| .. _skiboot-6.7: |
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| skiboot-6.7 |
| =========== |
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| skiboot v6.7 was released on Tuesday November 3rd 2020. It is the first release |
| of skiboot 6.7 series, which becomes the new stable release following the |
| :ref:`skiboot-6.6` release, first released Wednesday April 22nd 2020. |
| |
| The main reason for this release is the addition of secure variable support and |
| the Mowgli platform. Aside from these feature, this release is largely bug-fixes. |
| However, this is expected since we're approaching the end of the P9 product cycle |
| and development has largely shifted towards enabling a future processor with a |
| difficult-to-guess name. |
| |
| .. _skiboot-6.7-new-features: |
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| New features |
| ------------ |
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| - Secure Variable support |
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| The secure variable API provides the host operating system with space to |
| store cryptographic keys for OS secure boot. The security comes from the |
| requirement that all secure variable updates be cryptographically signed |
| so the keys used to verify the secure boot chain can only be updated by |
| a user authorized to do so. |
| |
| - Fleetwood platform support |
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| Support was added for the multi-node IBM Fleetwood systems. This support |
| was largely for internal IBM testing purposes and is not, and will not, ever |
| be offically supported. |
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| - Mowgli platform support |
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| Support was added for the Mowgli platform built by Wistron. |
