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Fri, 8 Sep 2023 19:30:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from arbab-laptop.localdomain (unknown [9.53.178.221]) by smtpav03.wdc07v.mail.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2023 19:30:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: by arbab-laptop.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 152845) id 14D6B180E5A; Fri, 8 Sep 2023 14:30:53 -0500 (CDT) From: Reza Arbab To: skiboot@lists.ozlabs.org Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 14:30:46 -0500 Message-Id: <20230908193046.85880-1-arbab@linux.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-GUID: eEsyPsHcQ_NcfKfRGGRNEL_S4DgzzY44 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: eEsyPsHcQ_NcfKfRGGRNEL_S4DgzzY44 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.267,Aquarius:18.0.957,Hydra:6.0.601,FMLib:17.11.176.26 definitions=2023-09-08_15,2023-09-05_01,2023-05-22_02 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 bulkscore=0 impostorscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxlogscore=656 adultscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 clxscore=1011 mlxscore=0 spamscore=0 phishscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2308100000 definitions=main-2309080174 Subject: [Skiboot] [PATCH] skiboot v7.1 release notes X-BeenThere: skiboot@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Mailing list for skiboot development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Reza Arbab Errors-To: skiboot-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Skiboot" Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley --- Will fix up "released on" date to match commit/tag. doc/release-notes/skiboot-7.1.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release-notes/skiboot-7.1.rst b/doc/release-notes/skiboot-7.1.rst index 8e37450a651b..a857f7b12b66 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes/skiboot-7.1.rst +++ b/doc/release-notes/skiboot-7.1.rst @@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ skiboot-7.1 =========== +skiboot v7.1 was released on Monday Aug 18th 2023. It is the first release of +the skiboot 7.1 series, which becomes the new stable release following the +:ref:`skiboot-7.0` release, first released Tuesday Oct 26th 2021. + +Changes in this release are mostly bug fixes, refactoring improvements, and +some code deprecation/obsoletion. + New Features ------------ Removed OPAL calls @@ -10,3 +17,9 @@ Removed OPAL calls The OPAL_PCI_SET_MVE_ENABLE and OPAL_PCI_SET_MVE calls were removed, as they were noops. Support for IODA1 and both calls was removed from the Linux kernel in v6.5-rc1. + +Optional POWER8 support +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Most POWER8 code has been conditionalized, making it possible to omit support by +building with `CONFIG_P8=0`. The result is a smaller binary targeting POWER9 as +the baseline CPU.