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| author | Gary S. Robertson <gary.robertson@linaro.org> | 2015-03-25 16:55:26 -0500 |
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| committer | Gary S. Robertson <gary.robertson@linaro.org> | 2015-03-25 16:55:26 -0500 |
| commit | 74e72b7bde2095b9a9a84e4423cf545baf26058b (patch) | |
| tree | 2f9567cbe46229a700e3fe815b2455ad3457ea7e | |
| parent | 80fb00cb2b54573b4413890a275efc4e9175e835 (diff) | |
README: update for the 2015.03 release2015.03
Signed-off-by: Gary S. Robertson <gary.robertson@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile index 0779441..3c8638b 100644 --- a/README.textile +++ b/README.textile @@ -1,26 +1,41 @@ p. The Linaro Networking Group (LNG) is pleased to announce the -2015.02 release of the Linaro Networking Kernel. +2015.03 release of the Linaro Networking Kernel. h4. Interesting changes include: -No changes since last month's release due to Connect and other activities. +* Updated both kernel branches to be based on the February 2015 release of +** Linaro Standard Kernel v3.14 and v3.14-rt, respectively. + +* Changed preemption model for linux-linaro-lng-v3.14 branch +** from PREEMPT_NONE (server model - no preemption) +** to PREEMPTION (low latency desktop model - most preemption possible w/o RT). + +* Enabled use of threaded Interrup Service Routines (ISRs) by default, +** with no need to enable this explicitly via boot-time kernel command line. + +* Added temporary fixes for several compilation / linker errors when building +** for x86 and x86_64 architectures. <br>The release is also available via tags in the LNG git repository: -bc. git://git.linaro.org/kernel/linux-linaro-lng.git linux-lng-3.14.26-2015.02 -git://git.linaro.org/kernel/linux-linaro-lng.git linux-lng-preempt-rt-3.14.26-2015.02 +bc. git://git.linaro.org/kernel/linux-linaro-lng.git linux-lng-3.14.32-2015.03 +git://git.linaro.org/kernel/linux-linaro-lng.git linux-lng-preempt-rt-3.14.32-2015.03 More information on Linaro Networking Group Kernels is available at "http://wiki.linaro.org/LNG/Engineering/Foundational":http://wiki.linaro.org/LNG/Engineering/Foundational h4. Fixed in this release -h4. Known issues - * "LBTS: #340":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340 ARMV8 support not yet working in 3.14 kernel * "LBTS: #89":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89 no_hz_full : isolation breaks on x86 +h4. Known issues + +NO_HZ_FULL isolation in RT kernel temporarily broken due to upstream reversion +of a required patch due to problems that patch was creating elsewhere. +Expect a solution for this from upstream in time for next month's release. + h4. Feedback and Support Subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC channels to stay on top of Linaro development. |