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• Release notes for our latest stable release can be found here.

The latest AGL 'old-stable' release is Quirky Quillback. It relies on the Yocto Project LTS version 4.0.x (kirkstone) as its baseline.

The latest stable release is Super Salmon. It relies on the Yocto Project LTS version 5.0.x (scarthgap) as its baseline.

New features available for Super Salmon

• Update to Yocto Project 'scarthgap' 5.0.6
• Flutter
  • Many changes see SPEC-5372 for complete list.
  • Flutter 3.24.4
  • Flutter SDK 3.27.1
  • Dart SDK 3.5.3
  • Workspace automation improvements

• Qt: Update Qt-based applications to Qt6 and uprev to meta-qt6 v 6.7.3
• Added pre-configured image for Unified HMI

• Demo Control Panel
  • Ported to Qt 6
  • Add File playback from CARLA vehicle simulator
  • Signal visualization
  • Power controls and IC container switching
• Speech Recognition
  • Integrated Whisper AI into the agl-service-voiceagent for online and offline mode.
  • Improved Voice Agent Flutter app.
  • Expand NLU to support more executable API.
• Audio
  • Pipewire v1.0.5
  • WirePlumber 0.5.6
• Connectivity
  • Vehicle Signal Specification (VSS) upgraded to v5.0
  • KUKSA.val databroker upgraded to v0,5
• Graphics
  • Updated compositor internals to make use libweston 13.
  • Added RDP backend support while headless backend has been removed
  • Added PipeWire backend support and screen sharing with it (which can be seen in agl-kvm images)
  • Removed remoting plug-in.
  • gRPC proxy has been improved
  • Many smaller bug-fixes and improvements

• Various BSP updates
  • KVM support for RPI 4/5
  • Deprecated 32-bit ARM platforms
• New Community BSPs:
  • Rockchip NanoPC-T6 rockchip using meta-rockchip
  • NVidia Jetson AGX Orin using meta-tegra
  • StarFive VisionFive 2

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/salmon/19.0.0/ .

Known issues

• Demo/Qt: Gestures not working in Qt-based Navigation app - See SPEC-5311
• Demo/Qt: Font display issue in Dashboard app - See SPEC-5148
• Demo/Flutter: The icon inside the big fan button in the Flutter Hvac app is missing. See SPEC-5348. Workaround being discussed.
• Pi4/Pipewire: Volume Slider use changes default sink. See SPEC-5339

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) .

To download all layers for Super Salmon v19.0.0 :

  $ repo init -b salmon -m salmon_19.0.0.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Super Salmon 19.0.0 .

New features available for Royal Ricefish

• Uprev from YP “kirkstone” to YP 5.0.x “scarthgap” as base
• Demo Control Panel enhancements
  • Additional signals added
  • Pages can be disabled in the configuration
• Flutter (see SPEC-5193)
  • Updated Flutter embedder to use Flutter version 3.19.3
• New persistent storage API (see SPEC-5187)
• Connectivity
  • Updated KUKSA.val databroker to latest version (v0.4.5)
  • Update VSS to version 4.2
  • VSS to MQTT proxy created
• Include meta-qt6
• Webapps, CEF, and HTML5 disabled
• BSPs:
  • Add Raspberry Pi 5
  • Add meta-riscv
  • Add support for graviton
  • update meta-arm, meta-aws, meta-freescale, meta-raspberrypi, meta-renesas, meta-sifive, meta-ti
• Machine Templates
  • Add raspberrypi5
  • disable BBE / meta-sancloud (no scarthgap branch, yet)
• Layer updates:
  • meta-clang
  • meta-flutter
  • meta-openembedded
  • meta-qt5
  • meta-security
  • meta-selinux
  • meta-virtualization
• drop meta-python2
• Image rename:
  • Rename the demo images to align with the following scheme:

agl-<ivi|cluster|etc>-<image|demo>-<qt|flutter|etc>(-<crosssdk|preconfigured>)

e.g.:

agl-ivi-demo-flutter

agl-ivi-demo-qt-crosssdk

agl-cluster-demo-flutter

Known Issues:

• SPEC-5156 - Unmatched board does not boot to homescreen
• SPEC-5201 - KVM image boots but does not show anything on the displays
• Qt Reference apps use Qt 5. Qt6 app conversion is a work-in-progress
• SPEC-5155 - RaspberryPi 4 default audio sink is Built-in audio
  • The audio sink to the integrated onboard audio works fine
• SPEC-5244 - Broken audio playback on multiple boards with USB camera connected

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/ricefish/18.0.5/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) .

To download all layers for Royal Ricefish 18.0.5 :

  $ repo init -b master -m ricefish_18.0.5.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Royal Ricefish 18.0.5 .

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/ricefish/18.0.4/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) .

To download all layers for Royal Ricefish 18.0.4 :

  $ repo init -b master -m ricefish_18.0.4.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Royal Ricefish 18.0.4 .

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/ricefish/18.0.3/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) .

To download all layers for Royal Ricefish 18.0.3 :

  $ repo init -b master -m ricefish_18.0.3.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Royal Ricefish 18.0.3 .

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/ricefish/18.0.2/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) .

To download all layers for Royal Ricefish 18.0.2 :

  $ repo init -b master -m ricefish_18.0.2.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Royal Ricefish 18.0.2 .

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/ricefish/18.0.1/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-flutter) .

To download all layers for Royal Ricefish 18.0.1 :

  $ repo init -b master -m ricefish_18.0.1.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Royal Ricefish 18.0.1 .

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/ricefish/18.0.0/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) .

To download all layers for Royal Ricefish 18.0.0 :

  $ repo init -b master -m ricefish_18.0.0.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Royal Ricefish 18.0.0 .

New features available in Quirky Quillback

• Updated to latest YP kirkstone (4.0.x)
• Flutter
  • Updated Flutter embedder to use Flutter v3.13.9
  • New Flutter IVI demo apps developed for CES by ICS
• Web Apps
  • Upgraded Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) to be default Chromium implementation with more up-to-date Chromium version from Pike (v118)
  • Deprecated support for WebOS version of Chromium
• Connectivity
  • Updated KUKSA.val to v0.42.0.
  • Enabled KUKSA.val databroker and converted legacy services to use gRPC interface
• Audio
  • Update PipeWire v1.0.0 and WirePlumber to v0.4.17
  • Mixer API updated to use gRPC.
  • Added controls for bass, treble, balance, and fade to mixer API
  • Deprecated support for obsolete audio roles when the gRPC API was created
• BSPs
  • aws-ec2-arm64 & aws-ec2-x86-64
  • RISC-V support added - SiFive Unmatched board
  • Beaglebone AI-64 & BeaglePlay

• Other
  • Created demo control panel application that can be used to stimulate KUKSA.val and CAN signals remotely.

Known Issues:

• CEF does not build for 32 bit targets (SPEC-5020) - Will not fix.
• Unmatched Board
  • SPEC-5089 - Touch screen does not work.
  • SPEC-5088 - possible not boot issue
• Kingfisher Audio
  • SPEC-5090 - KF board with USB camera and listening to radio the mic from the camera is heard as a montitor
  • SPEC-4694 - KF with onboard radio does not have audio
• Raspberry Pi 4
  • SPEC-4418 - Raspberrypi4 missing HDMI audio sink in wireplumber

• Uses Yocto 4.0.24 (kirkstone)
• Update meta-clang and meta-virtualization
• Various BSP updates

• Image rename:
  • Rename the demo images to align with the following scheme:

agl-<ivi|cluster|etc>-<image|demo>-<qt|flutter|etc>(-<crosssdk|preconfigured>)

e.g.:

agl-ivi-demo-flutter

agl-ivi-demo-qt-crosssdk

agl-cluster-demo-flutter

• Known issues:
  • FM scanning issue - SPEC-5241
  • Low FPS in camera app - SPEC-5240

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.1.6/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) .

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.1.6 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.1.6.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.1.6 .

• Uses Yocto 4.0.23 (kirkstone)
• Update meta-clang and meta-virtualization
• Various BSP updates

• Image rename:
  • Rename the demo images to align with the following scheme:

agl-<ivi|cluster|etc>-<image|demo>-<qt|flutter|etc>(-<crosssdk|preconfigured>)

e.g.:

agl-ivi-demo-flutter

agl-ivi-demo-qt-crosssdk

agl-cluster-demo-flutter

• Known issues:
  • FM scanning issue - SPEC-5241
  • Low FPS in camera app - SPEC-5240

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.1.5/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) .

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.1.5 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.1.5.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.1.5 .

• Uses Yocto 4.0.22 (kirkstone)
• Update meta-openembedded, meta-clang and meta-virtualization
• Various BSP updates

• Image rename:
  • Rename the demo images to align with the following scheme:

agl-<ivi|cluster|etc>-<image|demo>-<qt|flutter|etc>(-<crosssdk|preconfigured>)

e.g.:

agl-ivi-demo-flutter

agl-ivi-demo-qt-crosssdk

agl-cluster-demo-flutter

• Known issues:
  • FM scanning issue - SPEC-5241
  • Low FPS in camera app - SPEC-5240

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.1.4/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) .

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.1.4 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.1.4.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.1.4 .

• Uses Yocto 4.0.21 (kirkstone)
• Update meta-openembedded, meta-clang and meta-virtualization
• Various BSP updates

• Image rename:
  • Rename the demo images to align with the following scheme:

agl-<ivi|cluster|etc>-<image|demo>-<qt|flutter|etc>(-<crosssdk|preconfigured>)

e.g.:

agl-ivi-demo-flutter

agl-ivi-demo-qt-crosssdk

agl-cluster-demo-flutter

• Known issues:
  • FM scanning issue - SPEC-5241

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.1.3/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) .

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.1.3 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.1.3.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.1.3 .

• Uses Yocto 4.0.20 (kirkstone)
• Update meta-openembedded and meta-virtualization
• Updated meta-aws and several BSPs
• Update IC container images

• Image rename:
  • Rename the demo images to align with the following scheme:

agl-<ivi|cluster|etc>-<image|demo>-<qt|flutter|etc>(-<crosssdk|preconfigured>)

e.g.:

agl-ivi-demo-flutter

agl-ivi-demo-qt-crosssdk

agl-cluster-demo-flutter

• Known issues:
  • 'choppy' camera feed - SPEC-5240
  • FM scanning issue - SPEC-5241

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.1.2/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) .

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.1.2 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.1.2.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.1.2 .

• Uses Yocto 4.0.19 (kirkstone)
• Updated meta-aws and several BSPs
• Image rename:
  • Rename the demo images to align with the following scheme:

agl-<ivi|cluster|etc>-<image|demo>-<qt|flutter|etc>(-<crosssdk|preconfigured>)

e.g.:

agl-ivi-demo-flutter

agl-ivi-demo-qt-crosssdk

agl-cluster-demo-flutter

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.1.1/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) .

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.1.1 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.1.1.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.1.1 .

• Uses Yocto 4.0.18 (kirkstone)
• Updated meta-openembedded
• Image rename:
  • Rename the demo images to align with the following scheme:

agl-<ivi|cluster|etc>-<image|demo>-<qt|flutter|etc>(-<crosssdk|preconfigured>)

e.g.:

agl-ivi-demo-flutter

agl-ivi-demo-qt-crosssdk

agl-cluster-demo-flutter

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.1.0/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) and x86 64-bit SBOM (agl-ivi-demo-qt) .

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.1.0 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.1.0.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.1.0 .

• Uses Yocto 4.0.17 (kirkstone)
• Updated BSPs

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.0.2/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM and x86 64-bit SBOM

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.0.2 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.0.2.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.0.2 .

• Uses Yocto 4.0.16 (kirkstone)
• Updated BSPs
• Updated rust mixin layer

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.0.1/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM and x86 64-bit SBOM

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.0.1 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.0.1.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.0.1 .

• Uses Yocto 4.0.15 (kirkstone)

More builds available under https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release/quillback/17.0.0/ .

Software Bill of Materials - SBOMs in SPDX format are available for all pre-built images are available on the download server. Here is the ARM 64-bit SBOM and x86 64-bit SBOM

To download all layers for Quirky Quillback 17.0.0 :

  $ repo init -b quillback -m quillback_17.0.0.xml -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
  $ repo sync

Then follow the instructions here.

Jira issues closed for Quirky Quillback 17.0.0 .

Archive.

Note 1: A minimum build for the Renesas R-Car boards is available which does not include the graphics libraries. A full binary is unavailable due to Renesas License restrictions on the graphics driver. Please see Quick Start guide for instructions to build your own image here

Note 2: VirtualBox / Vmware users can use the provided vmdk and import it. Be aware that you have to comment-out a line in /etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini to look like: #backend=drm-backend.so

Also if you want to change the screen resolution: press tab in the bootloader and edit the uvesafb.mode .