Upcoming release - coreboot 24.08
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The 24.08 release is scheduled for Mid Aug, 2024


Update this document with changes that should be in the release notes.

* Please use Markdown.
* See the past few release notes for the general format.
* The chip and board additions and removals will be updated right
  before the release, so those do not need to be added.
* Note that all changes before the release are done are marked upcoming.
  A final version of the notes are done after the release.



Significant or interesting changes
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* Add changes that need a full description here

* This section should have full descriptions and can or should have
  a link to the referenced commits.



Additional coreboot changes
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The following are changes across a number of patches, or changes worth
noting, but not needing a full description.

* Changes that only need a line or two of description go here.



Changes to external resources
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### Toolchain updates

* Upgrade ACPICA from 20230628 to 20240321
* Upgrade CMake from 3.28.3 to 3.29.3
* Upgrade nasm from 2.16.01 to 2.16.03
* Upgrade LLVM from 17.0.6 to 18.1.6
* Upgrade GCC from 13.2 to 14.1.0

### Git submodule pointers


### External payloads



Platform Updates
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### Added mainboards:
* To be filled in immediately before the release by the release team


### Removed Mainboards
* To be filled in immediately before the release by the release team


### Updated SoCs
* To be filled in immediately before the release by the release team



Plans to move platform support to a branch
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* To be filled in immediately before the release by the release team



Statistics from the 24.05 to the 24.08 release
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* To be filled in immediately before the release by the release team



Significant Known and Open Issues
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Issues from the coreboot bugtracker: https://ticket.coreboot.org/
* To be filled in immediately before the release by the release team



coreboot Links and Contact Information
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* Main Web site: https://www.coreboot.org
* Downloads: https://coreboot.org/downloads.html
* Source control: https://review.coreboot.org
* Documentation: https://doc.coreboot.org
* Issue tracker: https://ticket.coreboot.org/projects/coreboot
* Donations: https://coreboot.org/donate.html