Release date: 13/08/2017

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

Noteworthy updates:

  • Initial Yocto Pyro release
  • Update Wi-Fi driver and FW to release R8.7_SP2, and added a default calibration file (significantly speeds firmware loading)
  • Add network bridging support and bridge-utils package
  • Disable eudev device cache by default (fixes inconsistencies with mmcblk numbering)
  • Disable PCI MSI support by default
  • U-Boot updates:
    • Add watchdog management
    • Add fatwrite command
    • Add uEnv.txt support
    • Add support for custom kernel arguments
    • Fix ext4 failures in reading links
    • Fix HW conflicts with VAR-SOM-MX6 Rev 1

 

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