Announcements

MCSDK 3.0 Beta Release Available for KeyStone II Devices

2013-04-30T22:21:00Z

MCSDK 3.0 Beta is available for download.

The MCSDK provides foundational software for TI KeyStone II device platforms. It encapsulates a collection of software elements and tools intended to enable customer application development and migration.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS real-time embedded operating system on DSP cores
Linux high-level operating system running on ARM A15 cluster (SMP mode)
DSP chip support libraries, DSP/ARM drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
SoC resource management
Optimized application-specific (small cell, transport) and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Trace debug and instrumentation
Bootloaders and boot utilities, power-on self test
Demonstrations and examples
ARM software libraries available in Linux devkit or via Arago/Yocto
Latest toolchain (ARM Linaro, DSP TI CodeGen)
Host tools, integrated development environment

For more information, see the User Guide.

BIOS-MCSDK 2.1.2: Maintenance update for C66x BIOS-MCSDK

2012-11-13T18:21:14Z

BIOS MCSDK 2.1.2 is available for download; this is a maintenance update for the production R2.1.0 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The major updates from the last maintenance release, BIOS MCSDK 2.1.1, are:

Introduction of OpenEM component
OMP performance enhancement
POST/PlatformLib update to PLL initialization
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The major updates in past maintenance releases from the production release are:

Production quality software for TMS320C6657
McBSP LLD for TMS320C6657

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6657, TMS320C6678, and TMS320C6670 and quickly begin application development. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6657L/LE, TMDSEVM6678L/LE/LXE, and TMDSEVM6670L/LE/LXE evaluation boards and C66x simulators.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

Note that C66x device queries should be posted to the C66x Multicore E2E forum, while development tool queries should be posted to the CCS or Compiler forums as appropriate. MCSDK related queries should be posted to the BIOS forum. See the support section of the User's Guide for more information.

BIOS-MCSDK 2.1.1: Maintenance update for C66x BIOS-MCSDK

2012-10-06T15:17:47Z

BIOS MCSDK 2.1.1 is available for download; this is a maintenance update for the production R2.1.0 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The major updates from the production release, BIOS MCSDK 2.1.0, are:

Production quality software for TMS320C6657
McBSP LLD for TMS320C6657
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

BIOS-MCSDK 2.1.0: OpenMP for C66x Multicore DSP

2012-09-06T22:37:48Z

The production release of BIOS-MCSDK 2.1 is available for download. This release introduces OpenMP as a multicore programming methodology for TMS320C6678 and TMS320C6670. This release can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS-MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6657, TMS320C6678, and TMS320C6670 and quickly begin application development. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6657L/LE, TMDXEVM6678L/LE, and TMDXEVM6670L/LE evaluation boards.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

Note that C66x device queries should be posted to the C66x Multicore E2E forum, while development tool queries should be posted to the CCS or Compiler forums as appropriate. MCSDK-related queries should be posted to the BIOS forum. See the support section of the User's Guide for more information.

Note that OpenMP is not supported on TMS320C6657 and the software for that part is the same Beta-quality as in BIOS-MCSDK 2.0.9; the production quality is planned for the BIOS-MCSDK 2.1.1 maintenance update.

BIOS-MCSDK 2.1.0 Beta Available for C66x DSP OpenMP Support

2012-06-30T00:30:00Z

BIOS MCSDK 2.1.0 Beta is available for download. This release introduces OpenMP support for TMS320C6678. Note that this is a beta quality release; for the production quality release of C66X, see BIOS-MCSDK 2.0.9.

The major updates from the baseline release, BIOS MCSDK 2.0.9, are:

OpenMP runtime component
CGT 7.4 Beta2
OpenMP version of Image Processing Demo

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6657, TMS320C6678, and TMS320C6670 and quickly begin application development. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6657L, TMDXEVM6678L, and TMDXEVM6670L evaluation boards and C66x simulators found in CCS 5.1.1.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

BIOS-MCSDK 2.0.9: Maintenance update for C66x BIOS-MCSDK + C6657 support

2012-06-12T22:57:10Z

BIOS MCSDK 2.0.9 is available for download; this is a maintenance update for the production R2.0.0 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The major updates from the last maintenance release, BIOS MCSDK 2.0.8, are:

Support for TMS320C6657 (beta quality)
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The major updates in past maintenance releases from the production release are:

CPPI cache fix
New LLDs: AIF2 (C6670 only) and RM
Support for TMS320C6678 PG 2.0 devices
Optimized PLL and DDR configurations in IBL and Platform Library
Added support for MAD prelinker bypass mode
Added program_evm script to simplify updating EVM flash contents
Added IBL command-line tool to modify configuration
Added POST print of configuration registers
IPC transport optimizations for SRIO and QMSS
New kernels and platforms support in DSPLIB and IMGLIB
Updated IPC component
Bug fix for PA LLD for mismatch between the OSAL begin and end tags
Added Linux development host support (install and build in Linux)
Update to SYS/BIOS for C6678 interrupt fix
Added PCIe example for C6670 EVM
Added ability to do NDK loopback in out-of-box demonstration (HUA)
Updates to CSL, SRIO LLD, and HyperLink LLD
Updated foundational target software (SYS/BIOS, IPC, XDC)
Added multicore application deployment tool (MAD)
Updated Code Generation Tools to version 7.2.4

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6657, TMS320C6678, and TMS320C6670 and quickly begin application development. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6657L, TMDXEVM6678L, and TMDXEVM6670L evaluation boards and C66x simulators found in CCS 5.1.1.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

BIOS-MCSDK 2.0.8: Maintenance update for C66x BIOS-MCSDK

2012-05-10T12:33:56Z

BIOS MCSDK 2.0.8 is available for download; this is a maintenance update for the production R2.0.0 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The major updates from the last maintenance release, BIOS MCSDK 2.0.7, are:

CPPI cache fix
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The major updates in past maintenance releases from the production release are:

New LLDs: AIF2 (C6670 only) and RM
Support for TMS320C6678 PG 2.0 devices
Optimized PLL and DDR configurations in IBL and Platform Library
Added support for MAD prelinker bypass mode
Added program_evm script to simplify updating EVM flash contents
Added IBL command-line tool to modify configuration
Added POST print of configuration registers
IPC transport optimizations for SRIO and QMSS
New kernels and platforms support in DSPLIB and IMGLIB
Updated IPC component
Bug fix for PA LLD for mismatch between the OSAL begin and end tags
Added Linux development host support (install and build in Linux)
Update to SYS/BIOS for C6678 interrupt fix
Added PCIe example for C6670 EVM
Added ability to do NDK loopback in out-of-box demonstration (HUA)
Updates to CSL, SRIO LLD, and HyperLink LLD
Updated foundational target software (SYS/BIOS, IPC, XDC)
Added multicore application deployment tool (MAD)
Updated Code Generation Tools to version 7.2.4

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6678 and TMS320C6670 and quickly begin application development. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6678L and TMDXEVM6670L evaluation boards and C66x simulators found in CCS 5.1.1.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

BIOS-MCSDK 2.0.7: Maintenance update for C66x BIOS-MCSDK

2012-03-30T04:07:30Z

BIOS MCSDK 2.0.7 is available for download; this is a maintenance update for the production R2.0.0 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The major updates from the last maintenance release, BIOS MCSDK 2.0.6, are:

New LLDs: AIF2 (C6670 only) and RM
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The major updates in past maintenance releases from the production release are:

Support for TMS320C6678 PG 2.0 devices
Optimized PLL and DDR configurations in IBL and Platform Library
Added support for MAD prelinker bypass mode
Added program_evm script to simplify updating EVM flash contents
Added IBL command-line tool to modify configuration
Added POST print of configuration registers
IPC transport optimizations for SRIO and QMSS
New kernels and platforms support in DSPLIB and IMGLIB
Updated IPC component
Bug fix for PA LLD for mismatch between the OSAL begin and end tags
Added Linux development host support (install and build in Linux)
Update to SYS/BIOS for C6678 interrupt fix
Added PCIe example for C6670 EVM
Added ability to do NDK loopback in out-of-box demonstration (HUA)
Updates to CSL, SRIO LLD, and HyperLink LLD
Updated foundational target software (SYS/BIOS, IPC, XDC)
Added multicore application deployment tool (MAD)
Updated Code Generation Tools to version 7.2.4

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6678 and TMS320C6670 and quickly begin application development. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6678L and TMDXEVM6670L evaluation boards and C66x simulators found in CCS 5.1.0.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

Production release of Linux-MCSDK 2.0

2012-01-11T20:06:45Z

The production release of Linux-MCSDK 2.0 is available for download from ti.com. The release is also available from linux-c6x.org.

The major updates from Beta-2 are:

Added ./prj config to automate setup
Added ./prj build to standardize interface to make
Enhanced top level make, reduce rebuilds
Integrated bootloader and program_evm HW updater scripts
Added ./bootblob <template>|all facility to configure filesystem and kernel images JIT
Built JFFS images (JIT w/ templates)
Integrated full-root into top level build
Fixed boot from NAND on 6670, 6474/72/57 in Big Endian
Fixed i2c EEPROM read/write from Linux on 6678
Various fixes for DDR3 and PLL initialization stability

The Linux Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides support for feature rich Linux ecosystem to the TI KeyStone (C66x) and C64x family of single and multicore digital signal processors. The project is intended to bring support for high performance applications to TI’s high performance C6000 family of devices.

This software release gives developers ability to evaluate major software capabilities for:

KeyStone (C66x) family devices TMS320C6678 and TMS320C6670
C64x family devices: TMS320C6472, TMS320C6474, TMS320C6455 and TMS320C6457

For the latest version of this software, see this link.

Note that C66x device queries should be posted to the C66x Multicore E2E forum, while development tool queries should be posted to the CCS or Compiler forums as appropriate. Linux MCSDK related queries should be posted to Linux forum with a tag Linux-C6x and part number (e.g., C6678) included in the subject.

BIOS-MCSDK 2.0.5: Maintenance update for C66x BIOS-MCSDK

2011-12-16T13:04:00Z

BIOS MCSDK 2.0.5 is available for download; this is a maintenance update for the production R2.0.0 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The major updates from the last maintenance release, BIOS MCSDK 2.0.4, are:

Optimized PLL and DDR configurations in IBL and Platform Library
Added support for MAD prelinker bypass mode
Updated components SYS/BIOS, EDMA3 LLD, PA LLD, QMSS LLD, PCIe LLD, Hyperlink LLD, and XDCTools
Added program_evm script to simplify updating EVM flash contents
Added IBL command-line tool to modify configuration
Added POST print of configuration registers
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The major updates in past maintenance releases from the production release are:

IPC transport optimizations for SRIO and QMSS
New kernels and platforms support in DSPLIB and IMGLIB
Updated IPC component
Bug fix for PA LLD for mismatch between the OSAL begin and end tags
Added Linux development host support (install and build in Linux)
Update to SYS/BIOS for C6678 interrupt fix
Added PCIe example for C6670 EVM
Added ability to do NDK loopback in out-of-box demonstration (HUA)
Updates to CSL, SRIO LLD, and HyperLink LLD
Updated foundational target software (SYS/BIOS, IPC, XDC)
Added multicore application deployment tool (MAD)
Updated Code Generation Tools to version 7.2.4

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6678 and TMS320C6670 and quickly begin application development. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6678L and TMDXEVM6670L evaluation boards and C66x simulators found in CCS 5.0.3 and CCS 5.1.0.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

BIOS-MCSDK 2.0.4: Maintenance update for C66x BIOS-MCSDK

2011-11-07T20:35:46Z

BIOS MCSDK 2.0.4 is available for download; this is a maintenance update for the production R2.0.0 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The major updates from the last maintenance release, BIOS MCSDK 2.0.3, are:

IPC transport optimizations for SRIO and QMSS
New kernels and platforms support in DSPLIB and IMGLIB
Updated IPC component
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The major updates in past maintenance releases from the production release are:

Bug fix for PA LLD for mismatch between the OSAL begin and end tags
Added Linux development host support (install and build in Linux)
Update to SYS/BIOS for C6678 interrupt fix
Added PCIe example for C6670 EVM
Added ability to do NDK loopback in out-of-box demonstration (HUA)
Updates to CSL, SRIO LLD, and HyperLink LLD
Updated foundational target software (SYS/BIOS, IPC, XDC)
Added multicore application deployment tool (MAD)
Updated Code Generation Tools to version 7.2.4
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6678 and TMS320C6670. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6678L and TMDXEVM6670L evaluation boards and C66x simulators found in CCS 5.0.3 and CCS 5.1.0.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

Online Training: Introduction to the Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK)

2011-10-21T23:45:54Z

Introduction to the Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides an overview of the multicore SoC software for C66x devices. This module introduces the optimized software components that enable the rapid development of multicore applications and accelerate time to market using foundational software in the MCSDK. The MCSDK also enables developers to evaluate the hardware and software capabilities using the C66x evaluation module. Length: 17 minutes

Polycore Software announces support for TI DSPs

2011-10-04T21:11:11Z

PolyCore Software (http://www.polycoresoftware.com/) has announced support of TI’s KeyStone family of multicore devices with their Poly-Platform tools and run-time. Poly-Platform is a development framework consisting of tools and run-time software, providing a programming model for applications to scale from one to many cores. Poly-Platform is Eclipse-based and works with Code Composer Studio v5 and DSP BIOS for a seamless development environment and provides rapid development tools for MCAPI programming and topology configurations.

See http://www.polycoresoftware.com/products.php for more information.

CriticalBlue announces support for TI C66x DSPs

2011-10-04T21:10:00Z

CriticalBlue(http://www.criticalblue.com/) has announced support of TI c66x device architectures as part of their PRISM product offering. PRISM is an Eclipse-based multicore analysis and exploration tool intended to enable developers to evaluate parallelization strategies of their existing application software. With PRISM users can take their existing serial application software and explore how to migrate and best capitalize on TI multicore architectures without any upfront code changes. It is as easy as taking your existing software running today on a single processor, compiling and running in the standard TI simulator, capturing simulator traces, and importing into PRISM. PRISM can then be used to determine the best path to start implementing the application for TI multicore devices including identifying potential data dependencies only visible when parallelizing software execution on multiple processors. The power of the tools lie in their ability to allow rapid prototyping of various parallelization strategies prior to implementation of software changes.

See http://www.criticalblue.com/prism/ti/ for more information and software downloads.

BIOS MCSDK 2.0.3: Maintenance update for C66x BIOS MCSDK

2011-09-24T00:03:42Z

BIOS MCSDK 2.0.3 is available for download; this is a maintenance update for the production R2.0.0 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The major updates from the last maintenance release, BIOS MCSDK 2.0.2, is:

Bug fix for PA LLD for mismatch between the OSAL begin and end tags

The major updates in past maintenenace releases from the production release are:

Added Linux development host support (install and build in Linux)
Update to SYS/BIOS for C6678 interrupt fix
Added PCIe example for C6670 EVM
Added ability to do NDK loopback in out-of-box demonstration (HUA)
Updates to CSL, SRIO LLD, and HyperLink LLD
Updated foundational target software (SYS/BIOS, IPC, XDC)
Added multicore application deployment tool (MAD)
Updated Code Generation Tools to version 7.2.4
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6678 and TMS320C6670. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6678L and TMDXEVM6670L evaluation boards and C66x simulator found in CCSv5.0.3.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloaders and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information: