i.MX L3.14.52_1.1.0 GA & i.MX 6SoloX FreeRTOS GA Release Announcement [1]

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The Linux L3.14.52_1.1.0 GA and i.MX 6SoloX FreeRTOS release is now available on www.nxp.com

• Files available:

#	Name	Description
1	fsl-yocto-L3.14.52_1.1.0-ga.tar.gz	Linux 3.14.52_1.1.0 BSP documentation.
2	L3.14.52_1.1.0-ga_images_MX6QDLSOLO.tar.gz	i.MX 6Quad, i.MX 6Dual, i.MX 6DualLite, i.MX 6Solo Linux Binary Demo Files
3	L3.14.52_1.1.0-ga_images_MX6SLEVK.tar.gz	i.MX 6SololiteEVK Linux Binary Demo Files
4	L3.14.52_1.1.0-ga_images_MX6SXALL.tar.gz	i.MX 6SoloX Linux Binary Demo Files
5	L3.14.52_1.1.0-ga_images_MX6UL.tar.gz	i.MX 6UltraLite Linux Binary Demo Files
6	L3.14.52_1.1.0_ga-mfg-tools.tar.gz	i.MX Manufacturing Toolkit for Linux L3.14.52 BSP
7	L3.14.52_1.1.0-ga_gpu-tools.tar.gz	L3.14.52_1.1.0 i.MX VivanteVTK file
8	FreeRTOS_BSP_1.0.0_iMX6SX.exe	FreeRTOS™ BSP for the i.MX 6SoloX ARM® Cortex®-M4 core. --- Windows installer
9	FreeRTOS_BSP_1.0.0_iMX6SX.tar.gz	FreeRTOS™ BSP for the i.MX 6SoloX ARM® Cortex®-M4 core. --- Linux installer

• Target boards:
  • i.MX 6Quad SABRE-SD Board and Platform
  • i.MX 6DualLite SABRE-SD Board
  • i.MX 6Quad SABRE-AI Board
  • i.MX 6DualLite SABRE-AI Board
  • i.MX 6SoloLite EVK Board
  • i.MX 6SoloX SABRE-SD Board
  • i.MX 6SoloX SABRE-AI Board
  • i.MX 6UltraLite EVK Board

• What’s New:
  • LinuxBSP
    • New features added for all supported boards:
      • Yocto Project upgraded to version 1.8 Fido.
      • Supports the GCC 4.9.2 toolchain.
      • The Linux kernel is upgraded to v3.14.52.
      • The U-Boot is upgraded to 2015.04.
    • New graphics features:
      • GPU driver upgraded to Vivante v5.0.11p7.4.
      • DirectFB support removed.
      • XWayland support added.
      • Last release to provide graphics software floating point binaries.
    • New multimedia features and changes:
      • Qt 5.5 support integrated, which supports hardware accelerated QML video.
      • Qt 5 is not supported for SoC without hardware graphics. Qt 5 video is not supported on SoC without VPU.
      • Video compositing plugins based on PXP are supported.
      • GStreamer playback engine API is supported, providing high level APIs for media playback and operations.
      • Video overlay composition meta (meta:GstVideoOverlayComposition) is supported in i.MX video sinks, convert and compositor. This feature accelerates the text image (such as subtitle, timestamp) blending with video in these plugins with hardwares.
      • Supports the Broadcom/Murata BCM4339 Bluetooth/Wi-Fi module.

• FreeRTOS:
  • Add Peripheral support: i.MX 6SoloX ADC, i.MX 6SoloX CCM, i.MX GPIO, i.MX I2C, i.MX MU, i.MX UART, i.MX WDOG, ECSPI, EPIT, FlexCAN, LEME, RDC, SEMA4
  • Add Multi-core communication support: RPMsg

More details, please refer to formal Release Notes.