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coreboot 4.4 release notes
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We are happy to announce the release of coreboot 4.4. This is our
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fourth quarterly release. Since the last release, we've had 850 commits
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by 90 authors adding 59000 lines to the codebase.
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The release tarballs are available at https://www.coreboot.org/releases/
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There is a 4.4 tag and branch in the git repository.
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Log of commit 3141eac900 to commit 588ccaa9a7
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Major areas that received significant changes in for this release:
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* Build system (30 commits) - Add postcar stage, 'timeless' builds,
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extend site-local, test toolchain by version string, update
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dependencies, catch ACPI errors, add additional macros.
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* Toolchain updates (40+ patches) - Update IASL to v20160318 , LLVM to
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v3.7.1, add GNU make, add nds32le GCC compiler
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* Lint tools (30 patches) - Update existing lint utilities, add lint
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tests for executable bit, make sure site-local isn't committed, add
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test to break all lint tests.
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* Payloads (60 commits) - Fixes for libpayload, coreinfo and nvramcui,
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add new payloads, see below.
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* Maintainers file - (8 patches) - continue adding maintainers for
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various areas.
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* Documentation for adding Intel FSP-based platforms (20 commits)
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Mainboards
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### Added 9 mainboards
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* asus/kcma-d8
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* emulation/qemu-power8
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* google/auron_paine
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* google/gru
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* intel/amenia
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* intel/apollolake_rvp
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* intel/camelbackmountain_fsp
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* intel/galileo
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* lenovo/t420
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### Existing boards with significant updates
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* asus/kgpe-d16
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* google/oak
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* google/chell
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* intel/kunimitsu
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Changes in chips
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### Added 1 new architecture
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* power8
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### Added 1 processor
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* qemu-power8
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### Added 5 socs
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* intel/apollolake
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* intel/fsp_broadwell_de
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* intel/quark
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* marvell/armada38x
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* rockchip/rk3399
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### Existing chip areas with many changes
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* cpuamd/mct_ddr3
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* drivers/intel/fsp2_0
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* northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit
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* soc/intel/apollolake
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* soc/intel/fsp_baytrail
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* soc/intel/skylake
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* soc/mediatek/mt8173
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### Added 1 new vendorcode directory
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* siemens
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Submodules
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### Added 1 submodule
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* chromeec
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### Updated 3 submodules
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* 3rdparty/arm-trusted-firmware (329 commits)
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* 3rdparty/vboot (28 commits)
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* util/nvidia/cbootimage (13 commits)
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Other
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### Added 4 payloads
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* depthcharge: For ChromeOS verified boot
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* iPXE: For network booting
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* Memtest86+: Updated with fixes for correctly testing coreboot with
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payloads
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* U-Boot (Experimental): Alternate payload for booting an OS
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### Added 6 utilities
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* archive - Concatenates files into a single blob with an indexed header
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* chromeos - Download and extract blobs from a ChromeOS image
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* futility - vboot Firmware utility
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* intelmetool - Shows information about the Intel ME on a platform.
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* marvell/doimage_mv - No usage notes
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* post - Simple utility to test post cards
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coreboot statistics
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* Total Commits: 850
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* Total authors: 90
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* New authors: 28
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* Total Reviewers: 40
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* Total Submitters: 17
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* Total lines added: 74054
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* Total lines removed: -15056
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* Total difference: 58998
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