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Change Log
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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
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Changed
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- 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
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- (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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Refer to the `Old Change Log`_ for detailed information on software features
  and changes for the previous releases.


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.. _ARM linaro GIT: https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/arm
.. _ARM Gitlab: https://gitlab.arm.com/arm-reference-solutions
.. _Old Change Log: https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/arm/arm-reference-platforms.git/tree/docs/basefvp/change-log.rst