But it does move!
-- Galileo Galilei
The Linaro 16.03 release is now available for download!
A relatively short cycle thanks to BKK16. This is likely the last time
LNG kernel tarballs will be published, since it's become a virtual
copy of LSK. In the long run I'd like to completely phase out kernel
tarballs, so speak up if you are actually using the LSK tarballs.
Using the Android-based images
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The Android-based images come in three parts: system, userdata and boot.
These need to be combined to form a complete Android install. For an
explanation of how to do this please see:
http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/ImageInstallation
If you are interested in getting the source and building these images
yourself please see the following pages:
http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/GetSourcehttp://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/BuildSource
Using the OpenEmbedded-based images
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With the Linaro provided downloads and with ARM’s Fast Models virtual
platform, you can boot a virtual ARMv8 system and run 64-bit binaries.
For more information please see:
http://www.linaro.org/engineering/armv8
Using the Debian-based images
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The Debian-based images consist of two parts. The first part is a
hardware pack, which can be found under the hwpacks directory and
contains hardware specific packages (such as the kernel and bootloader).
The second part is the rootfs, which is combined with the hardware pack
to create a complete image. For more information on how to create an
image please see:
http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/DevPlatform/Ubuntu/ImageInstallation
Getting involved
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More information on Linaro can be found on our websites:
* Homepage:
http://www.linaro.org
* Wiki:
http://wiki.linaro.org
Also subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC
channels to stay on top of Linaro developments:
* Announcements:
http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-announce
* Development:
http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
* IRC:
#linaro on irc.linaro.org or irc.freenode.net
#linaro-android irc.linaro.org or irc.freenode.net
Known issues with this release
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Bug reports for this release should be filed in Bugzilla
(http://bugs.linaro.org) against the
individual packages or projects that are affected.
On behalf of the release team,
Koen Kooi
Builds and Baselines | Release Manager
Linaro.org | Open source software for ARM SoCs
Hi all,
For the upcoming 16.03 release of the reference platform, we've been
working on a unified kernel that works on Hikey, Dragonboard 410c and
also enables enterprise HW that we have access to (D02, Overdrive, APM
XGene).
That kernel is now pushed to github[1] to the 96b/releases/2016.03
branch. It is based on the upstream kernel v4.4 and combines the work
from the Hisilicon and Qualcomm landing teams with the enterprise bits
coming from the Linaro Enterprise Group. A big thanks for their
assistance in sorting out various integration issues.
Please note that this kernel tree will now be used only to host a
unified kernel. The Hisilicon landing team has graciously agreed to
modify their workflow and move their kernel tree to the 96boards-hikey
namespace[2] on github.
I'll be talking about the experience of putting together this tree at
Connect BKK16 (including some patch statistics) and soliciting
feedback on the roadmap for this kernel tree - please get in touch if
you have ideas.
Look forward to more information about the release itself from Ricardo later.
Regards,
Amit
[1] https://github.com/96boards/linux.git
[2] https://github.com/96boards-hikey
