What's New in LSDK 18.12

Highlights

• LTS 4.9.140 and LTS 4.14.83 update
• U-boot v2018.09 update
• Support of Trusted Firmware - A (For ARM A-Series Core) as default boot flow on LS1012A, LS1043A, LS1046A, LS1088A and LS2088A. PPA is not updated along with adding new features and acts as back-up boot flow for the legacy features and platforms.
• Support of LS1012A FRWY RevC with 1GB Kingston DDR
• Support of LS1012A FRWY and LS1021A TWR on EdgeScale
• Support of PREEMPT_RT on LS2088A on LTS 4.14
• Support of Soft Parser Configuration Tool
• MC upgrade to 10.12.0
• UEFI to adopt EDK2 project development
• Includes several software fixes. Refer to Fixed, Open, and Closed Issues which has a list of all fixed issues

See list of changes in below

Ubuntu Userland

• Netplan to control ethernet interfaces

Linux Kernel Core, Virtualization

• LTS kernel 4.9.140 update
• LTS kernel 4.14.83 update
• Support of PREEMPT_RT on LS2088A on LTS 4.14

Linux Kernel Drivers

• DPAA2 CAAM: support of fixed-link settings based on DPC config, support of flow steering on LS1088A
• PPFE Ethernet: support of fixed link
• TMU: support of multiple sensors
• Unified backplane driver to support 10Gbase-KR

Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)

• No change since the last LSDK

Virtualization - OVS-DPDK

• No change since the last LSDK

Trust Firmware - A (TF-A)

• Support of LS1012A, LS1043A, LS1046A, LS1088A and LS2088A
• Power Management
• OP-TEE OS binary

U-Boot Boot Loader

• U-boot v2018.09 update
• Support of loading Soft Parser from U-boot using MC
• Support of TF-A, making common RAM defconfig for all boot sources

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

• Adoption of EDK2 project development
• Support of TF-A

EdgeScale - Edge Compute

• Support of LS1012A FRWY and LS1021A TWR
• Secure Manufacturing
• No change since the last LSDK
• Secure Provisioning
• Integration of IMA-EVM
• EdgeScale Dashboard for Users
• Device management
• Self-check diagnostic tool
• Support of de-commission/EoL/un-enroll a device
• Application management
• No change since the last LSDK

Other Tools and Utilities

• Flexbuild
• Removal of LS1088A RDB from the default images, keeping LS1088A RDB-PB
• Running FMC during system initialization
• Support of iperf version 2.0.13a
• Support of Soft Parser Configuration Tool
• Support of TF-A

• MC upgrade to 10.12.0
• Platform Security
• PKCS#11 Library: support of Cryptographic APIs, C_GenerateKeyPair, C_CreateObject, C_DestroyObject APIs, C_InitToken, C_InitPin, C_SetPin, C_Login, C_LogOut APIs
• RCW
• Support of TF-A
• Soft Parser Configuration Tool