[Arm-dev] Release for CentOS 7.3.1611 on ARM64/AArch64

[Nick Hardiman]

I got a stupid question. I see an image file in that list. Is it tailored for these chips?

* Applied Micro X-Gene 
* AMD Opteron A1100
* Cavium ThunderX

I haven’t used these, I just pulled the names from the AArch64 page (https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/AArch64). No idea what a Qualcomm QDF2432 is, or a Merlin-based board. 


> On 4 Jan 2017, at 17:45, Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org> wrote:
> 
> I am pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7
> (1611) for AArch64/ARM64 machines.
> 
> 
> == Changes
> The kernel has been rebased from 4.2.0 to 4.5.0, and includes several
> patches recently merged into the upstream. The kernel patches and
> modifications can be found at
> https://git.centos.org/summary/sig-altarch!kernel.git in the
> sig-altarch7-aarch64 branch.
> 
> 
> 
> == Download
> You can download new images and isos via
> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/
> 
> Images and sha256sums:
> 1513f5325accfd32ac7973a9b24e401c829ece24da78e24d021e507e877f930e
> CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything.iso
> f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908
> CentOS-7-aarch64.img.xz
> 48776338f8c8994a9499f07e3af847253cf7235c6aac635a8418a2028ec675cf
> CentOS-7-aarch64-NetInstall.iso
> f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908
> CentOS-7-aarch64-rolling.img.xz
> 238b1ebf22a0ff894064e6ed2ac35ee02a6503657a40ad51f2eee7afc8229e75
> CentOS-7-aarch64-rootfs-7.3.1611.tar.xz
> 
> 
> == Known Issues
> 1. Mustang based boards must be on the most recent firmware version,
> otherwise the network may lose connectivity when using 4.5.0-19+ based
> kernels. Please ensure your hardware is running the most recent firmware
> available to avoid network issues.
> 
> 2. Merlin based boards should be on the most recent firmware version, in
> order to take full advantage of recent kernel improvements.
> 
> 3. Some ThunderX based boards have been reported to have MAC address
> inconsistency when using older firmware versions. Please make sure you
> have the most recent firmware applied to your hardware to avoid network
> issues.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jim Perrin
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