STM32MP15 ecosystem release note - v2.0.0

This article describes the content of STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release of STM32MPU Embedded Software distributions and its associated ecosystem.

1 Delivery purpose and scope[edit]

The new STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release is dedicated to STM32MP15 microprocessors. It is an evolutive maintenance release based on new community components version (Yocto LTS Dunfell, Kernel 5.4 LTS, U-BOOT v2020-01, TF-A 2.2, OP-TEE 3.9).

As for the previous release, STM32MP15-Ecosystem-v2.0.0 aims at:

  • providing a full ecosystem for STM32MP15x devices
  • working efficiently with STM32MP15 boards, using one of the packages (Starter Package, Developer Package or Distribution Package) developed by STMicroelectronics for STM32 MPUs.

Refer to Which Package better suits your needs for more information on these packages.


This ecosystem release consists of:

  • the STM32MPU Embedded Software distribution
  • STM32 referenced tools
  • STM32CubeIDE
  • STM32CubeMX
  • STM32CubeProgrammer
  • Keygen tool
  • Signing tool
For more details refer to the Referenced tools release notes chapter below.
  • Documentation
  • the present user guide in wiki format
  • the Documentation package (for more details refer to Reference documents chapter below)
  • Supported STM32MP15 boards
  • STM32MP15 Evaluation board ( for "STM32MPU Embedded Software distribution" and "STM32MPU Embedded Software distribution for Android")
  • STM32MP15 Discovery kit (for STM32MPU Embedded Software distribution)
More details are provided in the Board chapter below.

2 Intended audience[edit]

The targeted audience is STMicroelectronics customers.

3 Licensing[edit]

This software package is licensed under a SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR ST MATERIALS (SLA). Customers may not use this package except in compliance with the software license agreement (SLA).

4 Main features / main highlights[edit]

4.1 Boards[edit]

This STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release supports the same boards as STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.0.0 plus one new board, the STM32MP157F-EV1.

Boards PCBs list Content Availability
STM32MP157C-EV1 board (board with Crypto)
  • MB1263C (Daughter)
  • MB1262C (Mother)
  • MB1230C (Display)
  • MB1379A (Camera)
  • STM32MP1 STM32MP157CAA3 Rev.B
  • PMIC STPMIC1APQR cut1.2
  • External oscillator
Jan '19
STM32MP157A-EV1 board (board without Crypto)
  • MB1263C (Daughter)
  • MB1262C (Mother)
  • MB1230C (Display)
  • MB1379A (Camera)
  • STM32MP1 STM32MP157AAA3 Rev.B
  • PMIC STPMIC1APQR cut1.2
  • External oscillator
Jan '19
NEW STM32MP157F-EV1 board (board with Crypto and MP15 at 800MHz)
  • MB1263C (Daughter)
  • MB1262C (Mother)
  • MB1230C (Display)
  • MB1379A (Camera)
  • STM32MP1 STM32MP157FAA3 Rev.Z
  • PMIC STPMIC1APQR cut1.2
  • External oscillator
Jun '20
STM32MP157C-DK2 board (board with Crypto)
  • MB1272C (Mother)
  • MB1407B (Display)
  • STM32MP1 STM32MP157CAC3 Rev.B
  • PMIC STPMIC1APQR cut1.2
  • External oscillator
Jan '19
STM32MP157A-DK1 board (board without Crypto)
  • MB1272C (Mother)
  • STM32MP1 STM32MP157AAC3 Rev.B
  • PMIC STPMIC1APQR cut1.2
  • External oscillator
Jan '19


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STLINK in EVAL and DISCO Rev.C boards integrates the latest firmware STLINK (V2J32M22) which requires upgraded USB PC drivers - Windows USB driver

4.2 Embedded software[edit]

4.2.1 OpenSTLinux (Cortex®-A7)[edit]

Openstlinux-5.4-dunfell-mp1-20-06-24 is the new version delivered with the STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release. This software set consists of the following components:

  • Build process
    • OpenEmbedded LTS Dunfell (v3.1) - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
    • GCC version v9.3 - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
  • Software components
    • Kernel version LTS v5.4.x - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
    • TF-A version v2.2 - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
    • U-Boot version v2020.01 - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
    • OP-TEE version v3.9.0 - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
    • OpenOCD version v0.10.0-r9 - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
  • Applicative components
    • Weston version v8.0.0 - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
    • GStreamer version v1.16.2 - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
    • GCnano version v6.4.1 - NEW version versus STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
  • Main NEW features of the STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release
    • Added support for new 800 MHz boards STM32MP157F-EV1
    • SCMI - SCMI support for clocks and resets
      • The system control and management interface (SCMI) is an OS independent interface proposed by ARM implemented in the secure monitor (TF-A sp_min or OP-TEE) and called by the application (U-Boot, Linux) for clock and reset management. It allows a centralized control of those system resources, with filtering possibilities.
    • Supports DVFS 800 MHz - 400 MHz
    • SNAND - Full SPI Nand support including boot and Flash
    • SoC and Boards device tree new split
      • 1 device tree per board CPN, dtsi device trees are split between SoC Product lines, SoC extensions (security and Cortex A frequency) and SoC package types - refer to the STM32MP15_device_tree article
    • OpenSTLinux debug with gdb management
    • Basic boot removed except for DDR tuning tool
      • ST reference boot is the Trusted with TF-A=>U-BOOT=>Kernel
Warning white.png Warning
Basic boot removed

To proceed with V2.0.0 Embedded SW, if you were using basic boot with U-BOOT-SPL to load U-BOOT and then the Kernel, you need to switch the ST reference boot scheme in replacing U-BOOT-SPL by TF-A as FSBL.

    • UART RS485 support
    • Yocto build process
      • SSP feature (Secure Secrets Provisonning) delivered with a specific TF-A branch managed with a dedicated Yocto recipe tf-a-stm32mp-ssp_2.2.bb
      • A dedicated Yocto recipe is also added to manage the TF-A for serial boot tf-a-stm32mp-serialboot_2.2.bb additionally to tf-a-stm32mp_2.2.bb. The 2 recipes are included in ST yocto images. It allows to use a dedicated TF-A binary for serial boot with STM32CubeProgrammer tool and to save size for the TF-A binary used for the product.
  • Internal peripheral assignment at boot time
At boot time, you can select two kernel configurations:
  • Configuration 1: all internal peripherals are assigned to Cortex-A7 for Linux drivers. Cortex-M4 coprocessing firmware TTY is executed by default.
  • Configuration 2: some internal peripherals are assigned to Cortex-M4 to execute Cortex-M4 delivered examples on the board (EVAL or DISCO) see (How to run Cortex-M4 examples).
Configuration 1 is activated by default if you do not specify "2" in the U-Boot console.
More information can be found in the How to assign an internal peripheral to a runtime context article.

4.2.2 STM32CubeMP1 (Cortex®-M4)[edit]

  • STM32CubeMP1-v1.2.0 version same as STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release

4.3 STM32CubeProgrammer, Signing tool, Keygen[edit]

STM32CubeProgrammer v2.5.0 is the version delivered within the STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release. This is an evolutive maintenance release for STM32CubeProgrammer.

  • Main NEW features of STM32CubeProgrammer-v2.5.0, delivered within STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release
  • Flashload UART
  • SSP (Secure Secrets Provisonning) UI
  • Supports the STM32MP157F-EV1 board
  • Features already available in previous version
  • STM32CubeProg installer includes STM32CubeProgrammer, Keygen and Signing tools
  • Flashload SDCard, eMMC, NAND, NOR images through USB and UART for STM32MP157C-EV1, STM32MP157A-EV1, STM32MP157A-DK1, STM32MP157C-DK2 boards
  • Private and public key generation
  • Image signatures
  • Flashlayout file format change
  • STM32MP1 fuse management (with console interface only)
  • PMIC NVM management (with console interface only).

4.4 STM32CubeMX[edit]

STM32CubeMX-v6.0 is the version delivered within STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release

  • Main NEW features of STM32CubeMX-v6.0, delivered within the STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release
  • New Boards 800 MHz support - STM32MP157F-EV1
  • Device tree (A7)
    • DMA config generation - DMA nodes
    • Device tree compliance with Openstlinux-5.4-dunfell-mp1-20-06-24 tag
  • Features already available in previous version
  • STM32CubeMP1 (M4): Compliance with STM32CubeMP1 V1.2.0
  • I/O muxing and clock tree configuration
  • STM32MP1 contexts management (A7 non-secure, A7 secure, M4)
  • ST32MP1Cube code generation
  • Tuning of DDR settings
  • Device tree code generation
    • dtsi and header file inclusions
    • pinctrl and clock generation
    • System-on-chip device node positioning
    • multi-core related configurations (ETZPC binding, resources manager binding, peripheral assignment).
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Note: The other device tree parameters must be filled in manually through user section tags (from /* USER CODE BEGIN <node> */ to /* USER CODE END <node> */)

4.5 STM32CubeIDE[edit]

STM32CubeIDE-v1.4.0 is the version delivered within STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release

  • Main NEW features of STM32CubeIDE V1.4.0, delivered within the STM32MP15-ecosystem-v2.0.0 release
    • New Boards 800 MHz support - STM32MP157F-EV1
    • OpenSTLinux developer package support with
      • TF-A component project with native dt selected or external dt (for example, generated from CubeMX)
      • U-BOOT component project with native dt selected or external dt (for example, generated from CubeMX)
      • OP-TEE component project with native dt selected or external dt (for example, generated from CubeMX)
      • KERNEL component project with native dt selected or external dt (for example, generated from CubeMX)
      • KERNEL artefacts update on running target
  • Features already available in previous version
  • STM32CubeMP1 V1.2.0 M4 support as STM32MP15-ecosystem-v1.2.0 release
  • Cortex-M4 STM32CubeMP1 in "Production mode" and "Engineering mode"
  • Cortex-M4 Firmware compilation, loading and debugging
  • PC Linux with Ethernet (recommended) or serial link
  • PC Windows with Ethernet or Ethernet over USB link
  • Cortex-M4 Firmware installation directory configurable.

4.6 Miscellaneous[edit]

5 Main restrictions[edit]

5.1 Embedded software[edit]

5.1.1 OpenSTLinux (Cortex®-A7)[edit]

Warning white.png Warning
In this version some cipher methods have been disabled by the community for security reasons.

As a consequence some ssh requests from STM32CubeIDE may not be functional due to the dropbear package configuration.

In this case, you can either:

 apt-get update
 apt-cache policy dropbear
dropbear:
 Installed: 2019.78-r0
 Candidate: 2019.78-r2
 Version table:
    2019.78-r2 500
       500 http://packages.openstlinux.st.com/2.0 dunfell/updates armhf Packages
*** 2019.78-r0 100
       100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
 apt-get install dropbear
 apt-cache policy dropbear
dropbear:
 Installed: 2019.78-r2
 Candidate: 2019.78-r2
 Version table:
*** 2019.78-r2 500
       500 http://packages.openstlinux.st.com/2.0 dunfell/updates armhf Packages
       100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

5.1.2 STM32CubeMP1 (Cortex®-M4)[edit]

  • To avoid errors in OpenAMP when compiling in MDK-ARM IDE, disable the « Use MicroLIB » in « Target » tab.
  • Please use the HAL RTC with caution since this driver is also used by Linux. To remove any risk of contention between Linux and the HAL, proceed as follows:
    • The write protect (wpr) must be disabled by default and it must never be enabled in any driver (Linux nor HAL).
    • The HAL must use only Alarm B, since Linux uses Alarm A.
    • The RTC interrupt must be shared between Linux and the HAL to be able to receive alarm notifications on both sides.

5.2 STM32CubeProgrammer, Signing tool and Keygen[edit]

  • Key generation is not functional with STM32MP_KeyGen_CLI on Linux under Ubuntu 16.04 (functional with Ubuntu 18.04).

5.3 STM32CubeMX[edit]

  • Warning: when opening a previous project built with STM32CubeMX version older than V6.0, the migration does not take into account the user section part. This part needs to be updated manually according the Openstlinux-5.4-dunfell-mp1-20-06-24 manifest.

5.4 STM32CubeIDE[edit]

Warning white.png Warning
In this version some cipher methods have been disabled by the community for security reasons.

As a consequence some ssh requests from STM32CubeIDE may not be functional due to the dropbear package configuration.

In this case, you can either:

  • Using OpenOCD with ST-LINK does not check and force ST-LINK firmware update at debug launch. It is therefore recommended to manually update to the latest ST-LINK firmware for the best debug experience. Use the Help > ST-LINK Upgrade menu".

5.5 Miscelleanous[edit]

Restriction lists are available in each subcomponent release note. They are available in the following chapters in the present article:

Moreover, the software workarounds implemented in the ecosystem to provide solutions to the STM32MPU device errata are listed in STM32MP15 ecosystem errata sheet.

6 Minor release updates[edit]

STMicroelectronics regularly delivers updates through the following github® components: tf-a, u-boot, optee-os, Linux kernel.
You can decide to incorporate them into your Developer Package (refer to STM32MP1 Developer Package or Distribution Package below).

To update the Distribution package, proceed as follows:

  1. Switch your Distribution package reference source code to github mode.
  2. Use the devtool modify <recipe name> command to have direct access to the source code git repository used by the build process.
  3. In the freshly cloned source code, check out the revision you want to start from via git checkout -b WORK <github® TAG>.

STMicroelectronics also delivers dedicated fixes on layers through github®. These changes can be integrated (via git commands) into your local STM32MP1 Distribution Package environment. Below the github® links corresponding to each layers:

6.1 v2.0.1[edit]

Component Recipe name new github® release
tf-a tf-a-stm32mp v2.2-stm32mp-r1.3
u-boot u-boot-stm32mp v2020.01-stm32mp-r1.1
kernel linux-stm32mp v5.4-stm32mp-r1.1
optee-os optee-os-stm32mp 3.9.0-stm32mp-r1.3

7 Reference documents[edit]

All the resources for the STM32MP1 Series are located in the Resources area of the STM32MP1 Series web page.

The resources below are referenced in some of the articles of this user guide.

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The different STM32MP15 microprocessor part numbers available (with their corresponding internal peripherals, security options and packages) are described in the STM32MP15 microprocessor part numbers.

New.png means that the document (or its version) is new compared to what was delivered within the previous ecosystem release.


Reference Name Link Version
Application notes
AN4803 High-speed SI simulations using IBIS and board-level simulations using HyperLynx® SI on STM32 MCUs and MPUs AN4803.pdf v2.0
AN5027 Interfacing PDM digital microphones using STM32 MCUs and MPUs AN5027.pdf v2.0
AN5031 Getting started with STM32MP15 Series hardware development AN5031.pdf New.png v2.0
AN5036 Thermal management guidelines for STM32 applications AN5036.pdf v3.0
AN5109 STM32MP1 Series using low-power modes AN5109.pdf v3.0
AN5122 STM32MP1 Series DDR memory routing guidelines AN5122.pdf v3.0
AN5168 STM32MP1 series DDR configuration AN5168.pdf v1.0
AN5225 USB Type-C™ Power Delivery using STM32xx Series MCUs and STM32xxx Series MPUs AN5225.pdf v2.0
AN5253 Migration of microcontroller applications from STM32F4x9 lines to STM32MP151, STM32MP153 and STM32MP157 lines microprocessor AN5253.pdf v1.0
AN5256 STM32MP151, STM32MP153 and STM32MP157 discrete power supply hardware integration AN5256.pdf New.png v2.0
AN5260 STM32MP151/153/157 MPU lines and STPMIC1B integration on a battery powered application AN5260.pdf v1.0
AN5275 USB DFU/USART protocols used in STM32MP1 Series bootloaders AN5275.pdf v1.0
AN5284 STM32MP1 series system power consumption AN5284.pdf v1.0
AN5348 FDCAN peripheral on STM32 devices AN5348.pdf v1.0
New.png AN5431 The STPMIC1 PCB layout guidlines AN5431.pdf v1.1
AN5438 STM32MP1 Series lifetime estimates AN5438.pdf v1.0
New.png AN5510 Overview of the secure secret provisioning (SSP) on STM32MP1 Series AN5510.pdf v1.0
Datasheets[1]
DS12505 STM32MP157C/F datasheet
(secure)
DS12505.pdf v3.0
DS12504 STM32MP157A/D datasheet
(basic)
DS12504.pdf v3.0
DS12503 STM32MP153C/F datasheet
(secure)
DS12503.pdf v3.0
DS12502 STM32MP153A/D datasheet
(basic)
DS12502.pdf v3.0
DS12501 STM32MP151C/F datasheet
(secure)
DS12501.pdf v3.0
DS12500 STM32MP151A/D datasheet
(basic)
DS12500.pdf v3.0
DS12792 STPMIC1 datasheet
stpmic1.pdf New.png v4.0
Errata sheets
ES0438 STM32MP15xx device errata ES0438.pdf New.png v5.0
Reference manuals[1]
RM0436 STM32MP157 reference manual
(STM32MP157xxx advanced Arm®-based 32-bit MPUs)
RM0436.pdf v4.0
RM0442 STM32MP153 reference manual
(STM32MP153xxx advanced Arm®-based 32-bit MPUs)
RM0442.pdf v4.0
RM0441 STM32MP151 reference manual
(STM32MP151xxx advanced Arm®-based 32-bit MPUs)
RM0441.pdf v4.0
Boards schematics
MB1262 schematics STM32MP157C-EV1 motherboard schematics
MB1262-C01 board schematic (Evaluation board)
MB1262-C01.pdf v1.0
MB1263 schematics STM32MP157C-EV1 daughterboard schematics
MB1263-C01 board schematic (Evaluation board)
MB1263-C01.pdf v1.0
MB1230 schematics DSI 720p LCD display daughterboard schematics
MB1230-C board schematic (Evaluation board)
MB1230-C.pdf v1.1
MB1379 schematics Camera daughterboard schematics
MB1379-A01 board schematic (Evaluation board)
MB1379-A01.pdf v1.0
MB1272 schematics STM32MP157x-DKx motherboard schematics
MB1272-DK2-C01 board schematic (Discovery kit)
MB1272-C01.pdf v1.0
MB1407 schematics STM32MP157x-DKx daughterboard schematics
MB1407-LCD-C01 board schematic (Discovery kit)
MB1407-C01.pdf v1.0
Boards user manuals
UM2535 STM32MP157x-EV1 evaluation board user manual UM2535.pdf v2.0
UM2534 STM32MP157x-DKx discovery board user manual UM2534.pdf v1.0
Tools user manuals
UM2563 STM32CubeIDE installation guide UM2563.pdf v1.0
UM2579 Migration guide from System Workbench to STM32CubeIDE UM2579.pdf v1.0
UM2553 STM32CubeIDE quick start guide UM2553.pdf v1.0
New.png UM5360 Getting started with projects based on the STM32MP1 Series in STM32CubeIDE UM5360.pdf v1.0
New.png UM2609 Description of the integrated development environment for STM32 products UM2609.pdf v1.0
UM1718 STM32CubeMX user manual UM1718.pdf v31.0
UM2237 STM32CubeProgrammer tool user manual UM2237.pdf v11.0
UM2238 STM32 Trusted Package Creator tool user manual UM2238.pdf v6.0
UM2542 STM32 Series Key Generator tool user manual UM2542.pdf v1.0
UM2543 STM32 Series Signing tool user manual UM2543.pdf v1.0


8 How to download the software and start with this release?[edit]

The list of embedded software packages available for download depends on the selected package.

The table below provides the available board part numbers as well as information in order to:

  • get started with one of the three available Packages (Starter, Developer or Distribution Package)
  • get started with the board
  • find the associated embedded software distributions
  • download source code
  • build a piece of embedded software.
Board part number Jump to
STM32MP157X-EV1
Evaluation board
STM32MP15 Evaluation boards - getting started, including software download
STM32MP157X-DKX
Discovery kit
STM32MP15 Discovery kits - getting started, including software download

9 STM32MPU Embedded Software distribution detailed release notes[edit]

The table below lists the software packages available in the STM32MPU Embedded Software distributions, and provides the corresponding release notes.
The release notes give more information and details about the features and content of the packages.
They do not explain how to download the software. Refer to How to get the software and start with this release.

Firmware Release note Version
OpenSTLinux Distribution STM32MP15 OpenSTLinux release note - v2.0.0 openstlinux-5.4-dunfell-mp1-20-06-24
STM32Cube MPU Package STM32CubeMP1 Package release note - v1.2.0 STM32CubeMP1-v1.2.0

10 Referenced tools release notes[edit]

The table below lists the available tools, and provides links to the corresponding release notes.

Each release note gives information on how to install and use the corresponding tool.

The set of tools that can be downloaded depends on the package that is used (double check Which Package better suits your needs article for more information on each package).

Tools Release notes Host PC Which Package may need the tool ?
STM32MPU Ecosystem V2.0.0 Release Availability on ST.com targeted on 26th July 2020 Linux version Windows version Starter Package Developer Package Distribution Package
STM32CubeIDE STM32CubeIDE_release_note 1.4.0 1.4.0
STM32CubeMX STM32CubeMX release note from 6.0 from 6.0
STM32CubeProg STM32CubeProgrammer release note 2.5.0 2.5.0
Keygen KeyGen release note 1.0.0 1.0.0
Signing tool Signing tool release note 1.0.0 1.0.0

11 References[edit]

  1. 1.01.1 The part numbers are specified in STM32MP15 microprocessor part numbers