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Framework Components 2.24.01 Release Notes

July 2009

Introduction, Documentation, What's New, Upgrade Info, Compatibility Information, Device Support, Validation Info, Known Issues, Examples, Version Information, Technical Support.


Introduction

The Framework Components are a collection of framework-independent utility libraries which other software frameworks can build upon.

Primary packages in this Framework Components release are briefly described here. (There are others, see the Configuration Reference Guide documentation for a complete package list.)

The Framework Components are provided as non-rebuildable libraries. Source is provided for debugging and educational value, but is not intended to be modified. Modified sources will not be supported.

Some distributions of this product include an "fctools" directory containing some dependent products for convenience. Products included in this release are:

See this Framework Components fctools explanation for further details.


Documentation

The following documentation is available:

In addition, users are encouraged to monitor (and contribute to!) the Framework Components content on the TI eXpressDSP Software Wiki.

Release notes from previous releases are also available in the relnotes_archive directory.


What's New

The following significant changes have been made since 1.00

2.24.01 (This Release)

2.24


2.23


2.22


2.21



2.20


2.10


2.00


1.20


1.10


1.03


1.02


1.01



Upgrade Information

The Framework Components packages are available in the "packages/" subdirectory of the product. If you have a previous release of the Framework Components product, you can install this release next to it, and modify your application and/or server builds to use this newer release.

If you're using the DVEVM, this can be done by setting the FC_INSTALL_DIR variable in the Rules.make file at the top of the DVEVM distribution directory.

Note, if you're upgrading from a release earlier than Framework Components 2.24, be sure to review the Upgrade section for each of the releases between your current Codec Engine release and this one. Previous release notes are available in the relnotes_archive directory.


Compatibility Information

The details provided below describe each package's compatibility with the previous release (2.24).

Note, the Configuration Reference Guide contains further details about each package.

If migrating from a release prior to FC 2.24, consult previous releases available in the relnotes_archive directory.

Compatibility Key Definitions

Compatibility keys are intentionally independent of Marketing product numbers and are intended to:

  1. Enable tooling to identify incompatibilities between components, and
  2. Convey a level of compatibility between different releases to set end user expectations.

Compatibility keys are composed of 3 comma-delimited numbers - M,S,R - where:


Device Support

This release supports the following devices:

DMAN3 and ACPY3 can be configured to run on other EDMA3-based devices by configuring DMAN3.qdmaPaRamBase via XDC config scripts or at runtime by setting DMAN3_PARAMS.qdmaPaRamBase.

Applications which use ACPY3 but don't consume DMAN3 as an XDC package will need to define _DMAN3_nullPaRam, _DMAN3_edma3Addr and _DMAN3_paRamAddr (_DMAN3_paRamAddr for non-C64P targets) symbols in their application "C" files


Validation

This release was built and validated against using the following software components:

This release was validated using the following hardware platforms:

C64+

ARM 9 (All except DSKT2 and ACPY3)

C674


Known Issues

ACPY3


Examples

Framework Components examples and instructions are located in the "examples" directory.


Version Information

This product's version follows a version format, M.mm.pp.bb, where M is a single digit Major number, mm is 2 digit minor number, pp is a 2 digit patch number, and b is an unrestricted set of digits used as an incrementing build counter.

To support multiple side-by-side installations of the product, the product version is encoded in the top level directory, ex. framework_components_2_24_01.

Subsequent releases of patch upgrades will be identified by the patch number, ex. FC 2.24.01 with directory framework_components_2_24_01. Typically, these patches only include critical bug fixes.


Technical Support

For technical support, contact softwaresupport@ti.com

Check the following web site for updates: https://www-a.ti.com/downloads/sds_support/targetcontent/FC/index.html


Last updated: July 16, 2009