Release Notes¶

Release v17.0.0¶

Feature List:

Feature	SMARC RZ/G3L
Boot time (Actual measurement time)	Normal boot: 68 seconds Optimize boot: 59 seconds
GPIO Key (Power, Vol up/down)	Supported
Display Max	Max 1 screen (HDMI)
Display/Touch	Supported (via USB)
Audio	Audio output: via Headphone Audio recording: Supported
Micro SD-Card	Supported
3D Graphics	Supported - Mesa (panfrost) 26.1.1: OpenGL ES 3.1
Bluetooth (OPP, HID, A2DP)	`Not Supported yet`
Bluetooth (PBAP, HFP)	`Not Supported`
Ethernet	Supported
Wi-Fi	Supported (1)
GPS/GNSS	`Not Supported`
Video Decode/Encode	Supported (2)
USB 2.0 Host/Func	Supported
USB 3.0 Host	`Not Supported`
USB Camera	Supported (3)
MIPI Camera	`Not Supported yet`
Suspend to RAM	Partial Supported
File Based Encryption (FBE)	`Not Supported yet`
Verified Boot	Supported
Multiple Display	`Not Supported`
Energy Aware Scheduler	`Not Supported (4)`
OTA	`Not Supported yet`
Watchdog	`Not Supported yet`
SDCard boot	Unofficial Supported (5)
Hardware keymint/gatekeeper	`Not Supported yet`
Fastboot UDP	`Not Supported`
eSD boot	Supported
Wi-Fi Direct (P2P)	`Not Supported yet`
Neural Networks	`Not Supported`

“Supported” means “just pass sanity check”. It does not guarantee the operation of full functionality.

(1) It’s required to build image with "export ENABLE_WIFI_SUPPORT=true".
Tested Device: 2AE / 2BC M.2 Module

(2) Supported Decode/Encode H.264 (resolution from 80x80 to 1280x720).

(3) Tested USB devices: Logitech C270 and C930e (Maximum Support Resolution: 864x480).

(4) EAS does not support platforms with symmetric CPU topologies.

(5) Please refer Using SDCard boot for more details.

Memory map of SMARC RZ/G3L DDR 2GByte

Bank	Description	Address Range	Size
Bank0	128MB (reserved)
	1920MB
	-	0x0_48000000 - 0x0_53D00FFF	193540KB
	For ramoops	0x0_53D01000 - 0x0_53E00FFF	1MB
	-	0x0_53E01000 - 0x0_57FFFFFF	67580KB
	cma	0x0_58000000 - 0x0_67FFFFFF	256MB
	cma-MMP	0x0_68000000 - 0x0_6FFFFFFF	128MB
	-	0x0_70000000 - 0x0_BFFFFFFF	1280MB

No.	Issue
1	Chrome crashes because it requires 32-bit support. Currently, we do not support 32-bit on RZ AOSP, so it is marked as a software limitation. WORKAROUND: Use Firefox.
2	Audio playback has noise when seeking.
3	Audio recording loses sound in the first few frames and has intermittent sound issues randomly.
4	USB camera recording with audio enabled loses sound after a few seconds until the end.
5	Grafika/TextureView (and SurfaceView) activities are not working properly.
6	ApiDemos: Activity animations and Drag and Drop are not working properly.
7	The target playback performance cannot be achieved for video resolutions of 224x96 and lower (both 30p and 60p) when using Crop mode in the MX Player application.
8	The target playback performance cannot be achieved for video resolutions ranging from 640x360 to lower (60p).
9	Devices with #AC0 or #BC0 in the part number, as well as RZ/G3L EVKIT with Lot # 0000308367 –0000309059 that incorporate these devices, have limitations in the MIPI DSI feature. For details, please contact a Renesas Electronics sales representative.

No.	Note
1	Important note: This RZ AOSP only supports arm64-v8a (64-bit only) as primary architecture. No secondary architecture (armeabi-v7a) (32-bit) support. So, users can only install applications which support arm64-v8a.
2	It’s NOT recommended to hot-plug HDMI. It may cause the board broken.
3	This release is fully tested for “Base” build option. Other build options are NOT fully tested.
4	It's required to disable "Auto Select" feature on monitor to disable auto scanning input.
5	It's required to plug external power if users use external devices like portable monitor, USB hub..., etc.
6	Some .aac audio files might show the wrong total time. Known limitation with inaccurate duration reporting for raw AAC (ADTS) files due to Variable Bitrate (VBR) characteristics
7	Graphics and video codec performance may be decreased when using a mouse with a polling rate higher than 125 Hz. See Mouse Polling Rate Configuration for configuration details.