1 coreboot 4.4 release notes
2 ==========================
4 We are happy to announce the release of coreboot 4.4. This is our
5 fourth quarterly release. Since the last release, we've had 850 commits
6 by 90 authors adding 59000 lines to the codebase.
8 The release tarballs are available at https://www.coreboot.org/releases/
9 There is a 4.4 tag and branch in the git repository.
11 Log of commit 3141eac900 to commit 588ccaa9a7
13 Major areas that received significant changes in for this release:
14 * Build system (30 commits) - Add postcar stage, 'timeless' builds,
15 extend site-local, test toolchain by version string, update
16 dependencies, catch ACPI errors, add additional macros.
17 * Toolchain updates (40+ patches) - Update IASL to v20160318 , LLVM to
18 v3.7.1, add GNU make, add nds32le GCC compiler
19 * Lint tools (30 patches) - Update existing lint utilities, add lint
20 tests for executable bit, make sure site-local isn't committed, add
21 test to break all lint tests.
22 * Payloads (60 commits) - Fixes for libpayload, coreinfo and nvramcui,
23 add new payloads, see below.
24 * Maintainers file - (8 patches) - continue adding maintainers for
26 * Documentation for adding Intel FSP-based platforms (20 commits)
30 ### Added 9 mainboards
32 * emulation/qemu-power8
36 * intel/apollolake_rvp
37 * intel/camelbackmountain_fsp
41 ### Existing boards with significant updates
49 ### Added 1 new architecture
57 * intel/fsp_broadwell_de
62 ### Existing chip areas with many changes
64 * drivers/intel/fsp2_0
65 * northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit
66 * soc/intel/apollolake
67 * soc/intel/fsp_baytrail
71 ### Added 1 new vendorcode directory
79 ### Updated 3 submodules
80 * 3rdparty/arm-trusted-firmware (329 commits)
81 * 3rdparty/vboot (28 commits)
82 * util/nvidia/cbootimage (13 commits)
87 * depthcharge: For ChromeOS verified boot
88 * iPXE: For network booting
89 * Memtest86+: Updated with fixes for correctly testing coreboot with
91 * U-Boot (Experimental): Alternate payload for booting an OS
94 * archive - Concatenates files into a single blob with an indexed header
95 * chromeos - Download and extract blobs from a ChromeOS image
96 * futility - vboot Firmware utility
97 * intelmetool - Shows information about the Intel ME on a platform.
98 * marvell/doimage_mv - No usage notes
99 * post - Simple utility to test post cards
106 * Total Reviewers: 40
107 * Total Submitters: 17
108 * Total lines added: 74054
109 * Total lines removed: -15056
110 * Total difference: 58998