Embedded module TQMa6x - PTXdist Linux BSP documentation
Known Issues
Linux BSP Rev.0113
U-Boot 2017.11
U-Boot Environment | |
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Affects | U-Boot Environment |
Issue | U-Boot Environment loading/storing uses eMMC only |
Effect | If eMMC contains a valid environment sector the BSP Rev.0113 U-Boot will load that environment regardless of the actual boot device (e.g. sd card). As the partition layout has been changed with BSP Rev.0110, boot commands from environments of BSP Revs. ≤ 0109 will not work anymore. In consequence booting BSP Rev.0113 U-Boot will fail if an environment from BSP Rev. ≤ 0109 is present in eMMC. |
Solution / Workaround | Will be fixed in next BSP release. Workaround boot failure:
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Linux BSP Rev.0109
PTXdist
Build failure on Ubuntu 16.x host | |
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Affects | Image/RootFS creation |
Issue | Segmentation fault caused by genimage-7 tool when run on Ubuntu 16.x host |
Effect | Target root.ext2 fails to build. |
Solution / Workaround | Use genimage-8 instead of genimage-7 1. copy host-genimage.in and host-genimage.make from /usr/local/lib/ptxdist-2015.05.0/rules/ to TQMa6x-BSP-REV.0109/rules/ 2. modify TQMa6x-BSP-REV.0109/rules/host-genimage.make like this:HOST_GENIMAGE_VERSION := 8 HOST_GENIMAGE_MD5 := 506a0cd6722431af87ef7cfe437662cc
3. run |
Linux BSP Rev.0105
PTXdist / U-Boot
U-Boot build failure | |
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Affects | U-Boot build stage |
Issue | Typo in configs/platform-tq-mba6x/rules/u-boot-spi-tqma6s.make |
Effect | When U_BOOT_SPI_TQMA6S is selected, U-Boot fails to build properly. |
Solution / Workaround | Change line 29 in configs/platform-tq-mba6x/rules/u-boot-spi-tqma6s.make fromU_BOOT_SPI_TQMA6S_LICENS E := GPLv2 to U_BOOT_SPI_TQMA6S_LICENSE := GPLv2 |
iperf3
Bug in UDP test | |
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Affects | iperf3 package provided with BSP |
Issue | iperf3 reports extremly high packet loss when performing an UDP test |
Effect | iperf3 is not suitable to determine meaningful UDP performance values |
Solution / Workaround | Use older version of iperf (e.g. iperf2) |
Linux BSP Rev.0104
PTXdist
U-Boot build failure | |
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Affects | U-Boot build stage |
Issue | Typo in configs/platform-tq-mba6x/rules/u-boot-tqma6q.make |
Effect | When PTXCONF_U_BOOT_TQMA6S is not selected (i.e. U-Boot should only be build for TQMaQ), U-Boot fails to build properly. |
Solution / Workaround | Change line 66 in configs/platform-tq-mba6x/rules/u-boot-tqma6q.make fromifdef PTXCONF_U_BOOT_TQMA6S_INSTALL_U_BOOT_IMX to ifdef PTXCONF_U_BOOT_TQMA6Q_INSTALL_U_BOOT_IMX |
Linux Kernel 3.16
Kernel does not boot | |
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Affects | U-Boot & U-Boot environment |
Issue | New Kernel memory map |
Effect | Kernel does not boot (properly) with U-Boot and U-Boot environment from BSPs < Rev. 0104 |
Solution / Workaround | Use U-Boot from BSP Rev. 0104 and reset U-Boot envrionment to default (any custom variables can, of course, be added again afterwards). |
OSELAS.Toolchain 2013.12.x from debian.pengutronix.de
Qt Creator debugging fails | |
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Affects Subject | GDB |
Issue | Missing support for Python scripts (i.e., gdb is not configured using –with-python ) |
Effect | Qt Creator Debugging Helpers will not work (properly) |
Solution / Workaround | Build toolchain from source |
BSP
u-boot
- Affected Revisions: all
- Issue: missing support for GIGE
- Solution: currently none, under investigation
- Affected Revisions: all
- Issue: missing support for boot from SPI-NOR
- Solution: currently none, planned for future release
- Affected Revisions: prerel 20130704
- Issue: missing LED support for USB-Ethernet port
- Solution: fixed in newer BSP
Linux
General
- Affected Revisions: prerel 20130407
- Issue: spurios kernel panic when mounting NFS root on TQMa6S
- Solution: fixed in newer releases
CAN
- Affected Revisions: up to 0100
- Issue: wrong Bitrate setup
- Solution: fix planned for REV 0101
Ethernet
- Affected Revisions: all
- Issue: missing support for GIGE
- Solution: Software fix planned for REV 0101, needs MBa6x 0102
USB
- Affected Revisions: all
- Issue: Hub power issue, hub signals that port draws too much current even if the hub is powered
- Solution: fixed, needs hardware workaround on MBa6x REV0100, fixed on newer revisions
I2C
- Affected Revisions: prerel 20130407
- Issue: I2C eeprom access slow
- Solution: fixed in newer releases
SD / eMMC
- Affected Revisions: all
- Issue: spurios SD card write error -84
- Solution: under investigation
PTXdist
Toolchain
OSELAS.Toolchain 2012.12.x
- Affected Revisions: all
- Issue: missing support for cortex-strings in glibc
- Solution:
1) If performance impacts are noticed, use OSELAS.Toolchain for cortexa8. It is known to work
2) Try other toolchain with cortex-strings support