux image.
3. New and Changed Features
The following is a summary of the changes in Release 3.0.5, as compared to Release 3.0.4:
Fix bug: gcc 11.3:
gdbserver
crashes when attempting to start remote debugging.
ID: RM 6821.Support turning on/off LCD backlight on IMXRT1170-EVK.
ID: RM 6921.Support MIPI-DSI display in Linux.
ID: RM 6932.Fix bug: Mount
/tmp
as the TMPFS file system.ID: RM 6934.
Support touchscreen for IMXRT1170-EVK with LCD.
ID: RM 6977.Migrate to HZ_1000 for the i.MX rt1170 BSP.
ID: RM 7004.Add LVGL demos to uClinux for the IMXRT1170-EVK board.
ID: RM 7048.Fix bug: Termination of the
gdbserver
program leads to segmentation fault.
ID: RM 7001.Fix bug: The
next
command does not work in gdb 11.2.
ID: RM 7052.Fix bug: Set scheduling mode to the “Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)” in the
rootfs_flash
project for imxrt1170 BSP.
ID: RM 7058.Fix bug: Switch sys tick to 1KHz frequency in the
rootfs_flash
project for imxrt1170 BSP.
ID: RM 7059.Fix bug: Issue with JFFS2 filesystem in the
rootfs_flash
project for imxrt1170 BSP.
ID: RM 7060.Fix bug: gdb 11.2: issue with the command.
ID: RM 7078.Fix bug: Fix VFP issues in kernel 6.1.22.
ID: RM 6952.Fix bug: Ethernet support is broken in IMXRT1170 BSP for Linux v6.1.
ID: RM 7043.Support 16-bit framebuffer for IMXRT1170.
ID: RM 7016.
4. Known Problems & Limitations
This section lists known problems and limitations of this release:
IMXRT1170: USB gadget function can be broken in OTG mode if insert a USB flash to the OTG connector.
ID: RM 6804.
Workaround: None.SPI Flash is not supported on imxrt1170-evkb.
ID: RM 6930.
Workaround: None.QSPI flash in U-Boot does not work on imxrt1170-evkb board from 3.0.4 IMXRT1170 BSP.
ID: RM 6931.
Workaround: None.U-boot fails to boot from microSD card with the 64GB capacity.
ID: RM 7017.
Workaround: Use microSD card with less capacity.ebike
LVGL demo is not supported on IMXRT1170-EVK LCD.
ID: RM 6978.
Workaround: None.