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-rw-r--r--documentation/migration-guides/migration-4.3.rst6
-rw-r--r--documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.3.rst32
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-4.3.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-4.3.rst
index 79cf907708..c47d09a1ae 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-4.3.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-4.3.rst
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ The following classes have been removed in this release:
108 108
109.. _migration-4.3-misc-changes: 109.. _migration-4.3-misc-changes:
110 110
111QA check changes
112~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
113
114- The fetcher in ``lib/bb/tests/fetch.py`` now uses the ``https`` protocol
115 instead of ``git``, whenever possible.
116
111Miscellaneous changes 117Miscellaneous changes
112~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 118~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
113 119
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.3.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.3.rst
index 87cd622743..d2c8aa0857 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.3.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.3.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Release notes for 4.3 (nandbield)
6New Features / Enhancements in 4.3 6New Features / Enhancements in 4.3
7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
8 8
9- Linux kernel 6.x, glibc 2.xx and ~xxx other recipe upgrades 9- Linux kernel 6.5 and 6.1, gcc 13, glibc 2.38 and other recipe upgrades
10 10
11- New variables: 11- New variables:
12 12
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.3
22 - :term:`LICENSE_FLAGS_DETAILS`: add extra details about a recipe license 22 - :term:`LICENSE_FLAGS_DETAILS`: add extra details about a recipe license
23 in case it is not allowed by :term:`LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED`. 23 in case it is not allowed by :term:`LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED`.
24 24
25 - :term:`FILE_LAYERNAME`: bitbake now sets this to the name of the layer containing the recipe.
26
27 - :term:`KERNEL_LOCALVERSION`: to add a string to the kernel version information.
28
29 - :term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_PACKAGE`: to restrict package managers used in reproducibility testing.
30
25- Layername functionality available through overrides 31- Layername functionality available through overrides
26 32
27 Code can now know which layer a recipe is coming from through the newly added :term:`FILE_LAYERNAME` 33 Code can now know which layer a recipe is coming from through the newly added :term:`FILE_LAYERNAME`
@@ -34,6 +40,11 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.3
34 40
35- Architecture-specific enhancements: 41- Architecture-specific enhancements:
36 42
43 - RISCV support is now enabled in LLVM 17.
44
45 - Loongarch support in the :ref:`ref-classes-linuxloader` class and
46 ``core-image-minimal-initramfs`` image.
47
37- Kernel-related enhancements: 48- Kernel-related enhancements:
38 49
39- New core recipes: 50- New core recipes:
@@ -48,10 +59,17 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.3
48 59
49- Rust improvements: 60- Rust improvements:
50 61
51 - Rust has been upgraded to version 1.69 62 - Rust has been upgraded to version 1.70
52 63
53- Image-related enhancements: 64- Image-related enhancements:
54 65
66- Distribution-related enhancements:
67
68 - The ``poky-altcfg`` distribution enables the ``usrmerge``
69 :ref:`distro feature <ref-manual/features:Distro Features>`.
70
71
72
55- wic Image Creator enhancements: 73- wic Image Creator enhancements:
56 74
57- FIT image related improvements: 75- FIT image related improvements:
@@ -72,8 +90,14 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.3
72 90
73- Packaging changes: 91- Packaging changes:
74 92
93- :term:`SPDX` improvements:
94
95 - :term:`SPDX` manifests are now generated by default.
96
75- Prominent documentation updates: 97- Prominent documentation updates:
76 98
99 - New :doc:`../contributor-guide/index` document.
100
77 - Long due documentation for the :ref:`ref-classes-devicetree` class. 101 - Long due documentation for the :ref:`ref-classes-devicetree` class.
78 102
79 - New :ref:`summary about available init systems 103 - New :ref:`summary about available init systems
@@ -85,6 +109,7 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.3
85 109
86- Miscellaneous changes: 110- Miscellaneous changes:
87 111
112
88 - Git based recipes in OE-Core which used the git protocol have been 113 - Git based recipes in OE-Core which used the git protocol have been
89 changed to use https where possibile. https is now believed to be 114 changed to use https where possibile. https is now believed to be
90 faster and more reliable. 115 faster and more reliable.
@@ -92,6 +117,9 @@ New Features / Enhancements in 4.3
92 - The ``os-release`` recipe added a ``CPE_NAME`` to the fields provided, with the 117 - The ``os-release`` recipe added a ``CPE_NAME`` to the fields provided, with the
93 default being populated from :term:`DISTRO`. 118 default being populated from :term:`DISTRO`.
94 119
120 - The ``psplash`` recipe now accepts a PNG format image through :term:`SPLASH_IMAGES`,
121 instead of a harder to generate and modify ``.h`` file.
122
95Known Issues in 4.3 123Known Issues in 4.3
96~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 124~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
97 125