ARM Embedded Linux 2010q2
=========================

This AEL release has the following components:

* Linux kernel 2.6.33-arm1
* AEL-ALIP 5.0
* U-Boot


Linux 2.6.33-arm1
-----------------

The patch for the 2.6.33 kernel is available from the above mentioned
links. A git repository is also available via:

  git clone -n git://linux-arm.org/linux-2.6-stable.git
  cd linux-2.6-stable
  git checkout -b 2.6.33-arm -t origin/2.6.33-arm

Major features available in this release:

- Core support
      * ARMv5, ARMv6 and ARMv7 support
      * SMP (ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A9) support
      * Thumb-2 kernel support
      * ARMv7-M profile (Cortex-M3, Cortex-M4 + VFP) support
      * SWP/SWPB emulation
      * DMA API handling speculative accesses

- Platform support
      * Versatile Express, RealView (EB, PB1176, PB11MPCore, PBX),
        Versatile PB/AB 926
      * Default memory configuration for the Versatile Express and
	RealView boards (no need to specify the "mem=" option on the
	kernel command line)
      * PCI and PCIe support for the RealView boards
      * Microcontroller Prototyping System support

- Other
      * Re-implemented Oprofile and performance counters support
      * KGDB support

- Pre-built Linux kernel images (uImage-2.6.33-arm1-*)
      * versatile: Versatile PB926, AB926
      * realview-v6: RealView EB (CT1136, CT1176, CT11MPCore), PB1176,
        PB11MPCore (UP only)
      * realview-v6-smp: RealView PB11MPCore
      * realview-v7-thumb: RealView PB-A8, PBX-A9 (UP only)
      * realview-v7-smp-thumb: RealView PBX-A9
      * vexpress-v7-smp-thumb: Versatile Express + Cortex-A9

- Pre-built uClinux kernel images (uImage-2.6.33-arm1rc1-*)
      * realview-v6-nommu: RealView EB (CT1136, CT1176, CT11MPCore),
        PB1176, PB11MPCore
      * realview-v7-nommu-thumb: RealView PB-A8, PBX-A9 (UP only)


AEL-ALIP 5.0
------------

- Minimal development systems (-min)
    Busybox, ssh, udev, sbrshd
	alip-ael-armv5-min-debug.cramfs
	alip-ael-armv6-min-debug.cramfs
	alip-ael-armv7-thumb-min-debug.cramfs

- Full matrix systems (-full)
    An almost full alip-ael build. Some components have to be dropped so
    that the images can be flashed into 64MB of flash.  
	alip-ael-armv5-full-reduced.cramfs         
	alip-ael-armv6-full-reduced.cramfs         
	alip-ael-armv7-thumb-full-reduced.cramfs   

- Legacy uclinux MMUless syatems
    Busybox
	uc_armbase_2.5.cramfs		
	uc_armbase_2.5_thumb.cramfs

Third party codecs may be added to AEL-ALIP builds in the manner
described at http://linux.onarm.com/index.php/3rdpartycodecs
	
- Architectures
	armv5		ARM Architecture v5t plus VFP
	armv6		ARM Architecture v6  plus VFP
	armv7-thumb	ARM Architecture v7 Thumb-2 plus NEON
 
- Changes relative to AEL 4.0
      * Builds are based on the alip-project generic-4 branches
      * The AEL-ALIP project is more closely related to that of the
        alip-project than was the AEL 4.0 project

U-Boot
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- Built from git://linux-arm.org/u-boot-armdev, 
  090728_armdevCS branch,
  commit 9eb045975b3d8e5577402eee39cf54bf29c6da66
- realview_config now includes Versatile Express