| Embedded Linux BSP Q4 2023 Quarterly Release |
 ELB-5484 | Fixed | AP Does Not Work Anymore After `hostapd` Restart | Apalis iMX8, Colibri iMX6ULL, Colibri iMX8X, Verdin AM62, Verdin iMX8M Mini, Verdin iMX8M Plus | Wi-Fi | | Low | No |
Description: Restarting hostapd makes it impossible for clients to connect to the AP. Workaround: Reboot the system after a hostapd configuration change. It's also possible to rmmod / modprobe mwifiex before restarting hostapd to apply the configuration change without a reboot. |
| Embedded Linux BSP Q3 2023 Quarterly Release |
| ELB-5187 | Fixed | Wi-Fi Firmware Crash With Concurrent AP/STA Mode | Verdin iMX8M Plus | Wi-Fi | | Low | No |
Description: It's not possible to use Wi-Fi AP mode and client mode simultaneously. Workaround: Update sdiouart8997_combo_v4.bin Wi-Fi firmware to the latest version from https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-firmware/tree/lf-6.1.36_2.1.0/nxp/FwImage_8997_SD |
| Embedded Linux BSP Q4 2022 Quarterly Release. Learn more on https://www.toradex.com/news/bsp-layers-reference-images-yocto-project-6-1-0-quarterly |
| ELB-4845 | New Feature | Update Wi-Fi SDIO-UART W8997 Firmware | Verdin iMX8M Plus | Wi-Fi | | | No |
Description: Update Wi-Fi SDIO-UART W8997 Firmware from version 16.92.10.p219.5 (`mxm5x17283.p2`) to 16.92.21.p55.3 (`mxm5x17344.p3`) |
| Embedded Linux BSP 5.7.5 Maintenance Release |
| ELB-5484 | Known Issue | AP Does Not Work Anymore After `hostapd` Restart | Apalis iMX8, Colibri iMX6ULL, Colibri iMX8X, Verdin AM62, Verdin iMX8M Mini, Verdin iMX8M Plus | Wi-Fi | | Low | No |
Description: Restarting hostapd makes it impossible for clients to connect to the AP. Workaround: Reboot the system after a hostapd configuration change. It's also possible to rmmod / modprobe mwifiex before restarting hostapd to apply the configuration change without a reboot. |
| Embedded Linux BSP Q2 2022 Quarterly Release. Learn more on https://www.toradex.com/news/bsp-layers-reference-images-yocto-project-5-7-0-quarterly |
| ELB-4535 | New Feature | Verdin iMX8M Plus is missing the uap0 WLAN NIC | Verdin iMX8M Plus | Wi-Fi | | | No |
Description: Add missing uap0 Wi-Fi device, to be used for AP mode |
| ELB-4407 | New Feature | Implement mwifiex firmware selection based on strapping | Verdin iMX8M Plus | Wi-Fi | | | No |
Description: Select correct mwifiex firmware depending on module strapping |
| Embedded Linux BSP Q1 2022 Quarterly Release. Learn more on https://www.toradex.com/news/bsp-layers-reference-images-yocto-project-5-6-0-quarterly |
| ELB-4148 | New Feature | Disable Background Scanning for WiFi with Connman - wpa_supplicant | Apalis iMX8, Colibri iMX6ULL, Colibri iMX8X, Verdin iMX8M Mini, Verdin iMX8M Plus | Buildsystem, Wi-Fi | | | No |
Description: Disabled Wi-Fi background scanning |
| ELB-3389 | New Feature | Feature Set: Linux: Wi-Fi | Verdin iMX8M Plus | Wi-Fi | | | No |
Description: Add support for Wi-Fi on Verdin iMX8M Plus. |
| ELB-3221 | New Feature | Bring-up UART Interface for Bluetooth (Alternatively to e.g. SDIO) | Verdin iMX8M Plus | Bluetooth, SDIO/SD/MMC, UART, Wi-Fi | | | No |
Description: As concurrent use of SDIO Wi-Fi and Bluetooth is causing issues an alternative would be to use the UART for Bluetooth. |
| Embedded Linux BSP Q4 2021 Quarterly Release. Learn more on https://www.toradex.com/news/bsp-layers-reference-images-yocto-project-5-5-0-quarterly |
| ELB-4208 | New Feature | Update wireless firmware to latest version | Apalis iMX8, Colibri iMX8X, Verdin iMX8M Mini, Verdin iMX8M Plus | Wi-Fi | | | No |
Description: Update mwifiex WiFi firmware to 2021-07-16 |
| ELB-3039 | Known Issue | Concurrent Use of SDIO Wi-Fi and Bluetooth May Crash Firmware/Driver | Colibri iMX6ULL, Verdin iMX8M Mini, Verdin iMX8M Plus | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi | | Low | No |
Description: Simultaneous use of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interfaces can lead to crashes of the firmware and/or the Linux kernel driver of the SDIO Wi-Fi/BT solution. Workaround: Unload (rmmod) the entire Wi-Fi and Bluetooth stack and reload (insmod) it again. Worst case an entire system reboot may be required. Note: NXP is still working on the concurrent Wi-Fi Bluetooth use case. |
| ELB-5608 | Known Issue | Wi-Fi Connection Failure On 2.4GHz (and Rarely 5GHz) Channel | Verdin AM62, Verdin iMX8M Plus | Wi-Fi | | Low | No |
Description: Connecting to a Wi-Fi network, especially on 2.4GHz channels) might fail with the following errors:
```
[ 38.057353] mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: info: trying to associate to bssid b6:fb:e4:be:d8:d6
[ 39.578757] mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: ASSOC_RESP: failed, status code=1 err=0xfffc a_id=0x3fff
[ 39.587549] mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: assoc failure: reason CONNECT_ERR_ASSOC_ERR_TIMEOUT
[ 39.595870] mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: ASSOC_RESP: UNSPECIFIED failure
[ 39.602679] mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: info: association to bssid b6:fb:e4:be:d8:d6 failed
```
or
```
[ 456.297556] mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: info: trying to associate to bssid 3c:52:a1:e4:61:50
[ 457.805023] mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: ASSOC_RESP: failed, status code=2 err=0xfffa a_id=0x3fff
[ 457.805149] mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: assoc failure: reason Unknown connect failure
[ 457.805453] mwifiex_sdio mmc2:0001:1: info: association to bssid 3c:52:a1:e4:61:50 failed
``` |
