## Reference Platform Release Status

- *Release:* 16.03
- *Code/feature freeze:* February 22th / 2016
- *RC1:* February 22th / 2016
- *Release date:* March 3th / 2016 (originally March 1)

### Release Candidates

#### Final

- *Debian Installer (118):* [mini.iso](https://builds.96boards.org/releases/reference-platform/components/debian-installer/16.03/mini.iso) and [netboot.tar.gz](https://builds.96boards.org/releases/reference-platform/components/debian-installer/16.03/netboot.tar.gz)
- *CentOS Installer (36):* [16.03](https://builds.96boards.org/releases/reference-platform/components/centos-installer/16.03/)
- *Kernel (104):* [linux-image-4.4.0-104](https://builds.96boards.org/releases/reference-platform/components/linux/16.03/)
- *CE AOSP RPB HiKey (65)*: [16.03](https://builds.96boards.org/releases/reference-platform/aosp/hikey/16.03/)
- *CE AOSP RPB Dragonboard410c (45):* [16.03](https://builds.96boards.org/releases/reference-platform/aosp/dragonboard410c/16.03/)
- *CE Debian RPB HiKey (68)*: [16.03](https://builds.96boards.org/releases/reference-platform/debian/hikey/16.03/)
- *CE Debian RPB Dragonboard410c (68):* [16.03](https://builds.96boards.org/releases/reference-platform/debian/dragonboard410c/16.03/)

#### RC5

- *Debian Installer (111):* [mini.iso](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/debian-installer/111/mini.iso) and [netboot.tar.gz](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/debian-installer/111/netboot.tar.gz)
- *CentOS Installer:* [34](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/centos-installer/34/)
- *Kernel:* [linux-image-4.4.0-97](http://repo.linaro.org/ubuntu/linaro-staging/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.4.0-97-arm64_4.4.0.linaro.97-1.linarojessie.1_arm64.deb)
- *UEFI*: [46](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/uefi/46/)
- *CE AOSP RPB HiKey*: [65](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/hikey/65/)
- *CE AOSP RPB Dragonboard410c:* [45](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/db410c/45/)
- *CE Debian RPB HiKey*: [66](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/66/hikey/)
- *CE Debian RPB Dragonboard410c:* [66](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/66/dragonboard410c/)

#### RC4

- *Debian Installer:* [mini.iso](https://ci.linaro.org/view/96boards/job/96boards-reference-debian-installer-staging/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/mini.iso) and [netboot.tar.gz](https://ci.linaro.org/view/96boards/job/96boards-reference-debian-installer-staging/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/netboot.tar.gz)
- *CentOS Installer:* [33](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/centos-installer/33/)
- *Kernel:* [linux-image-4.4.0-97](http://repo.linaro.org/ubuntu/linaro-staging/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.4.0-97-arm64_4.4.0.linaro.97-1.linarojessie.1_arm64.deb)
- *UEFI*: [44](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/uefi/44/)
- *CE AOSP RPB HiKey*: [65](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/hikey/65/)
- *CE AOSP RPB Dragonboard410c:* [45](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/db410c/45/)
- *CE Debian RPB HiKey*: [58](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/58/hikey/)
- *CE Debian RPB Dragonboard410c:* [58](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/58/dragonboard410c/)

#### RC3

- *Debian Installer:* [mini.iso](https://ci.linaro.org/view/96boards/job/96boards-reference-debian-installer-staging/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/mini.iso) and [netboot.tar.gz](https://ci.linaro.org/view/96boards/job/96boards-reference-debian-installer-staging/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/netboot.tar.gz)
- *CentOS Installer:* [31](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/centos-installer/31/)
- *Kernel:* [linux-image-4.4.0-93](http://repo.linaro.org/ubuntu/linaro-staging/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.4.0-93-arm64_4.4.0.linaro.93-1.linarojessie.1_arm64.deb)
- *UEFI*: [44](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/uefi/44/)
- - *CE AOSP RPB HiKey*: [65](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/hikey/65/)
- *CE AOSP RPB Dragonboard410c:* [45](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/db410c/45/)
- *CE Debian RPB HiKey*: [56](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/56/hikey/)
- *CE Debian RPB Dragonboard410c:* [56](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/56/dragonboard410c/)

#### RC2

- *Debian Installer:* [mini.iso](https://ci.linaro.org/view/96boards/job/96boards-reference-debian-installer-staging/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/mini.iso) and [netboot.tar.gz](https://ci.linaro.org/view/96boards/job/96boards-reference-debian-installer-staging/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/netboot.tar.gz)
- *CentOS Installer:* [30](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/centos-installer/30/)
- *Kernel:* [linux-image-4.4.0-91](http://repo.linaro.org/ubuntu/linaro-staging/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.4.0-91-arm64_4.4.0.linaro.91-1.linarojessie.1_arm64.deb)
- *UEFI*: [44](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/uefi/44/)
- *CE AOSP RPB HiKey*: [65](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/hikey/65/)
- *CE AOSP RPB Dragonboard410c:* [45](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/db410c/45/)
- *CE Debian RPB HiKey*: [55](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/55/hikey/)
- *CE Debian RPB Dragonboard410c:* [55](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/55/dragonboard410c/)

#### RC1

- *Debian Installer:* [mini.iso](https://ci.linaro.org/view/96boards/job/96boards-reference-debian-installer-staging/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/mini.iso) and [netboot.tar.gz](https://ci.linaro.org/view/96boards/job/96boards-reference-debian-installer-staging/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/netboot.tar.gz)
- *CentOS Installer:* [29](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/centos-installer/29/)
- *Kernel:* [linux-image-4.4.0-85](http://repo.linaro.org/ubuntu/linaro-staging/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.4.0-85-arm64_4.4.0.linaro.85-1.linarojessie.1_arm64.deb)
- *UEFI*: [43](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/components/uefi/43/)
- *CE AOSP RPB HiKey*: [65](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/hikey/65/)
- *CE AOSP RPB Dragonboard410c:* [43](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/aosp/db410c/43/)
- *CE Debian RPB HiKey*: [54](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/54/hikey/)
- *CE Debian RPB Dragonboard410c:* [54](https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/reference-platform/debian/54/dragonboard410c/)

### Kernel

Kernel is 4.4 based, unified and supporting the following boards by default:
* Dragonboard410c
* HiKey
* AMD Overdrive (A0 should also be supported, pending kernel update)
* D02
* APM X-Gene/Moonshot m400 (supported with the final RC)

Tree data:
* Git: https://github.com/96boards/linux/
* Branch: *96b/releases/2016.03*
* Config: https://github.com/96boards/linux/blob/96b/releases/2016.03/arch/arm64/configs/distro.config

### Remaining Work Activities

* QA/Validation - QA Team
** Enterprise Debian Overdrive
** Enterprise Debian D02
** Enterprise CentOS Overdrive
** Enterprise CentOS D02
** -CE Debian DB410c - *Naresh*-
** -CE AOSP HiKey - *Chase Qi*-
** -CE AOSP DB410c (nice to have) - *Chase Qi*- 
** -CE Debian HiKey - *Naresh*-
* Test/Validation of GPIO, I2C and SPI support on both HiKey and Dragonboard410c - *Grant*
* Release Documentation - *Robert*
* -Porting xorg-server into linaro-overlay - *Nicolas/Ricardo*-
* -Linaro-EDK2 February Release - *Leif*-
* D02 OpenPlatformPkg update - *Heyi/Leif*
* D02 EDK2 SAS support - *Zhangfei Gao*
* -Move unified kernel to https://github.com/96boards/linux - *Amit*-
* -Update CentOS installer to use the unified kernel - *Ricardo*-
* -Update default grub config used by HiKey (generic) - *Ricardo*-
* ROD Openstack support for CentOS - *Fathi*

### Out of Scope / Next Release

* Kernel Fragments - *Amit*
* Lack of a default device-tree for HiKey - *Ricardo/Guodong*: bugs [27](https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27) and [267](https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267) to cover the right implementation, postponed to *16.06*.
* [Bug 254 - [RPB] wpa_supplicant crashes wcn36xx](https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=254)
* [Bug 207 - [RPB] Bluetooth does not work on Dragonboard debian](https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207)
* [Bug 262 - [RPB] LG W2253V fails to work with 4.4.0-93-arm64](https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262) - *Amit*
* [Bug 2067 - [RPB] irq 5: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option when rebooting the system](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2067) - Amit/Hanjun

### Current Issues / Bugs

#### Kernel

* -[Bug 1999 - RP Kernel doesn't boot on HP Moonshot m400 (APM X-Gene) cartridges (ACPI)](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1999) - *Ricardo/Amit*-
* -[Bug 2060 - [RPB] Missing support for APM XGENE / Moonshot m400](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2060) - *Amit*-

###### HiKey

* -[Bug 274 - [RPB] xserver armsoc driver fails to allocate buffer](https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=274) - *Amit/Guodong/Xinliang*-
* [Bug 281 - [RPB] regression - constant hangs with linux-image-4.4.0-99-arm64](https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281) - *Amit/Guodong*

###### Overdrive

* -[Bug 2051 - RPB: Overdrive fails to find the SATA disks when booting with ACPI](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2051) - *Graeme*-

###### Dragonboard410c

* -[Bug 2061 - [RPB] CONFIG_QCOM_SCM breaks XGENE support](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2061) - *Amit/Nicolas*-

###### D02

* -[Bug 2037 - D02: Unable to handle kernel paging request](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2037) - *Amit/Hanjun*-
* -[Bug 2063 - D02: No console unless you boot with console=ttyS0,115200](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2063) - *Amit/Hanjun*-
* -[Bug 2032 - ACPI NUMA Support crashes on D02](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032) - *Hanjun*-

#### UEFI

###### D02

* -[Bug 2062 - EDK2 D02: "sas: realizing _RST replacing syscon" breaks SAS support in Linux](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2062) - *Heyi*-
* -Lack of PCIe support for D02 on Linux (missing tables) - *Hanjun/Heyi*-
* Lack of SAS support in EDK2/UEFI - *Zhangfei*
* -[Bug 2075 - [RPB] D02: Latest EDK2 breaks network support in UEFI](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2075)-

###### HiKey

#### Debian

* -[Bug 2009 - Wrong network device name set after Debian install](https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2009) - *Ricardo*
* -[ttyAMA2 (tty96B0) missing on HiKey with 16.03-rc4](https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273) - *Amit*

###### DB410c

#### AOSP

###### DB410c

* -[Bug 253 - [RPB] Gallery fails to open due a fatal exception in GLThread](https://bugs.96boards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=253)-

#### OE/Yocto