VAR-SOM-MX8X Release Notes

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VAR-SOM-MX8X Release Notes

Yocto mx8x-yocto-kirkstone-5.15-2.0.x-v1.1

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 4.0, BSP: FSLC 4.0, Linux: lf-5.15.y
Release tag mx8x-yocto-kirkstone-5.15-2.0.x-v1.1
Release manifest kirkstone-5.15.xml
Date 04/15/2023
Supported platforms VAR-SOM-MX8X
SOM revision v1.1 and higher (B0/C0)
File System build system Yocto Kirkstone
Recovery SD card link mx8x__yocto-kirkstone-5.15-2.0.x-v1.1__android-11.0.0_1.0.0-v1.1.img.gz
Cortex M4 U-Boot supportMCUXPRESSO_2.9.0_V1.0_VAR-SOM-MX8X
Cortex M4 Linux remoteproc supportMCUXPRESSO_2.9.0_V1.0_VAR-SOM-MX8X

Relevant git Repositories

Source Repository Branch Commit ID
U-Boot https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx lf_v2022.04_var01 84a7bb17367ea54bc7a3cce0f5de547f66452f6a
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx 5.15-2.0.x-imx_var01 49ec7c516ad2ad0c8a352cad5de69a5ac26c752c
meta-variscite-bsp https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp kirkstone 9bd972eece1e17cfb928863de8b2ae399a073c54


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

Note: Variscite is no longer providing new recovery SD card images for the i.MX8X B0 silicon. Please refer to the Yocto developer guide for instructions about how to build an image for the B0 silicon.

Change Log

Change List Description
Release 1.1 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 1.0
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