From e361cf3b5155bc69588f8515913451d348c2eab4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Cunado Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 14:49:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Migrate to Linaro Release 16.12 This Linaro release updates both the binaries and the toolchain: Linaro binaries upgraded 16.06 --> 16.12 AArch64 compiler upgraded 15.05 (gcc 4.9) --> 5.3-2015.05 (gcc 5.3) AArch32 compiler upgraded 15.05 (gcc 4.9) --> 5.3-2015.05 (gcc 5.3) The ARM TF codebase has been tested against these new binaries. This patch updates the User Guide to reflect that the 16.12 release is now a supported Linaro Release. Change-Id: I6247e820f591df7d05df4f622ee45a3abf2c2d72 Signed-off-by: David Cunado --- docs/user-guide.md | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/user-guide.md b/docs/user-guide.md index c68565b76..99199861b 100644 --- a/docs/user-guide.md +++ b/docs/user-guide.md @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ the different software components required to boot a Linux system: * Linux kernel image * Root filesystem +Note: the ARM TF v1.3 release was tested with Linaro Release 16.06, and the +latest version of ARM TF is tested with Linaro Release 16.12. + This document also assumes that the user is familiar with the FVP models and the different command line options available to launch the model. @@ -878,8 +881,8 @@ Firmware, obtain the additional required firmware, and pack it all together in a single FIP binary. It assumes that a [Linaro Release][Linaro Release Notes] has been installed. -Note currently [Linaro Release][Linaro Release Notes] only includes pre-built -binaries for AArch64. For AArch32, pre-built binaries are not available. +Note: Linaro Release 16.06 only includes pre-built binaries for AArch64. For +AArch32, pre-built binaries are only available from Linaro Release 16.12. Note: follow the full instructions for one platform before switching to a different one. Mixing instructions for different platforms may result in @@ -1131,6 +1134,9 @@ Please refer to the FVP documentation for a detailed description of the model parameter options. A brief description of the important ones that affect the ARM Trusted Firmware and normal world software behavior is provided below. +Note the instructions in the following sections assume that Linaro Release 16.06 +is being used. + ### Obtaining the Flattened Device Trees Depending on the FVP configuration and Linux configuration used, different