Release date: 12/16/2020

Variscite is pleased to inform about the Debian Buster v3.1 release for the DART-MX8M System on Module.

Modules: DART-MX8M

Release: mx8m-dart-debian-buster-sd.v31

Details:

  • Filesystem:
    Debian Buster
  • Linux kernel:
    Variscite imx_4.19.35_1.1.0_var01 branch (based on official NXP release 4.19.35_1.1.0, which is based on Linux 4.19.35).
  • U-Boot:
    Variscite imx_v2019.04_4.19.35_1.1.0-var01 branch (based on official NXP release 4.19.35_1.1.0, which is based on U-Boot v2019.04).

Noteworthy updates since release v2.3:

Release 3.1

  • Updated bc43xx Bluetooth/Wi-Fi firmware to Laird release 8.2.0.16
    Linux kernel updates:
  • Updated VDD_GPU voltage – this solves GPU instability issues seen on a small percentage of SOMs
  • MLK-22694: arch64: dts: fsl-imx8mq: Move src for dsi nodes and add lcdif clock
  • MLK-22694: imx: nwl_dsi-imx: Move mipi resets for i.MX8MQ

Release 3.0

U-Boot updates:

  • Update to 2019.04_4.19.35_1.1.0 branch
    Linux kernel updates:
  • Update to 4.19.35_1.1.0 branch
  • Dual Display Support – LVDS, LVDS + DP, LVDS + HDMI combination supported
    Debian build updates:
  • Align mx8_install_debian.sh to latest mx8_install_yocto.sh
  • Rename imx8m-var-dart machine to imx8mq-var-dart
  • Multimedia gstreamer packages updated to 1.16 version
  • GPU SDK support
  • Updated bc43xx Bluetooth/Wi-Fi firmware to latest release 7.0.0.142
  • Power management updates
  • Building imx-atf from source code

External Information
Release notes
Developers info