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phyCORE-i.MX-8M Plus Software Release (BSP-Yocto-NXP-i.MX8MP-PD24.1.0)


Software Release Name: BSP-Yocto-NXP-i.MX8MP-PD24.1.0

Release Date: November 6, 2024

Release Highlights:

  • Kernel, Device Tree and Device Tree Overlays are now stored and loaded in a FIT Image Container
  • Switch to U-Boot standard boot for bootflow configuration
  • Support EFI boot
  • Using now poky kernel fragment handling and using new kernel defconfig “imx8_phytec_defconfig”
  • Camera:
    • Switch to Linux upstream driver for phyCAM-L serializer and deserializer
    • The VM-017 (ar0521) via phyCAM-L now runs with a 26.66 MHz input clock due to the switch to the serializer upstream driver
    • Overhaul of the existing camera examples:
      • Consolidation of examples that share the same code base
      • More descriptive output, so it is easier for users to reconstruct it to their own needs
  • Security:
    • FIT Image verification now uses public keys instead of HAB
    • FIT Image is build with poky kernel-fitimage class
    • Only load ‘overlays’ variable from bootenv.txt
  • RAUC:
    • U-Boot: Only load RAUC related variables from eMMC environment

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