The 19.03 release of the Enterprise Reference Platform is out and
available for download!
The prebuilt binaries are available from [1] and you can view the
release notes at [2] or see below.
1. https://releases.linaro.org/reference-platform/enterprise/19.03/
2.
https://platforms.linaro.org/documentation/Reference-Platform/Platforms/Ent…
# 19.03 Release Notes - Linaro Enterprise Reference Platform
The goal of the Linaro Enterprise Reference Platform is to provide a
fully tested, end to end, documented, open source implementation for ARM
based Enterprise servers. The Reference Platform includes kernel, a
community supported userspace and additional relevant open source
projects, and is validated against existing firmware releases. The
Linaro Enterprise Reference Platform is built and tested on Linaro
Enterprise Group members hardware and the Linaro Developer Cloud. It is
intended to be a reference example for use as a foundation for members
and partners for their products based on open source technologies. The
members and partners to include distribution, hyperscaler or OEM/ODM
vendors, can leverage the reference for ARM in the datacenter.
## Reference Platform Kernel
- 5.0 stable based kernel
- Unified tree, used by both the CentOS and Debian Reference Platforms
- Focused on ACPI and UEFI use-cases.
- Single kernel config and binary (package) for all hardware platforms
- kdump implemented.
## Debian
- Network Installer based on Debian 9.8 "Stretch"
- Unified Reference Platform Kernel based on 5.0
## Enterprise Components
- 19.03 is base platform only release.
## Supported Hardware Platforms
- Cavium ThunderX
- Cavium ThunderX2
- Huawei Kunpeng 916
- Huawei Kunpeng 920
- Qualcomm Centriq 2400
## Known Issues
Currently there are no known issues in this release.
The 17.12 release of the Enterprise Reference Platform is out and available for download!
The prebuilt binaries are available from http://releases.linaro.org/reference-platform/enterprise/17.12/ and you can view the release notes at https://platforms.linaro.org/documentation/Reference-Platform/Platforms/Ent… or see below.
# 17.12 Release Notes - Linaro Enterprise Reference Platform
The goal of the Linaro Enterprise Reference Platform is to provide a fully tested, end to end, documented, open source implementation for ARM based Enterprise servers. The Reference Platform includes kernel, a community supported userspace and additional relevant open source projects, and is validated against existing firmware releases. The Linaro Enterprise Reference Platform is built and tested on Linaro Enterprise Group members hardware and the Linaro Developer Cloud. It is intended to be a reference example for use as a foundation for members and partners for their products based on open source technologies. The members and partners to include distribution, hyperscaler or OEM/ODM vendors, can leverage the reference for ARM in the datacenter.
## Reference Platform Kernel
- 4.14 based, including backports of already upstreamed patches to fix issues discovered during QA.
- Unified tree, used by both the CentOS and Debian Reference Platforms
- Focused on ACPI and UEFI use-cases.
- Single kernel config and binary (package) for all hardware platforms
## Debian
- Network Installer based on Debian 9.2 "Stretch"
- Unified Reference Platform Kernel based on 4.14
## Enterprise Components
- Docker 1.12.6
- Bigtop 1.2 stack (Hadoop 2.7.3, Spark 2.1, Hive 1.1.3)
- ELK 5.4.1
- OpenJDK 8
- Libvirt 3.8.0
- QEMU 2.10
- DPDK 17.11
## Supported Hardware Platforms
- Cavium ThunderX
- HiSilicon D03
- HiSilicon D05
- HP Proliant m400
- Qualcomm Centriq 2400
## Known Issues
### Bootloader
- [3495](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3495) Unable to use Device-Tree with GRUB
### RPK:
- [3451](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3451) LTP: keyctl03 fails with "Failed to add key"
- [3469](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3469) LTP syscalls/madvise09 fails with "Found corrupted page"
- [3174](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3174) Docker triggered problem causes crash in tty subsystem.
### Qualcomm Centriq 2400:
- [3492](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3492) QDF2400: DMI information missing
### D05:
- [2657](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2657) [D03] [D05] Confusing Ethernet port sequence
- [3206](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3206) lscpu shows wrong cpu layout on D05
- [3450](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3450) Need for HPM File Generation for Firmware 17.10
- [3169](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3169) can't enable sr-iov on D05 with Intel 82599. D05 does not support SR-IOV and IOMMU features for this release, which influence DPDK functionality on D05 platform.
### Cavium (ThunderX)
- [3049](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3049) [Thunderx] BMC ignores bootdev
- [3399](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3399) [ThunderX] thunderx_zip driver is crashing during boot (workaround applied)
### HP Moonshot (m400)
- [3499](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3499) [HP-m400] CPU\*: failed to boot: -6
### DPDK is released with the following known bugs:
- [3158](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3158) [ThunderX] DPDK PMD driver has non complete implementation for VLAN API
#### DPDK notes
- The DPDK release notes are available at [DPDK site](http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_11.html)
- Only platform specific bugs have been found, please check the 'known bugs' section above.
On behalf of the ERP team,
Koen Kooi
Builds and Baselines | Release Manager
Linaro.org | Open source software for ARM SoCs
"I retain the right to change my mind, as always. Le Linus e mobile."
~ Linus Torvalds
The Linaro 16.12 release is now available for download!
This is probably the last installment of this monthly largely autogenerated email. Fewer and fewer components in Linaro have monthly cycles and with other changes scheduled for 2017 this email has become less than useful.
The releases and snapshot they are based on will continue, but no email about them anymore.
Also: shortest cycle ever!
If you have snow where you live, I’m very jealous. If you live on the southern hemisphere with hot, sunny weather, I’m also very jealous. If you like rain, wind and gloom, come visit me! Enjoy the holidays!
Using the Android-based images
=======================
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
=======================
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
=======================
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
============
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
=====================
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
What we wish, that we readily believe.
-- Demosthenes
The Linaro 16.11 release is now available for download!
Using the Android-based images
=======================
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
=======================
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
=======================
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
============
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
=====================
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
Apparently the terminal session from the tab next to the script
generating these notes ended up in the other mail, and of course I
didn't check the top of the mail, only the bottom, so here's the
announcement without build logs and fetches:
--
The first rule of all intelligent tinkering is to keep all the parts.
-- Aldo Leopold, quoted in Donald Wurster's "Nature's Economy"
The Linaro 16.10 release is now available for download!
Using the Android-based images
=======================
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
=======================
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
=======================
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
============
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
=====================
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
As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't
as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be
discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large
part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in
my own programs.
-- Maurice Wilkes, designer of EDSAC, on programming, 1949
The Linaro 16.07 release is now available for download!
Using the Android-based images
=======================
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
=======================
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
=======================
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
============
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
=====================
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