What's New in LSDK 19.06

Highlights

• Support of the dual kernel, LTS 4.14.122 and LTS 4.19.46
• U-boot v2019.04 uprev
• The distribution of NXP LSDK Userland including Ubuntu main packages and NXP packages
• Integration of LS1046A FRWY
• Base platform boot with ACPI on LX2160A RDB. Refer to Chapter 5.4 UEFI for the list of supported features
• No formal support of 32-bit kernel space on 64-bit devices
• Removal of Linux backplane driver, which will be releases separately
• Support of DPDK 18.11, OVS 2.11, Pktgen 3.6.6 and VPP 19.01
• Flexbuild: support of new layout of SD partitions and auto deployment, support of automatic download and deployment of distro images and more than 5 partitions based on 4KiB limitation of partition table for SD boot MC 10.16.2 update
• Inclusion of fixes for Linux TCP DoS Attack - SACK CVE 2019-11477
• Inclusion of several software fixes. Refer to Fixed, Open, and Closed Issues which has a list of all fixed issues
• Inclusion of additional workarounds for Chip Errata: A-008098, A-009460, A-010131, A-010635, A-011270, A-050106

List of changes:

Processor and Board Support

• LS1046A FRWY

NXP LSDK Userland

• The distribution of NXP LSDK Userland including Ubuntu main packages and NXP packages

Linux Kernel Core, Virtualization

• LTS kernel 4.14.122 update
• LTS kernel 4.19.46 update

Linux Kernel Drivers

• DPAA1.x QBMan kexec support
• IEEE1588: linuxptp replacing ptpd2 for testing
• Inclusion of fixes for Linux TCP DoS Attack - SACK CVE 2019-11477
• LX2160A: CEETM, CPU idle
• LS1046A FRWY: Clock, eDMA, Ethernet, GIC, I2C, micro-SD, NAND, OCRAM, PCIe-Gen3 RC, QSPI access to NOR flash, QDMA, SEC, UART, USB

Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)

• Support of DPDK 18.11
• Support of LS1046A FRWY
• Support of Pktgen 3.6.6
• Support of VPP 19.01

Virtualization - OVS-DPDK

• Support for LS1046A FRWY
• Support for OVS 2.11

Trust Firmware - A (TF-A)

• Support of LS1046A FRWY

U-Boot Boot Loader

• U-boot v2019.04 update
• LS1046A FRWY: Boot from QSPI NOR flash and micro-SD, clock, DDR4, Ethernet, GIC, I2C, NAND, OCRAM, PCIe-Gen3, USB, UART
• LX2160A: Negate IRQ signal in GIC for AQR107 interrupt pins

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

• LX2160A: Base platform boot with ACPI on RDB. Refer to Chapter 5.4 UEFI for the list of supported features

EdgeScale - Edge Compute

• Support of LS1046A FRWY
• Secure Manufacturing
• Key and fuse config management
• Device enrollment with fused device identity
• EgdeScale Device Agent Enhancement
• Reconnecting cloud when network is down and up
• Keeping docker images during OTA updates

Other Tools and Utilities

• Flexbuild
• Flex-builder
• Support of new layout of SD partitions and auto deployment
• Support of docker-ce arm32 and arm64 built from source instead of apt installation
• Support of the uprev of dpdk, ovs-dpdk, pktgen_dpdk and vpp
• Support of multiple scales of LSDK userland (main, edgescale, etc.)
• Optimization of building for secure boot Chain of Trust with confidentiality Removal of ARMv8 32bit
• Flex-installer
• Support of automatic download and deployment of distro images
• Support of more than 5 partitions based on 4KiB limitation of partition table for SD boot
• Support of configurable multiple partitions with '-p ' option in
• flex-installer cmdline
• Support of dual system boot on single storage device
• MC upgrade to 10.16.2
• Soft Parser Configuration Tool
• Support of 'load-on-parser' and 'load-protocol' option