Release Notes

GSRD

• A10 SoCFPGA GSRD has been updated to use ACDS 15.0.1 and SoC EDS 15.0.1

GSRD now uses GHRD that is shipped as part of SoC EDS.

Linux

This Linux BSP release supports the SoC Development Kit, and provides the following:

• Linux kernel v3.10 LTSi
• Drivers: I2C, LCD, EEPROM, RTC, Ethernet, USB (Host), Watchdog, SD/MMC, QSPI, DMA, FPGA Manager, and FPGA Bridges
• Boards: Cyclone V DevKit Rev D, Arria V DevKit Rev B
• U-Boot v2014.12

Preloader & U-Boot

It is highly recommended preloader and u-boot are built from the same commit.

Here are the new features and enhancement done for 15.0.1 Preloader and U-Boot:

Preloader and u-boot is similar to GSRD 14.0.2

Note: If SDRAM ECC is enabled in the Qsys design, please ensure that SDRAM ECC bit initialization is enabled in bsp-editor

Release Contents

The GSRD sources and prebuilt binaries can be downloaded from https://releases.rocketboards.org/2015.06/gsrd.

Folder	File	Description
bin	linux-socfpga-gsrd-15.0.1ges-a10-bin.tar.gz	Arria 10 Binaries Archive
src	boot.script	U-Boot script
tools	make_sdimage.py	SD Card Python Script

The following documents are also part of the release:

Document	Description
GSRD 15.0.1 release notes	Release Notes
GSRD v15.0.1 - User Manual	User Manual

The Arria 10 precompiled binaries archives (linux-socfpga-gsrd-15.0.1-a10-bin.tar.gz) contain the following files:

Arria 10 File Name	Description
console-image-socfpga_arria10.tar.gz	Generic Angstrom Root filesystem as compressed tarball
gsrd-console-image-socfpga_arria5.tar.gz	GSRD Root filesystem as compressed tarball
preloader-mkpimage.bin		Preloader image
sdimage.img.gz		Compressed bootable SD card image
socfpga.dtb		Device Tree Blob
soc_system.rbf		Compressed FPGA configuration file
u-boot.scr		U-boot script for configuring the FPGA

u-boot-socfpga_arria10.img | U-boot image |

vmlinux		Linux kernel ELF image
zImage		Compressed Linux kernel image

U-boot, Linux kernel and Yocto source packages are also provided through the git trees at http://rocketboards.org/gitweb, as shown in the table below.

Component	Git address	Branch	Tag
Linux	linux-socfpga.git	socfpga-3.10-ltsi	ACDS15.0.1_REL_GSRD_PR
Angstrom	angstrom-socfpga.git	angstrom-v2013.12-socfpga_gsrd15.0	ACDS15.0.1_REL_GSRD_PR
Ref Designs	linux-refdesigns.git	socfpga-15.0	ACDS15.0.1_REL_GSRD_PR

Important Note:

A10 SOC Development Kit GHRD does not support Simulation model at system level. Please  perform hardware verification on A10 SOC Development Kit.