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New Release: Yocto Hardknott 5.10.52_2.1.0 v1.1 for i.MX8M Plus modules

Wednesday, 08 Dec 2021

Release date: 12/08/2021

Variscite is pleased to inform about the Yocto Hardknott 5.10.52_2.1.0 release v1.1 for its i.MX8M Plus System on Modules.

Modules: DART-MX8M-PLUSVAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS

Release: hardknott-fsl-5.10.52_2.1.0-mx8mp-v1.1

Details:

  • Filesystem:
    Yocto Hardknott (based on NXP release L5.10.52_2.1.0).
  • Linux kernel:
    Variscite lf-5.10.y_var03 branch (based on NXP release L5.10.52_2.1.0, which is based on Linux 5.10.52).
  • U-Boot:
    Variscite lf_v2021.04_var02 branch (based on NXP release L5.10.52_2.1.0, which is based on U-Boot v2021.04).

Noteworthy updates:

Release 1.1

Linux updates:

  • Introduce support for pcal6408 (pcal6408 replaces tca6408 on DT8MCustomBoard rev. >= 2.1A)
  • wm8904: Initialize ADC 128x OSR Switch control to default value
  • dmaengine: imx-sdma: Start in suspended runtime
  • arm64: imx8_var_defconfig: add full Docker support

U-Boot updates:

  • imx8mp-var-som-symphony: Add gpio-hog-optional property to pca9534 gpio-hogs
  • gpio: uclass: Introduce gpio-hog-optional property

 

External Information
Release notes
Developers info: DART-MX8M-PLUSVAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS

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