VAR-SOM-MX8X Release Notes

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VAR-SOM-MX8X Release Notes

Yocto mx8x-yocto-mickledore-6.1.22_2.0.0-v1.1

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 4.2, BSP: NXP L6.1.22_2.0.0, Linux: lf-6.1.y
Release tag mx8x-yocto-mickledore-6.1.22_2.0.0-v1.1
Release manifest imx-6.1.22-2.0.0.xml
Date 08/30/2024
Supported platforms VAR-SOM-MX8X
SOM revision v1.1 and higher
File System build system Yocto Mickledore
Recovery SD card link mx8x__yocto-mickledore-6.1.22-2.0.0-v1.1__android-13.0.0_1.2.0-v1.0.wic.zst
Recovery SD card SHA256 d303bd4e0c74f75ffad7cac97d0b5beb0cb0cbcaa5e12f029664157dfa2ca7e0
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_v2023.04_var01 d491baa5e7e6145ec3d200d984ae2c0b38c1c5da
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx lf-6.1.y_var02 3db919ef6c53ec5c44d196cb618c4b6f675bec82
meta-variscite-bsp-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-imx mickledore-var01 bfc235279a0f178a3c1f27c77197a210e0932f36
meta-variscite-bsp-common https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-common mickledore-var01 1c3152af48bccec6be024a33e81c766725681489
meta-variscite-sdk-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-imx mickledore-var01 ca6881021591da449af34db2ca7e31ea3cb3a6b2
meta-variscite-sdk-common https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-common mickledore-var01 b4a35525fec07a90be49c6126f410893b35399d4


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
Major Updates
Fix the PCIe support for the VAR-SOM-MX8X
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-sdk-common Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
meta-variscite-sdk-imx Updates Click here for a full detailed change list.
Known Issues
Parallel Camera The camera device fails when trying to stream with GStreamer at the specific resolution of 1024x768, unless a higher resolution is streamed first.
Video playback was not running due to missing VPU node on device tree Fixed by imx8qxp-var-som: Add missing VPU node to the device tree
Release 1.0
Initial release Based on NXP Yocto Mickledore and NXP Linux Kernel lf-6.1.y
Known Issues
PCIe not working Fixed by https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx/commit/a63c77d47be30d5c0204172896f69ca1db38249c
Parallel Camera The camera device fails when trying to stream with GStreamer at the specific resolution of 1024x768, unless a higher resolution is streamed first.
Video playback was not running due to missing VPU node on device tree Fixed by imx8qxp-var-som: Add missing VPU node to the device tree