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New Release: Yocto Sumo v1.1 for VAR-SOM-MX8M-NANO modules

Tuesday, 24 Mar 2020

Release date: 03/24/2020

Variscite is pleased to inform about the Yocto Sumo release v1.1 for the VAR-SOM-MX8M-NANO System on Module.

Modules: VAR-SOM-MX8M-NANO

Release: sumo-fsl-4.14.98-mx8mn-v1.1

Details:

  • Filesystem:
    Yocto Sumo (based on official NXP release L4.14.98-2.3.1).
  • Linux kernel:
    Variscite imx_4.14.98_2.3.0_var01 release (based on official NXP release imx_4.14.98_2.3.0, which is based on Linux 4.14.98).
  • U-Boot:
    Variscite imx_v2018.03_4.14.98_2.3.0_var01 release (based on official NXP release imx_v2018.03_4.14.98_2.3.0, which is based on U-Boot v2018.03).

Noteworthy updates since release v1.0:

  •  Added support for SOM revision 1.1
  • Upgraded to NXP BSP release 2.3.1
  • Fixed Bluetooth suspend/resume sequence

 

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