[yocto] 2.2 release note material

[Paul Eggleton]

On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:54:59 Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On 2016-10-19 10:25 PM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> > I've been gathering material for the 2.2 release notes, here is what I
> > have at the moment. Things missing:
> > 
> > * Any new features/enhancements for the kernel tools - Bruce, is there
> > anything worth noting?
> 
> It is probably worth mentioning a few things on that front, I'll provide
> some raw bullets points here .. and they can be wordsmithed as needed:
> 
>   - kernel tools were streamlined, with patching/configuration overhead
>     reduced or eliminated in most cases.
>   - kernel configuration audit was improved and runs as a standalone tool
>   - kernel configuration audit provides symbol resolution and dependency
>     information to allow troubleshooting of missing/incorrect/invalid
> symbols
>   - kernel tools use upstream utilities directly, without local patches or
>     wrappers.

Thanks Bruce, I pretty much included this verbatim.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre