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diff --git a/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.4-relnotes.md b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.4-relnotes.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8b67f5ffdb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.4-relnotes.md @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +Announcing coreboot 4.4 +======================= + +We are happy to announce the release of coreboot 4.4. This is our +fourth quarterly release. Since the last release, we've had 850 commits +by 90 authors adding 59000 lines to the codebase. + +The release tarballs are available at https://www.coreboot.org/releases/ +There is a 4.4 tag and branch in the git repository. + +Log of commit 3141eac900 to commit 588ccaa9a7 + +Major areas that received significant changes in for this release: +* Build system (30 commits) - Add postcar stage, 'timeless' builds, + extend site-local, test toolchain by version string, update + dependencies, catch ACPI errors, add additional macros. +* Toolchain updates (40+ patches) - Update IASL to v20160318 , LLVM to + v3.7.1, add GNU make, add nds32le GCC compiler +* Lint tools (30 patches) - Update existing lint utilities, add lint + tests for executable bit, make sure site-local isn't committed, add + test to break all lint tests. +* Payloads (60 commits) - Fixes for libpayload, coreinfo and nvramcui, + add new payloads, see below. +* Maintainers file - (8 patches) - continue adding maintainers for + various areas. +* Documentation for adding Intel FSP-based platforms (20 commits) + +Mainboards +---------- +### Added 9 mainboards +* asus/kcma-d8 +* emulation/qemu-power8 +* google/auron_paine +* google/gru +* intel/amenia +* intel/apollolake_rvp +* intel/camelbackmountain_fsp +* intel/galileo +* lenovo/t420 + +### Existing boards with significant updates +* asus/kgpe-d16 +* google/oak +* google/chell +* intel/kunimitsu + +Changes in chips +---------------- +### Added 1 new architecture +* power8 + +### Added 1 processor +* qemu-power8 + +### Added 5 socs +* intel/apollolake +* intel/fsp_broadwell_de +* intel/quark +* marvell/armada38x +* rockchip/rk3399 + +### Existing chip areas with many changes +* cpuamd/mct_ddr3 +* drivers/intel/fsp2_0 +* northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit +* soc/intel/apollolake +* soc/intel/fsp_baytrail +* soc/intel/skylake +* soc/mediatek/mt8173 + +### Added 1 new vendorcode directory +* siemens + +Submodules +---------- +### Added 1 submodule +* chromeec + +### Updated 3 submodules +* 3rdparty/arm-trusted-firmware (329 commits) +* 3rdparty/vboot (28 commits) +* util/nvidia/cbootimage (13 commits) + +Other +----- +### Added 4 payloads +* depthcharge: For ChromeOS verified boot +* iPXE: For network booting +* Memtest86+: Updated with fixes for correctly testing coreboot with + payloads +* U-Boot (Experimental): Alternate payload for booting an OS + +### Added 6 utilities +* archive - Concatenates files into a single blob with an indexed header +* chromeos - Download and extract blobs from a ChromeOS image +* futility - vboot Firmware utility +* intelmetool - Shows information about the Intel ME on a platform. +* marvell/doimage_mv - No usage notes +* post - Simple utility to test post cards + +coreboot statistics +------------------- +* Total Commits: 850 +* Total authors: 90 +* New authors: 28 +* Total Reviewers: 40 +* Total Submitters: 17 +* Total lines added: 74054 +* Total lines removed: -15056 +* Total difference: 58998 |