DART-MX8M Release Notes

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DART-MX8M Release Notes

Yocto mx8m-yocto-kirkstone-5.15-2.0.x-v1.3

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 4.0, BSP: FSLC 4.0, Linux: lf-5.15.y
Release tag mx8m-yocto-kirkstone-5.15-2.0.x-v1.3
Release manifest kirkstone-5.15.xml
Date 04/15/2023
Supported platforms DART-MX8M
SOM revision v1.1 and higher
File System build system Yocto Kirkstone
Recovery SD card link mx8m__yocto-kirkstone-5.15-2.0.x-v1.3__android-12.0.0_2.0.0-v1.0.img.gz
Cortex M4 U-Boot supportMCUXPRESSO_2.12.1_V1.0_DART-MX8M
Cortex M4 Linux remoteproc supportMCUXPRESSO_2.12.1_V1.0_DART-MX8M

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 84a7bb17367ea54bc7a3cce0f5de547f66452f6a
meta-variscite-bsp https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp kirkstone 9bd972eece1e17cfb928863de8b2ae399a073c54


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Change Log

Change List Description
Release 1.3 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 1.2
Kernel updates
net: mdio: manage deassert time when controlling MDIO reset signal
net: fec: manage corner deferred probe condition
net: mdio: force deassert MDIO reset signal
imx8: imx8m: variscite: fix the machine compatible strings
crypto: caam: fix regression introduced by merge b20f217
arm64: imx8_var_defconfig: change usb ehci and ohci drivers to loadable
Yocto updates
meta-variscite-bsp updates
linux-firmware: bc43xx: add symbolic link to firmware for each model
linux-firmware: bc43xx: add symbolic link to firmware for each machine
Revert "variscite-wifi.service: Disable service stop
freertos-variscite: add 2.12.x support for imx8mn and imx8mq
linux-firmware: Update BT/Wi-Fi firmware for bc43xx to 10.54.0.13"
Release 1.1
U-Boot updates
ci_udc: Produce less verbose output doing ums command
soc: revert the changes introduced by LF-4200 and LF-3898-3
Kernel updates
add 20ms delay to ethernet regulator enable
net: phy: at803x: save vddio regulator state during probe
Yocto updates
meta-variscite-sdk updates
rng-tools: disable the jitterentropy. This is needed to avoid rngd to consume all four CPUs on boot for 60+ seconds.
packagegroup-var-ml: disable tensorflow-lite-vx-delegate for mx8mm
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