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| Added Android support for SPEAR-MX8 ||  
| Added Android support for SPEAR-MX8 ||  
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| Fixed capacitive touch interrupt for VAR-SOM-MX8 || Fixes capacitive touch on Symphony board v1.2, backwards compatible with older Symphony revisions  
| Fixed capacitive touch interrupt for VAR-SOM-MX8 || Fixes capacitive touch on Symphony-Board v1.2, backwards compatible with older Symphony-Board revisions  
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.4</span> ||  
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.5</span> ||
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| Linux: Enabled driver for ADIN1300 PHY ||
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| Linux: Added RGMII RX Clock Delay for Symphony-Board Ethernet port ||
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.4</span> ||
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| U-Boot: Introduce support for the i.MX8QP SoC ||
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| U-Boot: Provide som_wifi kernel argument ||
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| U-Boot: Do not compile ahab.c for SPL ||
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| Linux: Introduce support for the i.MX8QP SoC ||
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| Linux: sn65dsi83: Add device tree property to swap LVDS Channel A/B ||
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| Linux: enable internal pullups for i2c0, i2c1, i2c3, i2c4 || Previously, internal pulldowns were enabled
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.3</span> ||
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| Updated the kernel from 5.4.85 to 5.4.142 ||
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| Updated the Yocto meta layers to latest:
yocto/poky
yocto/meta-freescale
oe/meta-openembedded
oe/meta-python2
freescale/meta-freescale-3rdparty
freescale/meta-freescale-distro
freescale/Documentation
QT5/meta-qt5
sbabic/meta-swupdate
yocto/meta-virtualization
varigit/meta-variscite-fslc
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| linux-firmware: update TI WL18xx BT service pack to v4.7 ||
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| linux-firmware: Update BT/Wi-Fi firmware for bc43xx to 8.5.0.7 ||
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| linux-firmware: update TI WL18xx to WiFi FW 8.9.0.0.88 ||
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| fsl-image-gui: Add libgpiod and libgpiod-tools ||
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.2</span> ||
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| Fix occasional device errors on USB3503 hub || usb 1-1.2: device no response, device descriptor read/64, error -71
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| wm8904: extend device tree support || Re-work DMIC support to address low volume issue
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| Bluez-alsa  ||  Replace pulseaudio with bluez-alsa
Play audio over Bluetooth using alsa without pulseaudio
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| systemd-serialgetty: Use standard target filesystem paths ||
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| bcm43xx-utils: Use standard target filesystem paths ||
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| systemd: add dependencies to avoid conflict between connman and systemd-networkd ||
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| psplash: switch to using png images for logo and bar ||
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| pm-utils: wifi: force connman/wpa_supplicant restart ||
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| Move bbappend to dynamic layers ||
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.1</span> ||
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| Added support for loading the M4 firmware using the Linux Remoteproc Framework ||
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| Added support for loading the M4 firmware using U-Boot ||
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| Disabled audiomix ||
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| Fixed SPI dma issue ||
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.0</span> ||
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| Initial Yocto Dunfell release for VAR-SOM-MX8 and SPEAR-MX8 ||
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! Known Issues !!
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| HDMI and DP suspend/resume crash || Using HDMI or DP display, resume from suspend ends up in a kernel crash
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| USB Type-A ports are not supported in U-Boot on SPEAR-MX8 || U-Boot USB driver does not recognize USB devices behind the hub
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| Initial Yocto Kirkstone release||Based on [https://github.com/Freescale/linux-fslc/commit/d818413e4d7901cb8a00a631a389326e2c93ae41 FSLC 5.15-2.0.x-imx] (kernel 5.15.60) which is based on [https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/linux-imx/log/?h=lf-5.15.32-2.0.0 NXP lf-5.15.32-2.0.0] and merged with [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/log/?h=v5.15.60 Linux Stable 5.15.60]
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! Known Issues !!
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| RPMSG Demos from U-Boot || Starting from BSP 5.10.72 NXP stopped supporting Cortex-m firmwares loaded from U-Boot
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| HDMI and DP suspend/resume crash || Using HDMI or DP display, resume from suspend ends up in a kernel crash
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| USB Type-A ports are not supported in U-Boot on SPEAR-MX8 || U-Boot USB driver does not recognize USB devices behind the hub
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| USB Type-A ports don't work after resume from suspend in Linux on SPEAR-MX8 || USB driver does not recognize USB devices behind the hub
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| Android 11.0.0 v1.0.0 (kernel 5.4.47) for VAR-SOM-MX8 and SPEAR-MX8 ||
| Android 11.0.0_1.0.0 (kernel 5.4.47) for VAR-SOM-MX8 and SPEAR-MX8 ||
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.2</span> ||
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|Linux: Enabled driver for ADIN1300 PHY ||
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|Linux: Added RGMII RX Clock Delay for Symphony-Board Ethernet port ||
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.1</span> ||
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| U-Boot: Introduce support for the i.MX8QP SoC ||
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| Linux: Introduce support for the i.MX8QP SoC ||
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| Linux: enable internal pullups for i2c0, i2c1, i2c3, i2c4 || Previously, internal pulldowns were enabled
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| P2P: Fix NULL pointer deference from brcmf_p2p_send_action_frameAPI ||
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| <span {{#var:STYLE_RELEASE}}>Release 1.0</span> ||
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| Android 11.0.0_1.0.0 (kernel 5.4.47) for VAR-SOM-MX8 and SPEAR-MX8 ||
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! Known Issues !!
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| WiFi hotspot SSID broadcast not working reliably || It is a known issue also on NXP's EVK
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| DisplayPort suspend/resume issue || Link training fails for DP upon resume from suspend
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| USB Type-A ports are not supported in U-Boot on SPEAR-MX8 || U-Boot USB driver does not recognize USB devices behind the hub
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Revision as of 12:30, 30 January 2023


VAR-SOM-MX8 / SPEAR-MX8 Release Notes

Yocto zeus-fsl-5.4.3-mx8-v1.2

Release Notes

Based on release Yocto: Poky 3.0, BSP: NXP L5.4.3-1.0.0, Linux: lf-5.4.y
Release tag zeus-fsl-5.4.3-mx8-v1.2
Release manifest imx-5.4.3-1.0.1-var01.xml
Date 12/21/2020
Supported platforms VAR-SOM-MX8 / SPEAR-MX8
SOM revision v1.1 and higher
File System build system Yocto Zeus
Recovery SD card link var-som-mx8-recovery-sd.v22.img.gz

Relevant git Repositories

Source Repository Branch Commit ID
U-Boot https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx lf-5.4.y_v2019.04_var01 bcdb05a53ea1946cb218cce784946fd03846b89d
Kernel https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx lf-5.4.y_var01 b40ccfdb73ea624fed5b98ff56ce494e8807392c
meta-variscite-imx https://github.com/varigit/meta-variscite-imx zeus-imx-5.4.3-var01 9ff250bc754f0beca60ebae3231c0e29cf7e53e4


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

Change Log

Change List Description
Release 1.2
U-Boot: Fixed Ethernet issues
U-Boot: Re-added SPL and support for 2/8 GB RAM
SCFW: Upgraded to version 1.2.10
kernel: Added support for resuming from suspend using touch/GPIOs
meta-layer: Updated bc43xx Bluetooth/Wi-Fi firmware to 8.2.0.16
Release 1.1
Ethernet phy1 fix for Symphony-Board rev. 1.4
Release 1.0
Initial Yocto Zeus release for VAR-SOM-MX8 and SPEAR-MX8
Known Issues
HDMI and DP suspend/resume crash Using HDMI or DP display, resume from suspend ends up in a kernel crash
USB Type-A ports are not supported in U-Boot on SPEAR-MX8 U-Boot USB driver does not recognize USB devices behind the hub