New SGX Graphics Driver Release 4.03.00.02 for Linux now available!

THURSDAY,MARCH 10, 2011

New SGX Graphics Driver Release 4.03.00.02 for Linux now available !


New SGX Graphics SDK supporting 387x/389x/OMAP35x/OMAP37x, and with updated SGX drivers is now available from the download link at,

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/AM35x-OMAP35x_Graphics_SDK_Getting_Started_Guide

The release notes for this release is available at,

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/RN_4_03_00_02

Features in this release

• [NEW] Workqueue support implementation integrated from IMG DDK 1.6.16.3977.


• [NEW] Active power management supported on OMAP35x/37x devices.


• [NEW] make help command updated to show mapping between OMAPES command line option and TI chipset.


• [NEW] Included pvr2d.h and wsegl.h in the release package under include folder of Graphics SDK root installtion(public versions – with public headers: (MIT-x license)). Qt users should use the included wsegl.h and pvr2d.h


• [NEW] Included bc_cat.h(with BSD license)in the release package for applications which require to use buffer class streaming extension.


• [NEW] Unit test report for 387x and 389x is now available in the release package(can be found under unittest folder present at Graphics installation root directory with file name : Graphics_SDK_4_03_00_02_38xx_Test_report.xls)


• Bug fixes

Pre-requisites

Kernel(Linux PSP) versions used for validation

• Tested with 2.6.37 kernel release on 389x platfom.

- TI816x(389x) Linux-PSP release 04.00.00.10 (2.6.37)

• Tested with 2.6.37-rc3 kernel on 387x platfom. Sanity tested with 2.6.37 kernel on 387x platform.
  - TI814x(387x) Linux-PSP Release 04.01.00.02.
  - TI814x(387x) Linux-PSP Release 04.01.00.03 - Sanity tests only.


• Tested with 2.6.32 kernel on OMAP platforms
  - AM35x Linux PSP Release 03_00_01_06.
  - Display drivers with DSS2 support ie, CONFIG_OMAP2_DSS=y

Toolchain

• CodeSourcery 2009q1 toolchain
  

Fileystem

• Filesystem from SDK package

On 387x and 389x, fbdev module is dependent on the VPSS and Syslink modules.The required versions are listed below. Please refer to Linux-PSP User Guide for details on how to build and install the fbdev module.
HDVPSS Release : HDVPSS_01_00_01_26
Syslink Release : 02_00_00_67_alpha2
02_00_00_68_Beta1 - Only sanity tested.

Need to rebuild proc manager app - procmgrapp_release, do not use the one present under the HDVPSS_01_00_01_26 release (procmgrapp)
IPC Release
1_22_03_23
1_22_04_25 (for syslink version of 02_00_00_68_Beta1)