Hi,
In preparation for the release of Linaro 11.09 images on 2011-09-29, we have collected candidate submissions for our Linaro Evaluation Build (LEB), Developers and Community images.
All primary developement boards supported by Linaro Landing Teams have an Android LEB candidate image submitted and an Ubuntu LEB hwpack submitted. Note: Due to the early stage of the enablement, some images might not work.
Based on your feedback, the Release Team will review the quality of those candidate builds and award builds that deliver a decent user experience with the "official LEB" badge. Builds not quite ready yet will continue to be published as Developers and Community builds for the final release until enough progress has been made.
Note: Your feedback to this call for testing will provide the main source of data used by the Release Team to determine the user experience and hence is essential to this process.
Linaro Evaluation Build (LEB) =============================
Please help our initiative by testing this month Linaro Evaluation Build (LEB) candidates for Android and Ubuntu:
* i.MX53 Quick Start: Android: http://bit.ly/nygm05 Ubuntu: http://bit.ly/q5GJjc
* Origen: Android: http://bit.ly/pOEGv7 Ubuntu: http://bit.ly/r4gGsk
* PandaBoard: Android: http://bit.ly/p4jjNH Ubuntu: http://bit.ly/nTI5Xj
* Snowball: Android: http://bit.ly/oMBTIH Ubuntu: http://bit.ly/pLHwk5
Developers and Community Build ==============================
On top of our officially supported Linaro Evaluation Build candidate images from above, the Linaro Platform Team is proud to also provide additional images and additional board support bits that were prepared by Linaro developers and community for a more specific target audience.
Note that the Developers and Community bits are provided on a best-effort basis and in the hope that they can be useful. We release last reported known to be working images.
If you are interested in running Nano, ALIP or Developer image _or_ want to try our LEB on one of the board support packs maintained by our community, please help and test by following the download and installation instructions included in the questionaire linked from below your board:
* BeagleBoard: http://bit.ly/nu9vll
* BeagleBoard-xM: http://bit.ly/rsBc1Z
* EFIKA MX: http://bit.ly/qAD5Pe
* IGEPv2: http://bit.ly/pRTcuB
* i.MX51 Babbage: http://bit.ly/oOq3yc
* i.MX53 Quick Start: http://bit.ly/nLrxj0
* Origen: http://bit.ly/oFH55A
* Overo: http://bit.ly/oZY3ex
* PandaBoard: http://bit.ly/pFdcLl
* Versatile Express: http://bit.ly/n0JpN7
Resources =========
Note: Wonder what to download? Instructions including download URLs are documented as part of the feedback form reachable through the URLs above.
Ubuntu: * ALIP (Xfce desktop): http://snapshots.linaro.org/11.05-daily/linaro-alip/20110926/0/images/tar/al... * Developer (text user interface + developer tools): http://snapshots.linaro.org/11.05-daily/linaro-developer/20110926/0/images/t... * Nano (think small): http://snapshots.linaro.org/11.05-daily/linaro-nano/20110926/0/images/tar/na... * Ubuntu: http://snapshots.linaro.org/11.05-daily/linaro-ubuntu-desktop/20110926/0/ima... * Hardware packs: http://snapshots.linaro.org/11.05-daily/linaro-hwpacks/%24%7BBOARD%7D/201109... * Installation Instructions: https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/DevPlatform/Ubuntu/ImageInstallation
Android: * Android staging for i.MX53 Quick Start: https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/staging-imx53-11.09-... * Android staging for Origen: https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/staging-origen-11.09... * Android staging for PandaBoard: https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/staging-panda-11.09-... * Android staging for Snowball: https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/staging-snowball-11.... * Installation Instructions: https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/ImageInstallation
Known Issues ============
* ARM SMP scheduler performance bug (Ubuntu/PandaBoard) https://launchpad.net/bugs/709245
* Snowball USB not working (Android/Ubuntu/Snowball) https://launchpad.net/bugs/804091
* fails to mount system and user partition interminttently (Android/Snowball) https://launchpad.net/bugs/823313
* Combined V2/V3 Snowball hwpack (20110905) fails with l-m-c (Ubuntu/Snowball) https://launchpad.net/bugs/842973
* GLK3.0 allows processes to overwrite page frame data (Ubuntu/Snowball) https://launchpad.net/bugs/849005
You can find the complete list of known issues for the 11.09 release at: https://launchpad.net/linaro-android/+milestone/11.09 https://launchpad.net/linaro-ubuntu/+milestone/11.09
When filling new bugs, please check if it's not yet reported. You can use: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-android/+bugs?orderby=-datecreated https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-ubuntu/+bugs?orderby=-datecreated