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https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/59618
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Change subject: [RFC]Documentation: Plan some depreciations / mandatory features ......................................................................
[RFC]Documentation: Plan some depreciations / mandatory features
Some old codepaths are becoming rusty and a burden to the community, so it's best to migrate platforms to the newer codebase or depreciate them.
When should this happen? After the 4.16 release?
TODO: Have a discussion on the ML.
Change-Id: I7dcf9343b999d435a3a1cdac6bb5f680ed02d388 Signed-off-by: Arthur Heymans arthur@aheymans.xyz --- M Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.16-relnotes.md 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/coreboot refs/changes/18/59618/1
diff --git a/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.16-relnotes.md b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.16-relnotes.md index 3c7eef2..c4f7070 100644 --- a/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.16-relnotes.md +++ b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.16-relnotes.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Upcoming release - coreboot 4.16 ================================
-The 4.16 release is planned for Februrary, 2022. +The 4.16 release is planned for Februrary, 2022.
We are increasing the frequency of releases in order to enable others to release quarterly on a fresher version of coreboot. @@ -16,4 +16,68 @@ Significant changes -------------------
+Deprecations +------------ + +The following deprecations are proposed: + +* RESOURCE_ALLOCATOR_V3 + rationale: The resource allocator v4 has been around for some time now + and there are patches on gerrit supporting backwards compatible behavior. +* LEGACY_SMP_INIT + rationale: parallel mp init is newer and has a better API which is quite flexible. + Supporting multiple AP init codepaths is a burden. Technically the parallel mp + init did not support SMM in ASEG but a POC was made and is on gerrit. + Migrating platforms to the parallel mp codepath should not be much work. + +Currently the following boards would be affected, however the proposed changes +could be implemented on all of these targets: + +AMD_INAGUA +AMD_OLIVEHILL +AMD_PARMER +AMD_SOUTHSTATION +AOPEN_DXPLPLUSU +AMD_PERSIMMON +AMD_THATCHER +AMD_UNIONSTATION +ASROCK_E350M1 +ASUS_A88XM_E +ASROCK_IMB_A180 +ASUS_AM1I_A +ASUS_F2A85_M +ASUS_F2A85_M_PRO +ASUS_F2A85_M_LE +ASUS_P2B_RAMDEBUG +ASUS_P2B_LS +ASUS_P2B_F +ASUS_P2B_D +ASUS_P2B_DS +ASUS_P3B_F +ASUS_P2B +ODE_E20XX +BIOSTAR_AM1ML +BIOSTAR_A68N5200 +ELMEX_PCM205400 +ELMEX_PCM205401 +GIZMOSPHERE_GIZMO2 +GIZMOSPHERE_GIZMO +HP_ABM +HP_PAVILION_M6_1035DX +JETWAY_NF81_T56N_LF +LENOVO_G505S +LIPPERT_FRONTRUNNER_AF +LIPPERT_TOUCAN_AF +MSI_MS7721 +PCENGINES_APU1_ +PCENGINES_APU2_ +PCENGINES_APU3_ +PCENGINES_APU4_ +PCENGINES_APU5_ +PCENGINES_APU1 +PCENGINES_APU2 +PCENGINES_APU3 +PCENGINES_APU4 +PCENGINES_APU5 + ### Add significant changes here