Hey, Quick update...
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 07:53:33PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: > Hi, > > Quick update below... > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 04:52:09PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We are getting closer to the 2.12 release. Sadly we still do not have > > many of important patch sets in the tree. So, I am going to spend more > > time on reviews in the following weeks. Below you can find my list of > > key patch sets which should land in the release: > > - Dynamic allocation of memory regions and IBM vTPM v2, > > - Unify ARM64 & RISC-V Linux Loader, > > - Add support for LoongArch, > > - plainmount: Support plain encryption mode, > > - Glenn's tests fixes. > > > > Of course all patches which got my RB or are under review will be merged > > too. > > > > There is also "nice to have" list but I do not consider lack of this > > patch sets as release blockers: > > - Add support for EFI file system transposition, > > - term/serial: Add support for PCI serial devices, > > - Add MMIO serial ports support and SPCR detection, > > - Glenn's gdb patch set. > > > > I hope I will be able to review and merge all patch sets from first list > > during November. Then if everything goes well we will make code freeze > > in December and release at the beginning of next year, preferably in > > January. > > Most of the patches from the list above are now under review or (almost) > ready for merging. I will push all patches which got my RB recently > after holidays. > > (Sadly) we have to add UEFI NX patches to the list above due to > introduction of new requirements "for all applications to be signed by > the Microsoft third-party Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) > Certificate Authority (CA)" [1]. I hope relevant patches will appear on > the grub-devel in January or February. After discussing the UEFI NX support with distros GRUB maintainers I am dropping the feature from 2.12 release requirement. Simply speaking it is still not ready... :-( Most of the patches from the list above are in upstream right now. I am still working on getting some important features into 2.12. Though at this point things look good and I am planning to do the code freeze in May. So, if you think we should still merge some patches drop me a line ASAP. > > I am considering to not block merges for tests and documentation during > > code freeze. > > Nothing changes here... Still no changes here... Expect more updates in May... Daniel > [1] > https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/hardware-dev-center/new-uefi-ca-memory-mitigation-requirements-for-signing/ba-p/3608714 _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
