Major Parallella SDK Release (2016.3)

Ola Jeppsson has been very busy over the last few months pulling together and updating all the components for a major new Parallella headless SDK release. Those of you looking for the latest Ubuntu, Linux, GCC, and GDB will appreciate this release.

Key updates include:

  • Ubuntu 15.04  (stock linaro)
  • Linux kernel 4.4 (stock)
  • GCC 5.2
  • GDB 7.10
  • The new and improved elink (MMU, mailbox, better stability, higher speeds)
  • An improved thermal daemon
  • Automated release scripts
  • New Epiphany kernel driver with support for mailboxes and memory protection
  • Integrated multicore functional similator (Ola’s master’s thesis work)
  • The new Epiphany ABI

The full release notes from Ola can be found HERE. To burn a new SD card, visit the usual page.