Change Log

This document contains a summary of the incremental changes, features, fixes and known issues in each release of the Armv-A Base AEM FVP platform stack.

Release tag: AEMFVP-A-2021.09.20

Changed

Migration of build system from Yocto to BASH based scripting environment.
Migration of source code repository from ARM linaro GIT to ARM Gitlab.
Migration of Kernel from 5.4 to 5.13.
Update Trusted Firmware-A to version 2.5.
Update U-boot to version 2021.4.
Migrate to the latest stable EDK2 version edk2-stable202108.
Migrate to the latest EDK2-platforms commit ID 46026ad759b718142e652618c399a1f68d4e3804.
Changed the Armv-A Base AEM FVP model parameters to enable all the CPU cores.
Updated the Armv-A Base AEM FVP model parameters to enable network support.

Features

(AARCH64) UEFI + Busybox boot supported with latest stable kernel version 5.13.
(AARCH64) U-Boot + Busybox boot supported with latest stable kernel version 5.13.
Linux distribution boot supported and the following distributions are verified with Armv-A Base AEM FVP.
- Fedora-34-1.2
- Ubuntu-20.04.1
- Debian-11.0.0
Add changes for accessing Terminal-0 via Telnet if the Armv-A base AEM FVP is running on a non-Xserver support.

Platform Support

This Software release is tested on Armv-A Base RevC AEM FVP and version is [11.15.18 (Jul 14 2021)].

Known issues or Limitations

Ubuntu 20.04.1 installation may take longer time compared to other distribution installations on Armv-A Base AEM FVP.
The Armv-A Base AEM FVP model hangs when Linux reboot is triggered after the model is booted with U-Boot and Busybox.

Change logs for the previous releases

Refer to the Old Change Log for detailed information on software features and changes for the previous releases.