2016.4 Linux Release Notes

Feature Changes

Module Name	Driver Location	Feature Changes	Commits	Link
char: devcfg	drivers/char/xilinx_devcfg.c	Added bitstream version check	commit	http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Solution+Zynq+PL+Programming
gpio	drivers/gpio/gpio-zynq.c	Added zynq specific check for special pins on bank zero	commit	http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Linux+GPIO+Driver
ARM64: zynqmp: PM	drivers/soc/xilinx/zynqmp/pm.c include/linux/soc/xilinx/zynqmp/pm.h	Migrate to new shutdown interface Add get_chipid FW call	commit commit
sound: soc: xilinx	sound/soc/xilinx/xilinx-dp-card.c	Add 256 bytes for period bytes constraint	commit
net: macb	drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h	Added support for fixed link configuration where direct MAC->MAC connection is supported without any PHY	commit	http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Macb+Driver
drm: xilinx	drivers/gpu/drm/xilinx/xilinx_drm_drv.c drivers/gpu/drm/xilinx/xilinx_drm_dp_sub.c Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/xilinx/dp_sub.txt Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/xilinx/xilinx_drm.txt	Support more formats by swapping color components Support runtime format change Support multiple master	commit commit commit	http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Xilinx+DRM+KMS+driver#Overview--Changelog
Device Tree Device Tree: dwc3	arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp.dtsi arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/Makefile arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp-zcu106.dts arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp-zcu102.dts	Add idle state for ZynqMP Add preliminary support for zcu106 Add LPM transfers support on zcu102 for dwc3 (USB)	commit commit commit	http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Zynq+Ultrascale+MPSOC+Linux+USB+device+driver
drm	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/zocl/zocl_drm.txt drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile drivers/gpu/drm/zocl/Kconfig drivers/gpu/drm/zocl/Makefile drivers/gpu/drm/zocl/zocl_bo.c drivers/gpu/drm/zocl/zocl_drv.c drivers/gpu/drm/zocl/zocl_drv.h include/uapi/linux/Kbuild include/uapi/linux/zocl_ioctl.h	Add Zynq OpenCL driver	commit
Documentation: DT	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/xilinx_axienet.txt	Update binding doc for supporting 10G/25G MAC	commit

Bug Fixes

Module Name	Driver Location	Feature Changes	Link to Commits	Driver Wiki Link
clk: zynqmp	drivers/clk/zynqmp/clkc.c	Fix the GEM mux shift values	commit
xilinx_zynqmp_defconfig	arch/arm64/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_defconfig	Enable the zynqmp FPGA manager support in the defconfig	commit
zynq_remoteproc	drivers/remoteproc/zynq_remoteproc.c	Fix the error handling path in probe	commit
rpmsg	drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c	Only dump rpmsg if DEBUG is defined	commit
dma: zynqmp	arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp-clk.dtsi arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp.dtsi	Add clocks for LPDDMA Add description for LPDDMA channel usage	commit commit	http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Zynqmp+DMA
microblaze	arch/microblaze/configs/mmu_defconfig arch/microblaze/configs/nommu_defconfig	Sync MicroBlaze defconfig with the latest code	commit
staging: apf	drivers/staging/apf/xilinx-dma-apf.c drivers/staging/apf/xilinx-dma-apf.h drivers/staging/apf/xlnk.c	Make xlnk driver thread-safe Eliminate unnecessary flushing on SG-DMA transfers	commit commit
xhci	drivers/usb/host/xhci.c	fix platform quirks overwrite regression in 4.7-rc1	commit
ARM: zynq	arch/arm/mach-zynq/pm.c arch/arm/mach-zynq/suspend.S	Fix suspend code for Thumb kernels	commit
mtd: spi-nor	drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c	Fix jffs2 write issue	commit
fpga	drivers/fpga/zynqmp-fpga.c	Remove -warning from zynqmp-fpga.c compilation	commit
net: axienet	drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c	Add missing n to end of dev_err messages Remove unused parameter from __axienet_device_reset	commit commit	http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Linux+AXI+Ethernet+driver
ARM64: zynqmp: PM	drivers/soc/xilinx/zynqmp/pm.c	ARM64: zynqmp: PM: Convert pr_* to dev_*	commit
drm: xilinx	drivers/gpu/drm/xilinx/xilinx_drm_dp.c drivers/gpu/drm/xilinx/xilinx_drm_dp_sub.c	Revert Set maximum swing / preemphsis level to 2 for ZynqMP" Document 'phy' in struct xilinx_drm_dp Fix color coefficient for yuv to 8bit Correct the DRM formats Document variables in struct xilinx_drm_dp_sub	commit commit commit commit commit	http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/Xilinx+DRM+KMS+driver#Overview--Changelog
Device Tree	arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp-clk.dtsi arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp-zcu100.dts arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp-zcu102.dts arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp.dtsi arch/arm64/boot/dts/xilinx/zynqmp-zcu106.dts	Add the clock for watchdog Add and enable dcc for zcu100 and zcu102 usb1 on zcu100 is not peripheral (is a Host) Fix license in zcu100 Remove note about level shifter on zcu102 Remove pcie node from zcu106	commit commit commit commit commit commit
ARM64: zynqmp	drivers/soc/xilinx/zynqmp/Makefile	Fix tap_delay conditional build	commit
ARM64: zynqmp	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/zynq_mpsoc.txt	Fix clock device tree binding	commit
microblaze: mmu_defconfig	arch/microblaze/configs/mmu_defconfig	Enabling CONFIGS related to MTD - CONFIG_MTD_CFI ,CONFIG_MTD_CFI_INTELEXT, CONFIG_MTD_CFI_AMDSTD	commit

Answer Records (ARs)

Module Name	AR Title	AR Link
ZynqMP Common Clock Framework / PS Ethernet MAC	XKB - 68409 - Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC: 2016.4 Linux support for GEM 100BT and 10BT	http://xkb/Pages/68/68409.aspx