DART-MX8M-MINI Release Notes

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

Yocto hardknott-fslc-5.4-2.3.x-mx8mm-v1.1

1 Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 3.3, BSP: FSLC 3.3, Linux: 5.4-2.3.x-imx
Release tag hardknott-fslc-5.4-2.3.x-mx8mm-v1.1
Date 12/02/2021
Supported platforms DART-MX8M-MINI / VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI
SOM revision v1.1 and higher
Variscite BSP git https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-fslc
Variscite BSP branch hardknott
Variscite BSP commit ID d28dcd53d04ac23a712c1dbc54586cb10a9cc016
Kernel git https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx
Kernel branch 5.4-2.3.x-imx_var01
Kernel commit ID ebea29d540f31d08a6ad044df45e74e4f6f8d813
U-Boot git https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx
U-Boot branch imx_v2020.04_5.4.70_2.3.0_var01
U-Boot commit ID 46d384f517a2dbe63c6161d2ecfd964fdc08bf89
Cortex M4 U-Boot supportMCUXPRESSO_2.10.0_V1.0_DART-MX8M-MINI
Cortex M4 Linux remoteproc supportMCUXPRESSO_2.10.0_V1.0_DART-MX8M-MINI
File System build system Yocto Hardknott
Recovery SD card link dart-mx8mm-recovery-sd.v91.img.gz

Note: Some web browsers have removed FTP support. Please see our FTP wiki page or download using the command line:

$ wget ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/DART-MX8M-MINI/Software/dart-mx8mm-recovery-sd.v91.img.gz 

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

2 Change Log

Change List Description
Release 1.1
Yocto updates
freertos-variscite: Add 2.10.x support for imx8mm
swupdate: workaround for UTF8 compatibility in libarchive
bcm43xx-utils: variscite-wifi: Add wifi_down routine
fsl-image-gui: Remove eclipse-debug from IMAGE_FEATURES
bcm43xx-utils: Consolidate WIFI scripts
bcm43xx-utils: Move Variscite IMX6UL/IMX7/IMX8 BT scripts from bluez5 package
variscite-bt: Create SOM specific BT init scripts
fsl-image-gui: Add libgpiod and libgpiod-tools
Linux updates
imx8mm-var-dart: Introduce support for pcal6408 pcal6408 replaces tca6408 on DT8MCustomBoard rev. >= 2.1A
gpio: pca953x: Introduce standard-regs-fallback property
gpio: pca953x: Introduce support for nxp,pcal6408
sn65dsi83: Add device tree property to swap LVDS Channel A/B
imx8mm-var-som: Disable usbotg1 hnp, srp, and adp
imx8mm-var-dart: Disable usbotg1 hnp, srp, and adp
Release 1.0
Initial Yocto Hardknott release for DART-MX8M-MINI and VAR-SOM-MX8M-MINI