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-v1.2
Release manifest	kirkstone-5.15.xml
Date	06/15/2023
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-v1.2__android-11.0.0_1.0.0-v1.2.img.gz
Cortex M4 U-Boot support	MCUXPRESSO_2.9.0_V1.0_VAR-SOM-MX8X
Cortex M4 Linux remoteproc support	MCUXPRESSO_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	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

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 1.2
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
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