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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
Release notes for 4.3 (nandbield)
----------------------------------
New Features / Enhancements in 4.3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Linux kernel 6.5 and 6.1, gcc 13, glibc 2.38 and other recipe upgrades
- New variables:
- :term:`CVE_CHECK_STATUSMAP`, :term:`CVE_STATUS`, :term:`CVE_STATUS_GROUPS`,
replaceing the deprecated :term:`CVE_CHECK_IGNORE`.
- :term:`FILE_LAYERNAME`: bitbake now sets this to the name of the layer
containing the recipe
- :term:`FIT_ADDRESS_CELLS` and :term:`UBOOT_FIT_ADDRESS_CELLS`.
See details below.
- :term:`KERNEL_DTBDEST`: directory where to install DTB files.
- :term:`KERNEL_DTBVENDORED`: whether to keep vendor subdirectories.
- :term:`KERNEL_LOCALVERSION`: to add a string to the kernel version
information.
- :term:`KERNEL_STRIP`: to specify the command to strip the kernel binary.
- :term:`LICENSE_FLAGS_DETAILS`: add extra details about a recipe license
in case it is not allowed by :term:`LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED`.
- :term:`MESON_TARGET`: to compile a specific Meson target instead of the
default ones.
- :term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_PACKAGE`: to restrict package managers used
in reproducibility testing.
- Layername functionality available through overrides
Code can now know which layer a recipe is coming from through the newly added :term:`FILE_LAYERNAME`
variable. This has been added as an override of the form ``layer-<layername>``. In particular,
this means QA checks can now be layer specific, for example::
ERROR_QA:layer-core:append = " patch-status"
This will enable the ``patch-status`` QA check for the core layer.
- Architecture-specific enhancements:
- RISCV support is now enabled in LLVM 17.
- Loongarch support in the :ref:`ref-classes-linuxloader` class and
``core-image-minimal-initramfs`` image.
- The ``arch-armv8`` and ``arch-armv9`` architectures are now given
`Scalable Vector Extension (SVE)
<https://developer.arm.com/documentation/100891/0612/sve-overview/introducing-sve>`__
based tune options. Commits:
:yocto_git:`1 </poky/commit/?id=e4be03be5be62e367a40437a389121ef97d6cff3>`,
:yocto_git:`2 </poky/commit/?id=8cd5d264af4c346730531cb98ae945ab862dbd69>`.
- Kernel-related enhancements:
- New core recipes:
- ``musl-legacy-error``: glibc ``error()`` API implementation still needed
by a few packages.
- `python3-beartype <https://beartype.readthedocs.io>`, unbearably fast
runtime type checking in pure Python.
- `python3-spdx-tools <https://github.com/spdx/tools-python>`__,
tools for SPDX validation and conversion.
- `python3-uritools <https://github.com/tkem/uritools/>`__, replacement for
the ``urllib.parse`` module.
- `ttyrun <https://github.com/ibm-s390-linux/s390-tools>`__, starts
``getty`` programs only when a terminal exists, preventing respawns
through the ``init`` program.
- New classes:
- A ``ptest-cargo`` class was added to allow Cargo based recipes to easily add ptests
- A :ref:`ref-classes-cargo_c` class was added to allow recipes to make Rust code
available to C and C++ programs.
- QEMU / ``runqemu`` enhancements:
- QEMU has been upgraded to version 8.1
- Many updates to the ``runqemu`` command.
- The ``qemu-system-native`` recipe is now built with PNG support, which could be
useful to grab screeshots for error reporting purposes.
- Rust improvements:
- Rust has been upgraded to version 1.70
- Image-related enhancements:
- Distribution-related enhancements:
- The ``poky-altcfg`` distribution enables the ``usrmerge``
:ref:`distro feature <ref-manual/features:Distro Features>`.
- wic Image Creator enhancements:
- FIT image related improvements:
- New :term:`FIT_ADDRESS_CELLS` and :term:`UBOOT_FIT_ADDRESS_CELLS` variables allowing
to specify 64 bit addresses, typically for loading U-Boot.
- SDK-related improvements:
- Testing:
- The :ref:`ref-classes-insane` class now adds an :ref:`unimplemented-ptest
<qa-check-unimplemented-ptest>` infrastructure to detect package sources
with unit tests but no implemented ptests in the recipe.
- Utility script changes:
- New ``scripts/patchtest`` utility to check patches to the
OpenEmbedded-Core project. See
:ref:`contributor-guide/submit-changes:validating patches with patchtest`
for details.
- BitBake improvements:
- The BitBake Cooker log now contains notes when the caches are
invalidated which is useful for memory resident bitbake debugging.
- Packaging changes:
- :term:`SPDX` improvements:
- :term:`SPDX` manifests are now generated by default.
- Security improvements:
- Most repositories now include a :yocto_git:`SECURITY.md
</poky/tree/SECURITY.md>` file with hints for security researchers
and other parties who might report potential security vulnerabilities.
- Prominent documentation updates:
- New :doc:`../contributor-guide/index` document.
- New :doc:`../dev-manual/security-subjects` chapter in the Development
Tasks Manual.
- Long due documentation for the :ref:`ref-classes-devicetree` class.
- New :ref:`summary about available init systems
<dev-manual/init-manager:summary>`.
- New documentation for the :ref:`ref-classes-uboot-sign` class and
its variables and for the :ref:`ref-classes-kernel-devicetree` class
variables.
- Miscellaneous changes:
- Git based recipes in OE-Core which used the git protocol have been
changed to use https where possibile. https is now believed to be
faster and more reliable.
- The ``os-release`` recipe added a ``CPE_NAME`` to the fields provided, with the
default being populated from :term:`DISTRO`.
- The ``psplash`` recipe now accepts a PNG format image through :term:`SPLASH_IMAGES`,
instead of a harder to generate and modify ``.h`` file.
Known Issues in 4.3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Recipe License changes in 4.3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following corrections have been made to the :term:`LICENSE` values set by recipes:
Security Fixes in 4.3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Recipe Upgrades in 4.3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contributors to 4.3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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