DART-MX8M-PLUS Release Notes

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

Yocto mx8mp-yocto-mickledore-6.1.36_2.1.0-v1.3

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 4.2, BSP: NXP L6.1.36_2.1.0, Linux: lf-6.1.y
Release tag mx8mp-yocto-mickledore-6.1.36_2.1.0-v1.3
Release manifest imx-6.1.36-2.1.0.xml
Date 09/16/2024
Supported platforms DART-MX8M-PLUS / VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS
SOM revision DART-MX8M-PLUS: v1.1 to v1.x, VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS: v1.1 and higher
File System build system Yocto Mickledore
Recovery SD card link mx8mp__yocto-mickledore-6.1.36_2.1.0-v1.3__android-14.0.0_1.0.0-v1.1.wic.zst
Recovery SD card SHA256 93ef4997b43748231dd4b38c9ec7d2005dc070fcfbe1b1f70768c1b83e1e4619
Cortex M7 U-Boot supportMCUXPRESSO_2.13.0_V1.0_DART-MX8M-PLUS
Cortex M7 Linux remoteproc supportMCUXPRESSO_2.13.0_V1.0_DART-MX8M-PLUS

Relevant git Repositories

Source Repository Branch Commit ID
U-Boot https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx lf_v2023.04_var02 ca1dfc1574ad614f90f2cf3a120e950dabed848a
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx lf-6.1.y_var03 6ca9be825a866673719c18c45ceda7e22dcd23c3
meta-variscite-bsp-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-imx mickledore-var02 43ffbc389ecba5dd60b7188189c017ff9543b147
meta-variscite-bsp-common https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-common mickledore-var02 5d9128d134a3ab15a4ff97657e498b940467f814
meta-variscite-sdk-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-imx mickledore-var02 3d0c94f6b126c121921645eb0a4abba0151ccf43
meta-variscite-sdk-common https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-common mickledore-var02 5dd4f0f7f8bbc255cec959ad19402881e229b197


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Change Log

Change List Description
Release 1.3
Major Updates
Additional patches to support DART-MX8M-PLUS V2.0
Relocate gpu_reserved memory to be within 1GB of RAM
Known Issues
install_android.sh does not work on VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS v2.0 Android 13.0.0_1.0.0 does not yet support VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS v2.0 and will hang early in boot without: https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx/commit/7cb218c229b62865d79a0a1f327a4f020dc35644.
uboot-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
Add support for DART-MX8M-PLUS 2.0 See 987f2c8c44da...ca1dfc1574ad
linux-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
imx8mp-var-dart: add support for DART-MX8M-PLUS 2.0
imx8mp-var-som: fix pinctrl for 802.15.4
RND-2193: imx8mp-var-dart: Move gpu_reserved below 1GB
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.
Add support for DART-MX8M-PLUS v2.0
meta-variscite-sdk-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
Release 1.2
Major Updates
Additional patches to support VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS V2.0
Known Issues
install_android.sh does not work on VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS v2.0 Android 13.0.0_1.0.0 does not yet support VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS v2.0 and will hang early in boot without: https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx/commit/7cb218c229b62865d79a0a1f327a4f020dc35644.
uboot-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
imx8mp_var_dart: fix board_id detect for VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS 2.0
linux-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
Several enhancements to OV5640 camera driver See 7c99305a8...210b0daa8
imx8mp-var-som: fix compile warnings
imx8mp-var-som: fix pinctrl for 802.15.4
meta-variscite-bsp-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
iw612-utils: iw612-bt: imx8mp-var-som: wait for hci interface to come up
meta-variscite-bsp-common Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
meta-variscite-sdk-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
Release 1.1
Major Updates
Add support for VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS V2.0 See VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS changelog for more information.
Drop support for DT8MCustomboard V1.x
uboot-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
linux-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
meta-variscite-bsp-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-sdk-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
meta-variscite-sdk-common Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
Release 1.0
Initial release Based on NXP Yocto Mickledore and NXP Linux Kernel 6.1.36 lf-6.1.y