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• Update balena-yocto-scripts digest to 6053c5a
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Detected dependencies

git-submodules

.gitmodules

• balena-yocto-scripts master@d59fac4cce1dcff0b423ac97aeccbd7f4486b9c2
• layers/poky kirkstone@27de52e402ae000dfa502d52908cd6e6aef923ec
• layers/meta-freescale kirkstone@2fb1ce365338126aad365012ebb913b3e4a9f1be
• layers/meta-compulab honister@6316d8ca737f7460ea24d83f3aeec9f8d00b6e8a
• layers/meta-openembedded kirkstone@6ff0748a4741517519a281985fc3cd95dadb633e
• layers/meta-balena master@4c376535a83f0b22b9757d835c4a7029cd758a77
• contracts master@773c77cc902a5896a8fa75663d2aa661c0f4e1e3

github-actions

.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml

• balena-os/github-workflows v0.0.27@0192d70429dd7bce1aee056ec3369514f682d48a

.github/workflows/esr.yml

• balena-os/github-workflows master

.github/workflows/flowzone.yml

• product-os/flowzone master

SIM7600G not working on the IOT-GATE-iMX8

An image release request has been made for the iot-gate-imx8.

Automated testing uncovered problems with modem connectivity which are currently being investigated in internal thread https://balena.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/345889-balena-io.2Fos/topic/Compulab.20IOT-gate-imx8/near/374341310

Updates will be posted in this ticket

New u-boot revision requested for iot-gate-imx8

The following upstream release contains patches and updates necessary for rs232/rs485:

Version needed: U-Boot v2.3 based on NXP tag imx_v2020.04_5.4.24_2.1.0

Request to include NFSDv3/v4 support

A customer's application requires the use of the nsfd kernel modules, which is included by some BSPs like the Raspberrypi but not on Compulab's.

Until we have a better way to add built-in kernel modules on demand we have to include it as default assuming the rootfs has enough space for it.

No wireless-regdb package installed in hostOS

The wireless-regdb package contains the regulatory domain database that is required for a working wireless. This package is added as part of the packagegroup-balena-connectivity recipe in meta-balena, however this DT has:

BBMASK += "packagegroup-balena-connectivity.bbappend"

As part of its conf/layer.conf device integration layer.

It's unclear why this was done like this in the first place - the correct approach to modify this recipe would be to override it in the integration layer itself instead of ignoring it.

Add kernel module(s) for TPM 2.0

Copy&Paste from balena-os/balena-intel#218

We would like to have TPM 2.0 support in Balena on the Compulab Imx8 platform.

Use Case

We're using TPM 2.0 modules to sign tokens on the edge to identify edge devices to our cloud tier. Using the TPM is more secure than storing certs on the device because the private key never leaves the TPM.

Solution

See balena-os/balena-intel#218

Expected Interfaces

When TPM 2.0 support is present, we expect to see the following files:

/dev/tpm0
/dev/tpmrm

Built-in RS232 on P7 not working on iot-gate-imx8

The RS232 port on the back of the iot-gate-imx8 is not working in loopback mode.

upgrade balena 5.1.47+rev2 supervisor 6.1.4 problem

Hi after upgrade to

balenaOS 5.1.47+rev2 and supervisor version 6.1.4 my web application container get this error using PUBLIC DEVICE URL link on balena dashboard:

"tunneling socket could not be established: 500"
"One possible reason is because nothing is listening on port 80 on the device."

and the web application doesn't respond to local intranet ip, apache2 is not down on container.

If i run device healt check i obtain:

"An error occurred while querying checks data: /usr/libexec/os-helpers-sb: line 24: user_mode_enabled: command not found"

Eventually can i rollbak to 5.1.43 and supervisor 6.1.1?

Thanks

request to enable ath10k driver to support Atheros QCA9x based mPCIe wifi chipset

Hello,

Requesting to include kernel options CONFIG_ATH10K and CONFIG_ATH10K_PCI along with linux-firmware-ath10k package in default image. We have successfully tested mPCI wifi cards with QCA9984/QCA9880 chipset with ath10k driver on iot-gate-imx8. Driver also supports few other Atheros chipset as well.

Currently, iot-gate-imx8's built-in Intel ax200 wifi card fails to provide sufficient range for our field operations. So we want to revert to tried and tested wifi cards that worked for us in the past.

Regards,
-Npatil

Request for BSP update from Dunfell to Kirkstone BSP v3.2.1 (15-06-2023)

See https://mediawiki.compulab.com/w/index.php?title=IOT-GATE-iMX8_and_SBC-IOT-iMX8_NXP_iMX8M-Mini_Yocto_Linux

iot-gate-imx8: Remove v2.71.5+rev6 release from prod dashboard

v2.71.5+rev6 release is the initial release and contains a BSP script for resizing the terminal, which causes HUP to fail when initializing if the update is triggered from the dashboard. It was agreed in https://jel.ly.fish/30a974fb-e9bd-4a84-879b-40ce6ad0d21e to remove this release.

Request for a v2.82.10+rev2 production release

This contains support for NFSv3/v4 and is required by a customer's application.

eth0 not working on latest rev boards with balenaOS 2.85.2+rev1

Hello,
Recently we received latest revision eval kit of iot-gate-imx8 and are unable to get eth0 to work. eth0 led keeps going on/off and is not able to exchange packets. eth1 works fine. Eth0 was not an issue with earlier rev boards and BalenaOS.
Please note, eth0 works just fine on base os shipped from Compulab. The issue only happens after running balenaOS.

Please let me know if you need additional info.
`
root@xxxx:~# cat /etc/os-release
ID="balena-os"
NAME="balenaOS"
VERSION="2.85.2+rev1"
VERSION_ID="2.85.2+rev1"
PRETTY_NAME="balenaOS 2.85.2+rev1"
MACHINE="iot-gate-imx8"
META_BALENA_VERSION="2.85.2"
BALENA_BOARD_REV="fba8222"
META_BALENA_REV="34a41e07"
SLUG="iot-gate-imx8"

serialpn=IOT-GATE-iMX8-D4-NA32-WB-JS7600G-XL-TIC-FARS4-FBCAN-V100-220414-0001c0306683

`

Request to include kernel-module-nsfd as default

A customer's application requires the use of the nsfd kernel modules, which is included by some BSPs like the Raspberrypi but not on Compulab's.

Until we have a better way to add built-in kernel modules on demand we have to include it as default assuming the rootfs has enough space for it.

Deploy v2.82.2+rev2 to production

This release contains a NFSD kernel configuration that is required by a customer's application.