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Description

Update: Nov. 30 2024
Renesas Electronics Corporation

Product Overview

This product provides whole set of software which consists of Linux packages and software add-ons.(*) Functions of this products have been verified under our development process management. Regular maintenance is also provided. You can greatly reduce the burden of software development in embedded system development by using this package.

Please read the Release Note included in this first when you use the package.

* VLP[4.19-CIP] maintenance will be finished 2029/1H when the maintenance of corresponding CIP Linux Kernel version is completed.
  Use of the latest version VLP[5.10-CIP] is recommended.
  Please refer to CIP Wiki for CIP Linux kernel maintenance periods.

Functions

  • Linux kernel
    Supports 64bit processors (AArch64)
    10+ years support will be provided with the cooperation of the CIP project
  • Device Driver
  • Media Player IF
    Plug-in with general-purpose media player (GStreamer)
  • Video Codec
    H.246 decoder/encoder and H.265 decoder provided as standard IF (OpenMAX)
  • Video processing
    Image editing functions such as scaling, clipping, and compositing according to the display screen
  • Graphics function
    Graphics function compliant with OpenGL ES standard (PowerVR Rogue)

Target Reference Boards

  • HopeRun Technology HiHope RZ/G2H platform (hihope-rzg2h)
  • HopeRun Technology HiHope RZ/G2M platform (hihope-rzg2m)
  • HopeRun Technology HiHope RZ/G2N platform (hihope-rzg2n)
  • Silicon Linux RZ/G2E evaluation kit (EK874)

History

  • (Next)end of May, 2024: 4.19-CIP version VLP/64 1.0.22
  • Nov 30, 2024: 4.19-CIP version VLP/64 1.0.21
  • May 31, 2024: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.20(4.19-CIP and 4.19-CIP-RT have been integrated from this version)
  • Feb 29, 2024: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.19-RT
  • Feb 29, 2024: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.18-update1(Update Ethernet)
  • Nov 30, 2023: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.18
  • Aug 31, 2023: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.17-RT
  • May 31, 2023:4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.15
  • Feb 28, 2023: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.15-RT
  • Nov 30, 2022: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.14
  • Aug 31, 2022: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.13-RT
  • May 31, 2022: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.12
  • Feb 28, 2022: 4.19-CIP version VLP64 1.0.11-RT

Support Policy

As a general rule, Renesas does not provide support for this evaluation version. For the product version, Renesas provides support for the below items without additional payment. For more details, please contact a Renesas salesperson.

  • Renesas provides support for the items below for RZ/G Verified Linux Package without additional payment.
 FormQ&A and issue analysis*1Maintained by Renesas
Renesas reference boardCustomer board
Customer developed/modified SW-NoNo*2No
Customer added OSS-NoNoNo
Validation target OSS in VLPSource CodeYesNoNo
Renesas developed SWSource CodeYesYesYes
BinaryYesYes*3Yes

*1) Firstly, customers should investigate which part has a problem: Renesas’ deliverables or customer’s developed part.

*2) We provide support for board-dependent changes such as channel numbers and pin configurations.

*3) We provide Q&A support only for the functions which are defined and described in the user's manual.

Target Devices

Please download the ZIP file of “RZ/G Verified Linux Package for 64bit kernel” and read “Release Note” which is enclosed in the ZIP file. Please download other files according to the Release Note.

* Note
The download files marked "OSS" in the “Note” section are open source software. It is provided “AS IS” with no warranty and the license is described in the source code. Please check carefully by yourself the license for each software and license for technologies that is used by each OSS, and carefully confirm the package is applicable to your product.

  • Evaluation Verion

DownloadDescriptionVersionNote
RZ/G Verified Linux Package for 64bit kernel V1.0.21 (RTK0EF0045Z0011AZJ-v1.0.21.zip) (ZIP)This is the verified Linux package and it includes the release notes. This package includes H.264/H.265 Video codec and graphics (OpenGL ES) function libraries. When you download this package, please be sure to check the contents of the attached evaluation license agreement.V1.0.21OSS + Proprietary
Open source packages (oss_pkg_v1021.7z) (7Z)This file includes all source codes of OSSs except for Linux kernel. It is not mandatory to download this file. Please read the description in the release note and download this file as needed.V1.0.21OSS
Diff files of Yocto recipes (v1020-to-v1021.patch.tar.gz) (GZ)

Diff files of OSS packages (v1020-to-v1021.oss_packages.7z) (7Z)

RZ/G Verified Linux Package for 64bit kernel Version 1.0.21 Patch application guide (PDF)
This is the patch file for updating from V1.0.18 to V1.0.20.V1.0.21OSS
Yocto recipe packages for HTML5(Gecko68) [VLP64 v1.0.21] (rzg2_bsp_gecko68_v1021.tar.gz) (GZ)

Yocto recipe packages for HTML5(Gecko78) [VLP64 v1.0.21] (rzg2_bsp_gecko78_v1021.tar.gz) (GZ)

RZ/G Verified Linux Package for 64bit kernel Version 1.0.21 Release Note for HTML5 (PDF)

Open source packages for HTML5(Gecko78) (oss_pkg_gecko78_v1021.7z) (7Z)

Open source packages for HTML5(Gecko68) (oss_pkg_gecko68_v1021.7z) (7Z)
This package is that adds HTML5(Gecko) to Kernel. Please use the base package(Gecko68 or Gecko78) for your desired Gecko version.
OSS package file includes all source codes of OSSs except for HTML5(Gecko). It is not mandatory to download this file. Please read the description in the release note and download this file as needed.
V1.0.21 
  • Product Version

DownloadDescription
Yocto package for RZ/G2 Verified Linux Package [4.19-CIP] v1.0.21 Product Version(RTK0EF0045Z0012AZJ_VLP64v1021_EN.zip) (ZIP | English, 日本語)You can apply to download the product version package from the download link. The approved customers can download it from the same link below. When you download the product version, please be sure to check the contents of the attached license agreement.
  • Related Document

DownloadDescription
RZ/G2 Group BSP Manual Set (RTK0EF0045Z9002AZJ-v1.0.21) (ZIP)BSP Manual Set is a software user’s manual that describes the function and interface specifications of driver module. Please refer to it when controlling hardware in each product.