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New Release: Debian Stretch R03 for DART-6UL & VAR-SOM-6UL modules
Release date: 16/06/2019
Variscite is pleased to inform about the latest Debian Stretch release for its DART-6UL & VAR-SOM-6UL modules.
Modules: DART-6UL and VAR-SOM-6UL (including the i.MX6UL, i.MX6ULL & i.MX6ULZ processors and the 5GHz WiFi SOM variants).
Release: var-mx6ul-debian-recovery-sd.
Details:
- U-Boot updated to Variscite imx_v2018.03_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga_
var01 branch (based on official NXP release imx_v2018.03_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga, which is based on U-Boot v2018.03) - Linux kernel updated to Variscite imx_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga_var01 branch (based on official NXP release imx_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga, which is based on Linux 4.14.78)
- DTs of the 5GHz and 2.4GHz WiFi models are now consolidated
- The DTs are organized to represent the SOMs and their carrier boards separately
- Fixed a possible hang when going into the lowest bus freq.
- Added support for SOMs with more than 512MB RAM
- Added support for the Variscite VAR-SOM-6UL family of SOMs
- Added support for i.MX6ULZ SOCs to both VAR-SOM-6UL & DART-6UL SOMs
- Updated Broadcom Bluetooth/WiFi firmware to version 6.0.0.121
- Other updates and bug fixes
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