APF6 Linux kernel status

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The APF6 Linux distribution can be found here: latest stable installation tarball from SourceForge

Current version

Currently (armadeus-6.0) default supported Linux version for APF6 is: vanilla 3.19.

We also support "legacy" kernels, based on Freescale/Wandboard's versions, to have GPU/VPU functionalities available until they are fully integrated in vanilla/mainline. Details about these kernels can be found here.

Details concerning the drivers usage can be found below.

  • NT = Not Tested
  • NA = Not Available / Not possible

APF6 module

3.19
Driver Compiling ?
Static / Module
Working ? Comments
eMMC OK NT OK
SPI OK NT NT SPI / Not tested yet.
I2C OK NT OK I2C
Keypad NT NT NT Not tested yet
MMC/SD/SDIO OK NT OK
UART OK NT OK
Ethernet OK NT OK
USB OTG OK NT OK USB
USB HOST1 OK NT OK USB
PWM OK NT OK PWM
RTC OK NT OK RTC
Watchdog OK NT OK Watchdog
PM sleep/wakeup OK NT OK Power management
Frequency scaling OK NT NT Not tested yet
CSI (Camera) OK NT OK Tested with a wandcam and SDL capture demo.
SSI (Audio) OK NT OK ALSA
Video codec (H.263/4) NT NT NT Not tested yet
3D GPU NA NA NA No drivers yet
Security/Sahara/RTIC NT NT NT Not tested yet
Wi-Fi (b/g) OK OK OK Wi-Fi - Wl12xx_driver
Bluetooth OK OK OK Bluetooth / No RTS/CTS Bluetooth
FPGA POD interface NT NT NT Not tested yet
FPGA loading OK NT OK Only available on APF6SP
Xenomai OK NT NT Kernel 3.10.32.

APF6Dev development baseboard

  • NT = Not Tested
  • NA = Not Available / Not possible
3.19
Driver Compiling ?
Static / Module
Working ? Comments
SATA OK NT OK
PCIe OK NT OK
microSD OK NT OK
Ethernet OK NT ~OK ~100MBits only at the moment (in theory i.MX6 has a 1Gbit interface)
LCD OK NT OK Tested with LW700. LCD
Backlight OK NT OK Inverted polarity. New kernel API.
Headphone audio Out OK NT OK ALSA
SPDIF audio Out OK NT KO ALSA
HDMI audio Out NA NA NA ALSA
MIC audio In OK NT OK ALSA
Touchscreen OK OK OK Single touch only.
USB Host 1 OK NT OK High Speed
CAN Bus OK OK OK CAN_bus_Linux_driver
HDMI OK NT OK Issues with some DVI monitor.
GPS OK NT OK GPS
GSM / 3G OK NT OK Gsm
GPIO OK NT OK GPIOlib
User LED OK NT OK GPIO LEDS
User button OK NT OK GPIO keys
RTC MCP79400 NT OK OK RTC. Timekeeping only.