Tuning Configuration Database 2022.1.1 for Intel® Time Coordinated Computing Tools (Intel® TCC Tools) 2022.1.0 Release Notes

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Tuning Configuration Database 2022.1.1 for Intel® Time Coordinated Computing Tools (Intel® TCC Tools) 2022.1.0 Release Notes

Version History/Revision History

This is the main release of Tuning Configuration Database (release 2022.1.1) for Intel® TCC Tools (release 2022.1.0):

Date

Revision

Description

September 2022

2022.1.1

Database update

Intended Audience

This release note document is for real-time application developers or system engineers using Intel® TCC Tools on Intel Atom® x6000E Series Processors.

Customer Support

Contact your Intel representative for support or submit an issue to Intel® Premier Support.

Introduction

This 2022.1.1 release provides an updated tuning configuration database file (also known as a \*.db file) to replace the “tuning_ehl.db” file that was included with the Intel® Time Coordinated Computing (Intel® TCC Tools) 2022.1.0 release.

Installation instructions for the tuning configuration database are in the Download and Install the Package section in the Get Started Guide.

If you have not downloaded and installed the 2022.1.0 Intel® TCC Tools development kit, you can download at the Download page.

To learn more about this product, see the following:

Features in This Release

New Features since 2022.1.0

  • The data streams optimizer (DSO) tuning configurations for the Intel Atom® x6000E Series Processors were updated to include support for PCIe* devices at the following B:D:F (Bus:Device:Function) addresses:

    • 00:1c.4

    • 00:1c.7

    • 01:00.0

    • 02:00.0

Known Issues

  • To use the single_corepcierd_1.json requirements file with this updated database, change the latency specification to 13 us to observe the untuned versus tuned performance demonstration. For example, when running the preproduction workflow in the Step 3: Preproduction: Generate a Tuning Config section.

Limitations

  • If you have not downloaded the 2022.1.0 Intel® TCC Tools development kit, you can get it at the Download page.

Where to Find the Release

You can find the release on the Software Kit page.

Release Content

The following table shows revision numbers of components of the Tuning Configuration Database for Intel® TCC Tools release.

Subproject (component)

Location

Revision

Build Date

Tuning Configuration Database archive

tcc_tools_tuning_db-2022.1.1.zip

2022.1.1

September 2022

Hardware and Software Compatibility

This release is compatible with the following hardware:

  • Intel Atom® x6000E Series Processors reference validation platform with a supported processor:

    • Intel Atom® x6200FE Processor

    • Intel Atom® x6212RE Processor

    • Intel Atom® x6414RE Processor

    • Intel Atom® x6425RE Processor

    • Intel Atom® x6427FE Processor

To acquire a reference validation platform, contact your Intel representative.

For additional requirements, see the following documentation:

BIOS/Firmware Version

  • For Intel Atom® x6000E Series Processors, Intel has validated this release with version EHLSFWI1.R00.3432.A03.2110250557. IFWI version: v3441.01

Supported Operating Systems

This release supports the Linux* operating system.

Validated operating systems:

  • Host: Ubuntu* 20.04 LTS

  • Target: Yocto Project*-based board support package releases:

    • Intel Atom® x6000E Series Processors MR1 release

  • Target: Windows* 10 OS for data streams optimizer (DSO) only.

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