diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/2020.04.md b/ReleaseNotes/2020.04.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..59c9927b --- /dev/null +++ b/ReleaseNotes/2020.04.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +# Release Notes for 2020.04 + +This release includes major changes compared previous Freedom Unleashed SDK and thus is **experimental** at this stage. Main changes include: + +- All layers (openembedded-core, meta-openembedded, meta-riscv) updated to their latest revisions + +- Kernel updated to v5.6.2 + +- GCC updated to 9.3.0 + +- Added back 3 packages removed in 2020.03.00 due to Python 3 migration (two Xfce4 packages and fio) + +- ATI drivers updated (for HD6450 and similar GPUs) + +- AMD drivers added (tested with RX550 and RX570, POLARIS GPUs) + +- Glamor (2D acceleration using GPU) enabled (tested with HD6450 and RX550, no artifacts) + +- Wayland distribution feature disabled as we use X11 + +- LLVM updated to 10.0.0 (final release, only used by Mesa for GPUs) + +- Mesa updated to 20.0.3 + +- Vulkan enabled for AMD GPUs (tested with RX550) + +- spidev driver enabled + +- Disk images no more include debug packages by default and thus there is less to download + +- Separate disk image with debug packages can be built by adding `-debug` prefix to the build target (e.g. `demo-coreip-cli-debug` or `demo-coreip-xfce4-debug`) + +- Notable new packages added: libgpiod, libgpiod-tools, libgpiod-dev, i2c-tools, spitools, glibc-utils, libgomp-dev. + +## 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.