Release date: 01/09/2018
Variscite is pleased to inform about the new Yocto Sumo release for iMX6 System on Modules.
Modules: VAR-SOM-MX6, VAR-SOM-SOLO/DUAL and DART-MX6.
Release: sumo-fslc-4.9.88-mx6-v1.0.
Noteworthy updates:
- sources/meta-variscite-fslc:
- Upgraded the Linux kernel to NXP release 4.9.88
- wictool support – replace the obsolete “sdcard” image type with the default “wic.gz” and remove the redundant ext4 image type
- Add support for NAND flash parts with eraseblock size of 256KiB
- wifi : Updated TI WiFi FW to 8.9.0.0.79
- sources/meta-browser:
- chromium-x11: Upgraded to 67.0.3396.99
- sources/meta-qt5:
- Qt: upgrade to 5.10.1
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