| Message ID | 20230908193046.85880-1-arbab@linux.ibm.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Headers | show |
| Series | skiboot v7.1 release notes | expand |
On Fri, 8 Sept 2023 at 19:31, Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.ibm.com> wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.ibm.com> > --- > 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. Did this add the CONFIG_FSP option too, or was that already present? Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 04:38:13AM +0000, Joel Stanley wrote: >On Fri, 8 Sept 2023 at 19:31, Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.ibm.com> wrote: >> +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. > >Did this add the CONFIG_FSP option too, or was that already present? That's a bit older. It was added in v6.4.
On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 02:30:46PM -0500, Reza Arbab wrote: >--- a/doc/release-notes/skiboot-7.1.rst >+++ b/doc/release-notes/skiboot-7.1.rst >@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ > skiboot-7.1 Applied to master, tagged as v7.1.
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.
Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.ibm.com> --- Will fix up "released on" date to match commit/tag. doc/release-notes/skiboot-7.1.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)