# Variscite var-som-mx8m-nano - Debian Trixie

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/variscite-var-som-mx8m-nano-debian-trixie/8060>\
**Category:** Debian family\
**Tags:** debian, nxp, variscite\
**Created:** [October 24, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/variscite-var-som-mx8m-nano-debian-trixie/8060 "2025-10-24T09:05:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![lueschem](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/lueschem/32/214_2.png) [@lueschem](https://hub.mender.io/u/lueschem)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/variscite-var-som-mx8m-nano-debian-trixie/8060/1 "2025-10-24T09:05:57Z")

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# Summary

The [edi-var project configuration](https://github.com/lueschem/edi-var) allows you to build Mender enabled system and update artifacts for Variscite [var-som-mx8m-nano](https://www.variscite.com/product/system-on-module-som/cortex-a53-krait/var-som-mx8m-nano-nxp-i-mx-8m-nano/) SoMs.  
Furthermore the same configuration can be used to build a Podman/Docker image with a pre-installed cross development toolchain (arm64) for C and C++.

The table below gives an indication about the minimal storage requirements:

| OS Setup | Size on storage | Size for download | Source image | Test result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Debian Trixie arm64](https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/index.en.html) | dynamic (recommended storage size \>= 4GB) | ~140 MB (GitOps variant of Mender artifact) | n/a (built from scratch based on Debian trixie) | :test_works: |

 ![Variscite](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/mender/original/2X/8/863c4548be72d4f6564613d5ac1686d245fb7189.jpeg)

# Setup

For the setup and further instructions please refer to the [edi-var project configuration](https://github.com/lueschem/edi-var).