release_notes.txt

Cirrus EP9315 wince bsp

                        Release note for the Windows CE .net BSP for EDB9312/EDB9315.
                                   1.3.5 Release 

ISSUE DATE:
    09-14-2004

BUILD DATE:
    09-14-2004

PACKAGE VERSION:
    1-3-5

QUALIFICATION STATUS:
    Release

ARCHIVE: 
    stars/orion/dev/9312/wince420/platform/ep931x

BUILD TAG:
    ORION_1-3-5

MODULES:
    All modules under stars/orion/dev/9312/wince420/platform/ep931x

INSTALLATION:
    See \ep931x\documents\bspsetup.doc on to install.

TOOLS:
    Windows CE .net Platform Builder 4.2.

TEST METHOD:
    See Orion EDB9312/EDB9315 test plan.

BOARDS SUPPORTED:
    EDB9312
    EDB9315
    EDB931X


DEVICE DRIVERS:

    Name:       ATAPI/IDE driver
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\display\atapi
    State:      Functional
    Errata:     1.  PIO mode 4 seems to work on most newer ide devices.  
                    All hard drives, cd roms and DVD drives worked.
                2.  MDMA/UDMA modes 
                    The following drives have been tested:

                NIMIKI          NIK-XL43A      MDMA(0-2) and UDMA(0-4)
                MAXTOR          32049H2        MDMA(0-2) and UDMA(0-4)
                MAXTOR          2R010H1        MDMA(0-2) and UDMA(0-4)
                Western Digital WD400JB        UDMA(0-4).  MDMA modes failed.
                TOSHIBA(DVD)    SD-M1202       MDMA(0-2). Drive does not support UDMA
                TEAC(CD)        A50T           MDMA(0-2). Drive does not support UDMA  
                MITSUMI (CD)    CRMC-FX4830T  MDMA(0-2) and UDMA(0-2)


    Name:       Accelerated Display driver
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\display\accel
    State:      Functional
    Errata:     Accelerated Display driver supports:
                *  HW cursor acceleration, 
                *  Line Draw
                *  Block Fill

                Supports the following CRT modes: 640x480x8, 640x480x16, 640x480x24, 
                800x600x16, 1024x768x8, 1280x1024x8.

                Also suports: CRT, Phillips LB064V02 LCD, NEC NL6448AC33-29 LCD and Conexant NTSC encoder.

    Name:       Flat Display driver
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\display\accel
    State:      Functioal.
    Errata      Supports the following CRT modes: 640x480x8, 640x480x16, 
                640x480x24, 800x600x16, 1024x768x8, 1280x1024x8.

                Also Supports: CRT, Phillips LB064V02 LCD, NEC NL6448AC33-29 LCD and Conexant NTSC encoder.

    Name:       Crunch Library
    Directory:  ep931x\crunchlib
    State:      Functional
    Note:       See ep931x\crunchlib\userguide.doc for documentation.  

    Name:       ep931x Internal Ethernet Debug driver.
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\ethdbg\cs8950
    State:      Functional

    Name:       English only PS/2 keyboard driver.
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\kbdmouse\keyboardps2
    State:      Removed from catalog but source code still exists.

    Name:       Cherry keyboard/Keypad driver.
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\kbdmouse\keypad
    State:      Functional.
    Errata:     Only 64 of the 83 keys work.  
                Can also be used with the keys on the Kittyhawk development board.
                Mainly for an example only.

    Name:       Serial mouse driver.
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\mouse\sermouse
    State:      Removed from catalog but source code still exists.

    Name:       Serial driver
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\mouse\serial
    State:      Functional.

    Name:       Touch Driver
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\mouse\serial
    State:      Functional. 

    Name:       Wave device driver.
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\mouse\wavdev
    State:      Functional.
    Errata:     Both I2S and AC97 audio are supported.
                I2S volume control incompatible with PS/2 keyboard support.  

    Name:       Ethernet boot loader.
    Directory:  ep931x\eboot
    State:      Functional.
    Errata:     1.  Internal Ethernet download works.
                2.  NE2000 Ethernet download capability. Works with Corega Ether PCC-T pcmcia ethernet card.
                    May work with Socket LP-E compact flash ethernet card.  Not supported by Cirrus.
                3.  Flash programming support for Intel J3 2x16.
                4.  Boot from compact flash not functional.

    Name:       gwe
    Directory:  ep931x\gwe
    State:      Functional.

    Name:       kernel
    Directory:  ep931x\kernel
    State:      Functional.
    Errata:     1.  Internal Ethernet debug works.
                2.  NE200 Ethernet debug.  Works with Corega Ether PCC-T pcmcia ethernet card.
                    May work with Socket LP-E compact flash ethernet card.  Feature not supported by Cirrus.
                3.
                4.  Profiling kernel is untested.
                
    Name:       Internal Ethernet NDIS driver.
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\ethermac
    State:      Functional.

    Name:       Irda SIR Driver
    Directory:  In Platform builder
    State:      Functional

    Name:       PCMCIA
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\pcmcia
    State:      Functional. 

    Name:       USB
    Directory:  ep931x\drivers\usb
    State:      Functional


OTHER KNOWN ISSUES:

    The following are known bugs:

    1.  I2S waveout hardware volume control is disabled by default.

    2.  On older EDB9315 boards there is a known issue with using Intel J3C strataflash with XIP.