APF27 Linux kernel status
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The APF27 Linux distribution can be found here: latest stable installation tarball from SourceForge
Current version
Currently (Armadeus-3.4) supported Linux version is: 2.6.29.6. There is a project to use 2.6.38.8 see the page How_to_use_kernel_2.6.38.x_on_APF27 to use it.
Details concerning the drivers usage can be found here.
- NT = Not Tested
- NA = Not Available / Not possible
APF27 module (ie i.MX27 internal controllers + FPGA)
| 2.6.29.6 | 2.6.38.8 | ||||||||
| Driver | Compiling ? Static / Module |
Working ? | Comments | Compiling ? Static / Module |
Working ? | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAND Flash | OK | NA | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| PCMCIA | NA | NA | NA | can not be used on the APF27 | NT | NT | NT | ||
| 1Wire | NT | NT | NT | not integrated yet | NT | NT | NT | ||
| ATA | NA | NA | NA | can not be used on the APF27 | NT | NT | NT | ||
| SPI | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| I2C | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| Keypad | NT | NT | NT | not integrated yet (coming soon...) | NT | NT | NT | ||
| MMC/SD/SDIO | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| UART | OK | NA | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| Ethernet | OK | NA | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| USB OTG | NA | OK | OK | Used as High Speed Host only (for the moment == on APF27Dev) | NT | NT | NT | ||
| USB HOST1 | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| USB HOST2 | NA | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | |||
| PWM | OK | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| RTC | NT | NT | NT | internal RTC | NT | NT | NT | ||
| Watchdog | NT | OK | OK | i.MX27 internal Watchdog | NT | NT | NT | ||
| CSI | NA | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | |||
| LCD | OK | NA | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| SSI (Audio) | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| Video codec (H.263/4) | NA | NT | NT | Only encoding was validated. Mostly relies on userspace tools. | NT | NT | NT | ||
| Security/Sahara/RTIC | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | |||
| FPGA POD interface | NA | OK | OK | Wishbone bus | NT | NT | NT | ||
| FPGA loading | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
APF27Dev development baseboard
- NT = Not Tested
- NA = Not Available / Not possible
| 2.6.29.6 | 2.6.38.8 | ||||||||
| Driver | Compiling ? Static / Module |
Working ? | Comments | Compiling ? Static / Module |
Working ? | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTC | NA | OK | OK | DS1374 | NT | NT | NT | ||
| microSD | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| Ethernet | OK | NA | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| RS232 | OK | NA | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| LCD | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| Audio out | NA | OK | OK | ALSA | NT | NT | NT | ||
| Audio in | NA | NT | NT | Coming soon... | NT | NT | NT | ||
| Touchscreen | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| USB Host High Speed | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| USB Host Full Speed | NA | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT | |||
| ADC | NA | OK | OK | MAX1027 | NT | NT | NT | ||
| DAC | NA | OK | OK | MAX5821 | NT | NT | NT | ||
| CAN Bus | NA | NT | NT | MCP2515 | NT | NT | NT | ||
| HDMI | No drivers needed | OK | AD9889 | NT | NT | NT | |||
| GPS | No drivers needed | NT | Coming soon... (Wireless extension board) | NT | NT | NT | |||
| GSM | No drivers needed | NT | Coming soon... (Wireless extension board) | NT | NT | NT | |||
| WIFI | NA | OK | NT | Coming soon... (Wireless extension board) | NT | NT | NT | ||
| Bluetooth | NA | NT | NT | Coming soon... (Wireless extension board) | NT | NT | NT | ||
