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Jcmvbkbc: update features by release section

2022-04-21T11:22:15Z

update features by release section

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	= Features by release =		= Features by release =
			== Linux 5.19 ==
			* support coprocessors on SMP.
			* support protection faults on noMMU.
			* support full tickless operation.
			* KCSAN.
			* hibernation.

			== Linux 5.18 ==
			* support compiler plugins (with gcc-12 and newer).
			* support for kernel ABI selection.
			* removed dependency on compiler's libgcc.

	== Linux 5.16 ==		== Linux 5.16 ==
	* support for cores without windowed registers		* support for cores without windowed registers.
	* call0 ABI kernel		* call0 ABI kernel.

	== Linux 5.13 ==		== Linux 5.13 ==
	* GDBIO semihosting		* GDBIO semihosting.

	== Linux 5.9 ==		== Linux 5.9 ==

2021-11-08T05:17:58Z

update features by release section

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:17, 8 November 2021
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	= Features by release =		= Features by release =
			== Linux 5.16 ==
			* support for cores without windowed registers
			* call0 ABI kernel

			== Linux 5.13 ==
			* GDBIO semihosting

	== Linux 5.9 ==		== Linux 5.9 ==
	* syscall audit.		* syscall audit.

2020-08-06T18:31:18Z

fix typo

2020-08-06T18:09:45Z

update features by release section

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 = Features by release =
 == Linux 5.1 ==
 * generic spinlock/rwlock.

2019-08-30T00:52:42Z

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	Initial RAMFS is a CPIO archive that the kernel may use to populate a tmpfs and then use as a root file system.		Initial RAMFS is a CPIO archive that the kernel may use to populate a tmpfs and then use as a root file system.
	It may be integrated into the kernel image (see .config variable CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) or loaded into memory separately by the bootloader. In the latter case its load address is passed to the kernel in the boot parameters block.		It may be integrated into the kernel image (see kernel .config variable CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) or loaded into memory separately by the bootloader. In the latter case its load address is passed to the kernel in the boot parameters block.

	When Buildroot is used to generate root file system it can produce cpio image.		When Buildroot is used to generate root file system it can produce cpio image.

2019-08-30T00:52:08Z

update Rootfs in initial RAMFS

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	= Rootfs =		= Rootfs =
	== Rootfs in initial RAMFS ==		== Rootfs in initial RAMFS ==

			Initial RAMFS is a CPIO archive that the kernel may use to populate a tmpfs and then use as a root file system.
			It may be integrated into the kernel image (see .config variable CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) or loaded into memory separately by the bootloader. In the latter case its load address is passed to the kernel in the boot parameters block.

			When Buildroot is used to generate root file system it can produce cpio image.
			When Buildroot is also used to build the kernel it can be directed to build the root file system into the kernel.
			See Buildroot .config symbols BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO and BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS.

	== Rootfs over NFS ==		== Rootfs over NFS ==
	== Rootfs in FLASH (UBIFS) ==		== Rootfs in FLASH (UBIFS) ==

2019-03-29T22:07:39Z

update xtensa status

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 = Features by release =
 == Linux 4.16 ==
 * KASAN.

2018-04-24T20:39:55Z

drop special uclinux case

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	* mainline linux git tree: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/ . Use git clone with one of the URLs at that page to clone it.		* mainline linux git tree: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/ . Use git clone with one of the URLs at that page to clone it.
	* stable linux git tree: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/ . Use git clone with one of the URLs at that page to clone it.		* stable linux git tree: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/ . Use git clone with one of the URLs at that page to clone it.
	* for experimental uClinux code see [[uClinux]].

	Using tip of the cloned git tree for work is usually a bad idea, basing development branches on known releases (marked by tags) would give more predictable results.		Using tip of the cloned git tree for work is usually a bad idea, basing development branches on known releases (marked by tags) would give more predictable results.

2018-04-02T16:04:49Z

add new features in 4.16

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	= Features by release =		= Features by release =
			== Linux 4.16 ==
			* KASAN.
			* SSP.
			* allocation of DMA buffers from high memory.
			* support DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING.
			* kernel is built with -mtext-section-literals and -mno-serialize-volatile.

	== Linux 4.9 ==		== Linux 4.9 ==
	* New kernel memory layouts: with 256MBytes and 512MBytes of low memory.		* New kernel memory layouts: with 256MBytes and 512MBytes of low memory.

2018-03-02T23:09:54Z

fix U-Boot page link

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	=== Booting with uBoot ===		=== Booting with uBoot ===
	Please see [[~~Setting_up_U~~-Boot\|~~Setting up~~ U-Boot]] page for instructions on installing uBoot onto the board.		Please see [[U-Boot\|U-Boot]] page for instructions on installing uBoot onto the board.

	uBoot can load kernel uImage from FLASH or from the network via TFTP.		uBoot can load kernel uImage from FLASH or from the network via TFTP.