Renesas RZ/V2H Linux BSP and Distribution, Release 1.0.1-27

1. Purpose

This is the Linux BSP (Board Support Package) and Linux software distribution and development environment for the Renesas RZ/V2H Evaluation Kit, release 1.0.1-27.

2. Hardware Platform

Renesas RZ/V2H Evaluation Kit.

3. Release Images

Release images for this software release can be downloaded from the following location:

https://vb-files.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/release/1.0.1-27-12011532-rzv2h.zip

4. Setting Up Kit and Development Host

Connect to the Evaluation Kit board:

Serial console into CN10.
Power supply into CN40.
Ethernet cable connected to the LAN, into CN5.

Requirements for the development host:

Ubuntu 20, 64 bit version.
100 GB of free space.
Terminal software (picocom, minicom or similar) installed.

Please refer to Building Emcraft Software Distribution and Installing Images to the Target for information on building the bootable images and installing the images to the board.

5. Supported Features

The following list provides a summary of the features and capabilities of this release of the RZ/V2H BSP:

U-Boot firmware:
- Runs on the Cortex-A55 core;
- U-Boot v2021.10;
- Target initialization from power-on / reset;
- Loads from QSPI Flash and runs from DDR;
- Serial console;
- Ethernet driver for loading images to the target from network;
- Device driver for eMMC / SD Card;
- Supports storing Linux images in eMMC / SD Card;
- Auto-boot feature, allowing boot of OS images from eMMC or other storage with no operator intervention;
- Persistent environment for customization of target operation;
- Sophisticated command interface for maintenance and development of the target.
Linux:
- Runs on the Cortex-A55 cores;
- Linux kernel v5.10.145;
- Device drivers for key I/O interfaces;
FreeRTOS:
- Runs on the Cortex-CM33 or CR8 core;
- Device drivers for select I/O interfaces.
- [NOTE: FreeRTOS is not available in this release].
Development environment:
- Linux-hosted cross-development environment;
- Yocto v3.1 (dunfell) distribution.

6. Software Manifest

Repo	Link	Hash	Tag

Repo	Link	Hash	Tag
meta-econsys	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-econsys	`1c0087c3`	tags/1.0.1-27
meta-renesas	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-renesas	`cb4f367f`	tags/1.0.1-27
meta-rz-multi-os	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-rz-multi-os	`1ff8c864`	tags/1.0.1-27
meta-rz-graphics	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-rz-graphics	`d6c2c3d2`	tags/1.0.1-27
meta-rz-drpai	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-rz-drpai	`771ffd42`	tags/1.0.1-27
meta-renesas-desktop	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-renesas-desktop	`5949350e`	tags/1.0.1-27
meta-rz-emcraft	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-rz-emcraft	`9bece2c2`	tags/1.0.1-27
linux-rz	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/linux-rz	`b968b0ba`	tags/1.0.1-27
u-boot-rz	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/u-boot-rz	`e37a5e5e`	tags/1.0.1-27

7. New Functionality

The following is a summary of the changes in 1.0.1-27 since the last release 0.0.0-0:

Issue Key	Summary

Issue Key	Summary
meta-econsys	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-econsys
meta-renesas	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-renesas
RNS-2	Fixed glib2 build error.
meta-rz-multi-os	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-rz-multi-os
meta-rz-graphics	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-rz-graphics
meta-rz-drpai	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-rz-drpai
meta-renesas-desktop	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-renesas-desktop
RNS-6	Ubuntu Desktop compatibility layer. Ported from meta-nxp-desktop.
RNS-6	Add compatibility with the renesas rz bsp.
RNS-6	Add weston and docker into the ubuntu desktop image
RNS-6	Added weston initialization scripts and fix docker.io
RNS-6	Last minute fixes:
RNS-6	Fixed packing of the vspmif module bineries
RNS-4	Add support for usb flexx2 camera. add royaleviewer package
RNS-27	Workaround for the kernel-module-vspmif build error ("vpm_public.h" isn't available).
RNS-6	Remove redundant kernel-module-mali.bbappend
RNS-6	Fixed layer.conf to pick missing certain bbappends
RNS-4	Add the user to the plugdev group for usb camera access
RNS-24	Fix docker startup and add docker-compose package
RNS-25	Apply default network configuration
RNS-18	Add meta-rz-emcraft layer
meta-rz-emcraft	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/meta-rz-emcraft
RNS-18	Initial commit of meta-rz-emcraft layer config
RNS-18	Add recipes for building linux kernel and u-boot from emcraft repositories
RNS-24	Apply kernel parameters for docker
RNS-18	Add missing files for u-boot recipe
linux-rz	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/linux-rz
u-boot-rz	https://github.com/EmcraftSystems/u-boot-rz

8. Release QA Results

The tests described in the following QA Test Plan have been executed for this release:

Test	Result	Comment

Test	Result	Comment
U-Boot installation	SKIPPED
SD card installation and booting	PASSED
eMMC installation and booting	PASSED
Ethernet	PASSED
Network Interfaces List	PASSED
Block Devices List	PASSED
Desktop GUI Starts	PASSED
USB Device List	PASSED
Loaded Kernel Modules List	PASSED
System Devices List	PASSED

9. Known Problems and Limitations

The following are known problems and limitations of this software release:

RNS-8: Booting from eMMC requires QSPI Flash.
RNS-9: Booting from SD Card requires QSPI Flash.
RNS-10: "ASoC: error at soc_component_read_no_lock" messages flood on the serial console.
RNS-19: U-Boot environment gets corrupted if eMMC is erased

RNS-22: Reboot doesn't work in Linux and in U-Boot.