6AM.1.3-P1 Release Notes


 * NOTE: J6 Plus EVM support is added in this refresh release.

= Introduction =

These Release Notes provide instructions for both,
 * Testing the release using a pre-built binary image which can be loaded onto eMMC on EVM board
 * Rebuilding the Android binary image from the Android sources

This software release has been developed and verified in the following software and hardware environment.

NOTE: Same set of software binaries work for both J6+, J6, J6 Eco, and J6 Entry EVMs, only the device tree file (.dtb) is different for different EVMs. Refer to 6AM.1.3_Application_Notes for more details

Release Features
On top of 6AM.1.3 release, following features are added in this patch release
 * Platform: J6 Plus Platform Support
 * Bug Fixes: 6AM.1.3_Application_Notes

Release Limitations
In this release:
 * Platform: JAMR3 board support not part of release, patches available in Post release patches section

=Using the Prebuilt Release Image= The prebuilt release image can be obtained from here. After you download the binaries, follow the flashing instruction from "Flashing eMMC images" section.

=Rebuilding Android from Sources=

Build PC setup
Same as 6AM.1.3

Android Filesystem Sources
You can get the Android source for this release by doing: cd mkdir -p 6AM.1.3-P1 cd 6AM.1.3-P1 export YOUR_PATH=$PWD mkdir -p mydroid; cd mydroid export MYDROID=$PWD repo init -u git://git.omapzoom.org/platform/omapmanifest.git -b 6AM.x -m RLS_6AM.1.3-P1.xml repo sync

TI Hardware Accelerated Graphics and MultiMedia Binaries
Multimedia (DCE) and accelerated graphics binaries are part of Android file system build

U-Boot Sources
cd ${YOUR_PATH} git clone git://git.omapzoom.org/repo/u-boot.git cd u-boot git checkout 6AM.1.3-P1

Kernel & Driver Sources
cd ${YOUR_PATH} mkdir kernel git clone git://git.omapzoom.org/kernel/omap.git kernel/android-4.4 cd kernel/android-4.4 git checkout 6AM.1.3-P1

Build Instructions
Same as 6AM.1.3

Preparing Android Image
Same as 6AM.1.3

=Flashing eMMC images=

Same as 6AM.1.3

If using J6 Plus, the default display is HDMI only. Follow the Application Notes to correctly set Android to HDMI only mode.

=Application notes/Additional Info=

Same as 6AM.1.3

=Technical support= We strongly recommend using the TI E2E forum for all queries.

E2E Support Forums for all DRA7xx platforms - Click Here

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