From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from phobos.denx.de (phobos.denx.de [85.214.62.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D35FED25959 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:03:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2850616.stratoserver.net (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by phobos.denx.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01DF883FDC; Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:03:16 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="YRCSaPcz"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by phobos.denx.de (Postfix, from userid 109) id CABBF83FC6; Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:03:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from sea.source.kernel.org (sea.source.kernel.org [172.234.252.31]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by phobos.denx.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3013F83F53; Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:03:12 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mkorpershoek@kernel.org Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by sea.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B213543D0D; Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:03:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1DF3EC116C6; Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:03:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1769500990; bh=Y7ewQu4ZtYotEgmEsb6Lk11qKdA2lAUGYAPBg0dj9X8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=YRCSaPczsxMZsPNQuEzHTm1nxKEBO6bDFFXVQP6rtrMoyv6cWpWoGri3uy5m/EMlX +hf5fBs+MXx6ijvnjiQBIyyIg8Ju4b1gdUTyPPMUEGFz8aCvt0kDVOLlR2GGAJ+x5r of4NbjF1AGQDS5hKurFqYsUsDSHh6+QyXUBlr0TuC8ZkTz1OwJFxBX6eiiUahrg361 Zqo0dTdJ6I11YhKO67uaU35EA/dsIz+u7j6QMC1zZfYFj4PcWvNHdcFZVooDgEv1kt TAQPyOxAiSxNf+YEjuMXZZFymzDlRjJklnsdnCtTHh+XD+uSGHKoY83Yz2PEJ5YOy2 5L64kndczP1yw== From: Mattijs Korpershoek To: Tom Rini , u-boot@lists.denx.de Cc: u-boot-custodians@lists.denx.de, u-boot-board-maintainers@lists.denx.de Subject: Re: [ANN] U-Boot v2026.04-rc1 released In-Reply-To: <20260126204548.GX3416603@bill-the-cat> References: <20260126204548.GX3416603@bill-the-cat> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:03:07 +0100 Message-ID: <87ms1zo538.fsf@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: u-boot@lists.denx.de X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.39 Precedence: list List-Id: U-Boot discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de Sender: "U-Boot" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.103.8 at phobos.denx.de X-Virus-Status: Clean Hi Tom, Thanks for the update. On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 14:45, Tom Rini wrote: > Hey all, > > So it's release day and I have tagged and pushed things out. > > First and foremost, this is a bit rougher than I would like but I hope > that doing the release will underscore the urgency of finishing some of > these fixes. We now require for our own use to be given a correctly (8 > byte) aligned device tree. This is done in a lot of cases. However: > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20260122172247.2995437-1-b-padhi@ti.com/#3640858 > is needed to ensure that platforms that use a FIT image in the SPL phase > work. > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20260120153314.95091-2-jamie.gibbons@microchip.com/ > needs to be addressed further to fix the case of platforms which apply > overlays in FIT images (SPL or OS). This series also shows that if your > platform does not boot then SPL_MALLOC_F_LEN may be too small. > https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20260123161907.392211-1-festevam@gmail.com/ > contains some of the discussion around the case of SPL *not* enabling > SPL_BSS_SEPARATE and so having an incorrectly sized empty BSS appeneded > to the image. > > So, that's the important state of things right now. Some platforms are > broken. People helping to test the proposed fixes, or if needed, picking > up the changes and posting the next version of them, would be > appreciated. > > We're continuing with a community meeting following the release and the > calendar link is > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MHYzYzQ1dWh2bnRjcm80czVmcDczYmhsNThfMjAyNjAxMjdUMTUwMDAwWiA4OWJlN2I4MTMxMzZiZWMwNmE4M2RlNGRhNTk3NDVmMGFiZDExYzFiODM2MDYxYWUwNmMxYzdkYmNkMThkZjQxQGc&tmsrc=89be7b813136bec06a83de4da59745f0abd11c1b836061ae06c1c7dbcd18df41%40group.calendar.google.com&scp=ALL > and once again this is the same time as the previous meeting. The > meeting details itself are: > https://meet.google.com/btj-wgcg-euw > January 26th, 2025. 9am (GMT -06:00) > > To join by phone: > https://meet.google.com/tel/btj-wgcg-euw?pin=1307528552322&hs=1 > > In terms of a rough changelog: > - We're on v6.17-dts for upstream device trees/bindings. The v6.18-dts > tag will be too late for our release cycle so I expect people to be > using the cherry-pick method to bring in dts changes as needed. > - Lots of platform updates. This is always the case with -rc1 and I > never know which ones to emphasize. > - That said, we've removed ATAGS support from some platforms as it's > very legacy these days. > - Lots of fixing of issues reported by Smatch. > - We now support clang-format and prefer that over the old > scripts/Lindent option for formatting code. > - Continued work on improving our old pre-rST docs and converting them > to rST. > - Fixes in our DFU, MMC, PMIC, USB, UBI, SCMI, UEFI and networking > subsystems. > - Some cleanups and improvements to Falcon mode, with the aim of being > able to support this feature in secure boot contexts. > - More patches required for "allyesconfig" to build have been merged, > but some are still outstanding. > > I continue to plan to do an rc release every two weeks and the final > release will be 05 January 2026. I guess you mean 06 April 2026 as stated in https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/develop/release_cycle.html#future-releases > > Thanks all! > > -- > Tom