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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.9</span> ||
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| VAR-SOM-MX8: Added support for Symphony-Board revision 1.3A || Added internal RX delay for Ethernet PHY on Symphony-Board
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| Release 1.8 ||
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| Upgraded SCFW to version 1.2.10 ||
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| Upgraded SCFW DRAM configuration to RPA V19 CBT ||
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| Added SCFW support for reading DRAM configuration from EEPROM || Required to support various DRAM sizes and configurations using a single boot image
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| Enabled U-Boot SPL || Required for customized DRAM configurations in SC firmware
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| Enabled U-Boot support for reading DRAM size from EEPROM || Instead of hardcoding DRAM size in U-Boot configuration, read actual DRAM size from EEPROM
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| Fixed alsactl store/restore sequence || alsactl -f state.conf store/restore sequence was failing due to driver bug, fixed now
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| Fixed Bluetooth suspend/resume sequence ||
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| Release 1.7 ||
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| Fixed WiFi detection on latest revision of VAR-SOM-MX8 ||
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| Release 1.6 ||
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| Upgraded SCFW to version 1.2.8 || Required to support latest CPU and PMIC revisions
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| Release 1.5 ||
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| Added Android support for SPEAR-MX8 ||
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| Fixed capacitive touch interrupt for VAR-SOM-MX8 || Fixes capacitive touch on Symphony board v1.2, backwards compatible with older Symphony revisions
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| Release 1.4 ||
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| Added Yocto support for SPEAR-MX8 ||
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| Release 1.3 ||
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| Added Android support for VAR-SOM-MX8 ||
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| Release 1.2 ||
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| Added HDMI and DP support for VAR-SOM-MX8 || HDMI and DP displays are now supported via Variscite extension modules
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| Fixed DRAM instability problem || Updated to latest NXP ATF release that fixes Cortex A72 cache configuration
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| Disabled U-Boot splash on LVDS display || Fixes U-Boot hang on reboot when HDMI or DP displays are connected
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| Fixed occasional WiFi driver crashes on reboot/poweroff || Do not stop Variscite WiFi service or reboot/poweroff as this causes occasional WiFi driver crashes
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| Release 1.1 ||
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| Initial Yocto release for VAR-SOM-MX8 ||
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! Known Issues !! Description
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| SATA is disabled on SPEAR-MX8 || i.MX8QM SATA support in Linux is currently not stable, disabled in DTS
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| USB Type-A ports are not supported in U-Boot on SPEAR-MX8 || U-Boot USB driver does not recognize USB devices behind the hub|}
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Revision as of 20:42, 10 December 2020


VAR-SOM-MX8 / SPEAR-MX8 Release Notes

Yocto zeus-fsl-5.4.3-mx8-v1.1

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 3.0, BSP: NXP L5.4.3-1.0.0, Linux: lf-5.4.y
Release tag zeus-fsl-5.4.3-mx8-v1.1
Release manifest imx-5.4.3-1.0.1-var01.xml
Date 8/6/2020
Supported platforms VAR-SOM-MX8 / SPEAR-MX8
SOM revision v1.1 and higher
File System build system Yocto Zeus
Recovery SD card link var-som-mx8-recovery-sd.v21.img.gz

Relevant git Repositories

Source Repository Branch Commit ID
U-Boot https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx lf-5.4.y_v2019.04_var01 5c4a747c5bc6f54d354abafc1d16fd9ea1b2ba65
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx lf-5.4.y_var01 96dfc9f796aa4a4f3b0bb453b0c011d02fee1da4
meta-variscite-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-imx zeus-imx-5.4.3-var01 6296006a3bfa40d32781164e09a0a6bdc21d6786


After downloading the image, visit our Recovery SD card guide to learn how to program a recovery SD card.

Change Log

Changes List
Release 1.1
Ethernet phy1 fix for Symphony-Board rev. 1.4
Release 1.0
Initial Yocto Zeus release for VAR-SOM-MX8 and SPEAR-MX8
Known Issues
USB Type-A ports are not supported in U-Boot on SPEAR-MX8 U-Boot USB driver does not recognize USB devices behind the hub