We’re glad to release our first Debian Stretch image for Nitrogen8M board. Since this board supports only Wayland graphical backend, the system is simpler than earlier systems with i.MX6. We use Weston, the reference Wayland compositor in this system, later…
i.MX Linux kernel 4.9 for Nitrogen platforms
We’re glad to release a new i.MX Linux kernel 4.9.x based on imx_4.9.11_1.0.0_ga branch for all our platforms: https://github.com/boundarydevices/linux-imx6/tree/boundary-imx_4.9.x_1.0.0_ga What’s new? This Linux kernel 4.9.x contains the same features as the previous 4.1.15 kernel, the rest of the new features can be found on NXP Release Notes:…
Debian Stretch 9.2 for i.MX6/7 boards – October 2017 (kernel 4.1.15/4.9.x)
As it happens every other year, Debian released a new version of its distribution named Stretch. We are glad to offer new images for i.MX6/7 boards with the current 4.1.15 kernel. As earlier, we used XFCE4 desktop since it offers…
Customizing Ubuntu/Debian kernels on i.MX6/7 boards
This post is an update to our previous Ubuntunizing i.MX6 kernels in order to allow you to customize your image. Also I try to give you a guide how to modify and customize the system image on the host PC before installing…
i.MX Linux kernel 3.14.52
We’re glad to release a new Linux kernel branch based on NXP 3.14.52-1.1.0_ga release for all our i.MX boards: https://github.com/boundarydevices/linux-imx6/tree/boundary-imx_3.14.52_1.1.0_ga What’s new? Well the most important feature is that this kernel is the first consolidated version for all i.MX platforms, including i.MX7…
Debian 8.3 Jessie for i.MX6 boards – February 2016 (kernel 3.14.28)
It’s been a while since our last Debian Jessie release, so it’s time for an updated image for our i.MX6 boards with some nice new features. So, without further ado, here are a couple of images of Debian Jessie:…
Debian Jessie images for i.MX6 boards
When we put together our post on use of the Debian installer, we intended it as a learning exercise as much as anything. We described the steps needed to create and compile a kernel and use a couple of variations…
Ubuntunizing i.MX6 kernels
Yes, we’re verbifying a noun here, but hope that the term is meaningful. We’ve been shipping binary images of Ubuntu for a while now, but haven’t really discussed the differences in the boot layout and will remedy that in this…
i.MX6 Video acceleration on Ubuntu Raring (and Debian)
When we recently posted Linaro Raring images for i.MX6, we were surprised at the number responses regarding hardware acceleration, and especially video acceleration. For a long time now, we’ve been saying that it could be done, but leaving it as…
Debian installer on i.MX6 boards
We’ve had a number of customers asking about Debian in recent weeks using instructions from either the ARMhf or eewiki sites. On each of those sites, the folks are starting with relatively large images though. One very nice feature of…
