Yocto Layer Change Relevant to RIoTboard

In the course of doing some RIoTboard research, I discovered something that may be of interest to anyone hoping to use more recent Yocto releases for development. I have compiled a table of RIoTboard information for BSP versions from the Freescale release notes:

BSP VERSION

MACHINE

NAME

SoC

LAYER

KERNEL PROVIDER

KERNEL VERSION

BOOTLOADER

BOOTLOADER VERSION

SOURCE

1.7

imx6dl-riotboard

RIoTboard

I.MX6S

meta-fsl-arm-extra

linux-fslc

3.18+git

u-boot-fslc

v2014.10+git

http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/1.7/

1.8

imx6dl-riotboard

RIoTboard

I.MX6S

meta-fsl-arm-extra

linux-fslc

4.1+git

u-boot-fslc

v2015.04+git

http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/1.8/

imx6dl-riotboard

RIoTboard

I.MX6S

meta-fsl-arm-extra

linux-fslc

4.1+git

u-boot-fslc

v2015.10+git

http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/2.0/

2.1

imx6dl-riotboard

RIoTboard

I.MX6S

meta-fsl-arm-extra

linux-fslc

4.4+git

u-boot-fslc

v2016.07+git

http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/2.1/

2.2

imx6dl-riotboard

RIoTboard

I.MX6S

meta-freescale-3rdparty

linux-fslc

4.8+git

u-boot-fslc

v2016.11+git

http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/2.2/

The crucial thing to note is the change in BSP Version 2.2 in the Layer column where meta-fsl-arm-extra becomes meta-freescale-3rdparty. This represents a strategic decision that is documented here:

https://www.mail-archive.com/meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org/msg19181.html

I have not tested the 2.2 release, but it's worth keeping in mind for this and subsequent releases.