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diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a99cbb1f --- /dev/null +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +This file will only list major changes that occur within a release. +For a full list of changes, view the git log of the repository. + +Rocko Release 11/2017 +===================== + +Moved qat support to separate layer +----------------------------------- +Quick Assist Technology (QAT) is more middleware and should not be part of the +core BSP. The new layer can be found here: +https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-intel-qat/ + +Moved dpdk support to separate layer +------------------------------------ +We had some requests to make DPDK standalone so that it could be included +without bringing in anything else from meta-intel, as it is not specific to +Intel(R) hardware. The new layer is located here: +https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-dpdk/ + +Added support for out-of-tree iwlwifi drivers +--------------------------------------------- +Backport-iwlwifi out-of-tree wifi modules are now available via meta-intel. +Backport-iwlwifi brings the latest iwlwifi drivers to almost any kernel +Note that mac80211 and cfg80211 backports are also necessary, which will most +likely cause incompatibility with other in-tree wifi drivers. +See https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi for more info. + +Added support for out-of-tree ixgbe drivers +------------------------------------------- +The out-of-tree ixgbe drivers bring ixgbe support to nearly any kernel. See +here: http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/server_adapters.htm + +Added an implementation of Secure Boot +-------------------------------------- +meta-intel now supports a simple Secure Boot implementation. This implementation +consists of a single binary consisting of an EFI stub, the kernel, an +initrd, and a kernel command line. The binary is then signed via keys defined by +the variables SECUREBOOT_SIGNING_KEY and SECUREBOOT_SIGNING_CERT. These keys +should match the keys embedded in your hardware's firmware. +See documentation/secureboot/README for more information on this feature. + +Improved Yocto Project Compatibility status +------------------------------------------- +The common layer should now be considered Yocto Project compatible - it should +no longer modify OE-core values when adding the layer to your bblayers.conf. +The meta-tlk layer is still not Yocto Project compatible, however. + +Pyro Release 5/2017 +=================== + +Changed default kernel provider from linux-yocto to linux-intel. +---------------------------------------------------------------- +Linux-intel is an Intel(R)-maintained kernel based on the latest stable +branch, along with backports from upstream to better support Intel(R) +hardware. The intel-linux kernel also has a branch with the preempt-rt +patches applied, providing a preempt-rt kernel with no additional work. + +Added QEMU support. +------------------- +We now build several virtio drivers into the kernel by default, and +have qemuboot.conf files for intel-corei7-64 and intel-core2-32 +targets. This allows one to do basic testing on meta-intel images +without having to use hardware. The virtio drivers are added via +KERNEL_FEATURES_INTEL_COMMON. This prevents them from being added to +custom kernels by default. They can be removed by adding the +following to a conf or kernel bbappend file: + KERNEL_FEATURES_INTEL_COMMON_remove = “cfg/virtio.scc” +OVMF firmware is also built and can be used in order to emulate a UEFI +environment. A full runqemu command line for intel-corei7-64 could look +like this: + runqemu core-image-minimal intel-corei7-64 wic ovmf + +Musl support +------------ +Meta-intel is now compatible with the musl C library. You can specify musl +As your C library by adding the following to your local.conf: + TCLIBC = “musl” +Note: there is a known failure with DPDK. + +X32 support +----------- +The meta-intel layer can now build with the x32 tune settings in a multi-lib +setting, it will not work in as the primary MACHINE tune as the bootloader needs +to be built as a 64bit binary. The setup for this would be as follows: + require conf/multilib.conf + MULTILIBS = "multilib:libx32 + DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-libx32 = "corei7-64-x32" |