RZ-G

💡 Introduction

This is the starting page for Embedded Linux on the Renesas RZ/G family of embedded SoCs. The main goal is to make the information about RZ/G SoCs friendly, easy to access for embedded developers and enthusiasts. It does not aim to replace official Renesas support.

The links below can be used to get familiar with Renesas RZ/G SoC

• Introductory Guide to the RZ MPU Family

Detailed information regarding RZ/G SoCs (including roadmap, technical and marketing documents, BSPs and middleware) can be obtained directly from a Renesas representative.

RZ/G2 Boards

Here is the list of available Renesas Evaluation Boards (link) and commercial SOM boards.

Renesas RZ/G2 Boards

RZ/G2E R8A774C	Silicon Linux EK874 📄 Product page 🔔 EK874 Board Info and FAQ
RZ/G2M R8A774A	RZ/G2M HiHope 📄 Product page 🔔 HiHope Board Info and FAQ
RZ/G2N R8A774B	RZ/G2N HiHope 📄 Product page 🔔 HiHope Board Info and FAQ
RZ/G2H R8A774E	RZ/G2H HiHope 📄 Product page 🔔 HiHope Board Info and FAQ

💡 RZ/G2 FAQ Section

Online Documents

• 📜 Hardware Manuals
• 📜 Official Renesas Online Documentation (link)

📄 (example documents on that page)

📄 RZ/G2 Group Linux BSP Porting Guide - How to modify the Renesas BSP to match your board

📄 RZ/G2 Group BSP Manual Set - Information about BSP device drivers and Device Tree configurations. It also contains information regarding GStreamer and Wayland.

📄 Linux Interface Specification Yocto recipe Start-Up Guide - Building with Yocto, programming boot loaders and BSP Memory Map

• 🎥 Demo Videos (link)

RZ/G2 BSP and Yocto

• 📦 Official Linux Package for 64-bit RZ/G2 (link)

📄 See Downloads section at the bottom of the web page

📄 RZ/G Verified Linux Package for 64bit kernel - This is the actual Yocto BSP

📄 Release note for RZ/G Verified Linux Package - Build instructions, start with this document

📄 RZ/G2 Reference Boards Linux Start-up Guide - How to program the boot loaders into SPI flash

📄 Release Note for HTML5 - Building the HTML5 browser using the BSP requires a different set of instructions

• 🛠️ RZ/G2 Yocto (link) (Common issues, recipes)

RZ/G2 Graphics and Camera

• 🎨 RZ/G2 Graphics (link) (Qt, video encode/decode)
• 📷 RZ/G2 Camera (link) (MIPI camera)
• 🖼️ Weston (link) (Helpful hints about running Weston with RZ/G)

RZ/G2 Boot Loaders

• 🔑 RZ/G2 ARM Trusted Firmware (link)
• 🥾 RZ/G2 u-boot (link)

RZ/G2 Kernel

• 🐧 RZ/G2 Kernel (link) (Dynamic Power, drivers, peripherals, etc..)
• 🐧 RZ/G2 PCIe EP (link) (PCIe EP driver)

RZ/G1 Boards

Here is the list of official Renesas Evaluation Boards (link)

Renesas RZ/G1 Evaluation Boards

RZ/G1E R8A7745	iWave RZ/G1E SODIMM ♦ Product page ♦ Linux Package for 32-bit RZ/G1 (Build instructions in "Release Note" of BSP)	RZ/G1E Starter Kit ♦ Board Info ♦ RZ/G1 SK Build Instructions
RZ/G1M R8A7743	iWave RZ/G1M SODIMM ♦ Product page ♦ Linux Package for 32-bit RZ/G1 (Build instructions in "Release Note" of BSP)	RZ/GM Starter Kit ♦ Board Info ♦ RZ/G1 SK Build Instructions
RZ/G1N R8A7744	iWave RZ/G1N SODIMM ♦ Product Page ♦ Linux Package for 32-bit RZ/G1 (Build instructions in "Release Note" of BSP)
RZ/G1H R8A7742	iWave RZ/G1H SODIMM ♦ Product Page ♦ Linux Package for 32-bit RZ/G1 (Build instructions in "Release Note" of BSP)