Summary: * Linaro toolchain binary 2013.01 release * Move to using EGLIBC 2.17 in aarch64 build
Details: 1. Linaro toolchain binary. * Document on how to do release test. * Help Bero on 2013.01 release. * Investigate lp:1107659. Crosstool-ng upstream has a workaround fix. 2. Move to using EGLIBC 2.17 in aarch64 build. * Update Linux version to 3.7.0 since eglibc 2.17 configure "checking for kernel header at least 3.7.0". * Migrate local patches for eglibc 2.16 to 2.17 and update the config to 2.17 * Package build is OK. Test on simulation is ongoing. 3. Collect SPEC performance for different branch costs. * The total results wave less than 0.5%. * Three cases have 1-2% regression for smaller branch cost. Will analyze the detail impact for the three cases.
Plan: * Investigate coremark performance impact for different branch costs. * Commit EGLIBC 2.17 changes
Planed leaves: * Feb. 9 - 15: Chinese Spring Festival.
Best Regards! -Zhenqiang