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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
3"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
4<chapter id="relinfo-about-release">
5 <title>About This Release</title>
6
7 <para>This release of Enea Linux <xi:include
8 href="../../s_docsrc_common/pardoc-distro.xml"
9 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
10 xpointer="element(EneaLinux_REL_VER/1)" /> provides a publicly available
11 Enea Linux distribution for a selected set of targets. This release is
12 generated from the yocto distribution using the branch <xi:include
13 href="../../s_docsrc_common/pardoc-distro.xml"
14 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
15 xpointer="element(Yocto_NAME/1)" />.<remark>INFO Yocto distro autopicked
16 from poky.ent as DISTRO_NAME_NO_CAP</remark></para>
17
18 <section id="relinfo-provided-contents">
19 <title>Provided Contents</title>
20
21 <informaltable>
22 <tgroup cols="1">
23 <thead>
24 <row>
25 <entry>Item</entry>
26 </row>
27 </thead>
28
29 <tbody>
30 <row>
31 <entry><para>Source code, recipes, scripts, etc for building the
32 distro and SDKs. See <xref
33 linkend="relinfo-getting-enea-linux" />.</para></entry>
34 </row>
35
36 <row>
37 <entry><para>Documentation. See <xref
38 linkend="relinfo-documentation" />.</para></entry>
39 </row>
40
41 <row>
42 <entry>Pre-built binaries (kernel image, dtb &amp; rootfs)</entry>
43 </row>
44
45 <row>
46 <entry>Pre-built packages (RPM)</entry>
47 </row>
48
49 <row>
50 <entry>Eclipse executable plus development tools for command line
51 and Eclipse</entry>
52 </row>
53 </tbody>
54 </tgroup>
55 </informaltable>
56 </section>
57
58 <section id="relinfo-supported-targets">
59 <title>Supported Targets</title>
60
61 <informaltable>
62 <tgroup cols="3">
63 <colspec align="left" colname="c1" colwidth="1*" />
64
65 <colspec align="left" colname="c2" colwidth="1*" />
66
67 <colspec align="left" colname="c3" colwidth="1*" />
68
69 <thead valign="bottom">
70 <row>
71 <entry>Target</entry>
72
73 <entry>Architecture</entry>
74
75 <entry>Specification</entry>
76 </row>
77 </thead>
78
79 <tbody>
80 <row>
81 <entry>P2041RDB</entry>
82
83 <entry><para>Power, e500mc</para></entry>
84
85 <entry><ulink
86 url="http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers-and-processors/power-architecture-processors/qoriq-power-architecture-processors/p2041-qoriq-reference-design-board:RDP2041BOARD">See
87 link to NXP's datasheet</ulink></entry>
88 </row>
89
90 <row>
91 <entry>LS1021a-IoT</entry>
92
93 <entry><para>ARM Cortex-A7</para></entry>
94
95 <entry><ulink
96 url="http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers-and-processors/arm-processors/qoriq-arm-processors/qoriq-ls1021a-iot-gateway-reference-design:LS1021A-IoT">See
97 link to NXP's datasheet</ulink></entry>
98 </row>
99
100 <row>
101 <entry>QEMUARM</entry>
102
103 <entry><para>ARM</para></entry>
104
105 <entry><ulink url="wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page">See link to QEmu web
106 page</ulink></entry>
107 </row>
108
109 <row>
110 <entry>QEMUPCC</entry>
111
112 <entry><para>PPC</para></entry>
113
114 <entry><ulink url="wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page">See link to QEmu web
115 page</ulink></entry>
116 </row>
117
118 <row>
119 <entry>QEMUX86</entry>
120
121 <entry><para>X86</para></entry>
122
123 <entry><ulink url="wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page">See link to QEmu web
124 page</ulink></entry>
125 </row>
126 </tbody>
127 </tgroup>
128 </informaltable>
129
130 <para><remark>FIXME should autocreate a list of targets, hopefully from
131 the generated README file, by using MAKEFILE to update pardoc-distro
132 AND/OR also auto-create an XML file to include here with description text
133 for each target etc..</remark></para>
134 </section>
135
136 <section id="relinfo-supported-host-environment">
137 <title>Supported Host Environment</title>
138
139 <itemizedlist>
140 <listitem>
141 <para>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 64-bit<remark>was
142 EneaLinux_HOST_VER</remark></para>
143 </listitem>
144 </itemizedlist>
145 </section>
146
147 <section id="relinfo-supported-versions">
148 <title>Supported Versions</title>
149
150 <informaltable>
151 <tgroup cols="2">
152 <thead valign="bottom">
153 <row>
154 <entry>Item</entry>
155
156 <entry>Version</entry>
157 </row>
158 </thead>
159
160 <tbody>
161 <row>
162 <entry><para>Yocto</para></entry>
163
164 <entry><xi:include href="../../s_docsrc_common/pardoc-distro.xml"
165 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
166 xpointer="element(Yocto_VER/1)" /> (<xi:include
167 href="../../s_docsrc_common/pardoc-distro.xml"
168 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
169 xpointer="element(Yocto_NAME/1)" />)<remark>INFO: Auto-fetched
170 from poky.ent via pardoc-distro.xml</remark></entry>
171 </row>
172
173 <row>
174 <entry>Poky source</entry>
175
176 <entry><xi:include href="../../s_docsrc_common/pardoc-distro.xml"
177 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
178 xpointer="element(Poky_VER/1)" /><remark>INFO: Auto-fetched from
179 poky.ent via pardoc-distro.xml</remark></entry>
180 </row>
181
182 <row>
183 <entry>GCC version</entry>
184
185 <entry>5.3<remark>was EneaLinux_GCC_VER Not in poky.ent
186 </remark></entry>
187 </row>
188
189 <row>
190 <entry>Linux kernel version<remark>was EneaLinux_KERNEL_VER Not in
191 poky.ent</remark></entry>
192
193 <entry><para>3.12 (P2041RDB &amp; LS1021a-IoT)</para><para>4.4
194 (QEmu targets)</para></entry>
195 </row>
196
197 <row>
198 <entry>Eclipse</entry>
199
200 <entry>4.5 (Mars)<remark>was Eclipse_VER and was Eclipse_NAME Not
201 in poky.ent</remark></entry>
202 </row>
203
204 <row>
205 <entry>Packages</entry>
206
207 <entry>See <xref linkend="relinfo-packages" /></entry>
208 </row>
209 </tbody>
210 </tgroup>
211 </informaltable>
212 </section>
213
214 <section id="relinfo-packages">
215 <title>Provided Packages</title>
216
217 <para><informaltable>
218 <tgroup cols="2">
219 <colspec align="left" colname="c1" colwidth="3*" />
220
221 <colspec align="left" colname="c2" colwidth="6*" />
222
223 <thead valign="bottom">
224 <row>
225 <entry>Type of Packages and Provider</entry>
226
227 <entry>Reference</entry>
228 </row>
229 </thead>
230
231 <tbody>
232 <row>
233 <entry>Packages in Enea Linux images</entry>
234
235 <entry><para>See the <olink
236 targetdoc="book_enea_linux_open_source"
237 targetptr="book_enea_linux_open_source"><trademark
238 class="registered">Enea</trademark> Linux Open Source
239 Report</olink></para></entry>
240 </row>
241
242 <row>
243 <entry>Tools in the Eclipse tarball provided with Enea
244 Linux</entry>
245
246 <entry><para>See the <olink
247 targetdoc="book_enea_linux_eclipse_open_source"
248 targetptr="book_enea_linux_eclipse_open_source"><trademark
249 class="registered">Enea</trademark> Linux Eclipse Open Source
250 Report</olink></para></entry>
251 </row>
252
253 <row>
254 <entry>Packages provided by Yocto</entry>
255
256 <entry><para>See the Yocto "Release Notes" <xi:include
257 href="../../docsrc_common/pardoc-distro.xml"
258 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
259 xpointer="element(ULINK_YOCTO_RELEASE_NOTES/1)" /></para></entry>
260 </row>
261 </tbody>
262 </tgroup>
263 </informaltable></para>
264 </section>
265
266 <section id="relinfo-provided-sdk">
267 <title>Provided Toolchain/s (SDK)</title>
268
269 <para>The SDK contains toolchains supporting cross-compilation of
270 applications for the targets on an x86_64 host. See the <olink
271 targetdoc="book_enea_linux_app_dev_guide"
272 targetptr="book_enea_linux_app_dev_guide"><trademark
273 class="registered">Enea</trademark> Linux Application Development
274 Guide</olink> for information on how to build and install a
275 toolchain.</para>
276 </section>
277
278 <section id="relinfo-provided-drivers">
279 <title>Supported Drivers</title>
280
281 <informaltable>
282 <tgroup cols="6">
283 <colspec align="left" colwidth="3*" />
284
285 <colspec align="center" colwidth="2*" />
286
287 <colspec align="center" colwidth="2*" />
288
289 <colspec align="center" colwidth="2*" />
290
291 <colspec align="center" colwidth="2*" />
292
293 <colspec align="center" colwidth="2*" />
294
295 <thead>
296 <row>
297 <entry>Driver</entry>
298
299 <entry>P2041RDB</entry>
300
301 <entry>LS1021a-IoT</entry>
302
303 <entry>QEMUARM</entry>
304
305 <entry>QEMUPCC</entry>
306
307 <entry>QEMUX86</entry>
308 </row>
309 </thead>
310
311 <tbody>
312 <row>
313 <entry>Ethernet</entry>
314
315 <entry></entry>
316
317 <entry></entry>
318
319 <entry></entry>
320
321 <entry></entry>
322
323 <entry></entry>
324 </row>
325
326 <row>
327 <entry>I2C</entry>
328
329 <entry></entry>
330
331 <entry></entry>
332
333 <entry></entry>
334
335 <entry></entry>
336
337 <entry></entry>
338 </row>
339
340 <row>
341 <entry>SPI</entry>
342
343 <entry></entry>
344
345 <entry></entry>
346
347 <entry></entry>
348
349 <entry></entry>
350
351 <entry></entry>
352 </row>
353
354 <row>
355 <entry>PCI Express</entry>
356
357 <entry></entry>
358
359 <entry></entry>
360
361 <entry></entry>
362
363 <entry></entry>
364
365 <entry></entry>
366 </row>
367
368 <row>
369 <entry>USB</entry>
370
371 <entry></entry>
372
373 <entry></entry>
374
375 <entry></entry>
376
377 <entry></entry>
378
379 <entry></entry>
380 </row>
381
382 <row>
383 <entry>Flash</entry>
384
385 <entry></entry>
386
387 <entry></entry>
388
389 <entry></entry>
390
391 <entry></entry>
392
393 <entry></entry>
394 </row>
395
396 <row>
397 <entry>SD/SDHC/SDXC</entry>
398
399 <entry>X</entry>
400
401 <entry></entry>
402
403 <entry></entry>
404
405 <entry></entry>
406
407 <entry></entry>
408 </row>
409
410 <row>
411 <entry>RTC</entry>
412
413 <entry></entry>
414
415 <entry></entry>
416
417 <entry></entry>
418
419 <entry></entry>
420
421 <entry></entry>
422 </row>
423 </tbody>
424 </tgroup>
425 </informaltable>
426 </section>
427
428 <section id="relinfo-documentation">
429 <title>Provided Documentation</title>
430
431 <para>The following Enea Linux manuals are available:</para>
432
433 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
434 <listitem>
435 <para>README.htm - top page of the documentation<remark>FIXME Needs to
436 be fixed (= created and added to make dist). OR remove this
437 line?</remark></para>
438 </listitem>
439
440 <listitem>
441 <para>README - text files describing various details like build- and
442 boot-commands - the commands are also seen in <xref
443 linkend="relinfo-build-boot" />.</para>
444 </listitem>
445
446 <listitem>
447 <para><trademark class="registered">Enea</trademark> Linux Release
448 Information (this document)</para>
449 </listitem>
450
451 <listitem>
452 <para><olink targetdoc="book_enea_linux_open_source"
453 targetptr="book_enea_linux_open_source"><trademark
454 class="registered">Enea</trademark> Linux Open Source
455 Report</olink></para>
456 </listitem>
457
458 <listitem>
459 <para><olink targetdoc="book_enea_linux_eclipse_open_source"
460 targetptr="book_enea_linux_eclipse_open_source"><trademark
461 class="registered">Enea</trademark> Linux Eclipse Open Source
462 Report</olink></para>
463 </listitem>
464
465 <listitem>
466 <para><olink targetdoc="book_enea_linux_platforms_dev_guide"
467 targetptr="book_enea_linux_platforms_dev_guide"><trademark
468 class="registered">Enea</trademark> Linux Platforms Development
469 Guide</olink> - Generic version included in this distribution</para>
470 </listitem>
471
472 <listitem>
473 <para><olink targetdoc="book_enea_linux_app_dev_guide"
474 targetptr="book_enea_linux_app_dev_guide"><trademark
475 class="registered">Enea</trademark> Linux Application Development
476 Guide</olink> - Generic version included in this distribution</para>
477 </listitem>
478 </itemizedlist>
479
480 <para>In addition to the local versions of the generic guides reached via
481 the above links, you can also read the latest versions via the direct
482 online links below. When accessing them via the links below, you need to
483 logon to the portal.enea.com. These online versions may be
484 updated/improved asynchronously with the releases.<remark>INFO: Should be
485 accessable to all customer's with Enea Linux 6 or later</remark>
486 <remark>INFO: On portal, generic guides can NOT link TO the distro
487 specific guides, but the distro specific guides can link to the generic -
488 HOWEVER these links (found above) will go to the versions inside the
489 delivery, instead of to the latest versions.</remark></para>
490
491 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
492 <listitem>
493 <para><ulink
494 url="https://portal.enea.com/wp-content/uploads/_mediavault/book-enea-linux-application-dev-guide.pdf">Enea
495 Linux Application Development Guide</ulink> - Latest generic version
496 online</para>
497 </listitem>
498
499 <listitem>
500 <para><ulink
501 url="https://portal.enea.com/wp-content/uploads/_mediavault/book-enea-linux-platforms-dev-guide.pdf">Enea
502 Linux Platforms Development Guide</ulink> - Latest generic version
503 online</para>
504 </listitem>
505 </itemizedlist>
506
507 <para>How to use Eclipse is described inside the Enea Linux user's guides.
508 Eclipse's own documentation is available in directory
509 <filename>eclipse/readme</filename>.</para>
510 </section>
511
512 <section id="relinfo-provided-other">
513 <title>Other Provided Functionality</title>
514
515 <para>The functionality in a distribution depends on included packages in
516 the default image. In addition to the supported features, the following
517 functionality is also available, among other:</para>
518
519 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
520 <listitem>
521 <para>On target T4240RDB:</para>
522
523 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
524 <listitem>
525 <para>SRIO support in user space (NWRITE, NREAD, msg,
526 doorbell)</para>
527 </listitem>
528
529 <listitem>
530 <para>USDPAA</para>
531 </listitem>
532 </itemizedlist>
533 </listitem>
534
535 <listitem>
536 <para>Smart Package Management</para>
537 </listitem>
538
539 <listitem>
540 <para>Eclipse ADT (excl. QEMU) and plug-ins for application
541 development: LTTng, Perf, LatencyTOP, PowerTOP, SystemTap</para>
542 </listitem>
543 </itemizedlist>
544 </section>
545
546 <section id="relinfo-security-fixes">
547 <title>Security Fixes</title>
548
549 <para>See <ulink
550 url="http://www.enea.com/solutions/Enea-Linux/Security/CVEs-list">List of
551 CVEs addressed in Enea Linux</ulink> and <ulink
552 url="http://www.enea.com/solutions/Enea-Linux/Security#how-to-get-security-updates">How
553 to Get Security Updates</ulink>.</para>
554 </section>
555
556 <section id="relinfo-excluded">
557 <title>Intentional Limitations</title>
558
559 <para>The following functionality supported in other Enea Linux releases
560 has been excluded in this release:<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
561 <listitem>
562 <para>Eclipse plug-ins for image creation (HOB)</para>
563 </listitem>
564
565 <listitem>
566 <para>Networking features: DPDK vSwitch, DPDK</para>
567 </listitem>
568
569 <listitem>
570 <para>Real-time features: Fully Preemptible Kernel (FPK) from the
571 PREEMPT_RT patch</para>
572 </listitem>
573
574 <listitem>
575 <para>Memory features: NUMA</para>
576 </listitem>
577 </itemizedlist></para>
578 </section>
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