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nerves v0.5.0 Release Notes

  • Important: If you use the BBB, a significant change to the device tree overlay ⬆️ interface was made. This is part of the 3.8 to 4.4.9 kernel upgrade change. This will affect user code. Additionally, the boot partition size of increased on the BBB. If you want neither of these changes, you can create a custom system image that points to the 3.8 kernel and has the old partition sizes in the fwup.conf.

    • 🆕 New features
      • WiFi drivers enabled by default on RPi2 and RPi3
      • Include wireless regulatory database in Linux kernel by default on WiFi-enabled platforms. Since kernel/rootfs are read-only and coupled together for firmware updates, the normal CRDA/udev approach isn't necessary.
      • Upgraded the default BeagleBone Black kernel from 3.8 to 4.4.9. The standard BBB device tree overlays are included by default even though the upstream kernel patches no longer include them.
      • Change all fwup configurations from two step upgrades to one step upgrades. If you used the base fwup.conf files to upgrade, you no longer need to finalize the upgrade. If not, there's no change.