Starter Image Changelog

OpenSTLinux Image Changelog

Changelog v6.9.0 to v7.0.0:

• meta-av96 was updated to use OpenSTLinux v3.0.0
• Linux kernel 5.10
• no new features since meta-av96 v6.9

Changelog v6.5.0 to v6.9.0:

• Added PPP support for the Quectel EC-25 module on the LTE-Sensors mezzanine board.
• Added a Python-based application for demonstrating how to connect to the Azure IoT Hub and send telemetrie data. This demo also works through an LTE connection.

Changelog v6.0.0 to v6.5.0:

• upgraded to use OpenSTLinux v2.1
• Linux kernel 5.4.56
• support added for D3 camera mezzanine
• Docker 19.03.8-ce added
• static IP address fixed on usb0 interface
• headless boot fixed

Changelog v5.0.0 to v6.0.0:

• upgrade to OpenSTLinux v2.0 which is the latest distro from ST and is based on Yocto Dunfell LTS and Linux 5.4
• direct support for the Shiratech 96B-MEZ-CAM1 board which demonstrates the OnSemi AR1337 image sensor and the OnSemi AP1302 ISP https://www.shiratech-solutions.com/products/cam1/

Other features and issues

The standard uSD image created by the BSP now contains 4 different boot modes:

• plain Avenger96 without any mezzanine cards
• support for Tresor TPM2 board with tpm2-tools: https://www.96boards.org/product/tresor/
• support for Shiratech 96B-MEZ-CAM1 board
• support and demo for Shiratech LTE and Sensors mezzanine: https://www.96boards.org/product/shiratech-lte/

The boot mode can be selected in U-Boot menu during startup.

One remaining minor issue of the BSP is that STM32CubeProgrammer can’t initialize the uSD card when the selected boot media is NOR+SDCARD. It can initialize the NOR flash and with separately written uSD card the whole NOR+SDCARD boot process works. Later I will try to fix the BSP so that STM32CubeProgrammer can do the whole initialization in a single step.

Changelog v4.1.0 to v5.0.0:

• tf-a now supports pure eMMC boot on silicon revision 2.1, rev Z
• init script moved to meta-av96-scripts repo, manifest file moved to manifest-av96 repo. meta-av96 layer is now totally independent of the manifest and init scripts.
• meta-av96 now uses STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.2.0
• meta-av96 and av96-5.0.img uSD card image now support the “apt-get” feature of STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v1.2.0

Changelog v3.2.0 to v4.1.0:

• STMIPID02 and D3 camera mezzanine patches added, OV5640 camera can be tested with the default Weston GUI.
• Source folder structure reworked. meta-av96 now uses a ‘repo’ manifest-based setup. ‘thud’ branch created and folder structure resembles more the ST way.

Changelog v2.1.0 to v3.2.0:

• U-Boot sets ethernet MAC address from 24AA02 EEprom
• mmc0 now supports switching to 1.8V, UHS-I cards speeded up
• HW version 1 added to U-Boot device tree, U-Boot now checks HW version of the actual Avenger96 board
• Flashlayout file generation fixed, no need to change Flashlayout files manually before programming nor+emmc

Changelog v2.0.3 to v2.1.0:

• HDMI max resolution fixed, it’s 1280x720@60Hz again
• DRAM size in U-Boot fixed, Linux now sees the whole 1GB
• UART0 and SPI now supported on low-speed extension connector
• tpm2-tools and tpm2-tss-engine for openssl added, TPM2.0 chip on Tresor board supported by openssl

Changelog v2.0.2 to v2.0.3:

• DHCP server running at usb0 network interface

Changelog v2.0.1 to v2.0.2:

• Supported features in U-Boot: UART, DDR3, QSPI, uSD, eMMC, ethernet
• PRODUCT_BELOW_2V5 fix in U-Boot
• Supported features in Linux: UART, uSD, eMMC, USB host, USB OTG, HDMI, GPU, WiFi, Bluetooth, Gbit ethernet
• STM32CubeProgrammer can initialize NOR, eMMC, uSD
• Avenger96 can boot from uSD or NOR+eMMC
• BSP contains a single meta-av96 layer and a readme.txt
• BSP builds the whole uSD or NOR+eMMC image in a single step, no extra file operations are needed
• Standard STM32MP157C-DK2 demo runs on Avenger96: WiFi hotspot, video playback with sound, 3D demo

Improvements compared to av96 v2.0.1:

• SDMMC1,2,3 order fixed, build process simplified
• WiFi fixed
• Sound over HDMI, GPU support (there was no GPU in v2.0.1 because of EULA issues during build)
• Bluetooth support, dummy soundcard added for BT (not tested yet)
• QSPI, eMMC in U-Boot, PRODUCT_BELOW_2V5 programming added -> Gbit ethernet
• STM32CubeProgrammer can initialize NOR, eMMC, uSD (a single manual modification of flashlayout files is still needed for NOR+eMMC boot -> needs to be documented yet)

Changelog v1.2 to v2.0.1:

• Switch to ST v1.0.0 SDK with 4.19 kernel
• Till now, not all features of v1.2 (based on beta1 release of ST with 4.14 kernel support) are supported with v2.0.1 release
• NOT working: QSPI in U-Boot and Linux, eMMC in U-Boot, WiFi, …
• Working interfaces: HDMI, Ethernet, USB, uSD card and Gigabit ethernet (on board with programmed PRODUCT_BELOW_2V5 fuse)

Changelog v1.1 to v1.2:

• /home/root folder contains simple OpenAMP demo
• HSLVEN_QSPI fix (from ST) was added to make QSPI boot work again with PRODUCT_BELOW_2V5 programmed

Changelog v1.0 to v1.1:

• Updated U-Boot which programs the PRODUCT_BELOW_2V5 fuse if necessary and reboots the board
• BUCK3 voltage changed to 2.5V which enables Gbit ethernet support
• Icon added in Weston for starting glmark2-es2-wayland
• /etc/issue contains version info
• Reduced display resolution of HDMI

Old Images and Yocto releases:

• OpenSTLinux-4.19-thud v6.5.0 Starter Image
• OpenSTLinux-4.19-thud v6.0.0 Starter Image
• OpenSTLinux-4.19-thud v5.0.0 Starter Image
• OpenSTLinux-4.19-thud v4.1.0 Starter Image
• OpenSTLinux-4.19-thud v3.2.0 Starter Image
• Avenger96 v2.1.0 Starter Image
• Avenger96 v2.0.3 Starter Image
• Avenger96 v2.0.2 Starter Image
• Avenger96 v2.0.1 Starter Image
• Avenger96 Yocto meta layer (based on v2.0.1 image from 2019-04-12)
• Avenger96 v1.2 Starter Image
• Avenger96 v1.1 Starter Image
• Avenger96 Embedded World v1.0 Starter Image