Simtec Linux 2.6 Kernel peripheral patchset Changelog |
|
Contents
- Introduction
-
Changelog
- 2.6.31
- -simtec1 26th October 2009
- 2.6.29
- -simtec1 1st April 2009
- 2.6.26
- 2.6.25
- -simtec1 5th June 2008
- 2.6.24
- -simtec1 20th March 2008
- 2.6.23
- -simtec1 27th November 2007
- 2.6.22
- 2.6.21
- 2.6.19
- 2.6.18
© Simtec Electronics 2007-2008
Introduction
This changelog outlines the alterations made to the Simtec Linux peripheral patchset. All public releases are detailed with a short summary.
Changelog
2.6.31-simtec1 - 26th October 2009
- Updated to new stable upstream release.
- Improved performance of SPI via the use of FIQ-based pseudo-DMA on some platforms.
- Improved frame buffer frequency calculation.
- Performance improvements and cleanups for MCI/MMC/SDIO.
- Updates to the ADC-based hardware monitoring.
- Added support for exporting SBCD GPIOs to gpiolib.
- Improved reliability of USB 'gadget' driver.
- Misc. fixes and improvements to Hermes amplifier, SBCD ADC and touchscreen drivers.
- Increased the verbosity required to see some boot kernel messages.
2.6.26-simtec1 - 1st April 2009
- Updated to new stable upstream release.
2.6.26-simtec3 - 17th October 2008
- Zytronic USB touchscreen driver.
2.6.26-simtec2 - 26th September 2008
- Hermes amplifier fixes.
2.6.26-simtec1 - 12th August 2008
- Updated to new stable upstream release.
- Simtec now provide separate EABI and OABI builds, rather than one combined.
- Move to new I2C driver model to improve auto-loading of I2C modules.
- IDE updates for libata or drivers/ide usage via platform devices.
- DM9000 fixes, source tidy, DM9000A/DM9000B support and improved PHY polling.
- S3C24XX frequency scaling support for S3C2412 and S3C2440.
- SM501 driver updates and support for GPIOLIB.
- SM501 I2C by GPIO support.
- Use standard PWM layer to provide backlight support.
- SD/MMC updates for driver merge, ensure shutdown on halt.
- SBCD fixes to improve output and use new I2C board registration.
- Reduce noise and fix some small problems in audio probe.
- AX88796 driver locking fix (fix hang with ethtool).
- S3C24XX serial driver split to improve maintainability.
- GPIOLIB support for S3C24XX architecture.
2.6.25-simtec1 - 5th June 2008
- Updated to new stable upstream release.
2.6.24-simtec1 - 20th March 2008
- Updated to new stable upstream release.
2.6.23-simtec1 - 27th November 2007
- Defconfig updated to include most drivers required for basic file system support.
- Improve USB gadget support.
- Improve suspend/resume behaviour.
2.6.22-simtec2 - 23rd October 2007
- DM9000 driver updates for improved device detection reliability.
- DM9000 driver updates for improved suspend/resume reliability.
- Anubis/Osiris CPLD CTRL0 updates for improved suspend/resume reliability when booting from NAND flash.
2.6.22-simtec1 - 3rd September 2007
- Patchset moved forward to new kernel version.
2.6.21-simtec2 - 25th August 2007
- Minor SBCD driver fix for LED and GPIO representations.
2.6.21-simtec1 - 3rd July 2007
- Patchset brought forward to new kernel version.
- SM501 errata workrounds.
- SM501 suspend and resume fixes.
- Large page NAND device updates.
- Move IDE driver to libata interface.
2.6.19-simtec10 - 3rd June 2007
- More conservative clock setup on SM501 on recommendation of Silicon Motion engineers.
2.6.19-simtec9 - 31st May 2007
- Correct register initialisation routine in SM501 driver.
- Ensure correct sense on IPSTCPMU GPIO pullup reporting.
2.6.19-simtec8 - 24th May 2007
- Ensure watchdog is registered on the Osiris platform.
- Large page NAND support for Osiris modules.
2.6.19-simtec7 - 23th Apr 2007
- Fix power off at halt in the PMU driver.
2.6.19-simtec6 - 20th Apr 2007
- Document Simtec PMU i2c interface.
2.6.19-simtec5 - 22th Mar 2007
- Fix clock source support for several D20 baseboards.
2.6.19-simtec4 - 18th Mar 2007
- Suspend and resume fixes for SM501.
- Update Simtec PMU driver to support v3 interface.
- ASIX AX88796 Ethernet PHY shutdown.
2.6.19-simtec3 - 19th Feb 2007
- NAND driver ECC correction enabled.
- Improved SM501 framebuffer driver.
- Sound driver improvements for several D20 baseboards.
2.6.19-simtec2 - 29th Jan 2007
- TLV320AIC33 codec driver for output.
- Reduce general levels of kernel debugging output.
2.6.19-simtec1 - 23rd Jan 2007
- SM501 framebuffer driver updated.
- TLE62x0 SPI driver.
- Generic S3C24xx GPIO driver.
- S3C24xx SPI driver.
- Platform driver updates.
2.6.18-simtec7
- VR1000 platform LED device fix.
2.6.18-simtec6
- Add missing third UART to osiris platform.
2.6.18-simtec5
- Add VR1000 LED driver.