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New Release: Yocto Pyro v1.0 for i.MX6 modules

Monday, 02 Oct 2017

Release date: 2/10/2017

Yocto Pyro v1.0 for i.MX6Variscite is pleased to inform about the Yocto Pyro v1.0 release for our i.MX6 Modules.
ModulesVAR-SOM-MX6VAR-SOM-SOLO/DUAL and DART-MX6.
Release: pyro-fsl-4.1.15-mx6-v1.0.

Noteworthy updates:

  • IAdd SWupdate double-copy support
  • Use tar.gz by default instead of tar.bz2 for rootfs tarballs
  • u-boot-fw-utils: Build and install both mmc and nand configs
  • Add VAR-SOM-MX6 support for iMX6QP
  • Bluetooth: Reworked installation of pulseaudio A2DP modules
  • Audio: Run pulseaudio in system mode
  • Configure hostapd start-up via /etc/default/hostapd
  • U-Boot updates:
    • Increase mmc data transaction timeout to 500ms
    • Add flexibility to boot/root mmc dev/part selection

 

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