diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/2020.03.md b/ReleaseNotes/2020.03.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ab8ff660 --- /dev/null +++ b/ReleaseNotes/2020.03.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +# Release Notes for 2020.03 + +This release includes major changes compared previous Freedom Unleashed SDK and thus is **experimental** at this stage. Main changes include: + +- Major software & firmware components updated to the newer versions: + + - kernel v5.5.7 + + - U-Boot v2020.01 + + - OpenSBI v0.6 + + - GCC 9.2.0 + + - binutils 2.34.0 + + - glibc 2.31 + + - GDB 9.1 + + - Python 3.8.1 + +- Full L2 cache (2MiB) is enabled (done within FSBL) + +- Support for PWM LEDS (D1, D2, D3, D4) for HiFive Unleashed (configured by udev rules) + + - D1: heartbeat + + - D2: SPI-NOR Flash I/O activity + + - D3: Network activity (eth0) + + - D4: uSD/MMC I/O activity + +- Added GPIO driver + + - incl. gpio-restart which enables to reboot the system from the user space + +- Enable SPI-NOR Flash as MTB block device + +- Allow checking for number of L2 ways enabled via sysfs + +- I2C is now built-in instead of being loadable module + +- Root account password is now "sifive" + +## Known Issues + +1. Avoid overclocking SOC using CPUFreq if you are using HiFive Unleashed Expansion Board from Microsemi as this will hang the board. Hard reset will be required. + +2. If Xfce4 desktop disk image is used with HiFive Unleashed Expansion Board and GPU then rebooting is required after the 1st boot.