Initial draft of 15.04 release notes

Signed-off-by: Bernhard Rosenkränzer <Bernhard.Rosenkranzer@linaro.org>

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+h2. About the Linaro Confectionary Release for FVP (Multi-arch 64-bit)
+
+The Linaro Confectionary release is based on the AOSP Lollipop
+Android-5.1.1_r1 version. The reference build is the userdebug variant
+build, it contains multi-arch support allowing full use of the 64-bit
+ARMv8-A architecture and supports both 64-bit and 32-bit applications,
+and has selinux enabled by default.
+
+Java-only applications will run as 64-bit in the supplied configuration
+with no modification. The release uses the kernel from the Linaro ARM
+Landing team which is based on Android flavour of Linaro Stable
+Kernel version 3.10, and with EFI enabled and all necessary android
+configs.
+The sources are built using Linaro GCC version 4.9-2015.04 for 64bit
+and for 32bit.
+To disable SELinux pass "selinux=0" as the boot parameter in the UEFI
+bootargs configuration.
+
+The Android AOSP software provided in this release is functionally
+tested with CTS version 5.0r2 and the CTS results are shared with
+members.
+
+Additionally, the BIONIC component is validated with Android BIONIC
+tests. Android Monkey tests were run for stress testing. Multi-arch
+support has been validated using examples provided in Android NDK.
+
+Sources are also made available so you can build your own images
+(see the "Building from Source tab":https://releases.linaro.org/15.04/android/armv8-android-fvp-lsk/#tabs-3). 
+
+h3. What is new
+
+* Android source changed to based on the  Lollipop Android-5.1.1_r1 version
+* Verified with application-benchmark test on LAVA.
+
+h2. About the Android flavour of Linaro Stable Kernel (LSK)
+
+The kernel used by Linaro Confectionary Release is based on the Android
+flavour of Linaro Stable Kernel (LSK), which is produced, validated and
+released by Linaro and is based on the Linux stable kernel tree.
+
+The LSK focuses on quality and stability and is therefore a great
+foundation for product development. It also includes backports of
+commonly desired features, provided they meet the quality requirements,
+and also any bug fixes.
+
+Sources are also made available so you can build your own images (see
+"Building from Source":https://releases.linaro.org/15.04/android/armv8-android-fvp-lsk/#tabs-3).
+
+h2. Support
+
+Subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC
+channels to stay on top of Linaro development.
+* Linaro Android Development "'Mailing list'":http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-android
+* Linaro Android IRC channel on irc.freenode.net at #linaro-android
+* Landing Team bug reports should be filed in "'Bugzilla'":http://bugs.linaro.org under linaro-android product and Linaro Confectionery Release component.
+** You will need to login to your Linaro account. If you do not have an account or are having problems, email its@linaro.org for help.
+* More general bug reports should be filed in Bugzilla against the individual packages that are affected.
+* Questions? "'ask linaro'":http://ask.linaro.org/
+* Interested in commercial support? inquire at "'Linaro Support'":mailto:support@linaro.org
+
+
+h2. Android Patch Summary
+
+The following list of patches developed by ARM and Linaro engineering
+teams were applied to get Android booting to UI on the ARMv8-A Juno
+development platform. These patches can be found on Linaro's Android
+Git repositories via file "LOLLIPOP-STABLE-PATCHSET":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/android-patchsets.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/LOLLIPOP-STABLE-PATCHSET.
+Some of these patches have been submitted to AOSP and are being tracked
+for acceptance.
+
+* "add Android.mk file to make Bionic libc test integrated":http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#/c/15288/
+* "fixed the browser preference problem":https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/118963
+* "fix bootchart can not be triggered problem":http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#/c/15367/
+* "add policy rules for bootchart":http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#/c/15506
+
+Any patches can be contributed through the instructions described "Here":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/android-patchsets.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/README.TXT
+
+h2. Known Issues and Limitations
+
+h3. Known limitations
+
+* SW rendering for user interface only - there is no hardware accelerated graphics
+* Slow on high resolutions - we run on small screen size to avoid excessive delays
+* Lack of audio support may cause apps using audio to hang
+* HDLCD is not supported yet
+* Has long time problem to run some CTS test package because of the performance thing
+
+h3. Known issues
+
+The following known issues are present in this release.  Please contact "support@linaro.org":mailto:support@linaro.org?subject=LCR%20support%20request if you wish to know more information about these issues or have access problems when attempting to view them.
+
+| *Bug ID* | *Bug title* | *Bug summary* |
+|"Bug 993":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=993 | EVDEV failures in linaro android kernel test suite on 14.12 LCR build | Few EVDEV tests have always been failing for us |
+|"Bug 224":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224 | Corrupted png files can cause crashes in gallery | The stock Gallery application crashes when displaying known corrupt PNG files. |
+|"Bug 222":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222 | Dev Tools crashes on startup | Dev Tools app fails to instantiate com.android.development.Development class from /system/app/Development.apk |
+|"Bug 64":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64 | Test test_pthread_rwlock from bionic libc test suite fails on Juno build - LAVA | |
+|"Bug 23":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23 | backtrace_test reports failures on 64/64 build | Failures reported with local trace and threads |
+
diff --git a/15.04/juno-release-note.txt b/15.04/juno-release-note.txt
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+h2. About the Linaro Confectionary Release for Juno (Multi-arch 64-bit)
+
+The Linaro Confectionary Release is based on the Lollipop
+Android-5.1.1_r1 branch. The reference build is a userdebug variant
+build, which contains multi-arch support allowing full use of the
+64-bit ARMv8-A architecture, supports both 64-bit and 32-bit
+applications and has selinux enabled by default.
+
+Java-only applications will run as 64-bit in the supplied configuration
+with no modification. The reference build uses the Linaro ARM Landing
+team kernel which is based on the  Android flavour of Linaro Stable
+Kernel version 3.10 and includes the ARM Mali drivers for 3D graphics
+acceleration and UEFI support. The sources are built using Linaro GCC
+version 4.9-2015.04 for 64bit and 32bit. To disable SELinux pass
+"selinux=0" as the boot parameter in the UEFI bootargs configuration.
+
+The Android AOSP software provided in this release is functionally
+tested with CTS version 5.0 R2 and the CTS results are shared with
+members.
+
+The BIONIC component is additionally validated with Android BIONIC
+tests.
+
+Android Monkey tests were run for stress testing. Multi-arch support
+has been validated using examples provided in Android NDK. We also
+added some benchmark test to observe the performance trend in various
+fields.
+
+Sources are also made available so you can build your own images
+(see the "Building from Source tab":https://releases.linaro.org/15.04/android/armv8-android-juno-lsk/#tabs-3). 
+
+h3. What is new
+
+* Android source changed to based on the  Lollipop Android-5.1.1_r1 version
+* Updated kernel
+* Benchmarked with multiple bionic and java tests on LAVA.
+* Switched toolchains to Linaro versions
+
+
+h2. About the Android flavour of Linaro Stable Kernel (LSK)
+
+The kernel used by Linaro Confectionary Release is based on the Android
+flavour of Linaro Stable Kernel (LSK), which is produced, validated and
+released by Linaro and is based on the Linux stable kernel tree.
+
+The LSK focuses on quality and stability and is therefore a great
+foundation for product development. It also includes backports of
+commonly desired features, provided they meet the quality requirements,
+and also any bug fixes.
+
+Sources are also made available so you can build your own images (see
+"'Building from Source'":https://releases.linaro.org/15.04/android/armv8-android-juno-lsk/#tabs-3).
+
+h2. License
+
+The use of Juno software is subject to the terms of the Juno
+"End User License Agreement":https://releases.linaro.org/15.04/android/armv8-android-juno-lsk//#tabs-4.
+
+h2. Support
+
+Subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC
+channels to stay on top of Linaro development.
+* Linaro Android Development "'Mailing list'":http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-android
+* Linaro Android IRC channel on irc.freenode.net at #linaro-android
+* Bug reports should be filed in "'Bugzilla'":http://bugs.linaro.org under linaro-android product and Linaro Confectionery Release component.
+** You will need to login to your Linaro account. If you do not have an account or are having problems, email its@linaro.org for help.
+* More general bug reports should be filed in Bugzilla against the individual packages that are affected.
+* Questions? "'ask linaro'":http://ask.linaro.org/
+* Interested in commercial support? inquire at "'Linaro Support'":mailto:support@linaro.org
+
+
+h2. Android Patch Summary
+
+The following list of patches developed by ARM and Linaro engineering
+teams were applied to get Android booting to UI on the ARMv8-A Juno
+development platform. These patches can be found on Linaro's Android
+Git repositories via file "LOLLIPOP-STABLE-PATCHSET":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/android-patchsets.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/LOLLIPOP-STABLE-PATCHSET.
+Some of these patches have been submitted to AOSP and are being tracked
+for acceptance.
+
+* "add Android.mk file to make Bionic libc test integrated":http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#/c/15288/
+* "fixed the browser preference problem":https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/118963
+* "fix bootchart can not be triggered problem":http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#/c/15367/
+* "add policy rules for bootchart":http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#/c/15506
+
+Any patches can be contributed through the instructions described "Here":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/android-patchsets.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/README.TXT
+
+h2. Known Issues and Limitations
+
+h3. Known limitations
+
+* Lack of audio support may cause apps using audio to hang
+* HDLCD is not well supported yet
+* OpenCL support is not present at this time and will be enabled in a future release
+
+h3. Known issues
+
+The following known issues are present in this release.  Please contact "support@linaro.org":mailto:support@linaro.org?subject=LCR%20support%20request if you wish to know more information about these issues or have access problems when attempting to view them.
+
+| *Bug ID* | *Bug title* | *Bug summary* |
+| "Bug 1136":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136 | Android.webkit CTS failures on Juno LCR build | Most of Webkit CTS tests fail with same message |
+| "Bug 1131":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1131 | glslparser test suite failure on Juno | Mali drivers do not score well in this test, needs investigation |
+| "Bug 993":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=993 | EVDEV failures in linaro android kernel test suite on 14.12 LCR build | Few EVDEV tests have always been failing for us |
+|"Bug 474":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474 | perf: unhandled input address range fault (11) at 0x8573801f30, esr 0x92000004 | Externally reported issue, waiting validation on LCR release |
+|"Bug 135":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135 |Juno: Android fails to boot when board has a date in the future |When the board default date is set beyond 19.01.2038 Android fails to boot. This is most likely a bug in generic Android code. As a workaround, the date on the board needs to be set to something before 2038 cut off date. |
+|"Bug 269":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269 | Wave Blazer app crashes on startup | 3rd party application crash - under investigation. |
+|"Bug 265":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265 | Truck Parking 3D game crashes on startup | 3rd party application crash - under investigation. |
+|"Bug 241":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241 | Iron Man 3 (com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftIMHM in APK list) crashes after showing splash screen on Juno | 3rd party application crash - under investigation. |
+|"Bug 239":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239 | Anomaly2Benchmark crashes on startup | 3rd party application crash - under investigation. |
+|"Bug 237":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237 | glmark2 crashes on startup on Juno | 3rd party application crash - under investigation. |
+|"Bug 236":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=236 | Castle Master crashes on startup on Juno | 3rd party application crash - under investigation. |
+|"Bug 230":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230 | Volcano Island doesn't work on Juno | Application starts but fails to launch the actual game. Possibly issue with Mali drivers or other part of the system. |
+|"Bug 227":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227 | Temple Run crashes on startup | 3rd party application crash - under investigation. |
+|"Bug 224":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224 | Corrupted png files can cause crashes in gallery | The stock Gallery application crashes when displaying known corrupt PNG files. |
+|"Bug 222":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222 | Dev Tools crashes on startup | Dev Tools app fails to instantiate com.android.development.Development class from /system/app/Development.apk |
+|"Bug 64":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64 | Test test_pthread_rwlock from bionic libc test suite fails on Juno build - LAVA | |
+|"Bug 23":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23 | backtrace_test reports failures on 64/64 build | Failures reported with local trace and threads |
+|"Bug 12":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12 | Intermittent HDMI failures |There is a problem with HDMI sync for monitors that don't support FullHD resolution. The board works with some monitors and doesn’t work with others. The monitors known to work are: ASUS VS247 H-P, Samsung S22A300H, HP LP2475w |
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+h2. About the Linaro Confectionary Release for Versatile Express (Aarch32)
+
+The Linaro Confectionary release is based on the AOSP Lollipop
+Android-5.1.1_r1 version. This reference build is a userdebug variant
+build, and it contains support allowing full use of the 32-bit ARMv7-A
+architecture and supports the 32-bit applications, with SELinux
+enabled by default.
+
+The release uses the Linaro Stable Kernel version 3.10. The sources are
+built using Linaro GCC 4.9-2015.04. To disable SELinux pass "selinux=0"
+as the boot parameter in the UEFI bootargs configuration.
+
+The Android AOSP software provided in this release is functionally
+tested with CTS version 5.0 R2 and the CTS results are shared with
+members. The BIONIC component is additionally validated with Android
+BIONIC tests. Android Monkey tests were run for stress testing. We also
+added some benchmark tests to observe the performance trend in various
+fields.
+
+Sources are also made available so you can build your own images
+(see the "Building from Source tab":http://releases.linaro.org/15.04/android/vexpress-lcr#tabs-2). 
+
+h3. What is new
+
+* Android source changed to based on the  Lollipop Android-5.1.1_r1 version
+* Toolchain switched to Linaro GCC 4.9-2015.04, Linaro Binutils 2.25.0-2015.01-2
+
+h2. About the Android flavour of Linaro Stable Kernel (LSK)
+
+The kernel used by Linaro Confectionary Release for Versatile Express
+is the Android flavour Linaro Stable Kernel (LSK), which is produced,
+validated and released by Linaro and is based on the Linux stable
+kernel tree.
+The LSK focuses on quality and stability and is therefore a great
+foundation for product development. It also includes backports of
+commonly desired features, provided they meet the quality requirements,
+and also any bug fixes.
+
+Sources are also made available so you can build your own images (see
+"'Building from Source'":http://releases.linaro.org/15.04/android/vexpress-lcr#tabs-2).
+
+h2. Support
+
+Subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC
+channels to stay on top of Linaro development.
+* Linaro Android Development "'Mailing list'":http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-android
+* Linaro Android IRC channel on irc.freenode.net at #linaro-android
+* Landing Team bug reports should be filed in "'Bugzilla'":http://bugs.linaro.org under linaro-android product and Linaro Confectionery Release component.
+** You will need to login to your Linaro account. If you do not have an account or are having problems, email its@linaro.org for help.
+* More general bug reports should be filed in Bugzilla against the individual packages that are affected.
+* Questions? "'ask linaro'":http://ask.linaro.org/
+* Interested in commercial support? inquire at "'Linaro Support'":mailto:support@linaro.org
+
+
+h2. Android Patch Summary
+
+The following list of patches developed by ARM and Linaro engineering
+teams were applied to get Android booting to UI on the TC2 Aarch32
+development platform. These patches can be found on Linaro's Android
+Git repositories via file "LOLLIPOP-STABLE-PATCHSET":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/android-patchsets.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/LOLLIPOP-STABLE-PATCHSET.
+Some of these patches have been submitted to AOSP and are being tracked
+for acceptance.
+
+* "add Android.mk file to make Bionic libc test integrated":http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#/c/15288/
+* "fixed the browser preference problem":https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/118963
+* "fix bootchart can not be triggered problem":http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#/c/15367/
+* "add policy rules for bootchart":http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#/c/15506
+
+Any patches can be contributed through the instructions described "Here":https://android.git.linaro.org/gitweb/android-patchsets.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/README.TXT
+
+
+h2. Known Issues and Limitations
+
+h3. Known limitations
+
+* SW rendering for user interface only - there is no hardware accelerated graphics
+
+h3. Known issues
+
+The following known issues are present in this release.  Please contact "support@linaro.org":mailto:support@linaro.org?subject=LCR%20support%20request if you wish to know more information about these issues or have access problems when attempting to view them.
+
+| *Bug ID* | *Bug title* | *Bug summary* |
+| "Bug 1069":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1069 | ethernet is not stable on tc2 | |
+| "Bug 1015":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1015 | monkey long run test fails on TC2 LCR build | |
+| "Bug 997":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=997 | glslparser test suite partially passes on 14.12 LCR | some glsl syntax in test are not recognized by Mali driver |
+| "Bug 993":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=993 | EVDEV failures in linaro android kernel test suite on 14.12 LCR build | |
+| "Bug 224":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224 | Corrupted png files can cause crashes in gallery | The stock Gallery application crashes when displaying known corrupt PNG files. |
+| "Bug 222":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222 | Dev Tools crashes on startup | Dev Tools app fails to instantiate com.android.development.Development class from /system/app/Development.apk |
+| "Bug 64":https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64 | Test test_pthread_rwlock from bionic libc test suite fails on Juno build - LAVA | |