VAR-SOM-AM62 Release Notes

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VAR-SOM-AM62 Release Notes

Yocto am62-yocto-kirkstone-6.1.46_09.01.00.08-v1.2

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 4.1, TI Release: 09.01.00.08, TI Manifest: processor-sdk-09.01.00-config.txt, TI Kernel: ti-linux-6.1.y (6.1.46)
Release tag am62-yocto-kirkstone-6.1.46_09.01.00.08-v1.2
Release manifest processor-sdk-09.01.00.08-config_var01.txt
Date 07/26/2024
Supported platforms VAR-SOM-AM62
SOM revision v1.0 and higher
File System build system Yocto Kirkstone
Recovery SD card link am62__yocto-kirkstone-6.1.46_09.01.00.08-v1.2__android-14_09.02.00-v1.0.wic.zst
Recovery SD card SHA256 c452983b83178b3c1c6b83d7cb7c7a9ee5bf345a1bdc5b87e169c4baf501b24e

Relevant git Repositories

Source Repository Branch Commit ID
U-Boot https://github.com/varigit/ti-u-boot ti-u-boot-2023.04_var01 01463e7c00048a72d33a91ebeb51af726cf4ef23
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/ti-linux-kernel ti-linux-6.1.y_var01 c431f4aa51a789b32f141f1dd15ba0a776f3ce35
meta-variscite-bsp-ti https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-ti kirkstone-var01 2858c8e2b8a4f66469bdfc6d67227547b7d9fe22
meta-variscite-bsp-common https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-common kirkstone-var01 0e8dff45ada454a58bf07f5a3a9b92e8e7403ca3
meta-variscite-sdk-ti https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-ti kirkstone-var01 ab984c96d19358a160dd61ad43b587a8731e9833
meta-variscite-sdk-common https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-common kirkstone-var01 0f4175ab57ea8b7f659e58829bf97278ad67451f


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Change Log

Change List Description
Release 1.2
Major Updates
Fix splash screen progress bar in Yocto
Fix splash screen text in U-Boot
Other minor patches and improvements See detailed change list below
U-Boot Updates Click here for a full detailed change list
meta-variscite-bsp-ti Updates Click here for a full detailed change list
meta-variscite-sdk-ti Updates Click here for a full detailed change list
Known Issues
Camera Failure Post Suspend Following a suspend/resume cycle, the OV5640 camera pipeline fails to run when a gst pipeline is started.
Limited Suspend Wake Sources The touchscreen has been validated to wake the system from suspend.
Other sources like the Symphony push buttons are not waking from suspend.


Release 1.1
Major Updates
Fixes for many known issues in previous release See known issues in 1.0 Release Notes
Enable splash screen in U-Boot
Other minor patches and improvements See detailed change list below
U-Boot Updates Click here for a full detailed change list
Kernel Updates Click here for a full detailed change list
meta-variscite-bsp-ti Updates Click here for a full detailed change list
meta-variscite-bsp-common Updates Click here for a full detailed change list
meta-variscite-sdk-ti Updates Click here for a full detailed change list
meta-variscite-sdk-common Updates Click here for a full detailed change list
Known Issues
Camera Failure Post Suspend Following a suspend/resume cycle, the OV5640 camera pipeline fails to run when a gst pipeline is started.


Release 1.0
Initial release Based on TI Yocto Kirkstone 09.01.00.08 and TI Linux Kernel ti-linux-6.1.y
Special Notes
Wiki Updates Wiki updates for the Kirkstone release are still in progress, and thus, some information may not be up to date.
Known Issues
Only 1GB DRAM support Fixed by: https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-ti/commit/31fe8ca
Some eMMC fail to initialize at hs200 in Linux eMMC is not detected at hs200 on a small percentage of SOMs.
Fixed by: https://github.com/varigit/ti-linux-kernel/commit/dffc6ada32b1
Reduced Ethernet Performance Slightly reduced performance of the Ethernet interfaces in iperf3 tests immediately after boot compared to Yocto Dunfell.
Fixed by: https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-common/commit/0f4175a
CSI Probe Failure On some boot cycles, the CSI interface fails to probe.
Fixed by: https://github.com/varigit/ti-linux-kernel/commit/c431f4aa51a789b32f141f1dd15ba0a776f3ce35
Push Button Function Post Suspend Following a suspend/resume cycle, the Symphony push buttons no longer function until reboot.
Fixed by: https://github.com/varigit/ti-linux-kernel/commit/4ba6d87d23fdaa29e11911f00d1416c53f53c1e6
Camera Failure Post Suspend Following a suspend/resume cycle, the OV5640 camera pipeline fails to run when a gst pipeline is started.