From 2e823d63546b2fcf936a0aec5b03def3671e32dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Bokoc Date: May 23 2019 12:32:14 +0000 Subject: 283 - UEFI for ARMv7 --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Distribution.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Distribution.adoc index 9222f1f..fdfc9ab 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Distribution.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Distribution.adoc @@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ The `fedora-release-common` and `fedora-release-$edition` packages ship distribu The `swidq` command from new package `swid-tools` can be used to list the SWID tags (`swidq -a`) or show its content (`swidq -i -n Fedora`, `swidq --xml -a 'org.fedoraproject.*'`). +== UEFI for ARMv7 devices + +In previous releases, Fedora used `extlinux` to boot the kernel on ARMv7-based systems. +This allowed Fedora to standardize the boot process due to most ARMv7 devices being able to use `extlinux` out of the box due to being supported in various `u-boot` releases. However, `u-boot` support for UEFI has significantly improved in recent years, and starting with Fedora 30, the UEFI provided by `u-boot` is considered stable enough to be used with ARMv7 systems. + +This change allows Fedora on ARMv7 systems to use `grub2`, providing ARMv7 users an experience similar to other architectures. It also simplifies a number of software stacks across the distribution due to being able to provide a unified installation/upgrade/support path across architectures. + == Updated software Please note that this only lists a small subset of all upgraded packages where there's a significant change.