Drivers

• Versal

• Versal Gen 2

• Zynq UltraScale+

• Zynq 7000

• MicroBlaze

• Versal Net

• Linux Kernel upgraded to 6.12

• Zephyr PL Drivers EA support (I2C, QSPI, GPIO, WDT, UART)

• Zephyr PS Driver EA support (I2C, QSPI, GPIO, WWDT, UART, MDM, ZDMA, SD, UFS)

• Zephyr MicroBlaze-V Drivers support (I2C, QSPI, GPIO, WDT, UART)

• Zephyr Early Access Support for Versal Gen 2 RPU (R52)

• Baremetal Driver for AXI I3C Slave Mode

• Spartan UltraScale+ Flash Library (Xilsfl) library support

• Linux OSPI device reset through OSPI controller

• Linux eMMC device reset support

• Linux Macronix MX66UW2G345GXRIX0 OSPI flash support

• SDTGen as an independent tool (outside of XSCT)

• Support for other compilers (IAR, armcc, armclang) in Vitis Unified IDE

• Support for Baremetal Xen Hypervisor guest in Vitis Unified IDE

• Versal AI Edge Gen 2 and Versal Prime Gen 2 UFS Linux driver support

• Versal AI Edge Gen 2 and Versal Prime Gen 2 MMI USB 3.2 Linux driver support

• Comprehensive Support for AXI INTC driver loadable as a module through DT overlay

• Versal AI Edge Gen 2 and Versal Prime Gen 2 10Gb Baremetal and Linux support on silicon.

• MRMAC GT narrow mode support, lwIP GEM common MDIO and SGMII support

• HDMA PCIe EP drivers support

• Synopsys PCIe RP Linux and Baremetal driver support

• PL TSN 8 queue support for IEC60802, Linux module driver support and SDT enablement

• PCIe RP PERST# support for Versal devices

• QDMA PL PCIe5 32-bit & 64-bit Baremetal driver support

• Added support for Versal Net CPM5N RP driver

• Added support for CPM5 controller 1 in Baremetal and Linux

U-Boot

• Versal

• Versal Gen 2

• Zynq UltraScale+

• U-Boot upgraded to 2025.01

Versal Gen 2

• UFS driver support

• OPTEE and Hello world TA example support

• Mini defconfig support for QSPI, OSPI, MMC

• OSPI flash reset support

• I2C arbitrator support

• UFS boot mode support

Versal

• SystemReady support

Zynq UltraScale+

• Binman support

• fdt overlay support for Binman

TF-A

• Versal

• Versal Gen 2

• Zynq Ultrascale+

Common

• Upgraded to TF-A version 2.12

• Dedicated console for boot and runtime.

Versal Gen 2

• TF-A platform support for Versal Gen 2 

OP-TEE

• Versal Gen 2

• Support for AMD Versal Gen 2 platform

PetaLinux/BSP

• Versal

• Zynq UltraScale+

New BSPs

• EDF VEK385 EA BSP (Lounge Controlled)

• Yocto Native ZCU111 BSP

Deprecated BSPs

• vek280-es1 BSP

• All Kria XSCT BSPs

Platform Images

• Yocto BSP for Kria Common Platform

Misc.

• The migration from PetaLinux to Yocto Native has been documented and tutorials are available

• OpenAMP support has been removed from all XSCT BSPs

• OpenAMP support in SDT will only be for KRIA SDT BSPs and VEK280, VEK385

• Yocto support for MPSoC image recovery has been added

• Host OS support is now available

• PetaLinux tools have been upgraded with the latest SSW components

• DTG scripts have been updated to work with the latest Linux and U-boot

• A skip option has been added for the Yocto bootbin recipe

• EDF core firmware support for VEK385 has been provided.

Gen-machine-conf

• gen-machine-conf support for Versal Gen 2

PLM (Platform Loader and Manager)

• Spartan UltraScale+

• Versal Gen 2

• Versal Net

• Versal

• Versal Gen 2

  • PCIe Attribute Reprogramming After PERST#

  • Error Management enhancements

  • ASU subsystem loading support and processing ASU CDO

  • Runtime error management for ASU errors

  • ASU CDO markers support

• Spartan UltraScale+

  • New CDO commands support

  • Updated error code database with Spartan UltraScale+ error codes

Security

• Spartan UltraScale+

• Versal Gen 2

• Versal Net

• Versal

• Versal

  • Core busy handling enhancement for AES/SHA

• Versal Net

  • Add support for SHA1 for calculating hash for DICE certificate

• Versal Gen 2

  • eFUSE provisioning

• Versal Gen 2- ASUFW

  • ECDH support

  • KDF support

  • MAC support

  • AES-CCM support

  • ECIES and EDDSA support

  • Make IPCores code compliant to Security best practices

  • eFuse and PUF key transfer to ASU

• Spartan UltraScale+

  • AHWROT user key support

XEN

• Zynq UltraScale+

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Versal Gen 2

• GPU support

• Enhancing safety by removing privileges from Dom0 and separating it into distinct VMs - a hardware domain and a control domain

QEMU

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Versal Gen 2

• QEMU version upgraded to 8.2.7

• Versal Gen 2 : PSXC, PMXC and ASU support

• Versal Gen 2 : Support for xc2ve3858, xc2ve3858 SE, xc2ve3804, xc2vm3858, xc2vm3554, xc2ve3504

• Versal Gen 2 : Support for eFuse emulation

• Versal Gen 2 : Support for glitch detection emulation

• Versal Gen 2 : Support for (PSXC and PMXC) sysmon emulation

• Versal: Support for xcvr1702 emulation

Platform Management (Xilpm)

• Zynq UltraScale+

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Versal Gen 2

• Enabled Versal Premium Gen 2 Pre-Config sequences in PLM

• Enabled Versal Gen 2 for Boot, EEMI & sub-system restart use-cases

AI Engine 

• Versal

• Versal Gen 2 (AIE2ps)

  • Add annotation in MicroBlaze app control code

  • Insert time stamp in MicroBlaze control code

  • MicroBlaze performance counter enabling

  • Support uBlaze status dump

• Versal (AIE1/AIE2/AIE2p/AIE2ps)

  • Linux AIE memory footprint analysis

  • Support Linux kernel event tracing

  • Versal Power Demo

  • Create AIE apps to trigger thermal notification for power testing

• AIE bare-metal runtime APIs (Early Access)

  • AIE bare-metal profiling APIs

  • AIE bare-metal secure access via PLM

  • Support of RPU control on AIE2

  • Software caching between RPU & AIE

  • Bare-metal error back tracking

  • Column clock gating API for flexible power saving

  • Multi-graph support

Yocto

• MicroBlaze,

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+

• Versal

• Yocto Project Scarthgap minor version upgrade 5.0.8

• Update host OS support for 25.1

• Component version upgrades

  • Xen 4.20

  • Qemu 8.2.7

  • TF-A 2.12.0

  • OpenAMP 2024.10

  • u-boot 2025.01

  • Linux kernel 6.12.10

• Versal Gen 2

  • Enable GPU dependency packages 

  • Enable Qt5 meta layer and dependency packages

  • Enable networking dependency packages

  • Enable VAI-ML dependency packages

  • Enable Vitis dependency packages

• Embedded Development Framework (EDF)

  • QEMU SDK and App SDK for Vitis (Versal and Versal gen2)

  • Support for select legacy Zynq UltraScale+ and Versal BSPs (EDF "Linux only" configuration)

  • Support for Kria (Custom EDF configuration)

  • Support for Versal Gen 2 - VEK385 EA BSP (EDF "Linux only" configuration)

  • TRD/app development migration guide

OpenAMP

• Zynq UltraScale+

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Versal Gen 2

• Switched to upstreamed remoteproc driver, bindings, apps

• Component upgrade to 2024.10 release

• Enabled Versal Gen 2

DfxMgr

• All platforms

• Usage in EDF to load PL-pdi or RPU elf

XilSEM

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Versal Gen 2

• Versal

  • XilSEM validation for DFX designs with SW ECC and SW SHA for both mono and SSIT devices

  • XilSEM client support for A72 SSIT linux

  • XilSEM EBD example for SSI devices

•  Versal Gen2

  • XilSEM support for CRAM

  • XilSEM client support for A78 baremetal

• XilSEM CRAM support for Versal AI RF

Multimedia

• Zynq UltraScale+

• Versal-AE

• Versal Gen 2

• VCU2

  • Control-SW, openMax-IL and Gstreamer plugin support.

  • AVC/HEVC encoder and decoding support.

  • Encoder dynamic parameter support.

  • Support Tile and YUV444 color-format support (new in Versal AI Edge Gen 2)

  • Support of JPEG Decoding at control-sw level

  • VCU2 product-guide update

• GPU (G78AE)

  • ARM Linux DDK support

  • OpenGLES, Vulkan and OpenCL API support

  • GPU Multi-Partition support

  • FBDEV, Weston/Wayland and Headless backends.

  • 3D video stitching, surround vision and QT based dual display TRD demos.

  • GPU user-guide creation (first version for Versal AI Edge Gen 2 GPU)

•  DC/DP1.4Tx

  • Linux/DRM driver for Versal AI Edge Gen 2 PS DP

  • DC and DP1.4tx Bare-metal driver

    • Non-live video blend

    • Live video blend

    • Cursor and Partial plane blend

  • DC and DP1.4Tx Linux driver

    • Non-live video blend

  • Documentation support

HLS Video IPs

• Zynq UltraScale+

• Versal

• Versal Gen 2

• Optimized the DDR usage and resources utilization for PL VPSS IPs.

• Added support of YUV444 8/10/12 bits format in Mixer IP.

• Added support of YUV444 12bit format in Linux frame buffer and TPG IPs driver.

• Added support of 8ppc feature in Linux VPSS Scalar IP driver.

• Enabled and validated the standalone and Linux Framebuffer write and read drivers for Versal Gen 2.

• Enabled and validated the standalone and Linux VPSS drivers for Versal Gen 2.

• Enabled and validated the standalone and Linux TPG drivers for Versal Gen 2.

• Enabled and validated the standalone and Linux Mixer drivers for Versal Gen 2.

• Enabled and validated the Linux Multi-scalar drivers for Versal Gen 2.

• Enabled and validated the Linux SCD drivers for Versal Gen 2.

PL Connectivity Video IPs(capture)
PL Connectivity Video IPs(Display)

• Zynq UltraScale+

• Versal

• Versal Gen 2

• MST Audio up to 20G link rates in DisplayPort 2.1 RX Standalone driver.

• HDCP 1.x/2.x in DisplayPort 2.1 RX MST Standalone driver.

• Enabled and validated the standalone and Linux HDMI v2.1 TX and RX drivers for Versal Gen 2 .

• Enabled and validated the standalone and Linux UHD12G SDI TX and RX drivers for Versal Gen 2.

PetaLinux/BSP

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Fixed 2024.1 PetaLinux Device Tree Generation failure with DFX design

• Fixed PetaLinux SDT BSP failure to build with VDU related packages enabled

• Fixed booting issue using image.ub which did not work as the incorrect memory is selected

• Fixed PetaLinux WIC image creation Python script (scripts/libs/package_wic.py) issues

• Fixed Random user layer order dependency issues

PetaLinux/BSP

Documentation

None

Drivers

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Fixed XXV SDT clock property generation to fix Linux driver probe issues reported in 2024.2

PCIe RP BareMetal and Linux: 

• Added support for PCIe PSU EP in SDT flow and Lopper 

• Fixed PCIe PSU compilation issue

• Fixed IAR compilation failures for ZynqMP R5 processor in the Vitis Unified flow in Lopper

TF-A

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

None

U-Boot 

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

None

Device-tree Generation (DTG)

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Fixed issue where dfx_coupler with more than 1 interrupt connected to scugic caused the dtg to crash

• Resolved DTG failure to generate device tree when AXI4 Debug Hub is added in the BD

• Corrected XSA generation with "Enable PCIe link debug and Enable Debug AXI4 stream interfaces" option to prevent device-tree build failure in PetaLinux flow

• Populated xlnx,addrwidth DT property value correctly for MCDMA

• Fixed DTG failure to generate dts when custom IP is connected to VIDEO_IN of SDI TX IP

• Corrected PetaLinux device tree error when demosaic IP is in the pipeline

• Added if check in axi_ethernet.tcl to fix incorrect interrupt parameter value

• Updated device_tree.tcl to correct opp table frequency logic

QEMU

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Zynq UltraScale+: Fixed model dwc3's spec-violating write order

• Versal: Corrected IDCODE of xcve2302

• Misc.: Increased machine path socket path lengths to accommodate more than 128 characters

PLM

• Versal

• Versal Net

None

Secure libraries

• Versal

None

Linux crypto drivers

• Versal

None

PMUFW (Platform Management Unit Firmware)

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

None

FSBL

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

None

Image Selector, Image Recovery (SOM Kria)

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

None

XilSEM

• Versal

• Versal Net

• Fixed incorrect higher and lower addresses of CE locations in prints in example code

• Added support for no IPI cases in the design, when libxilsem.a is built with PLM to avoid build errors

Yocto 

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC

• Versal

• Versal Net

None

AIE Driver

• Versal

None

SSW_VCU 

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Handled concealment fixes for erroneous stream input

• Added new levels for HEVC

• Fixed issue where SPS_ID was going out of range for HEVC encoder

GPU 

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

None

SSW-Video-PL-HLS-IPs

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

PL HLS Video IPs Drivers:

• Video Processing Subsystem v2.4 Color Space Only Configuration is failing to Perform the CSC operation from RGB 10-Bit to YUV 420 10-bit

• Framebuffer example design is failing on board due to Video overflow

SSW-Video-PL-IP-Drivers

• MicroBlaze

• Zynq 7000

• Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC

• Versal

Connectivity IPs Drivers (HDMI/SDI/MIPI/DP):

• Fixed SDT generation failure when ILA is added between Video Mixer and HDMI.

• Resolved resolution switching issue from 1080p to 4k in MIPI csi-2 Rx subsystem vck190 example design in 2024.2.

• Fixed DTS generation issue when custom IP is connected to VIDEO_IN of SDI TX IP.

• Resolved SDT failure with AXI broadcaster IP during write device image.

• Fixed DP21 TX training failure issues when M42D is used as the sink.

• Corrected programming of the counter value for 0x1648 register for DP RX based on axi-lite frequency.