Release Notes 3.1.0

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1. Overview

This is the Linux BSP (Board Support Package) for the NXP i.MX RT1050/RT1060 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 RT1050/RT1060 microcontroller using the NXP i.MX RT1050/RT1060 EVKB board as a hardware platform.

2. Supported Features

The following list summarizes the features and capabilities of this release of the NXP i.MX RT1050/RT1060 EVK BSP:

  • Linux:

    • Kernel v.6.6.36;

    • Serial Linux console;

    • Ethernet device driver and Linux TCP/IP networking (ping, NFS, Telnet, FTP, NTPD, etc);

    • Clock driver;

    • pinctrl driver;

    • I2C driver;

    • MMC/SD driver;

    • LCD display and touch support;

    • 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) LPSPI 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;

    • Freescale SNVS RTC support.

  • U-Boot firmware:

    • U-Boot 2024.04;

    • 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 support

    • LCD display support;

    • 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 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 3.1.0, as compared to Release 3.0.4:

  1. Port i.MX 1060 U-Boot to up-to-date BSP baseline.
    ID: RM 7148.

  2. Support LCD display in U-Boot for IMXRT1060.
    ID: RM 7160.

  3. Optimize U-Boot 6.1.22 boot time on imxrt1060 board.
    ID: RM 7163.

  4. Port iMX 1060 Linux to up-to-date BSP baseline.
    ID: RM 7166.

  5. Provide support for touch screen for i.MX RT1060 BSP.
    ID: RM 7176.

  6. Migrate U-Boot from 6.1.22 to 6.6.36 for i.MX RT1060 BSP.
    ID: RM 7177.

  7. Migrate Linux kernel from 6.1.22 to 6.6.36 for i.MX RT1060 BSP.
    ID: RM 7178.

  8. Fix bug: Page allocation failure issue (strip executable binaries and libraries).
    ID: RM 7179.

  9. Adjust the kernel configuration to reduce the rootfs.image size in the 6.6.36 kernel.
    ID: RM 7195.

  10. LVGL demos do not work in 6.6 BSP.
    ID: RM 7197.

  11. Port i.MX 1050 U-Boot to 6.6.36 BSP.
    ID: RM 7205.

  12. Port i.MX 1050 Linux to 6.6.36 BSP.
    ID: RM 7206.

  13. Support QSPI Flash in U-Boot 6.6.36 for imxrt1050 BSP.
    ID: RM 7207.

  14. Support QSPI Flash in Linux 6.6.36 for imxrt1050 BSP.
    ID: RM 7208.

  15. Migrate LPSPI support to 6.6.36 BSP for imxrt1050.
    ID: RM 7209.

  16. Migrate ADC support to 6.6.36 BSP for imxrt1050.
    ID: RM 7210.

  17. Migrate CAN support to 6.6.36 BSP for imxrt1050.
    ID: RM 7211.

  18. Provide LVGL demos for i.MX RT1060 BSP.
    ID: RM 7212.

  19. Link lcdtest, ts_test and evtest with shared libc.
    ID: RM 7216.

  20. Build all utilities in A2F as dynamically linked binaries.
    ID: RM 7224.

  21. Strip all binaries in distribution.
    ID: RM 7240.

  22. Support QSPI Flash in Linux 6.6.36 for imxrt1060 BSP.
    ID: RM 7248.

  23. Disable backlight by default on IMXRTxxxx-EVK board.
    ID: RM 7249.

  24. Develop QSPI Flash reliability test in U-boot 6.6.36.
    ID: RM 7250.

  25. Lower the flexspi frequency in U-Boot 6.6.36 for imxrt1050/1060 boards.
    ID: RM 7251.

  26. Combine the scripts to install the U-Boot images to the QSPI Flash for imxrt1050 and imxrt1060.
    ID: RM 7253.

  27. Create imxrt1060-evk-u-boot.dtsi file.
    ID: RM 7256.

  28. Revise the setting of LCD_RST pin.
    ID: RM 7265.

  29. Fix bug: Restore support on-chip RTC.
    ID: RM 7270.

  30. Fix bug: Restore commits missed is in U-Boot when ported to NXP's lf6.6.36 baseline.
    ID: RM 7217.

  31. Fix bug: KERNEL: fault Illegal unaligned access.
    ID: RM 7219.

  32. Fix bug: fw_printenv/fw_setenv fails to run from 6.6.36 imxrt BSP.
    ID: RM 7223.

  33. Fix bug: Wrong DTS settings applied to IMXRT1050-EVK board in U-Boot.
    ID: RM 7228.

  34. Fix bug: USB support is broken in U-Boot for IMXRT1050-EVK board.
    ID: RM 7229.

  35. Fix bug: Adjust SPI and I2C nodes names in DTS to recommended in Linux.
    ID: RM 7238.

  36. Fix bug: Reserved areas for DMA and FB are too big in U-Boot for IMXRT1050-EVK.
    ID: RM 7242.

  37. Fix bug: Remove object files in the distribution tarball.
    ID: RM 7245.

4. Known Problems & Limitations

This section lists known problems and limitations of this release:

  • None