IOT-GATE-IMX8 / SBC-IOT-IMX8: Yocto Linux: Release Notes

15-Jun-2023, IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8 Yocto Linux 3.2.1

Yocto 4.0 (Kirkstone) for IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8

- Fixed Docker issue

21-May-2023, IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8 Yocto Linux 3.2

Yocto 4.0 (Kirkstone) for IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8

- Kirkstone Long Term Support

- Kernel 5.15.32

- U-Boot 2021.04

- Add support for Intel AX210 WiFi/BT card

09-May-2023, IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8 Yocto Linux 3.1.5

Yocto 3.3 (Hardknott) for IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8

- Kernel 5.10.72

- U-Boot 2021.04

- Fixed USB power supply reset issue

- Enabled root FS journaling

- Fixed cpufreq driver issue

- Disabled Ethernet PHY clock 125 MHz

- Added support for simultaneous operation of two IE-CL420 modules

Image build improvement:

- Added Linux headers to the image

- Migrated from CodeAurora to GitHub

Documentation updated

19-Jul-2022, IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8 Yocto Linux 3.1

Yocto 3.3 (Hardknott) for IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8

- Kernel 5.10.72

- U-Boot 2021.04

- Fix signal configuration of Digital I/O add-on GPIOs

- Fix WiFi driver for 4GB RAM configuration

- Enable support for FTDI USB to serial driver

- Add support for mbpoll ModBus utility

- Reduce RTC battery usage when the power supply is disconnected

- Store manufacturing details in the device tree

- Update the CAN bus driver

- Add support to the POE add-on module

- Add support for the M4 core

- Add support for the IE-CL420 module

- Add support for the IE-TPM module

- Enable the net filter tables feature

- Enable setting the RTC time based on NTP

- Enable broadcast manager CAN Protocol

- Add the digital I/O add-on input GPIOs as wake-up sources

- Add support for the Realtek RTL8211 PHY

Documentation:

- Initial Yocto Linux documentation for IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8

21-Sep-2020, IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8 Yocto Linux 2.0

Yocto 3.0 (Zeus) for IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8

- Kernel 5.4.24

- U-Boot 2020.04

HW-supported features:

- eMMC storage

- USB2.0 Host

- Ethernet

- WiFi (Intel AX200)

- Bluetooth

- LTE modem (SIM7600G)

- CAN-FD

- RS485

- RS232 with flow control

- Industrial I/O add-ons

- RTC

- Industrial I/O extension boards

SW Features:

- CompuLab Deployment Tool

- Linux CLI utilities for access to the U-Boot environment

Documentation:

- Initial Yocto Linux documentation for IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8