Baikal Microprocessor SDK

Main article: Software Development Kit (SDK)

2021: SDK-M-5.1 for Baikal-M

Baikal Electronics on March 15, 2021 announced the availability for download of the next release of the SDK (software development kit) for the Baikal-M microprocessor (BE-M1000) - SDK-M-5.1.

The SDK version presented contains the following key changes:

• The transition to LTS Linux Kernel 5.4 has been made, the kernel has been updated to 5.4.92;
• ARM Trusted Firmware (ARM TF) has been upgraded to version 2.4;
• TianoCore UEFI (EDK II) has been upgraded to edk2-stable202008;
• Linux boot is supported with SATA, NVMe, USB, SPI Flash, Gigabit Ethernet, DVD-ROM.

The -M version of SDK-M-5.1 processor Baikal is available for download on a file sharing resource.^[1]

2020

SDK-T-5.4 for Baikal-T

Baikal Electronics announced on June 18, 2020 that an updated release of the SDK (software development kit) for the Baikal-T microprocessor (BE-T1000) - SDK-T-5.4^[2] was available for download].

The following major changes have been made to this version of the SDK:

• Contains kernel Linux 5.4.43.
• Added driver XGbE
• Added support for AF_XDP sockets in Gigabit Ethernet driver
• Fixed Core Hang-Ups Due to TLB Interrupt Exception
• Added recommendations for building application libraries and utilities ffmpeg, libvpx, x264 (directory baikal/usr/mips_tips)
• Fixed error with incorrect DDR3 frequency output to U-Boot.
• Eclipse is removed
• Fixed minor errors in build scripts
• Excluded assembly targets BFK-1.6, BFK-1.6 + and QEMU.

SDK-M-4.2 for Baikal-M

On April 30, 2020, the company Baikal Electronics announced the availability for download of the next release (SDK software development kit) for micro (processor Baikal-M BE-M1000) - SDK-M-4.2.^[3]

The updated version of the SDK contains the following major changes:

• All known errors have been resolved;
• The interface at the boot stage of the operating system was improved, a video console with USB keyboard and mouse support was added;
• Added the ability to boot from USB media;
• Improved video settings on the HDMI interface up to 2560x1440 @ 60Hz;
• Added support for eMMC/SD and SMBus interfaces;
• Added support for the MB-M1.0 motherboard (Mini-ITX form factor) for all 8 Arm Cortex-A57 cores at 1.5 GHz with up to 32 GB of DDR4-2400 memory;
• All changes to Linux kernel 4.9.216 have also been integrated into the SDK.

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