2024.11.00-HFP550

Release Notes for 2024.11.00-HFP550

This release is applicable only for HiFive Premier P550 board and not for the Unmatched board.

2024.11.00-HFP550

• U-Boot is still 2024.01.
• OpenSBI is still 1.4.
• Kernel is still 6.6.21.
• Added support for USB as boot media.
• Added PMP for memory region 0x2000_0000-0x3FFF_FFFF in OpenSBI.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bus error for memory region 0x2000_0000-0x3FFF_FFFF.

Known Issues

• On executing a reboot command with external GFX connected, sometimes, the board reboot hangs.
• Bus error reported from UART driver at startup. This will be addressed in the subsequent releases.

2024.09.01-HFP550

Release Notes for 2024.09.01-HFP550

2024.09.01-HFP550

• U-Boot version is 2024.01.
• OpenSBI version is 1.4.
• Kernel version is 6.6.21.
• Only Xfce4 desktop images are supported.
• eMMC and SD Card are supported as boot media.
• The following images in DEPLOYDIR are required for flashing on the board.
  • bootloader_ddr5_secboot.bin - Bootchain image which comprises of DDR firware, second boot firmware, U-Boot and OpenSBI.
  • boot.vfat - vfat image for kernel. This includes kernel Image, DTB and extlinux.
  • demo-coreip-xfce4-hifive-premier-p550.rootfs.ext4.xz - Compressed rootfs image for eMMC.
  • demo-coreip-xfce4-hifive-premier-p550.rootfs.wic.xz - Compressed image for SD card.
• Irrespective of boot media, bootchain is always flashed to SPI Flash.
• EsBurnTool is the tool required to flash images to eMMC. This tool can be found over tools repository.
• eMMC boot and root partitions can also be flashed with fastboot tool.
• Bootable SD Card can be prepared by writing the .wic image using dd command.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed USB 2.0 hub detection issue.
• Fixed fan speed read timeout error.
• Fixed issue of failure while copying large files with USB 3.0.

Known Issues

• Occassional bus error reported from memory region 0x2000_0000-0x3FFF_FFFF. These will addressed in the subsequent releases.
• On executing a reboot command with external GFX connected, sometimes, the board reboot hangs.
• Bus error reported from UART driver at startup. This will be addressed in the subsequent releases.

Instructions to build assets

pip install --user kas

mkdir 2024.09.01-hfp550 && cd 2024.09.01-hfp550

git clone https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk.git -b 2024.09.01-HFP550

kas build ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/hifive-premier-p550.yml

2024.09.00-HFP550

Release Notes for 2024.09.00-HFP550

2024.09.00-HFP550

This is the first release for the HiFive Premier P550 board

• Support for new MACHINE ("hifive-premier-p550") for HiFive Premier P550 boards. This is the only machine supported in this release.
• U-Boot version is 2024.01.
• OpenSBI version is 1.4.
• Kernel version is 6.6.21.
• Defined new DISTRO_NAME, DISTRO_VERSION and DISTRO_CODENAME.
• Only Xfce4 desktop images are supported.
• eMMC and SD Card are supported as boot media.
• The following images in DEPLOYDIR are required for flashing on the board.
  • bootloader_ddr5_secboot.bin - Bootchain image which comprises of DDR firware, second boot firmware, U-Boot and OpenSBI.
  • boot.vfat - vfat image for kernel. This includes kernel Image, DTB and extlinux.
  • demo-coreip-xfce4-hifive-premier-p550.rootfs.ext4.xz - Compressed rootfs image for eMMC.
  • demo-coreip-xfce4-hifive-premier-p550.rootfs.wic.xz - Compressed image for SD card.
• Irrespective of boot media, bootchain is always flashed to SPI Flash.
• EsBurnTool is the tool required to flash images to eMMC. This tool can be found over tools repository.
• eMMC boot and root partitions can also be flashed with fastboot tool.
• Bootable SD Card can be prepared by writing the .wic image using dd command.

Known Issues

• Occassional bus error reported from memory region 0x2000_0000-0x3FFF_FFFF. These will addressed in the subsequent releases.
• On executing a reboot command with external GFX connected, sometimes, the board reboot hangs.
• Bus error reported from UART driver at startup. This will be addressed in the subsequent releases.

Instructions to build assets

pip install --user kas

mkdir 2024.09.00-hfp550 && cd 2024.09.00-hfp550

git clone https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk.git -b 2024.09.00-HFP550

kas build ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/hifive-premier-p550.yml

2024.09.00-HFP550-RC2

Release Notes for 2024.09.00-HFP550-RC2

2024.09.00-HFP550-RC2

This is a release candidate for HiFive Premier P550 board. The main changes include:

• Common images (bootloader, kernel and rootfs) for 16GB and 32GB DDR variant boards.
• OpenSBI is still 1.4.
• U-Boot is still 2024.01.
• Linux kernel is still 6.6.21.

Known Issues

Instructions to build assets

pip install --user kas

mkdir 2024.09.00-rc2 && cd 2024.09.00-rc2

git clone https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk.git -b 2024.09.00-HFP550-RC2

kas build ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/hifive-premier-p550.yml

2024.09.00-HFP550-RC1

Release Notes for 2024.09.00-HFP550-RC1

2024.09.00-HFP550-RC1

This is a release candidate for HiFive Premier P550 board. The main changes include:

• Based on 2024.03.00-lts FUSDK scarthgap release.
• Added new MACHINE ("hifive-premier-p550") for HiFive Premier P550 boards.
• U-Boot version is 2024.01.
• OpenSBI version is 1.4.
• Kernel version is 6.6.21.
• Defined new DISTRO_NAME, DISTRO_VERSION and DISTRO_CODENAME.

Known Issues

Instructions to build assets

pip install --user kas

mkdir 2024.09.00-rc1 && cd 2024.09.00-rc1

git clone https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk.git -b 2024.09.00-HFP550-RC1

kas build ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/hifive-premier-p550.yml

2024.07.00

Release Notes

This release includes major changes compared previous Freedom-U-SDK (FUSDK) release. The notable changes include:

• Layers and Bitbake have been updated.
• Some packages have been updated.
• Some bugs and security issues have been fixed.
• GCC has been updated from 13.2.0 to 13.3.0.
• LLVM has been updated from 18.1.0 to 18.1.5.
• Binutils are still 2.42.
• Glibc is still 2.39.
• GDB is still 14.2.
• Mesa has been updated from 24.0.2 to 24.0.5.
• OpenSBI has been updated from 1.4 to 1.5.
• U-Boot has been updated from 2024.01 to 2024.04.
• Linux kernel longterm has been updated from 6.6.21 to 6.6.32.
• Linux headers are still 6.6.
• Python3 has been updated from 3.12.2 to 3.12.3.

Full Changelog: 2024.03.00...2024.07.00

Instructions to build assets

pip install --user kas

mkdir 2024.07.00 && cd 2024.07.00

git clone --depth 1 --branch 2024.07.00 https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk

kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/freedom-u540.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/qemuriscv64.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/unmatched.yml

2024.03.00-lts

Release Notes

A 2024.03.00 release based on Scarthgap (LTS).

This release includes major changes compared previous Freedom-U-SDK (FUSDK) release. The notable changes include:

• Layers and Bitbake have been updated.
• Some packages have been updated.
• Some bugs and security issues have been fixed.
• GCC has been updated from 13.2.0 to 13.3.0.
• LLVM has been updated from 17.0.6 to 18.1.5.
• Binutils has been updated from 2.41 to 2.42.
• Glibc has been updated from 2.38 to 2.39.
• GDB has been updated from 13.2 to 14.2.
• Mesa has been updated from 23.2.1 to 24.0.5
• OpenSBI is still 1.4.
• U-Boot has been updated from 2023.10 to 2024.01.
• Linux kernel longterm has been updated from 6.6.12 to 6.6.21.
• Linux headers have been updated from 6.5 to 6.6.
• Python3 has been updated from 3.11.5 to 3.12.3

Instructions to build assets

pip install --user kas

mkdir 2024.03.00-lts && cd 2024.03.00-lts

git clone --depth 1 --branch 2024.03.00-lts https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk

kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/freedom-u540.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/qemuriscv64.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/unmatched.yml

Known bugs

Unmatched

• TFlite demo fails: Illegal instruction (core dumped)

2024.03.00

Release Notes

This release includes major changes compared previous Freedom-U-SDK (FUSDK) release. The notable changes include:

• Layers and Bitbake have been updated.
• Some packages have been updated.
• Some bugs and security issues have been fixed.
• GCC is still 13.2.0.
• LLVM has been updated from 17.0.6 to 18.1.0.
• Binutils has been updated from 2.41 to 2.42.
• Glibc has been updated from 2.38 to 2.39.
• GDB has been updated from 13.2 to 14.2.
• Mesa has been updated from 23.2.1 to 24.0.2
• OpenSBI is still 1.4.
• U-Boot has been updated from 2023.10 to 2024.01.
• Linux kernel longterm has been updated from 6.6.12 to 6.6.21.
• Linux headers have been updated from 6.5 to 6.6.
• Python3 has been updated from 3.11.5 to 3.12.2

Full Changelog: 2024.01.00...2024.03.00

Instructions to build assets

pip install --user kas

mkdir 2024.03.00 && cd 2024.03.00

git clone --depth 1 --branch 2024.03.00 https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk

kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/freedom-u540.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/qemuriscv64.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/unmatched.yml

2024.01.00

Release Notes

This release includes major changes compared previous Freedom-U-SDK (FUSDK) release. The notable changes include:

• Layers and Bitbake have been updated.
• Some packages have been updated.
• Some bugs and security issues have been fixed.
• GCC is still 13.2.0.
• LLVM has been updated from 17.0.4 to 17.0.6.
• Binutils is still 2.41.
• Glibc is still 2.38.
• GDB is still 13.2.
• Mesa is still 23.2.1.
• OpenSBI has been updated from 1.3.1 to 1.4.
• U-Boot is still 2023.10.
• Linux kernel longterm has been updated from 6.1.61 to 6.6.12.
• Linux headers are still 6.5.

Full Changelog: 2023.10.01...2024.01.00

Instructions to build assets

pip install --user kas

mkdir 2024.01.00 && cd 2024.01.00

git clone --depth 1 --branch 2024.01.00 https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk

kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/freedom-u540.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/qemuriscv64.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/unmatched.yml

2023.08.01

Release Notes

This release includes major changes compared previous Freedom-U-SDK (FUSDK) release. The notable changes include:

• Reduce the DDR speed to 1600MT/s

Instructions to build assets

pip install --user kas

mkdir 2023.08.01 && cd 2023.08.01

git clone --depth 1 --branch 2023.08.01 https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk

kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/freedom-u540.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/qemuriscv64.yml
kas build --update ./freedom-u-sdk/scripts/kas/unmatched.yml