2017.1 Linux and DTG Release Notes




Linux Feature Changes
Module NameDriver LocationFeature ChangesLink
Linux kernelLinux kernel source
  • Upgrade to 4.9
https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_4.9
ZynqMP AMSdrivers/iio/adc/xilinx-ams.c
  • Added new AMS driver
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/ZynqMP+AMS
Zynq, ZynqMP Ethernet, macbdrivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
  • PM support was added. This includes adding runtime PM support, context loss management, cleanup of clock enable/disable paths and updating mdio access functions. Please note that ethernet does not work after a suspend-resume yet and required interface to be brought down and up manually.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Macb+Driver
Zynq/Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOC/Microblaze

Axi Ethernet
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_mdio.c
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
  • Added Support for 10G/25G MAC
  • Added 1588 Support for 10G/25G MAC
  • Added Support for 2.5G MAC
  • Added Clock Support in the driver
  • Fixed issues with the without DRE DMA based design on zynqMP SOC
  • Fixed bug in the rx reject interrupt handling.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Linux+AXI+Ethernet+driver
Platform: Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOC
IP: ZynqMP DMA
drivers/dma/xilinx/zynqmp_dma.c
  • Added Runtime PM support
  • Fixed issues with the overflow interrupt.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Zynqmp+DMA
Clock Frameworkdrivers/clk/zynqmp/clkc.c drivers/clk/zynqmp/clk-mux-zynqmp.c drivers/clk/zynqmp/pll.c
drivers/clk/zynqmp/clk-gate-zynqmp.c drivers/clk/zynqmp/divider.c
  • dp sharing the parent (VPLL).A warn is added to check for the same. Sets the set rate parent for video clocks.
  • Fractional mode support is enabled.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Common+Clock+Framework
Platform: Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOC USBdrivers/usb/dwc3/
  • Added USB 2.0 OTG driver
  • Added CCI (Cache Coherent Interconnect) support for USB
  • Fixed the logic for enabling host bulk streaming support
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Zynq+Ultrascale+MPSOC+Linux+USB+device+driver
Platform: Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOC SATAdrivers/ata/ahci_ceva.c
  • Added CCI support in SATA if "dma-coherent" flag is enabled in device-tree node
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/SATA
Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOCdrivers/spi/spi-zynqmp-gqspi.c
  • Added Runtime PM support
  • Updated the driver to support both IO and DMA (either IO or DMA)
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Linux+ZynqMP+GQSPI+Driver
Zynq/Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOC/Microblazedrivers/spi/spi-xilinx.c
  • Add clock adaptation
www.wiki.xilinx.com/Linux+SPI+Driver
Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOCdrivers/mtd/nand/arasan_nand.c
  • Update Arasan Nand flash controller, as per latest kernel layer update
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/NAND
Zynqdrivers/mtd/nand/pl35x_nand.c
  • Update Nand SMC flash controller, as per latest kernel layer update
www.wiki.xilinx.com/Zynq+Pl353+SMC+and+NAND+drivers
ZynqMP SDdrivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c
  • Add pinctrl support to the driver. By adding this driver should be able to handle optional pinctrl setting.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/SD+controller
ZynqMp
Fpga Manager
drivers/fpga/zynqmp-fpga.c
  • Adopted Encrypted BitStream loading support for Xilinx ZynqMp.
  • Adopted Authenticated BitStream loading support for Xilinx.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Solution+ZynqMP+PL+Programming#x-Programming%20the%20PL%20through%20Linux
Zynq/
Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC
GPIO
drivers/gpio/gpio-zynq.c
  • Added support for suspend resume
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Linux+GPIO+Driver
axi_gpiodrivers/gpio/gpio-xilinx.c
  • Added clock adaptation support
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/AXI+GPIO
ZynqMP
pinctrl
drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-zynqmp.c
  • Added pin controller driver
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http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/ZynqMP+Linux+Pin+Controller+Driver
Zynq/ZynqMp
I2C Controller
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
  • Added bus Recovery support
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Cadence+I2C+Driver
axi_timebase_wdtdrivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
  • Added clock adaptation support.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Axi+Watchdog
Xilinx DRM KMSdrivers/gpu/drm/xilinx/*
  • Add a MIPI DSI driver
  • Support clocking through PS CCF
  • Support busid
  • Support suspend / resume
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Xilinx+DRM+KMS+driver


DTG Feature Changes
Module NameFeature ChangesLink
Generic
  • Add board dtsi files All board level info will be generated by DTG
  • Added CCI support to generate dma-coherent
  • Boot args updated (replaced earlyprintk with earlycon)
  • Added slice support
  • Added ccf dtsi (zynqmp-clk-ccf.dtsi)
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Build+Device+Tree+Blob
Ams
  • Added new driver

Axi Ethernet
  • Added 10G/25G MAC support

Display Port
  • Added new driver

Xadc
  • Added new compatible string i.e "xlnx,axi-xadc-1.00.a" Added new properties xlnx,external-mux and xlnx,external-mux-channel

Vcu
  • Added new driver

Pr_decoupler
  • Added new driver

RM
  • Add RM support as fpga_region for zynq link to devcfg



Linux Bug Fixes
Module NameDriver LocationBug FixesLink
Zynq, ZynqMP Ethernet, macbdrivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
  • Fix ptp time adjustment for large negative delta
  • Release spinlock before calling ptp_clock_unregister
  • Correct TSU_CAPS mask
  • Fix PHY reset via GPIO and only call GPIO functions if there is a valid GPIO
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Macb+Driver
Phy, DP83867driver/net/phy/dp83867.c
  • Added SW workaround for link instability on DP83867
NA
Clock Frameworkdrivers/clk/zynqmp/
  • Fixed watchdog clock source
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Common+Clock+Framework
Zynq/Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOC/Microblaze

AXI DMA/CDMA/VDMA
drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.cAXI DMA
  • Fixed race condition in the driver for multiple descriptor scenario for axidma.
  • Added channel idle checks across the driver.
AXI CDMA
  • Fixed bug in multiple frame stores scenario in vdma
  • Added channel idle checks across the driver.

AXI VDMA
  • Added channel idle checks across the driver.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/DMA+Drivers+-+Soft+IPs
Zynq/Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOCdrivers/spi/spi-cadence.c
  • Add support for context loss
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/SPI+Zynq+driver
Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOCdrivers/mtd/nand/arasan_nand.c
  • Change ref clk in SDR modes 2 to 5 to less than 90MHz
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/NAND
Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOCdrivers/edac/zynqmp_ocm_edac.c
  • don't hardcode edac device index
NA
Zynq ADC, axi_xadcdrivers/iio/adc/xilinx-xadc-core.c
  • Fix for the external channel read issue by reading the 'reg' property from the devicetree before selecting the adc channel.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/xadc
Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOC USBdrivers/usb/dwc3/
  • Assigned dwc3 archdata to xhci dev to avaiod empty dma ops
  • Added U3 suspend quirk for silicon revisions > 3.0 for fixing ep configuration error
  • Programme GFLADJ register based on the value from dts
  • Changed dwc3-of-simple.c file for configuring PIPE3 signals as part of phy_init
  • Corrected f_hid gadget
  • Correct the logic for ep ring caching in xhci
  • Added support for Light reset instead of HARD reset if OTG is enabled
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Zynq+Ultrascale+MPSOC+Linux+USB+device+driver
Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOC SATAdrivers/ata/ahci_ceva.c
  • Corrected the sequence of AXI bus configuration register programming
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/SATA
Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSOC SIOU/SERDESdrivers/phy/phy-zynqmp.c
  • Removed tx_termination_fix flag and added the calibration fix based on the silicon revision
  • Use reset-controller framework to assert/de-assert reset signals while configuring serdes lanes
  • Corrected the logic for freeing NVMEM buffer
  • Corrected the logic for waitng for assert/de-assert to happen
  • Added configuring USB PIPE3 signals during reset release
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Zynq+Ultrascale+MPSOC+Linux+SIOU+driver
Zynq
Devcfg
drivers/char/xilinx_devcfg.c
  • Revert "char: devcfg: Add bitstream version check
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Solution+Zynq+PL+Programming
ZynqMP
Fpga Manager
drivers/fpga/zynqmp-fpga.c
  • Fix ZynqMP name in print.
  • zynqmp: Add fpga image information struct.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Solution+ZynqMP+PL+Programming#x-Programming%20the%20PL%20through%20Linux
Zynq/ZynqMP
GPIO
drivers/gpio/gpio-zynq.c
  • Wakeup gpio controller when it is used as IRQ controller
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Linux+GPIO+Driver
axi_gpiodrivers/gpio/gpio-xilinx.c
  • Add simple remove and exit functions
    There is missing clk handling and also dual mode.
    This fragment is taken from mainline gpio driver
    and it is required for module testing.

  • xilinx: Fix the NULL pointer access.
    Prevent the NULL pointer access in the suspend resume.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/AXI+GPIO
ZynqMP
pinctrl
drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-zynqmp.c
  • Resolved pin conflicts
  • 1bit and 4bit data lane support for sdio
  • Updated pmu pin groups
  • Warning on IO Standard mismatch
  • Updated error handling in config set
  • Added support for drive strength configuration
  • zynqmp: Reset pin config when it's freed
  • Fix code and documentation warnings
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/ZynqMP+Linux+Pin+Controller+Driver
Zynq/ZynqMP
I2C Controller
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c
  • Fix pin controller failure
  • Fix the i2c Bus Recovery issue.
  • cadence: Added slave support
  • Fix wording in i2c-cadence driver
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Cadence+I2C+Driver
Zynq/ZynqMP
Watchdog
drivers/watchdog/cadence_wdt.c
  • cadence_wdt: Fix the suspend resume.
  • constify watchdog_ops structures.
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Cadence+WDT+Driver
Xilinx DRM KMSdrivers/gpu/drm/xilinx/*.c
  • Align with 4.7/4.8/4.9 kernel changes
  • Fix the issue with DP 1.1 sink
  • Handle the aux timeout
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Xilinx+DRM+KMS+driver

DTG Bug Fixes
Module NameBug FixesLink
Axi Ethernet
  • Change axi_ethernet compatible if it is 2.5g capable(xlnx,axi-2_5-gig-ethernet-1.0) and also don't generate xlnx,eth-hasnobuf property for 2.5g mac
  • Enhance the logic to get the dma connected to axi_ethernet
  • Add xlnx,include-dre property
http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Build+Device+Tree+Blob
Uartps
  • Update uartps baudrate in chosen node, baud rate value should be configured value, if uartps is console device

Axi Dma
  • Change the axi dma compatible string to xlnx,eth-dma when DMA is connected to 10G/25G Soft IP MAC or 1G or 10G
  • Add xlnx,include-dre property

Gem
  • Add is-internal-pcspma property to gem node, when ethernet is in SGMII mode and no external PCS/PMA found

Axi can
  • Update can_clk if device clock and axi clock are different, i.e generate two different clock names

Static dts files
  • Sync all relevant dts files with linux kernel



Answer Records (ARs)
Module NameAR TitleAR Link
Zynq, ZynqMP Ethernet, macbZynq UltraScale+ MPSoC - SGMII using PS-GTR - Why is ZynqMP PHY driver reconfiguring the lanes previously set up for SGMII by the FSBL?https://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/68866.html
Zynq, ZynqMP Ethernet, macbMACB - MDIO support for single MAC managing multiple PHYshttps://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/69132.html
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC SATAZynq UltraScale+ MPSoC: PetaLinux Correct suspend/resume calls to work when FPD
is off
https://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/69100.html







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