summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/android/images/armv8-juice-fvp-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'android/images/armv8-juice-fvp-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt')
-rw-r--r--android/images/armv8-juice-fvp-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt49
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/android/images/armv8-juice-fvp-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt b/android/images/armv8-juice-fvp-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 58ab1b0..0000000
--- a/android/images/armv8-juice-fvp-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-p. Linaro releases monthly binary Android images and associated sources for the AArch64 models.
-
-p. This is the Linaro Android release for ARMv8 FVP Base Models. The objective of this release is to build and boot Android as 32 bit rootfs and continue building and running Linux as 64bit. The release is based on Android AOSP July 13th 2014 snapshot, Linux Stable Kernel 3.10 (LSK) from Linaro and boots on the new FVP Base AEMv8 model 0.8 build 5202 using UEFI EDK II as boot loader. The sources are also made available so you can build your own images. The Android sources are compiled for 32bit rootfs with Linaro GCC 4.9 toolchain.
-
-p. The lastest available CTS package version 4.4 is compiled for 32bit Android user space and have tried running maximum number of tests possible. Few tests fail due to model limitation. Detailed CTS results is made available to members seperately through the juice mailing list.
-
-h2. About the ARMv8 Android Release
-
-p. This release is port of Android to the AArch64 architecture for Fast Models, there is a similar release for Juno (ARM's ARMv8 Hardware platform).
-
-p. The main purpose of this release is to provide our members a pre-integrated and validated Android software distribution based on LSK, Android AOSP master (32bit user space) and built with latest GCC 4.9 for Fast Models to go to production faster with existing set of applications and limited certification hurdles.
-
-p. Android AOSP Patches - Summary :
-
-The following list of patches developed by ARM and Linaro engineering teams were applied to Android AOSP dated July 13th 2014 to get Android booting to UI on ARMv8 Fast Models. These patches can be found on Linaro's Android Git repositories. NOTE: Few of these patches are not applicable to run Android in 32bit user space, they are specific to Juno hardware and 64bit user space.
-
-* "Revert Hide _tolower_tab_ and _toupper_tab_ on LP64":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/bionic.git/commit/ed8f5e2dad362e5460645491196953ffd02c5dfb
-* "build tarballs, set default runtime and zygote config in device config files":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/build.git/commit/d7803ba6f7edb13240a89930a03367ac54e80784
-* "CtsVerifier: Add dependency of android.test.runner":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/cts.git/commit/eba8a294c14a32c822af4bee13ee282cd59840ce
-* "security: add CtsTestStubs.apk as prerequisite apk":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/cts.git/commit/fbb76c03bb4732ef4f217abaf7806295a78ca879
-* "Increase timeouts":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/frameworks/base.git/commit/4ceeef89d945db74db1bdba0ee2a1a51726131fd
-* "svc: add netd command":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/frameworks/base.git/commit/34dc72b5f74610e574da1a601be67b63d64c1bdc
-* "svc netd: add one command to set both interface and nameserver":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/frameworks/base.git/commit/7e6999cfad753fd5f97bb9cf25d355066613f150
-* "Increase timeouts":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/libcore.git/commit/d2f8d316035b92bcc6d12a70de604b361acefd40
-* "Don't write to the tty in init to avoid the cursor":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/system/core.git/commit/08ebb5a43853c71a846c75f60ed6dda7ca66d5be
-* "bionic libc test: remove test of test_vfprintf_leak":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/platform/system/extras.git/commit/11a22aa17330b5e33df3d0d6c12a834f7e9f584a
-
-h2. Where To Find More Information
-
-More information on Linaro can be found on our "website.":http://www.linaro.org/
-
-h2. Feedback and Support
-
-Subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC channels to stay on top of Linaro development.
-
-** Linaro Android Development "mailing list":http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-android
-** Linaro Android IRC channel on irc.freenode.net at @#linaro-android@
-
-* Bug reports should be filed in Launchpad against the individual packages that are affected. If a suitable package cannot be identified, feel free to assign them to "Linaro Android project":http://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-android/+filebug.
-* Questions? "ask Linaro":http://ask.linaro.org/.
-* Interested in commercial support? inquire at "Linaro support":mailto:support@linaro.org
-
-h2. Fixed in this release
-
-* NONE
-
-h2. Known issues
-
-* CTS failures are observed for few packages. Detailed CTS report is available to members for reference.