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@davidlt davidlt released this 24 Mar 13:47
2020.03.00
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  • 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.

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