Topic

EOL Notification of the M3SK

Production of M3SK is discontinued.
See M3SK page for detail.

The new version of R-Car Starter Kit Premier is now on sale !!

Equipped with R-Car H3e-2G

https://www.renesas.com/jp/en/about/press-room/renesas-launches-r-car-gen3e-20-percent-higher-cpu-speed-automotive-infotainment-cockpit-and-digital

https://www.renesas.com/jp/zh/about/press-room/renesas-launches-r-car-gen3e-20-percent-higher-cpu-speed-automotive-infotainment-cockpit-and-digital

https://www.renesas.com/jp/ja/about/press-room/renesas-launches-r-car-gen3e-20-percent-higher-cpu-speed-automotive-infotainment-cockpit-and-digital

CPU performance is increased 20% by supporting up to 2GHz frequency over past products.
You can buy from here.

SW Release Information

Board name	SW name	Release date	Note
R-Car Starter Kit ( Premier / Pro )	Yocto v5.9.0 (stable) [New!!]	2022/02/08
Kingfisher Infotainment Board	Yocto v5.9.0 (stable) [New!!]	2022/02/14	To check for latest information, please refer to the meta-rcar/tree/v5.9.0.
	Android 10 (stable)	2021/07/26	R-Car Starter Kit Premier(R-Car H3) + Kingfisher is supported. R-Car Starter Kit Pro(RTP8J77961ASKB0SK0SA05A) + Kingfisher is also supported from 2021/11/25.
	Android P (stable)	2020/09/29	R-Car Starter Kit Premier(R-Car H3) + Kingfisher is supported. R-Car Starter Kit Pro(RTP8J77961ASKB0SK0SA05A) + Kingfisher is also supported from 2021/03/16.
CCPF-SK Board	Yocto v5.9.0 (stable) [New!!]	2022/02/08	Prebuilt binary is available in Quick startup guide page. (Updated on 2022/03/18)

R-Car Starter Kit is available

R-Car Starter Kit information
Board Name	SoC version	Hardware information	Where to buy
R-Car Starter Kit Premier (H3)	v3.0	Click here	Click here
R-Car Starter Kit Pro (M3)	v3.0	Click here	Click here

General information

What is Automotive Grade Linux (AGL)?

https://www.automotivelinux.org/
https://docs.automotivelinux.org/

News and Events

https://www.automotivelinux.org/news/

Mailing List

https://lists.automotivelinux.org/g/agl-dev-community

Roadmap

https://wiki.automotivelinux.org/agl-roadmap

Release plan (2022~)	AGL version
Mar 2022	Magic Marlin(13.0.0)
Jul 2022	Nifty Needlefish(14.0.0)
Feb 2023	Optimistic Octopus (15.0.0)
Jul 2023	Prickly Pike (16.0.0)
Feb 2024	Quirky Quillback (17.0.0)

Release-notes

https://wiki.automotivelinux.org/agl-distro/release-notes

AGL Documentation Site

https://docs.automotivelinux.org/

Where to post questions about AGL

agl-dev-community@lists.automotivelinux.org

Support R-Car board Lists

https://docs.automotivelinux.org/en/master/#1_Hardware_Support/Overview/

Renesas BSP support lists

Renesas BSP version	AGL Version	Yocto Project version	repo init option : -b xxxx	repo init option : -m yyyy
Yocto v3.21.0	guppy 7.0.4 or later	Rocko	guppy	Ex) guppy_7.0.4.xml
	halibut 8.0.2 or later	Thud	halibut	Ex) halibut_8.0.2.xml
	icefish 9.0.x	Thud	icefish	Ex) icefish_9.0.0.xml
	jellyfish 10.0.x	Dunfell	jellyfish	Ex) jellyfish_10.0.0.xml
Yocto v4.7.0	koi 11.0.x	Dunfell	koi	Ex) koi_11.0.0.xml
Yocto v4.7.0	lamprey 12.0.x	Dunfell	lamprey	Ex) lamprey_12.0.0.xml
Yocto v5.5.0	Lamprey 12.1.0	Dunfell	lamprey	Ex) lamprey_12.1.0.xml
Yocto v5.9.0	lamprey 12.1.1 or later	Dunfell	lamprey	Ex) lamprey_12.1.1.xml
	Marlin 13.0.x	Dunfell	marlin	Ex) marlin_13.0.0.xml
	Needlefish 14.0.x	Kirkstone	needlefish	Ex) needlefish_14.0.0.xml
	Octopus 15.0.0 or later	Kirkstone	octopus	Ex) octopus_15.0.0.xml
	Pike 16.0.0 or later	Kirkstone	pike	Ex) pike_16.0.1.xml

Hands on

How to build - Qt based IVI demo(default) -

https://docs.automotivelinux.org/en/master/#0_Getting_Started/2_Building_AGL_Image/0_Build_Process/
https://docs.automotivelinux.org/en/master/#0_Getting_Started/2_Building_AGL_Image/5_3_RCar_Gen_3/

Manual steps (Exsample: version "Magic Marlin")

Define Your Top-Level Directory

export AGL_TOP=$HOME/AGL
mkdir -p $AGL_TOP

Download the repo Tool and Set Permissions

mkdir -p $HOME/bin
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > $HOME/bin/repo
chmod a+x $HOME/bin/repo

Download the AGL Source Files
```
cd $AGL_TOP
mkdir marlin
export AGL_TOP=$HOME/AGL/marlin
cd $AGL_TOP
repo init -b marlin -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
repo sync
```
Ex) Specify the manifest file(marlin_13.0.0.xml) using -m option
$ repo init -b marlin -m marlin_13.0.0.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo

Ex) Specify the manifest file(pike_16.0.1.xml) using -m option
$ repo init -b pike -m pike_16.0.1.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo

Ex) Specify the master branch
$ repo init -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
Downloading Proprietary Drivers
https://www.renesas.com/us/en/products/automotive-products/automotive-system-chips-socs/r-car-h3-m3-documents-software

How to check the file to download

$ grep -rn ZIP_.= $AGL_TOP/meta-agl/meta-agl-bsp/meta-rcar-gen3/scripts/setup_mm_packages.sh
3:ZIP_1="R-Car_Gen3_Series_Evaluation_Software_Package_for_Linux-weston8-20210121.zip"

4:ZIP_2="R-Car_Gen3_Series_Evaluation_Software_Package_of_Linux_Drivers-weston8-20210121.zip"
```
export XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR=$HOME/Downloads
cp R-Car_Gen3_Series_Evaluation_Software_Package_* $XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR/
chmod a+rw $XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR/*.zip
```
Define Your Board
```
export MACHINE=h3ulcb-kf
```
Ex) h3ulcb, h3ulcb-kf, m3ulcb, m3ulcb-kf, etc..

Run the aglsetup.sh Script

source meta-agl/scripts/aglsetup.sh -m $MACHINE -b $MACHINE agl-devel agl-demo

Using BitBake
```
bitbake agl-demo-platform
```

How to build - Advanced usage -

HTML5 demo image (the one with chromium)

Execute the following command instead of "Using BitBake" step in the chapter "Manual steps"
```
ulimit -n 8192
bitbake agl-demo-platform-html5
```

Note:

Please wait a few minutes after booting for system stability.

Screen capture after startup (Lamprey version)

Top screen

Browser

Dashboard

Instrument Cluster with Container isolation demo image

Execute the following command instead of "Run the aglsetup.sh Script" step in the chapter "Manual steps"
```
source meta-agl/scripts/aglsetup.sh -f -m $MACHINE -b $MACHINE agl-lxc
```
Execute the following command instead of "Using BitBake" step in the chapter "Manual steps"
```
bitbake lxc-host-image-demo
```
How to boot :
1. Connect HDMI panel to H3 SK(CN4)
2. Connect HDMI panel to Kingfisher(CN49)
3. Execute the following command instead of "Copy image to uSD card" step in the chapter "Manual steps"
```
cd $AGL_TOP/build/tmp/deploy/images/$MACHINE
sudo bmaptool copy ./lxc-host-image-demo-h3ulcb-kf.wic.xz <boot_device_name>
```

Screen capture after startup (Marlin version)

IVI Container (HDMI on H3 SK)

Cluster Container (HDMI on Kingfisher)

Materials

AGL Teck Day APRIL 13, 2022

minimal image (without GFX drivers)

Skip the "Downloading Proprietary Drivers" step in the chapter "Manual steps"
Execute the following command instead of "Define Your Board" step in the chapter "Manual steps"
```
export MACHINE=h3ulcb-nogfx
```
Execute the "Run the aglsetup.sh Script" and "Using BitBake" steps in the chapter "Manual steps"

How to boot

The build process puts the resulting image in the Build Directory:
```
<build_directory>/tmp/deploy/images/$MACHINE
```
Update all firmware on the board
R-Car H3 Starter Kit : Click here

R-Car M3 Starter Kit : Click here
Get the bmaptool
```
sudo apt install bmap-tools
```

Copy image to uSD card

cd $AGL_TOP/build/tmp/deploy/images/$MACHINE
sudo bmaptool copy ./agl-demo-platform-$MACHINE.wic.xz <boot_device_name>

Ex)

cd $AGL_TOP/build/tmp/deploy/images/$MACHINE
sudo bmaptool copy ./agl-demo-platform-$MACHINE.wic.xz /dev/sdc

Note:

/dev/XXX is differnet by host PC environment.

It can be checked by using 'fdisk -l'.

Loading image from uSD

Insert uSD to SK board and setting-up U-boot

setenv bootargs console=ttySC0,115200 ignore_loglevel vmalloc=384M video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080-32@60 root=/dev/mmcblk1p1 rw rootfstype=ext4 rootwait rootdelay=2
setenv bootcmd run load_ker\; run load_dtb\; booti 0x48080000 - 0x48000000
setenv load_ker ext4load mmc 0:1 0x48080000 /boot/Image
setenv load_dtb ext4load mmc 0:1 0x48000000 /boot/{YOUR_BOARD}.dtb
saveenv
run bootcmd

Note: See below for "{YOUR_BOARD}.dtb" file

Yocto v5.9.0 BSP

Board name	SoC version	Type Name	DTB file
H3SK	2.0 2.0 2.0/3.0	RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA00 RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA01 RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03	r8a77951-ulcb.dtb
H3 SK + KF	2.0 2.0 2.0/3.0	RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA00 RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA01 RTP0RC77951SKBX010SA03 + SBEV-RCAR-KF-M06	r8a77951-ulcb-kf.dtb
H3e-2G SK	3.0	RTP8J779M1ASKB0SK0SA003	r8a779m1-ulcb.dtb
H3e-2G SK + KF	3.0	RTP8J779M1ASKB0SK0SA003 + SBEV-RCAR-KF-M06	r8a779m1-ulcb-kf.dtb
M3SK	1.0	RTP0RC7796SKBX0010SA09	r8a77960-ulcb.dtb
M3SK + KF	1.0	RTP0RC7796SKBX0010SA09 + SBEV-RCAR-KF-M06	r8a77960-ulcb-kf.dtb
M3SK	3.0	RTP8J77961ASKB0SK0SA05A	r8a77961-ulcb.dtb
M3SK + KF	3.0	RTP8J77961ASKB0SK0SA05A + SBEV-RCAR-KF-M06	r8a77961-ulcb-kf.dtb

Yocto Legacy BSP

See here (SK Legacy BSP page)
See here (SK + KF Legacy BSP page)

Others

Introducing the AGL Demos

Q&A site

Access to https://lists.automotivelinux.org/g/agl-dev-community