F&S MX8MM Yocto Release Y2024.10 (fsimx8mm-Y2024.10)

This is a maintenance release for F&S modules of the i.MX8MM SoC family, based on the NXP lf-5.15.71_2.2.2 release.

Supported Boards

• PicocoreMX8MM-DDR3L
• PicocoreMX8MM-LPDDR4
• PicocoreMX8MMr2-LPDDR4
• FS8MMOSM-SF

Please see the new revision of following file

FSiMX8MM_FirstSteps_eng.pdf

for a description of how everything is installed and used. This doc sub-directory also contains other documentation, for example about the hardware of the boards and the starter kits.

Please note that Yocto releases use a 'Y' for the version number. The version counting is independent form other releases.

Content

The release consists of the following files and directories:

How to build

Use the latest F&S Development Machine from the F&S website To build the example release binaries, run:

Code

1. git clone -b fsimx8mm-Y2024.10 https://github.com/FSEmbedded/releases-fus.git
2. cd releases-fus
3. ./setup-yocto <build_dir>
4. cd <build_dir>/yocto-fus
5. DISTRO=fus-imx-wayland MACHINE=fsimx8mm . fus-setup-release.sh
6. bitbake fus-image-std

Highlights

Here are some highlights of this release.

1. Update Linux Kernel to patch level 5.15.160

This fixes several smaller bugs and CVEs.

For more information please see

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/lin…el/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.72

to

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/lin…l/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.160

Also adds support for the new F&S LVDS Displays and improves the

Cortex-M support in Linux and adds SPI-NOR flash support to the

efusmx8mp.

2. Improved boot loader U-Boot 2021.04

Several bug fixes and improvements, like the Resource Domain Control

support in U-Boot device tree and an improved xhci USB driver.

3. Tested with Yocto poky layer version 4.0.20

This fixes several smaller bugs and CVEs, like CVE-2024-6387 OpenSSH

signal handler race condition.

For more information, please see

https://docs.yoctoproject.org/…release-notes-4.0.19.html

to

https://docs.yoctoproject.org/…release-notes-4.0.20.html

Adding support for FSOSM8MM

Adding support for the FSOSM8MM modules to the architecture specific releases

Changelog

The following list shows the most noticeable changes in this release in more detail since our last release for this platform. For a detailed description please check the respective git histories.

u-boot-2021.04-fsimx8mm-2024.10

• Add support for OSM8MM
• Include imx_tmu driver for fsimx8m(m/n/p)
• Fix USB handling for fsimx8mm
• Adjust size of CMA only for DRAM > 1GB

linux-5.15.160-fsimx8mm-2024.10

• Add support for OSM8MM
• Use bitbanging for SPI_A on ADP-OSM-BB
• Handle backlight control better for OSM8MM
• Update version of PCoreBBDSI for fsimx8mm
• Fix basler support for fsimx8mm
• Fix pwm frequency for pca963x

meta-fus-fsimx8mm-2024.10

• Add support for OSM8MM
• Fix name for new display Device-Tree from PicoCoreMX8MMr2-LPDDR4

linux-examples-fus-fs1

(no changes)

Documentation

• FSiMX8MM_FirstSteps_eng.pdf
• LinuxOnFSBoards_eng.pdf

Please download the hardware documentation directly from our website. Then you always have the newest version.

For further support please contact us in the F&S Forum