coreboot 4.9 release notes ========================== The 4.9 release is planned for November 2018 Update this document with changes that should be in the release notes. * Please use Markdown. * See the [4.7](coreboot-4.7-relnotes.md) and [4.8](coreboot-4.8.1-relnotes.md) 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. General changes --------------- * Various code cleanups * Removed `device_t` in favor of `struct device*` in ramstage code * Improve adherence to coding style * Expand use of the postcar stage * Add bootblock compression capability: on systems that copy the bootblock from very slow flash to ERAM, allow adding a stub that decompresses the bootblock into ERAM to minimize the amount of flash reads Toolchain --------- * Update IASL to version 10280531