Linux Kernel and Drivers

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Linux

  • Linux kernel upgraded to 6.1

  • AXI Ethernet phylink support

  • Versal pin controller support

  • GiGadevice OSPI and QSPI flash part support

  • eMMC 5.1 HS400 mode support

BSP, Drivers and Libraries

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Baremetal, FreeRTOS

  • LWIP upgraded to 2.1.3

  • LWIP enhancements to support PS SGMII fixed link, multi MAC and multi PHY configurations

  • FreeRTOS upgraded to 10.5.1

  • WWDT Q&A mode support

  • eMMC 5.1 HS400 mode support

• Versal Net

  • New library XilPKI added to support PKI operation . This has support for ECDSA signature generation, verification and Key pair generation for curves P-256,P-384, P-521

U-Boot

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq-7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• U-Boot upgraded to mainline 2023.01

ZynqMP

• Added display driver for U-Boot console

Versal

• Added support for OSPI DDR for Micron flashes

• Added support for ADI phy in ethernet

Trusted Firmware-A(TF-A) (old name Arm Trusted Firmware (ATF))

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• TF-A upgraded to upstream v2.8 version.

Versal

• Updated macro name to generic and move to common place

• Added infrastructure to handle multiple interrupts

PetaLinux

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

PetaLinux Tool Features:

• Upgraded our PetaLinux tool to new Yocto version 4.1 (Langdale)

• Deprecated auto login menu config to align with upstream Yocto

• Added a config option to boot from HBM

• Added a menu config option for WolfSSL and a config option to enable crypto extensions in it.

• Open sourced PetaLinux configuration scripts to use in Yocto flow as well.

• Enabled custom DTSI flow for DFX/CSOC in PetaLinux

• platform-auto.h removal for MicroBlaze and using microblaze_generic.h

• Added Versal Net platform support to generate images

• Added Ubuntu 20.04.5, 22.04 LTS and 22.04.1, alma Linux 8.7 and open SUSE leap 15.3 support.

• Deprecated external XSA generating DTBO from fpgamanager  and chromium web browser packages from rootfs  to align with Yocto

• Added AMD copyright info into our scripts and logos.

• Added menu configs for OpenAMP, Xen, xen-qemu, alias nodes.

PetaLinux BSP Features:

• Added the new BSP to support vpk180 prod.

• Enabled Sysmon in secure mode as default in VPK180 ES and production BSP's

• Versal Net common images

• Added VEK280 revB BSP support to support ADI PHY

• Updated VEK280 extensible platform design with  AIE + VDU with AIE app in BSP pre-builts

• Added SDT BSP's of ZCU111, VCK190, VPK180 and ZCU104 boards.

• Added Support for tenzing2 se7 and se9 bsps.

• Removed the local openamp and xen dtsi files and updated OpenAMP and Xen enablement flow in BSP's

• Added K24 SOM based BSP’s :- k24c-som, k24i-som, kv240-starterkit, kd240-starterkit

• Open sourced the Versal SC board specific device tree files and bitstreams (versal-sc-firmware repo)

• Updated SC image deployment flow to have OTA support going forward.

• Added ADI PHY support in SC image which supports vek280 revB.

• Added support for tenzing2 system controller Image.

Device-tree Generation (DTG)

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Enabled sugar syntax for overlays.

• Enabled custom DTSI flow for DFX/CSOC

• Added Versal Net platform support

• Added AMD copyright info in our device-tree Tcls

PLM (Platform Loader and Manager)

• Versal

Versal Net

• OCP - DevIK Cert generation

• OCP -  Attestation response

• FIPS

• Measured Boot (PCR)

• Image store support for subsystem restart

Versal

• Image Selector update for Versal

• PLM footprint optimization

• Provisioning support for SSIT devices

• Secure Lockdown for SSIT devices

• 5 PPKs support in PLM and Secure Libraries

• IDCODE bypass support

• Boot time estimator (SSIT and HBM devices)

• New devices support (Windbond (QSPI), Gigadevice (OSPI))

Zynq UltraScale+ FSBL

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Upstreaming of RSA, NVMEM drivers

• New devices support (Windbond (QSPI), Gigadevice (OSPI))

Xen

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

  • Xen running on Cortex R52 Early Access

  • Nested SMMU: enable using VFIO drivers inside guests

QEMU

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• QEMU version upgrade to 7.1.0

• Support added for Versal Net's tamper register model and ROM response emulation

• Support added for VEK280

• Support added for VHK158

Platform Management (XilPM)

• Versal

• Versal

  • Secure lockdown support

  • GPIO based power domain control

  • S200 AIE driver EEMI API enablement

AI Engine (AIE)

• Versal* (AI Core Series)

• AIE2 Linux debugging

  • Supported event tracing and profiling.

  • Added Mem Tile event

  • Supported status dump and sysFS

  • Supports V70 & VEK280 devices

• Enabled AIE SSW driver for S100/S200 devices

• Multi-applications & multi-partitions

  • Supports VEK280 on Linux

Yocto

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Yocto version upgraded to 4.1.2 (Langdale)

• Updated Xilinx layers for Langdale

  • meta-xilinx

  • meta-xilinx-tools

  • meta-xilinx-tsn

  • meta-petalinux

  • meta-kria

  • meta-system-controller

• Updated community layers for Langdale

  • meta-jupyter

  • meta-ros

  • meta-openamp (used to be Xilinx specific layer)

• Integrated Xilinx component upgrades

  • Linux kernel

  • U-Boot

  • TF-A

  • Xen

  • Qemu

  • GStreamer

  • OpenAMP / libmetal

• New components

  • kernel-module-vdu

  • libvdu-ctrlsw

  • libvdu-omxil

  • vdu-firmware

  • dfeofdm

• Deprecated components

  • meta-pynq layer

  • chromium-x11

  • bqplot

• New machine configurations

  • zcu670-zynqmp

  • vhk158-versal

  • vpk120-versal

  • vpk180-versal

  • vek280-versal

  • ac701-microblazeel

  • kcu105-microblazeel

  • vcu118-microblazeel

• Deprecated features

  • fpga-manager-util image feature

  • custom autlogin (was replaced with community implementation: serial-autologin-root)

• Miscellaneous

  • Support added for lima open-source driver as alternative to libmali

  • Added machine configuration generator tool and generate machines based on that

  • System Device Tree configuration tool changed to generate a machine configuration file

  • XSA distribution moved to petalinux.xilinx.com (was hdf-examples repo on github)

  • Extended fpgamanager_custom bbclass to support custom dts and prebuilt dtbo

  • Added pl-partial-custom.dtsi support in fpgamanager_dtg_dfx/csoc

  • Changed default machine for microblaze-generic to kcu105

  • Renamed core to poky in yocto manifests

  • Support added for armv8 crypto assembly instructions in wolfssl

  • Removed meta-python2 references

OpenAMP and Libmetal

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• libmetal upgraded to 1.3.0

• open-amp upgraded to 1.3.1

• GitHub

  • Upgraded to 2022.10 release

DFXMGR

• Kria SOM/Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

• Support added for external-fpga-config in the device tree overlays, important for Versal boards

XilSEM

• Versal

• Client support for PL MB and APU (both Linux and baremetal)

• Support added for tandem designs

• Support added for new SSIT (VP1502, VP1702, VH1542, VH1782) devices

• Support added for new mono (VM1502.& VM1402) devices

Multimedia

• ZynqMP-EV devices (VCU/DP/GPU)

• Versal AI Edge ( for VDU)

• Updated Gstreamer framework to version 1.20.5

• Updated VCU, PS_DP and GPU Linux device drivers to support 6.1 kernel.

• VCU new feature: Decoding Intra Only Frames with '--decode-intraonly'

• Updated Xilinx V4l2, DRM framework to support 6.1 kernel.

• VEK280:

  • VideoDecoderUnit (VDU) SW support

    • Control-sw, openMaxIL, MCU firmware and kernel drivers source code repos are released

    • Multistream and Multi-instance support

  • Sample Decoder test application is supported

Component Name

Platform/SoC Supported

Bug Description

PetaLinux

Document update

• Updated the MAC address priority

• Fixed DFX section documentation

• Changed the ATF terminology to TF-A terminology

• Fixed fpga-manager template section documentation

PetaLinux

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Fixed openamp-fw-echo-test build failure in template flow

• In DFX flow, device tree includes for the PL are in the wrong order so the device tree does not compile. Fixed the order

• Creating ZynqMP design with AXI EMMC in PetaLinux is not configured successfully. Fixed the issue.

• Fixed Qt5 build failure with petalinux-build --sdk

• Fixed FSBL compiler flag not working through petalinux-config issue.

• Fixed QEMU boot issue for VCK5000

• Fixed PetaLinux Kernel Configuration applies default configuration after saving the configuration issue.

Linux Kernel and Drivers

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Linux

  • Fixed MACB driver to request firmware dynamic configuration only when a supported PS SGMII interface is present

  • Sync ZDMA coherent and buffer memory masks to 44 bit

  • Fixed an issue with Zynq FPGA manger in programming the bitstream with latest Kernel of 6.1

  • Fixed an issue in USB dwc3 gadget to avoid unwanted error of "IRQ hiber not found" on Versal.

  • Fixed an issue with Zynq UltraScale+ USB during suspend resume when USB is not a wakeup source.

  • Fixed Versal OSPI read timeout issue with higher data size

  • Fixed QSPI flash protect lock/unlock issues with different parts

  • Fixed WWDT timeout issue with a different clock frequency

  • Fixed Versal Linux boot issue without clk_ignore_unused boot argument 

  • Fixed Versal OSPI UBIF's file system boot issue

  • Fixed clk-wizard driver failure with error -22

  • TRNG: Fixed RGRG sequence and bug in pattern check comparison

  • TRNG: Clear schedule array after DF operation is done

BSP, Drivers and Libraries

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Baremetal

  • Fixed AXI Ethernet driver Tcl to support detection of connected DMAs/FIFOs when multiple peripherals are connected

  • Fixed an issue in A72 GIC driver to not to enable group0 interrupts while running EL1 NS.

  • Updated EEMI API IDs for PM_FPGA_GET_VERSION and PM_FPGA_GET_FEATURE_LIST across the stack (ATF, PMUFW and Linux) to avoid conflict with other EEMI IDs on Versal.

  • Fixed an issue in MicroBlaze FreeRTOS port due to missing memory barrier in MicroBlaze port.

  • Fixed an issue in FreeRTOS ports for Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC and MicroBlaze in configuring the tick rate.

  • Fixed an issue with CPU driver Tcl to copy proper libraries when FPU is enabled

  • Fixed intc driver and MicroBlaze FreeRTOS port, to fix warnings reported with -Wundef compilation flag.

  • Fixed AXI QSPI data corruption in interrupt mode with TX HALF EMPTY flags

  • Added APIs for resetting the RX and TX buffers in UARTPSV driver

Trusted Firmware-A(TF-A) (old name Arm Trusted Firmware (ATF))

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• ZynqMP

  • Added bitmask for get_op_char API 

  • Panic w/o handoff structure in JTAG 

  • Check smc_fid 23:16 bits 

  • Separated EM from PM SMCs 

  • Fixed bl31_zynqmp_setup.c coding style 

  • Updated the conflicting EEMI API IDs 

  • With DEBUG=1 move bl31 to DDR range 

  • Updated MAX_XLAT_TABLES for DDR memory range 

  • Fixed DT reserved allocated size 

  • Enabled A53 workaround (errata 1530924)

• Versal

  • Checks smc_fid 23:16 bits 

  • Fixed incorrect regbase for PMC IPI 

  • Syncs location based on IPI_ID macros 

  • Prints proper ATF handoff source 

U-Boot

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

U-Boot upgraded to mainline 2023.01

• ZynqMP

  • Added display driver for U-Boot console.

• Versal

  • Added support for OSPI DDR for Micron flashes.

  • Added support for ADI PHY in ethernet.

Device-tree Generation (DTG)

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Fixed device tree compilations issue when adding interrupts in design.

• Fixed incorrect CPU number issue when there are cascaded processors (MicroBlaze +A53/A72) in hw_design "update_cpu_node"

• Fixed kernel panic issues with dynamic loading of interrupt-controller.

• Fixed sysmon0 node detection issue even if it was enabled in design

QEMU

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Zynq 7000: Correct ARM core MIDR register

• ZynqMP: Power button corrected for Ultra96 emulation

• Versal: Correct memory configurations on DDR CH1

• Intc: arm_gicv3_its: MSI affinity handling corrected

• Remote-Port: Correct 64 bit accesses from the CPU over the remote port protocol

PLM (Platform Loader and Manager)

• Versal

• Versal PLM

  • Fixed LIBS variable in version-less makefile 

  • Fixed APU IPIs warning logic for Versal Net 

  • Increased stack size by 1KB to fix a SSIT feature issue

  • Switches to SSIT events right after initial NoC path is configured 

  • Removed XilSEM dependency for version-less PLM 

•  XilPLMI

  • Renamed KAT macros

  • Made XPlmi_SoftResetHandler non-static

  • Added invalid Commands handler Logic

  • Updated invalid node id logic

  • Clears SSS CFG Error after configuring SSS for SBI to DMA for Versal Net

  • Added Null to invalid command handler of XilPLMI error module

  • Timeout Settings info added for JTAG_SBI

  • Added support for SSIT Single EAM Event forwarding from Secondary SLRs

  • Initialized subsystem ID of CDO command for proc

  • Only resets UART_INITIALIZED while processing tamper response

  • Added PCR Log update event for PCR log notification

  • Removed Triggering of SSIT ERR2 from Secondary SLR to Primary SLR

  • Created Secure Lockdown as a Critical Priority Task

  • Clears End Stack before processing any CDO partition

  • Handles SSIT Events from PPU1 IRQ directly

  • Notifies Other SLRs about Secure Lockdown

  • Removed usage of double data type

  • Removed bypassing of PLM Set Alive during boot

  • Added support to update crypto status in RTCA

  • Fixed CFI readback logic for Versal Net

  • Added XilSEM SW triggered error events

  • Checks to skip SRST and multiboot register update for Secondary Boot Modes

  • Removed runtime check to validate KAT status

• XilLoader

  • Used macro for redundancy checks for Xil_SMemCpy

  • Added NULL to invalid Command handler in Xplmi module structure

  • Fixed Subsystem PdiInstance Valid Header

  • Sends Load PDI response in Payload[1]

  • Fixed compilation warning when PLM_SECURE_EXCLUDE is enabled

  • Added End Of PDI SYNC Logic

  • Fixed bug in XLoader_SecureClear

•  XilPDI

  • Added PcrInfo attribute in XilPdi_ImgHdr

Secure libraries

• Versal

• XilSecure

  • Passed AesDmCfg structure as reference instead of value

  • Added NULL to Invalid Command handler logic for XilSecure

  • Fixed print issues in ECDSA examples

  • Added Null to invalid command handler of XXilSecure module

  • Made curve enumerations P384 and P521 visible to customers

  • Fixed compilation error in XilSecure in server mode

  • Added Error code for unaligned data

  • Added an instance for SHA1 engine

  • Added invalid command handler logic

  • Added support for SHA2-384 digest

  • Added support for generation of Ephemeral Key

  • Added API to set or clear KAT mask for external modules

  • AES key clear should be done before AES is set under reset

  • Added support to provide crypto indicator when crypto is in use

  • Initializes Payload to zero and make it volatile

  • Addressed Security review comments

  • Fixed code alignment in ECDSA GenerateSign/VerifySign APIs

  • Corrected the mask for PS_SRST

  • Modified secure environment configuration

  • Renamed XPLMI_SECURE_ENC_KAT_MASK

  • Added missing Param description for Resource

  • Removed runtime check to validate KAT status

  • Fixed compilation failure when PLM_SECURE_EXCLUDE is enabled

• XilPUF

  • Removed xilpuf_regeneration_example and xilpuf_regeneration_client_example

  • Added support for ID only regeneration in xilpuf_example and xilpuf_client_example

  • Store PUF Aux after shifting

• XilNVM

  • Added provisioning support for XilNVM

  • Made Revocation ID 0 as valid

  • Fixed the unaligned data exception while programming PUF

PMUFW (Platform Management Unit Firmware)

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Fix added for issues in FPD power down in secure boot use cases

• Added EXPORT eFuse check for AES, SHA and RSA IPI calls

• Updated PM_FPGA_GET_VERSION and PM_FPGA_GET_FEATURE_LIST EEMI API IDs  

• Updated to give/change permissions for writing another overlay config object

• Cleanup of dynamic feature config logic to enable them only if dynamic feature config is enabled

• Added IOCTL support for dynamic SD, GEM and USB configuration under ENABLE_DYNAMIC_MIO_CONFIG macro which is disabled by default

• Gives an error when the same overlay configuration for an existing node is called multiple times

• Added provision in ZynqMP PMUFW to skip XFPGA_SECURE_MODE macro

• Returns unique error code if slave is already configured

• Added support for feature check API

• Implemented new APIs to get XilFPGA component information

• Re-apply PLL workaround when DP device is added

• Provided user option to manually enable DDR XMPU settings using ENABLE_DDR_XMPU macro which is disabled by default

• Fixed issue on SOM related to enabling build flags

Zynq UltraScale+ FSBL

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Removed DDR IO retention during boot

Zynq FSBL

Zynq-7000

• None

Image Selector, Image Recovery (SOM Kria)

Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC 

• imgsel

  • Provided support to build Image selector using Vitis

• img_rcvry

  • Prevents access to SD card on SOM starter kits

  • Added debug print levels

XilSEM

Versal

• Added XilSEM client support for PL MB and A72 bare metal application users.

• Added XilSEM client support for At2 Linux application users

  • Added API ID feature check

• Added Run-time check for number of SLRs present in a device instead of using a fixed macro

• Support for tandem designs

• Support for new SSIT (H20, H40, H20_H4, H30_H8) devices

• Support for new mono (VM1502.& VM1402) devices

Yocto

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Fixed xilinx-bootbin recipe with Versal Net arch option for packaging Versal Net device boot.bin

• Fixed README with proper Yocto Project docs link in meta-xilinx layer.

• Added boot.bin for zynqmp-generic wic image.

• Fixed incorrect append operation in u-boot-xlnx-uenv recipe.

• Fixed license QA Issues in platform-init recipe.

• Replaced ABORT keyword with HALT in local.conf.sample file

• Removed xlnxvideoscale support in gstreamer-plugins-bad recipe.

• Removed meta-python2 dependencies in meta-jupyter README.

AIE Driver

Versal

• Enhanced error messages when standard Linux operations fail