APF51 Linux kernel status
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The APF51 Linux distribution can be found here: latest stable installation tarball from SourceForge
Current version
Currently (Armadeus-5.2) default supported Linux version is: 2.6.38.8. It is also possible to use the APF51 with mainline/vanilla kernel 3.8 (minimal support yet).
Details concerning the drivers usage can be found here.
- NT = Not Tested
- NA = Not Available / Not possible
APF51 module (ie i.MX51 internal controllers + FPGA)
| 2.6.38.8 | 3.8.x | |||||||
| Driver | Compiling ? Static / Module |
Working ? | Comments | Compiling ? Static / Module |
Working ? | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAND Flash | OK | NA | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| 1Wire | NT | NT | NT | not integrated yet | NA | NA | NA | |
| ATA | NA | NA | NA | Not available on the APF51 | NA | NA | NA | Not available on the APF51 |
| SPI | NA | OK | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| I2C | NA | OK | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Keypad | NT | OK | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| MMC/SD/SDIO | NA | OK | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| UART | OK | NA | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Ethernet | OK | NA | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| USB OTG | OK | NT | OK | USB_Gadget | NA | NA | NA | |
| USB HOST1 | OK | NT | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| USB HOST2 | OK | NT | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| PWM | NT | OK | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| RTC | OK | OK | OK | PMIC RTC | NA | NA | NA | |
| Watchdog | OK | OK | OK | i.MX51 internal Watchdog | NA | NA | NA | |
| PM sleep/wakeup | OK | NT | OK | Linux PM "standby" and "mem" | NA | NA | NA | |
| CSI (Camera) | NA | NT | NT | NA | NA | NA | ||
| LCD | OK | NA | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| SSI (Audio) | NA | OK | OK | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Video codec (H.263/4) | OK | NT | NT | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Security/Sahara/RTIC | NT | NT | NT | NA | NA | NA | ||
| FPGA POD interface | NA | OK | OK | Wishbone bus. | NA | NA | NA | |
| FPGA loading | NA | OK | OK | From RAM only | NA | NA | NA | |
| Xenomai | NA | NA | NA | Under development... | NA | NA | NA | |
APF51Dev development baseboard
- NT = Not Tested
- NA = Not Available / Not possible
| 2.6.38.8 | ||||
| Driver | Compiling ? Static / Module |
Working ? | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| microSD | OK | NA | OK | |
| Ethernet | OK | NA | OK | |
| RS232 | OK | NA | OK | |
| LCD | OK | NA | OK | |
| Backlight | NT | NT | NT | Not tested yet |
| Audio out | NA | OK | OK | ALSA |
| Audio in | NA | NT | NT | Coming soon... |
| Touchscreen | NA | OK | OK | APF51 PMIC |
| USB Host 1 | OK | NA | OK | High Speed |
| USB Host 2 | OK | NA | OK | High Speed |
| ADC | NA | OK | OK | AS1531 |
| DAC | NA | OK | OK | MCP4912 |
| CAN Bus | NA | OK | OK | MCP2515 |
| HDMI | No drivers needed | OK | TFP410 | |
| GPS | No drivers needed | OK | needs UART in FPGA | |
| GSM / 3G | No drivers needed | OK | needs UART in FPGA | |
| HMS AnyBus | No drivers needed | NT | Coming soon...(needs FPGA) | |
| WiFi (b/g) | NA | OK | OK | Libertas driver |
| Bluetooth | NA | OK | OK | Bluez v3 |
| GPIO | OK | NA | OK | gpiolib |
