What's New

Highlights

• LTS 5.10.35 update
• PREEMPT_RT on LTS kernel 5.10.35
• U-Boot v2021.04 update
• TF-A v2.4 update
• NXP LSDK Userland including Ubuntu 20.04 main packages and NXP packages
• Support of LS1046ARDB-PB revC and LX2160A-RDB-B
• Support of DPDK 20.11, OVS-DPDK 2.15, VPP 2101, PKTGEN 21.3
• MC 10.28.1 update
• OPTEE 3.13 update
• Removal of eIQ chapter from LSDK User Guide
• For a list of all fixed issues, see Fixed, open and closed issues
• Inclusion of additional workarounds for Chip Errata:

List of changes:

Processor and Board Support

• LS1046ARDB-PB revC
• LX2160A-RDB-B

NXP LSDK Userland

• NXP LSDK Userland including Ubuntu 20.04 main packages and NXP packages
• Toolchain: gcc: Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04, glibc-2.3.1, binutils2.34-6ubuntu1.1, gdb-9.2-0ubuntu1~20.04

Linux Kernel Core, Virtualization

• LTS kernel 5.10.35 update
• PREEMPT_RT on LTS kernel 5.10.35
• Libvirt 6.0
• LXD 4.0
• QEMU 4.2

Linux Kernel Drivers

• DPAA2: pause frame support for managed PHYs, rx copybreak support, SFP module support through phylink
• ENETC: BD ring based flow control, reducing number of MDIO lock acquires in the data path

Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)

• DPDK 20.11
• PKTGEN 21.3
• QoS Support ( Single level - Scheduling ( Prio and WRR and Shaping ) on DPAA2
• HW based Traffic Split between Kernel and User space (VSP) on DPPA1
• PDCP Short MAC support on DPPA1 and DPAA2
• PDCP SDAP support on DPAA1 and DPAA2
• PDCP with hfn override on DPAA1 and DPAA2
• IPsec Raw buffer Support on DPAA2

Virtualization - OVS-DPDK

• OVS 2.15
• VPP 2101

Trust Firmware - A (TF-A)

• TF-A v2.4 update
• DIMM MTA18ADF2G72AZ-2G6E1 on LS1046ARDB, LS1088ARDB, LS2088ARDB
• DIMM MTA18ADF2G72AZ-3G2E1 on LX2160ARDB
• ECC initialization for OCRAM

U-Boot Bootloader

• U-Boot v2021.04 update
• AQR 113C on LS1046ARDB, LX2160ARDB
• Thermal monitor device SA56004ED on LX2160ARDB

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

• Dynamic ACPI support on LX2160A, LS1046A

Other Tools and Utilities

• AQR 113C firmware
• Flexbuild:
• DPDK 20.11, OVS-DPDK 2.15, PKTGEN 21.3, VPP 2101 cross build
• Changing DPDK default compilation from makefile to meson
• Ubuntu 20.04 GNOME desktop with GPU acceleration on LS1028ARDB
• MC 10.28.1 update. Changes are listed in CHANGELOG
• mdio-proxy.ko , mdio-app and aq-firmware-tool module integrated into tinyLinux rootfs.
• OPTEE 3.13 update
• Removal of eIQ chapter in LSDK User Guide