v1.29.0

This is a major Erlang and Buildroot update.

Please see the nerves_system_br v1.29.0 release notes
for upgrade instructions if you've forked this system.

• Changes

  • Applied and enabled the Real-Time Linux patch set, PREEMPT_RT. Please see
    write-ups on the web for benefits and how to use. The impact of this patch
    shouldn't be noticeable to most Nerves users.
  • Switch CPU frequency governor from conservative to the more modern
    schedutil. See LWN article for details.
  • Enable ARM NEON support for packages that can take advantage of it.
  • Enable dtc commandline programs to support dynamic device tree loading at
    runtime

• Updated dependencies

  • nerves_system_br v1.29.1
  • Buildroot 2024.08.2
  • Linux 6.6.51 (Raspberry Pi stable_20241008 release)

v1.28.1

This is a security/bug fix update.

• Changes

  • Enable QMI kernel modules to support many cellular modems without a Nerves
    system update

• Fixes

  • Device tree overlays are now included for all official Raspberry Pi cameras
    and should load automatically

• Updated dependencies

  • nerves_system_br v1.28.3
  • Buildroot 2024.05.2
  • Erlang/OTP 27.0.1

v1.28.0

This is a major Erlang, Buildroot, Linux and Raspberry Pi display and camera
update. Please read below and expect to spend some time on the update.

Please see the nerves_system_br v1.28.0 release notes
for upgrade instructions if you've forked this system.

• Changes

  • Elixir 1.17 and Erlang/OTP 27 support
  • Switch from the Raspberry Pi's deprecated MMAL media support to DRM and
    libcamera. This is a big change if you use the display or camera that has
    been a long time coming. Please plan some time to make the upgrade.
  • Upgrade from Linux 6.1 to Linux 6.6
  • Reduce copy/pasted definitions in the fwup.conf by extracting them to
    fwup_include/fwup-common.conf. (No functional changes)

• Fixes

  • The serial numbers returned by Nerves.Runtime.serial_number/0 now contain
    the whole serial number. If you forked this system, check the
    boardid.config and erlinit.config for the changes and to keep the
    hostname the same.

• Updated dependencies

  • Linux 6.6.31 (Raspberry Pi stable_20240529 release)
  • nerves_system_br v1.28.1
  • Buildroot 2024.05
  • Erlang/OTP 27.0

v1.27.1

This is a security/bug fix update.

• Changes

  • Enable the wpa_supplicant option for allow wired 802.1x authentication

• Package updates

  • Erlang/OTP 26.2.5
  • Buildroot 2024.02.1

v1.27.0

This is a major Buildroot update.

Please see the nerves_system_br v1.27.0 release notes
for upgrade instructions if you've forked this system.

• Changes

  • The libcamera and rpicam_apps packages have been replaced with the
    Raspberry Pi-forked versions for better compatibility. Please see
    nerves_system_br release notes.

• Updated dependencies

  • Linux 6.1.73 (Raspberry Pi 20240124 release)
  • nerves_system_br v1.27.0
  • Buildroot 2024.02
  • Erlang/OTP 26.2.3

v1.26.0

This is a major Buildroot update.

Please see the nerves_system_br v1.26.0 release notes
for upgrade instructions if you've forked this system.

• Updated dependencies
  • Erlang/OTP 26.2.2
  • nerves_system_br v1.26.1
  • Buildroot 2023.11.1

v1.25.2

This is a security/bug fix update.

• Package updates
• Erlang/OTP 26.2.1
• nerves_heart 2.3.0

v1.25.1

This fixes an accidental regression in 1.25.0 with the Linux 6.1 update. The
Linux configuration wasn't updated correctly and it didn't work. This release
has the fixed configuration.

v1.25.0

This is a major Buildroot, toolchain, and Linux kernel update that also adds
support for using Scenic without customizing the system.

Please see nerves_system_br v1.25.0 release notes
for upgrade instructions if you've forked this system.

• New features

  • Add libcairo for Scenic support

• Updated dependencies

  • Linux 6.1.63 (Raspberry Pi stable_20231123 release)
  • nerves_system_br v1.25.2
  • Buildroot 2023.08.4
  • Erlang/OTP 26.1.2

v1.24.1

This is a security/bug fix update.

• Package updates
  • nerves_system_br v1.24.1
  • Erlang/OTP 26.1.1
  • Buildroot 2023.05.3