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

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

View Full Release Notes Here: https://download.phytec.de/Software/Linux/BSP-Yocto-i.MX8MP/BSP-Yocto-NXP-i.MX8MP-PD24.1.0/ReleaseNotes

Repo Links

U-Boot: https://git.phytec.de/u-boot-imx/tag/?h=v2024.04-2.0.0-phy7

Linux: https://github.com/phytec/linux-phytec-imx/tree/v6.6.23-2.0.0-phy10

Yocto: https://git.phytec.de/meta-phytec/tag/?h=BSP-Yocto-NXP-i.MX8MP-PD24.1.0

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