DART-MX8M-PLUS Release Notes

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DART-MX8M-PLUS / VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS Release Notes

Yocto zeus-fsl-5.4.70-mx8mp-v1.2

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 3.0, BSP: NXP L5.4.70_2.3.0, Linux: imx_5.4.70_2.3.0
Release tag zeus-fsl-5.4.70-mx8mp-v1.2
Release manifest imx-5.4.70-2.3.0-var01.xml
Date 04/26/2021
Supported platforms DART-MX8M-PLUS / VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS
SOM revision v1.1 to v1.x
File System build system Yocto Zeus
Recovery SD card link dart-mx8mp-recovery-sd.v31.img.gz

Relevant git Repositories

Source Repository Branch Commit ID
U-Boot https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx imx_v2020.04_5.4.70_2.3.0_var01 06b434e726351b3478be6ec66dcda7bd3123ed70
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx imx_5.4.70_2.3.0_var01 2a54a41aaa9e614d45f307666235537229af3bf0
meta-variscite-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-imx zeus-imx-5.4.70-var01 069146a5744541770ffed475f96cefb311d24ba8


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Change Log

Change List Description
Release 1.2
U-Boot: Disabled the 2nd Ethernet in U-Boot by default for DART-MX8M-PLUS and VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS This prevents a U-Boot crash on SOM configurations without a 2nd Ethernet PHY
kernel: Fixed a rarely observed audio driver related kernel freeze during boot
Release 1.1
Fixed PCIE reset pin definition for DART-MX8M-PLUS on DT8MCustomBoard V2.0
Disabled GP_LED4 for DART-MX8M-PLUS on DT8MCustomBoard V2.0 GP_LED4 is unusable on this HW configuration
Fixed system freeze on resume, occurring when certain PCIE devices are plugged in
Upgraded rng-tools to version 6.9 to fix occasional hangs on shutdown
Disable systemd-networkd and systemd-resolved to avoid conflicts with NetworkManager
Release 1.0
First GA release based on NXP kernel 5.4.70
Added support for i.MX8MP SoC revision A1
Added support for DT8MCustomBoard V2.0