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Overview
Features
Features
Layerscape SDK Components
- Freely available
- Download from public repositories (e.g. github.com)
- No need to download a large ISO and extract
- Modularized
- Boot-loaders, Kernels, User-space libraries, Tools, Configuration
- Pick and choose ones you need
- Clean layering, separation
- Separate patches on top of open source
- Patches identified by platform/IP
- Easy updates via Git
- Periodic releases and interim updates
- Support for 2 recent LTS kernels
Layerscape SDK
- Easy boot mechanisms
- Boot from multiple sources
- Simple, quick updates from any mass-storage
- Brick-proof mechanism* - easy recovery via SD
- Easy runtime upgrades
- Rich Ubuntu user-land and repositories
- On-the-fly install with apt-get
- Build/install from source on target
- Latest and greatest
- Latest Layerscape platforms
- Latest drivers and features
- Layerscape specific tools, drivers
Note: LSDK is Not a Linux Distribution
- It is a reference integration
- Leverages user-land from popular Ubuntu Distribution
What's New in LSDK 20.12 Update
- LTS 4.19.139 and LTS 5.4.47 update
- Support of PREEMPT_RT on LTS kernel 5.4.47-rt28
- U-Boot v2020.04 update
- Support of LX2162AQDS
- Support of PREEMPT_RT on LS1028A
- LX2160A Rev1 is not supported. Rev2 is supported
- Edgescale is not supported
- ACPI mode on LX2160A and LS1046A
- MC 10.24.0 update
- OPTEE 3.8.0 update
- Inclusion of additional workarounds for Chip Errata: A-008098, A-009531, A-010194, A-010305, A-011127, A-011264, A-0011334, A-050426, A-050479
Supported Devices
Support Policy
SDKs and BSPs are offered free of charge, "AS IS." Please review the Linux Technology Support Policies for more information.
Supported Linux Distros
In addition to the Layerscape components and hybrid Ubuntu support, we also provide support for a variety of popular embedded and server Linux distros. We work together with various open-source communities like Yocto project, OpenWRT, ONIE/ONL and OpenIL to ensure that support for our platforms is available as part of the regular releases from these distro communities. Our Layerscape components form a common base that is re-used across these various distros and maintains consistency across PowerPC based QorIQ P and T-series family and Arm®v8 based Layerscape family.
- Yocto (QorIQ P/T-series and LS-series)
- Yocto layer which manages the recipes of BSP level packages, e.g. fm-ucode, u-boot, kernel.
- Yocto layer which manages the recipes of SDK distro related packages, e.g. EdgeScale package, demo images.
- Repo manifest project which facilitates the download of all required layers of Yocto SDK.
- OpenWRT / LEDE (LS-series)
- ONIE / ONL (QorIQ P/T-series and LS-series)
QorIQ SDK or Layerscape SDK – which to choose?
- QorIQ SDK is a fully featured and mature Yocto-based software kit for both Arm-based Layerscape QorIQ Power Architecture-based P-series and T-series families of processors.
However, Layerscape SDK provides much more flexibility to users in terms of choice of distro, community code-base, ease-of-use. - We recommend customers using both Arm-based Layerscape and Power-based QorIQ P-series and T-series family to migrate to Layerscape SDK or the Linux distros for the most up to date enablement software and tools, including support for the latest LTS Linux kernels. For legacy compatibility with QorIQ SDK, we continue to support Yocto as one of the key Linux distro options going forward.
- Both QorIQ and Layerscape SDK can be used either as reference Linux integration or as individual NXP components–drivers, tools, libraries, boot-loaders etc.