What's New

Highlights

• Spectre and Meltdown security patches included on LTS-4.9, LTS-4.14 and PPA. Further information will be available on

"Security Updates" https://freescale.sdlproducts.com/LiveContent/web/ui.xql?action=html&resource=publist_home.html

• Removal of ODP from LSDK 18.06 and future releases.

• U-Boot v2018.03 update

• Ubuntu userland 18.04 update

• Secure provisioning being integrated into EdgeScale

• Support of FRWY-LS1012A board

• Support of Data Compression Engine

• Support of Direct device assignment using VFIO for DPDK in VM on DPAA2

• Includes several software fixes. Refer to Fixed, Open, and Closed Issues on page 38 which has a list of all fixed issues

• Includes additional workarounds for Chip Errata: A-010843

See list of changes in below

Ubuntu Userland

• Ubuntu userland 18.04 update

• Toolchain: gcc: Ubuntu/Linaro 7.3.0-16ubuntu3~18.04, glibc-2.27, binutils-2.30-0, gdb-8.1• Libvirt 4.0

• QEMU 2.11

Linux Kernel Core, Virtualization

• LTS kernel 4.9.105 update

• LTS kernel 4.14.47 update

• Spectre and Meltdown security patches

• Enabling VFIO no-IOMMU being documented

Linux Kernel Drivers

• DPAA2 Ethernet: CEETM, MQPRIO qdisc support, configurable RX hashing key

• FRWY-LS1012A: CAAM, DDR, DUART, I2C, PCIe, PFE ethernet, SAI/I2S, SD, USB, Watchdog

Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)

• Support of Direct device assignment using VFIO for DPDK in VM [DPAA2 processors]

• PFE with DPDK [LS1012A]

• Running DPDK over docker

• Flow director (classification) on [DPAA2 processors]

• UEFI boot [DPAA1 & DPAA2 processors]

• QDMA driver support [DPAA2 processors]

Virtualization - OVS-DPDK

• No change since the last LSDK

Open Data Plane (ODP)

• ODP support being removed from LSDK 18.06 and future releases

U-Boot Boot Loader

• U-Boot v2018.03 update

• FRWY-LS1012A: Non-secure boot, Secure Boot, Clock, DDR, DUARt, I2C, PCIe, QSPI, SD, USB, Watchdog

• Support of LS2088A 0.9v part

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

• Support of AIOP application

EdgeScale - Edge Compute

• Secure Manufacturing

* Tools being available for Secure Fuse provisioning

• Secure Provisioning

* Secure library integration

• EdgeScale Dashboard for Users' Device management

◦ Agent to report more 'status' information of devices

◦ Device Logs on cloud

◦ OTA: firmware update [LS1012A]

◦ Support of un-enrolling device

* Application management

◦ App arguments at deployment time

◦ Support of public and private apps

Other Tools and Utilities

• Support of Data Compression Engine in user space

• Flexbuild

* Disabling ODP

* Ubuntu-18.04 arm32 and arm64 filesystem support

* Programming separate images into QSPI and NOR flash

• MC upgrade to 10.8.0

• OP-TEE client: FRWY-LS1012A support

• PKCS#11 Library

* Support for Multithreaded Applications

* Integration with PKCS#11 OpenSSL Engine from OpenSC/libp11

• PPA

* HW generated key for OP-Tee

* Support of FRWY-LS1012A

• RCW

* Support of FRWY-LS1012A

* Support of LS2088A ar core frequency 2.1GHz

• Restool: Removal of DPNI_OPT_SINGLE_SENDER and 16 TCs