NVIDIA Tegra Tegra Linux Driver Package
Developers' Guide

November 29, 2011
R12 Beta Release


Software Features
This section describes the software features expected to be supported with this release of NVIDIA® Tegra® Linux Driver Package, which provides users with a complete package to bring up Linux on certain Tegra devices.
This release supports NVIDIA® Tegra® 2 series: Tegra 250 (code-name Harmony), Ventana T2T (code-name Ventana). It also supports NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 series: Ventana T3T (code-name Cardhu). Additional application processors may be supported in a later release.
Note: Always check the Release Notes for constraints related to these features.
Read the following sections to learn more about supported features in this release.
Linux
Graphics and Multimedia
Audio Decoders (Tegra 2/Tegra 3)
The features in this table are supported by both Tegra 2 and Tegra 3.
Video Decoders (Tegra 2)
The features in this table are supported by Tegra 2.
Video Decoders (Tegra 3 only)
The features in this table are supported by Tegra 3.
Reader Container Formats
Codes are provided by GStreamer. You can download GStreamer codecs from the gstreamer opensource project at:
http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org
Or you can use apt-get in the provided Ubuntu-derived sample file system.
Hardware codecs are not included in the base release but can be provided separately under a software license agreement.
Streaming Protocols
Streaming protocols are provided by GStreamer. You can download GStreamer codecs from the gstreamer opensource project at:
http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org
Or you can use apt-get in the provided Ubuntu-derived sample file system.
Hardware codecs are not included in the base release but can be provided separately under a software license agreement.
 
Displays
HDMI®-1.3
See the Release Notes for known issues.
HDMI®-1.4a
Power