DART-MX8M-MINI Release Notes

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

Yocto mx8mm-yocto-scarthgap-6.6.23_2.0.0-v1.1

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 5.0, BSP: NXP L6.6.23_2.0.0, Linux: lf-6.6.y
Release tag mx8mm-yocto-scarthgap-6.6.23_2.0.0-v1.1
Release manifest imx-6.6.23-2.0.0.xml
Date 12/02/2024
Supported platforms DART-MX8M-MINI / VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI
SOM revision v1.1 and higher
File System build system Yocto Scarthgap
Recovery SD card link mx8mm__yocto-scarthgap-6.6.23_2.0.0-v1.1__android-14.0.0_1.0.0-v1.1.wic.zst
Recovery SD card SHA256 356545b9afc584a39ee1132ae1cf9e196902ad5c33f69e52a43d3256e13b92a7
Cortex M4 U-Boot supportMCUXPRESSO_2.15.0_V1.0_DART-MX8M-MINI
Cortex M4 Linux remoteproc supportMCUXPRESSO_2.15.0_V1.0_DART-MX8M-MINI

Relevant git Repositories

Source Repository Branch Commit ID
U-Boot https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx lf_v2024.04_6.6.23-2.0.0_var01 306ee82f6f8dade6b1cb23dfe2ef2c1b3315ca64
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx lf-6.6.y_6.6.23-2.0.0_var01 98ccdc8d76acc094544a70a94494968c3d0ab678
meta-variscite-bsp-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-imx scarthgap_6.6.23-2.0.0_var01 6be87eb1b0590c83c6f1919bad770169338c31c9
meta-variscite-bsp-common https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-common scarthgap_6.6.23-2.0.0_var01 c59b100b2e4ac90174bdf641621ac66194d644a8
meta-variscite-sdk-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-imx scarthgap_6.6.23-2.0.0_var01 880f0597e21b301a93c6c22dbedab204ba6332f7
meta-variscite-sdk-common https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-common scarthgap_6.6.23-2.0.0_var01 507269b8cb28367c04e2939bb5c8648c8cf8877b


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

Change Log

Change List Description
Release 1.1
Major Updates
Bugfix: Access point not working on Laird LWB5 chipset Fixed by:
linux-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
uboot-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
meta-variscite-bsp-common Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
meta-variscite-bsp-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
meta-variscite-sdk-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
variscite-bsp-base Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
var-host-docker-containers Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
Known Issues
meta-qt6 and meta-browser both provide gn-native, breaking the SDK generation for fsl-image-qt6 To fix it add the line BBMASK += "/meta-browser/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/gn-native_.*\.bb" in the local.conf
Note: fsl-image-chromium will no longer build.
Release 1.0
Initial release Based on NXP Yocto Scarthgap and NXP Linux Kernel 6.6.23 lf-6.6.y
Known Issues
Problem using variscite-rproc-u-boot with versions earlier than v2.0: the Device Tree is set incorrectly, causing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to fail. Fixed by:
Access point not working on Laird LWB5 chipset Fixed by:
802.15.4 / Openthread is not working on IW612 chipset
meta-qt6 and meta-browser both provide gn-native, breaking the SDK generation for fsl-image-qt6 To fix it add the line BBMASK += "/meta-browser/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/gn-native_.*\.bb" in the local.conf
Note: fsl-image-chromium will no longer build.