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Hi,

The Linaro Team is pleased to announce the release of Linaro 11.07.

11.07 is the Linaro’s second release delivered on the new monthly cadence.
This release includes components from all Working Groups and Landing Teams
as
well as set of Android and Ubuntu based images that come with integrated
Linaro
updates to provide a fastpath to Linaro technology. The 11.07 Linaro release
moved all main kernel efforts to Linux 3.0. It features a 3.0 linux-linaro,
linux-linaro-android kernel and comes with Linaro Evaluation Builds (LEBs)
of
Ubuntu and Android based on linux-linaro-3.0 TI Landing Team's kernel.
Additionaly, 11.07 saw the Linaro Android move to gcc-linaro 4.6 as the
default
compiler; this means that all main Linaro efforts are now focussed on the
GCC
4.6 series as their baseline.

We encourage everybody to use the 11.07 release. The download links for all
images and components are available on our release page:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Cycles/1107/Release

Highlights of this release:

 * Linaro Evaluation Build (LEB) for Android on PandaBoard is built on Linux
   3.0 kernel with gcc-linaro 4.6 as the default compiler which is used for
all
   official Linaro Android Platform builds. This Linaro Android monthly
release
   exhibits the first official Linaro Android Toolchain release based on the
   most recent gcc-linaro 4.6, and the first Linaro Android release for
   ST Ericsson Snowball using Landing Team kernel based on
linux-linaro-android.
   On top, Linaro Android 11.07 comes with the more advanced more visually
   appealing Launcher2 by default.
   * Android GCC benchmark results for 11.07 release can be found on

http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/AndroidToolchainBenchmarking/2011-07
 * Linaro Evaluation Build (LEB) for Ubuntu also uses the most recent
   linux-linaro kernel based on Linux 3.0 and includes the latest Linaro
Cross
   Toolchain available for Ubuntu Lucid and Natty. ARM DS-5 packages are now
   available and enabled by default for the developer image. They are
packaged
   and can be easily installed on Ubuntu host and target by simply enabling
a
   "linaro" hosted PPA. The Developer Platform Team continued to improve the
   developer experience for Ubuntu and Linux based ARM by adding support for
   cross buildable images to Live-build 3 which makes it easier to produce
   Ubuntu images in a cross build environment. Additional highlights for our
   Ubuntu efforts include working hwpacks for all Landing Team low cost
boards
   - a first, libjpeg-turbo integrated and set as the default for Ubuntu/LEB
   images, and packages delivered by the Graphics Working Group like
   glcompbench, glmark2 and unity.
 * Linaro kernel current release is based on the 3.0 stable kernel with a
   number of changes developed by Linaro and integrated from the 3.1-rc
cycle.
   In addition to the changes already in 3.0, this release of the Linaro
kernel
   includes: the comprehensive ARM kprobes work which extend kprobes to
support
   Thumb-2 kernels, the new processor struct macros, the ARM cpu topology
   definition, basic Cortex A15 support, DMA infrastructure cleanups, a
kernel
   helper to perform 64-bit atomic operations and multiple enhancements for
DT
   support.
 * Initial release of Linaro-Android Common tree based on Linaro-kernel 3.0
   with addition of ADB functionality to linaro-android tree for OMAP3.
 * U-boot provides an incremental release with multiple improvements: a
better
   PXE support based on feedback from the Ubuntu ARM server team, generated
   unique ethernet address based on SOC die id on OMAP4, ability to
customize
   boot command via boot.scr script file or uEnv.txt plain text file, new
   fdt_high environment variable as part of a fix to allow using all 1G of
   memory on PandaBoard.
 * Power Management Team enabled sched_mc for ARM, added topology detection
for
   ARM thus allowing scheduler to be tweaked to save power.
 * From the Graphics Working Group, this release adds support for OpenGL ES
and
   EGL in GLEW library for ARM Linux, glewinfo and visualinfo utilities
support
   for OpenGL ES, new versions of compiz and plugins-main with updates to
the
   0.9.5.2 upstream branches, and multiple enhancements to the glmark2 and
   glcompbench benchmarks for OpenGL ES 2.0.
 * Toolchain Working Group has released Linaro GCC 4.6 and 4.5. The 4.6
series
   has new optimisations including improved vectoriser support for shifts,
   widening multiplies, and peeling; improvements to the swing-modulo
scheduler;
   and fixes multiple bugs found in the last month.
 * With 11.07 release, the Infrastructure Team have improved creation,
testing
   and usage of the Linaro images. Linaro-fetch-image-ui is a wizard style
   graphical tool that guides the user through the process of creating a
fully
   functional operating system for Linaro supported hardware, along with a
   command line that does the same. Pre-built images will be available, the
   ground work has finished that will allow the production of pre-built
images
   that can simply be copied to a SD card and run without the need to learn
   about Linaro tools when just trying out a standard image.
 * This month LAVA main changes is the UI for the dashboard got an overhaul
   with new features added. Basic UI is added to the sheduler to see the
status
   of boards and jobs. The ability to schedule jobs by device type is also
   added to the scheduler. The dispatcher has better error handling and
   preliminary support for Snowball boards and lava-test now streams results
   while the test is running.
 * Office of the CTO (OCTO) has produced its first ARM hard-float images
(alpha
   stage). More information on the usage and the work related to those
images
   can be found on
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/linaro/+spec/engr-octo-armhf-images
 * And much more... The release details are linked from the "Details" column
   for each release artifact on the 11.07 release page.

Using the Android-based images
==============================

The Android-based images come in three parts: system, userdata and boot.
These need to be combined to form a complete Android install. For an
explanation of how to do this please see:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/ImageInstallation

If you are interested in getting the source and building these images
yourself please see the following pages:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/GetSource
  http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/BuildSource

Using the Ubuntu-based images
=============================

The Ubuntu-based images consist of two parts. The first part is a hardware
pack, which can be found under the hwpacks directory and contains hardware
specific packages (such as the kernel and bootloader). The second part is
the rootfs, which is combined with the hardware pack to create a complete
image. For more information on how to create an image please see:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/DevPlatform/Ubuntu/ImageInstallation

Getting involved
================

More information on Linaro can be found on our websites:

 * Homepage: http://www.linaro.org
 * Wiki: http://wiki.linaro.org

Also subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC
channels to stay on top of Linaro developments:

 * Announcements:
   http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-announce
 * Development:
   http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
 * IRC:
   #linaro on irc.linaro.org or irc.freenode.net
   #linaro-android irc.linaro.org or irc.freenode.net

Known issues with this release
==============================

For any errata issues, please see:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Cycles/1107/Release#Known_Issues

Bug reports for this release 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:

  http://www.launchpad.net/linaro

Regards,

-- 
Mounir Bsaibes
Project Manager

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http://twitter.com/#!/linaroorg
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Hi,

The Linaro Team is pleased to announce the release of Linaro 11.06.

11.06 is the Linaro’s first release delivered on the new monthly cadence.
Since we started focusing on monthly component releases, activity in the
engineering teams has been channeled into producing a coherent set of packages;
This allows anyone to witness development of new features and fixes as the team
progresses towards its goals. This month’s release highlights the results:
a host of new components are now available, including LAVA packages from the
Platform Validation Team, a collection of SoC-specific kernels provided by the
Landing Teams, and preview releases of Graphics and Multimedia Working Groups
work ranging from Unity 3D to a NEON-optimized libjpeg-turbo. In addition,
another solid set of toolchain components, topped by a Linaro GCC 4.6 release
that should start making a very good impressions on benchmarks near you.

We encourage everybody to use the 11.06 release. The download links for all
images and components are available on our release page:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Cycles/1106/Release

Highlights of this release:

 * Linaro Evaluation Builds (LEBs) for Ubuntu comes with the full 3D Unity
   desktop experience enabled on PandaBoard. It's powered by Compiz and relies
   on the Nux toolkit for its rendering.
 * Linaro Evaluation Build (LEBs) for Android on Pandaboard comes with latest
   stable 2.6.38 kernel from Linaro's TI Landing Team and is built using
   Linaro's GCC 4.5 2011.06 release; Also, latest Linaro toolchain have been
   packaged for Android and benchmark results showing noticeable performance
   gains compared to the Google AOSP gingerbread toolchain have been included
   as part of the release documentation: http://bit.ly/jTAhWa
 * Initial preview releases of Ubuntu Hardware Packs for Snowball, Origen and
   Quickstart boards featuring the latest Linaro Landing Team components are
   available as part of this release.
 * Linaro GCC 4.6 2011.06 and GCC 4.5 2011.06 come with bugfixes and various
   performance optimizations with focus on vectoriser improvements. With this
   release Linaro GCC 4.5 series enters maintenance mode and will ensure that
   development can be focused on making the "future" better.
 * Linaro QEMU 2011.06, based on upstream (trunk) QEMU. This version includes a
   number of ARM-focused bug fixes and enhancements like the support of a model
   of the Gumstix Overo board and the USB keyboard/mouse support on
   BeagleBoard.
 * Linaro Kernel 2.6.39 2011.06, based on the 2.6.39.1 stable kernel with a
   number of changes developed by Linaro and integrated from the 3.0-rc. It
   includes the ability to append Device Tree to zImage at build time, support
   for parallel async MMC requests and more...
 * Linaro U-Boot 2011.06.1, based on upstream version 2011.06-rc3 features USB,
   Network and TFTP boot for PandaBoard as well as initial PXE support.
 * First full release of LAVA components, Linaro's automated validation
   solution, has been made available as part of our monthly releases.
 * QEMU with OpenGL ES acceleration - technology preview. For more details,
   please visit https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/DevPlatform/QemuOpenGLES
 * The Unity, NUX and Compiz port for EGL/OpenGL ES v2 that are part of
   our Ubuntu LEB for this month are also made available as components
   maintained by Linaro's Graphics Working Group.
 * Linaro Image Tools 2011.06-1 features the support for the --image_file
   option in linaro-android-media-create and support the new upstream name of
   the smdkv310 SPL.
 * Powerdebug 0.5-2011.06 is a major rewrite of the code to put in place a
   generic framework to integrate more easily new components like the thermal
   sensors. It's more modular and decrease the dependency between the display
   and the power management blocks.
 * And much more... The release details are linked from the "Details" column
   for each release artifact on the 11.06 release page.

Using the Android-based images
==============================

The Android-based images come in three parts: system, userdata and boot.
These need to be combined to form a complete Android install. For an
explanation of how to do this please see:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/ImageInstallation

If you are interested in getting the source and building these images
yourself please see the following pages:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/GetSource
  http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/BuildSource

Using the Ubuntu-based images
=============================

The Ubuntu-based images consist of two parts. The first part is a hardware
pack, which can be found under the hwpacks directory and contains hardware
specific packages (such as the kernel and bootloader). The second part is
the rootfs, which is combined with the hardware pack to create a complete
image. For more information on how to create an image please see:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/DevPlatform/Ubuntu/ImageInstallation

Getting involved
================

More information on Linaro can be found on our websites:

 * Homepage: http://www.linaro.org
 * Wiki: http://wiki.linaro.org

Also subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC
channels to stay on top of Linaro developments:

 * Announcements:
   http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-announce
 * Development:
   http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
 * IRC:
   #linaro on irc.linaro.org or irc.freenode.net
   #linaro-android irc.linaro.org or irc.freenode.net

Known issues with this release
==============================

For any errata issues, please see:

  http://wiki.linaro.org/Cycles/1106/Release#Known_Issues

Bug reports for this release 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:

  http://www.launchpad.net/linaro

Cheers,

-- 
Fathi Boudra
Linaro Release Manager | Platform Project Manager
Linaro.org | Open source software for ARM SoCs