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 compilation for packages that can use it.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

v1.25.1

This is a security/bug fix update.

• Changes

  • Synchronize configuration closer to the rpi3 options

• Package updates

• Erlang/OTP 26.2.1

• nerves_heart 2.3.0

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

v1.24.0

This is a Buildroot version update that appears to mostly contain bug and
security fixes. It should be a low risk upgrade from v1.23.2.

• New features

  • Support factory reset, preventing firmware reverts. See Nerves.Runtime.FwupOps

• Updated dependencies

  • nerves_system_br v1.24.0
  • Buildroot 2023.05.2, 2023.05.1, 2023.05
  • Erlang/OTP 26.1