Torizon OS 7.6.0 Quarterly Release

We are pleased to announce the content of Torizon OS 7.6.0 quarterly release for Toradex's System on Modules.

Torizon OS is our operating system that powers Torizon, a DevOps platform that simplifies the development and maintenance of embedded Linux software. Torizon OS is designed to be used out-of-the-box on devices requiring high reliability, allowing you to focus on your application instead of building and maintaining an operating system.

Torizon uses software containers, making it simple to add functionality to your system in a way that is both secure and easy to maintain. Torizon supports hardware acceleration in containers and graphical user interfaces.

Updates and Highlights

Torizon OS

• Distro updates:
  • Smaller Offline Update packages enabled by extending Aktualizr to support Lockbox with OSTree static deltas
  • Enabled the following kernel configs in Torizon OS: CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_SET=m, CONFIG_IP_SET=m, CONFIG_IP_SET_MAX=256, CONFIG_IP_SET_HASH_NET=m, CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT=m, CONFIG_FB_TFT=m, CONFIG_FB_TFT_ST7789V=m.
  • Disabled CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL for all ARM32 machines.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed GPU firmware for Aquila iMX95 missing on Torizon OS 7
  • Yocto "devtool" utility does not work in recent versions of Torizon OS 7 build environment
  • CVE_VERSION reports incomplete kernel version
• Updates from BSP 7.6.0:
  • Please also note that Torizon OS is built on top of the Toradex BSP Layers for the Yocto Project. Read the BSP Layers and Reference Images for Yocto Project release news to learn more.

Common Torizon

• Distro updates:
  • Added Luna SL1680 Board quarterly release.
  • Added Astra Machina SL1680 quarterly release.
  • Added NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano engineering pre-release.

Get started with Common Torizon hardware support.

Debian Packages and Containers

Full release notes are published in the Torizon Containers repository: Torizon Containers Release Notes. Highlights:

• Demos on Torizon Demo Gallery:
  • Added Aquila iMX95, BeagleY-AI, TI AM62L_EVM, TI SK-AM62, TI SK-AM62P, Verdin AM62 and Verdin AM2P platforms.
  • Added Crank UI, Embedded Wizard UI, Slint UI, LVGL UI, and Light PDF Reader demos.

Intended Use

The Torizon OS 7.6.0 Quarterly Release is a production-grade release.

Therefore, if you are in production with TorizonCore 5, Torizon OS 6 or earlier Torizon OS 7 releases, we recommend moving to this quarterly release. Learn more in the Torizon Upgrade Notes.

Hardware Support

A quarterly release is a production release, intended to be used in a production environment only with volume products, as long as they are supported by Torizon OS. We run a set of tests to validate them. Learn more about our release types from our Embedded Linux Support Strategy.

• Volume products: Aquila AM69/TDA4, Verdin AM62P, Verdin AM62, Verdin iMX8M Plus, Verdin iMX8M Mini, SMARC iMX8M Plus, Apalis iMX8, Apalis iMX6, Colibri iMX6ULL 1GB, Colibri iMX6DL, and Colibri iMX7D 1GB, and Colibri iMX8
  • This release is intended to be used in production on these modules.
• Sample products: Luna SL1680, Aquila iMX95, SMARC iMX95, and Verdin iMX95
  • Due to the hardware status being "sample", this release is intended for evaluation and development.
• Community products: NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, Astra Machina SL1680, and Astra Machina SL2610 Dev Kit from Synatpics; i.MX93 FRDM Board from NXP; AM62L EVM, AM62P EVM, and AM62 EVK from Texas Instruments; BeagleY-AI from the BeagleBoard Foundation; Generic x86_64
  • Toradex runs a test suite for Torizon Cloud-related features on these boards and fixes critical bugs. Overall, Torizon support (including containers and IDE) varies for each platform. Contact us to learn more.