EDK II Release Planning

edk2-stable202311 tag planning

Proposed Schedule

Date (00:00:00 UTC-8)	Description
2023-08-25	Beginning of development
2023-11-06	Soft Feature Freeze
2023-11-10	Hard Feature Freeze
2023-11-24	Release

Proposed Features / Bug Fixes

(The list extends up to and including edk2 commit f945b72331d7.)

• UefiPayloadPkg:Enhance the build processing for Universalpayload
• SplitFspBin.py cannot support FSP binary with child FV included
• Cache Disable should not be set by default in CR0 after ResetVector in x64 build
• SMM perf record is copied multiple times to FPDT table if multiple ReadyToBoot events are signaled
• In some cases, LocateHandleBuffer() may allocate a callee freed buffer when an error occurs
• OvmfPkg/IoMmuDxe: don't rely on TPLs to manage concurrency
• Recent OVMF build.sh change breaks useful functionality
• UEFI cryptography agile solution - separate crypto algorithm (phase I)
• Use MpService2Ppi to wakeup CPU in Smm CpuS3
• Move RngLibTimer from MdePkg to MdeModulePkg
• EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL Describe the DRBG algorithm used in the Arm RNDR instruction
• Faulty Rng algo selection for Arm
• RngDxe assert
• Add New Intel Processor family for SMBIOS Type 4 from SMBIOS 3.7.0
• NetworkPkg: HTTP protocol throughput too small
• MailBoxVersion should be 0 according to the ACPI spec 6.5
• Pyrite support - Secure erase is only available if encryption is supported
• Remove assembly/tool logic that creates AP waking vector in 4G-20h
• MdeModulePkg/Bus/Ata/AtaBusDxe: Coverity scan flags SIGN_EXTENSION issue
• MdeModulePkg/Bus/Pci/NvmExpressPei: Coverity scan flags DEADCODE issue
• MdeModulePkg/Bus/Pci/UhciDxe: fix Coverity issues
• DynamicTablesPkg: Add support for generating ACPI ThermalZones
• DynamicTablesPkg: Add support for PCI IO using Qword resources
• MdeModulePkg/XhciDxe: Use Performance Timer for XHCI Timeouts
• MdeModulePkg/Bus/Pci/XhciDxe: Need to abort the command for command timeout
• BaseTools: Add support for LOONGARCH64 R_LARCH_RELAX relocation
• UefiPayloadPkg: Add FIT support
• SMBIOS BCD revision is not match SMBIOS version
• Xhci: Skip size round up for TRB when getting PCI device/host memory address
• MdePkg: various fixes to ARM/AArch64 SetJump/LongJump
• TlsLib should not have a list of Ciphers which may or may not agree with what is available
• MtrrLib modules and Unit test Enhancement
• Use the base SortLib for Redfish modules only
• evaluate the feasibility of using mbedtls as crypto library
• bogus RealTimeClockLib class interface: LibRtcVirtualNotifyEvent
• OvmfPkg/VirtioFsDxe: tolerate opening an absolute pathname relative to a regular file
• UefiDevicePathLib DevPathToTextAcpiEx overflows the device path node when searching for optional strings
• DynamicTablesPkg/TableHelperLib updates
• Update Edk2-pytools to latest versions
• duplicate installation of EFI_REAL_TIME_CLOCK_ARCH_PROTOCOL in RealTimeClockLib instances
• UefiCpuPkg/BaseXApicX2ApicLib: fix CPUID_V2_EXTENDED_TOPOLOGY detection
• OvmfPkg/AcpiPlatformDxe: Coverity scan flags FORWARD_NULL and UNUSED_VALUE issues
• RedfishPkg/RedfishLib: Return HTTP headers to caller
• ArmVirtPkg: support two PL011 UARTs

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