VAR-SOM-MX8X Release Notes

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VAR-SOM-MX8X Release Notes

Yocto mx8x-yocto-mickledore-6.1.22_2.0.0-v1.0

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-v1.0
Release manifest imx-6.1.22-2.0.0.xml
Date 11/16/2023
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-v1.0__android-13.0.0_1.2.0-v1.0.wic.zst
Recovery SD card SHA256 9be9422aab78623602fd1d1ee1d4f91f18f87448c71899b76a6be9deee345878
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 08eea4713f98c13cd74b73ff8969519866b5b61e
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx lf-6.1.y_var02 2199e0ade4d5619502d7934c08198da7beb88ed5
meta-variscite-bsp-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-bsp-imx mickledore-var01 852cbe07918cf7bf21eda4c7e680951e25e3a41a
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 00c0598e7a48efe915c7713eb922bc98a3c034e5
meta-variscite-sdk-common https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-sdk-common mickledore-var01 a51b2157f9b38b6261c383f3da80e84e35b1a99f


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 1.0
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