VAR-SOM-MX93 rev changelog

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VAR-SOM-MX93 Changelog

VAR-SOM-MX93 V2.0 (August 2023)

Hardware Modifications

Redesigned SOM to support MaxLinear Ethernet PHY

Previous Manufacturer Previous MPN Updated Manufacturer Updated MPN
Analog Devices Inc. ADIN1300BCPZ MaxLinear MxL86110

Redesigned SOM to support Murata WiFi module

Previous Manufacturer Previous MPN Updated Manufacturer Updated MPN
Infineon CYW43353 / CYW4343W Murata LBES5PL2EL-SMP / LBES5PL2DL-SMP


Software Modifications

Variscite is updating all relevant software repositories and recommends impacted users to upgrade to Yocto Langdale imx-6.1.1-1.0.1.xml@f6649d or newer.

While adding support to meta-variscite-bsp, the layer was split into meta-variscite-bsp-imx and meta-variscite-bsp-common. It is recommended to rebase on top of Variscite's latest commits.

The following are the relevant patches:

Release Relevant Patches
Yocto Langdale

U-Boot:

  1. phy: mxl-8611x: add driver for MaxLinear mxl-8611x PHYs
  2. dt-bindings: add device tree bindings and includes for mxl-8611x PHY
  3. imx93-var-som: add support for MaxLinear mxl8611x Ethernet PHY
  4. variscite: imx9_eeprom.h: add support for major and minor som revision
  5. mx93_var_som: conditionally boot linux dts according to som_rev

Linux:

  1. net: phy: mxl-8611: add support for MaxLinear MxL86110x/MxL86111x
  2. arm64: configs: imx8_var_defconfig: enable CONFIG_MAXLINEAR_8611X_PHY
  3. net:phy: mxl-8611x: use device tree properties to configure LEDs
  4. dt-bindings: net: add bindings for MaxLinear MXL8611x PHY driver
  5. imx93-var-som: add support for MaxLinear MXL86110 PHY
  6. imx93-var-som: add support for VAR-SOM-MX93 2.x and newer
  7. imx93-var-som: update SD3 pad settings
  8. imx93-var-som: move brcmf to imx93-var-som-1.x

meta-variscite-bsp-imx:

  1. imx93-var-som: add KERNEL_DEVICETREE for som rev 1.x
  2. brcm43xx-utils: imx93-var-som: exit if module is not bcm43xx
  3. bcm43xx-utils: convert to bbappend
  4. bcm43xx-utils: rework to use var-wireless-utils framework
  5. bcm43xx-utils: imx8qxp-var-som: bcm43xx-wifi: fix indentation
  6. bcm43xx-utils: move common functions to variscite-wireless
  7. bcm43xx-utils: imx93-var-som: bcm43xx-bt: verify module using sdio id
  8. iw612-utils: imx93-var-som: add bluetooth and wifi init scripts
  9. imx93-var-som: add iw612 to MACHINE_FEATURES
  10. variscite: add iw612-utils to all images with iw612 MACHINE_FEATURES
  11. kernel-module-nxp-wlan: load moal kernel module on boot

meta-variscite-bsp-common:

  1. iw612-utils: introduce recipe for configuring iw612 wireless module
Debian Bookworm

debian-var:

  1. imx93-var-som: install ot-daemon
  2. weston_rootfs: rootfs-stage-base: optionally copy and install ot-daemon
  3. weston_rootfs: consolidate copying of common packages
  4. variscite: deb: add ot-daemon_0~git20230926.98e644d538ff2 package
  5. imx93-var-som: configure and fetch iw612 driver and firmware
  6. var_make_debian: add cmd_make_iw612fw to install iw612 firmware and configs
  7. var_make_debian: build iw612 mwifiex kernel module in kernel-imx
  8. imx93-var-som: add IW612_UTILS_DIR configuration
  9. weston_rootfs: install iw612 init scripts and openthread service
  10. imx93-var-som: add all imx93-var-som linux device trees to image
  11. imx93-var-som: uboot-imx: update to latest
  12. imx93-var-som: linux-imx: update to latest
  13. imx93-var-som: variscite fetch utils from G_META_VARISCITE_BSP_COMMON_SRC_DIR
  14. imx93-var-som: fetch bluez5 files from G_META_VARISCITE_BSP_COMMON_SRC_DIR
  15. imx93-var-som: fetch meta-variscite-bsp-common
  16. imx93-var-som: fix BRCM_UTILS_DIR
  17. imx93-var-som: meta-variscite-bsp-imx: update to latest


Note: These patches are backward-compatible with the previous SOM revisions.