2013R1 Release Notes

21 Oct 2013

• Update to upstream version v2013.07
• BF60x architecture patches were merged into u-boot mainline tree since the v2013.04 release.
• Legacy boards that is tested in this release
  • BF518F-EZBRD
  • BF526-EZBRD
  • BF527-EZKIT
  • BF533-STAMP
  • BF533-EZKIT
  • BF537-STAMP
  • BF548-EZKIT
  • BF561-EZKIT
  • BF609-EZKIT
• Remove checkpatch warning “line over 80 characters”.
• Change port mux seting macros into static inline function.
• Do early print via the generic serial API other than the Blackfin specific implementation.
• Move blackfin watchdog and serial driver out of the blackfin arch folder.
• Move gpio arch driver for bf54x and bf60x into the generic driver folder.

While we would love to test every environment out there that you may use, we'll document the platforms we actively develop and test on. Refer to the documentation for setting up your system.

Development is actively done with:

• Toolchain: Blackfin Toolchain (GCC-4.3.5)
• Build Platform: Ubuntu Desktop 12.04
• Target board: BF537-STAMP, BF548-EZKIT and BF698-EZKIT boards

File names generally take the form u-boot-<board>-<boot mode>-<version>.filetype.

Each board has one tarball which contains all of the release images for that board. For information on which file to use, see the binaries and boot modes pages. Additionally, a u-boot.elf and init.elf file are included to facilitate booting via JTAG.

All files are raw binary. That means you use them as is. They are most certainly not in the hex or srec format. Alternative file formats are no longer provided as part of the release. If you really need such a file, you will need to convert it yourself.

GIT Changelog

Please refer to the Das U-Boot section of the Blackfin documentation wiki for more information:
http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=bootloaders:u-boot