DART-MX8M-MINI Release Notes

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

Yocto mx8mm-yocto-kirkstone-5.15-2.0.x-v1.3

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 4.0, BSP: FSLC 4.0, Linux: lf-5.15.y
Release tag mx8mm-yocto-kirkstone-5.15-2.0.x-v1.3
Release manifest kirkstone-5.15.xml
Date 06/15/2023
Supported platforms DART-MX8M-MINI / VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI
SOM revision v1.1 and higher
File System build system Yocto Kirkstone
Recovery SD card link mx8mm__yocto-kirkstone-5.15-2.0.x-v1.3__android-13.0.0_1.0.0-v1.1.img.gz
Cortex M4 U-Boot supportMCUXPRESSO_2.12.1_V1.0_DART-MX8M-MINI
Cortex M4 Linux remoteproc supportMCUXPRESSO_2.12.1_V1.0_DART-MX8M-MINI

Relevant git Repositories

Source Repository Branch Commit ID
U-Boot https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx lf_v2022.04_var01 49ec7c516ad2ad0c8a352cad5de69a5ac26c752c
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx 5.15-2.0.x-imx_var01 a10598220c20e5b259f03e110edae4489f6df188
meta-variscite-bsp https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp kirkstone 72250affb5f300e0891c4170e38a1071a6e6181b
meta-variscite-sdk https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk kirkstone dc749817e205022f6e289140dbc33604c3a91bb7


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Change Log

Change List Description
Release 1.3
Yocto updates
meta-variscite-bsp updates
kernel: various updates and fixes
meta-variscite-sdk updates
fsl-image-gui-chromium: launch Chromium as non-root user to avoid warning
Known Issues
Problem rendering videos using SoMs with 4GB of RAM Fixed by https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx/commit/9a1f574209ef
Release 1.2 Added Chromium with hardware accelerated graphics / GPU support
Yocto updates
meta-variscite-bsp updates
conf: variscite: add variscite-mirrors for codeaurora
conf: variscite: add variscite-mirrors for https
jailhouse: migrate source from codeaurora to github
meta-variscite-sdk updates
fsl-image-gui-chromium, weston-init: add launcher for Chromium in weston.ini
images: Add new fsl-image-gui-chromium image recipe
var-mii: introduce recipe
Release 1.1
Kernel updates
net: mdio: manage deassert time when controlling MDIO reset signal
net: fec: manage corner deferred probe condition
net: mdio: force deassert MDIO reset signal
imx8: imx8m: variscite: fix the machine compatible strings
arm64: imx8_var_defconfig: change usb ehci and ohci drivers to loadable
Yocto updates
meta-variscite-bsp updates
linux-firmware: bc43xx: add symbolic link to firmware for each model
linux-firmware: bc43xx: add symbolic link to firmware for each machine
Revert "variscite-wifi.service: Disable service stop"
linux-firmware: Update BT/Wi-Fi firmware for bc43xx to 10.54.0.13"
Release 1.0
Initial Yocto Kirkstone release Based on FSLC 5.15-2.0.x-imx (kernel 5.15.60) which is based on NXP lf-5.15.32-2.0.0 and merged with Linux Stable 5.15.60
Known Issues
DNS does not work after disabling dnsmasq and configuring NetworkManager DNS Fixed by dnsmasq: enable dbus packageconfig