Change Log

Version 1.9 (2024-04-25)

added new Mercury SA1 rev3, available variants:
- Altera SocFPGA C6, speed grade I7
- Altera SocFPGA C6, speed grade C8
added EMMC boot support for SA1 rev3
U-Boot environment is stored on the same device as boot device
removed RTLinux targets
bug fixes

bumped Linux kernel version to 4.15
bumped U-Boot version to V2018.05
bumped Buildroot version to V2018.05.1
bumped GCC version to 7.2.0
updated documentation:
- added new "Updating the binaries" section
- updated build script help message
bug fixes

rootfs overlays mechanism (for example for installing kernel modules into buildroot rootfs)
proper binaries versioning using a new templates mechanism in config files
automatic detection for number of threads to build on (based on host CPU)
minor project mode fixes
bug fixes
updated user documentation
U-Boot changes:
- bumped to 2017.07
- cadence QSPI driver fixed
- added commands for runtime sd/emmc muxing for Mars MA3 module
- added commands for runtime qspi/sd/emmc muxing for Mercury+ AA1 module
- minor bug fixes
finished Mercury+ AA1 support in Linux and U-Boot (added support for all possible boot modes)
new Mercury+ AA1 variants support (rev 2):
- Arria 10 SX480, Speed Grade E1
- Arria 10 SX480, Speed Grade I2
- Arria 10 SX270, Speed Grade E3
- Arria 10 SX270, Speed Grade I2
Mars MA3 support:
- Cyclone V A5, Speed Grade C8
- Cyclone V C6, Speed Grade I7

dropped container repositories
added support for custom binaries
GUI improvements
offline building support
bug fixes
added support for MAC address reading from ATSHA EEPROM
added Mercury AA1 support
- currently only MMC boot is supported
- U-Boot is delivered as a precompiled binary
bug fixes in U-Boot
Linux kernel bug fixes