From 7e529767704bcf47abd71f036f2019fe6fa9c59f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stewart Smith Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 16:05:01 +1000 Subject: skiboot 6.0.7 release notes Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith (cherry picked from commit d4c653149df1cdbd03477ce414e0c326c17da214) Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith --- doc/release-notes/skiboot-6.0.7.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/release-notes/skiboot-6.0.7.rst (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/release-notes/skiboot-6.0.7.rst b/doc/release-notes/skiboot-6.0.7.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0f4dd992 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/skiboot-6.0.7.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. _skiboot-6.0.7: + +============= +skiboot-6.0.7 +============= + +skiboot 6.0.7 was released on Friday August 3rd, 2018. It replaces +:ref:`skiboot-6.0.6` as the current stable release in the 6.0.x series. + +It is recommended that 6.0.7 be used instead of any previous 6.0.x version +due to it containing a workaround for hardware errata in the XIVE interrupt +controller (present on POWER9 systems). + +The bug fix is: + +- xive: Disable block tracker + + Due to some HW errata, the block tracking facility (performance optimisation + for large systems) should be disabled on Nimbus chips. Disable it unconditionally + for now. -- cgit v1.2.1