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h1. Linux-Linaro Release for Versatile Express (Android)

p. This release is produced, validated and released by Linaro and is based on the linux-linaro-tracking kernel tree.

p. Linaro releases monthly binary images for the ARM "Versatile Express":http://www.arm.com/products/tools/development-boards/versatile-express/index.php including support for Cortex-A9, Cortex-A5, TC2 (big.LITTLE) CoreTiles and Fast Models.

p. For support matters related to ARM hardware or firmware images downloaded from ARM sites, please contact "ARM support":mailto:support@arm.com

p. This release includes Linaro Android Jelly Bean for both Versatile Express and Fast Models. The images are able to boot A5, A9 and TC2 using UEFI. Sources are also made available so you can build your own images (see the "'Building from Source'":https://releases.linaro.org/latest/android/vexpress/#tabs-3 tab).

More information on Linaro can be found on our "website.":http://www.linaro.org/

h2. Feedback and Support

Subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC channels to stay on top of Linaro development.

** Linaro Android Development "mailing list":http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-android
** Linaro Android IRC channel on irc.freenode.net at @#linaro-android@

* Landing Team bug reports should be filed in "JIRA":http://cards.linaro.org/browse/ARM#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Aissues-panel by clicking on the "Create issue" button on the top menu bar.
** You will need to login to your JIRA account.  If you do not have an account or are having problems, email its@linaro.org for help.
* More general bug reports should be filed in Launchpad against the individual packages that are affected. If a suitable package cannot be identified, feel free to assign them to "Linaro project":http://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro/+filebug.
* Questions? "ask Linaro":http://ask.linaro.org/.
* Interested in commercial support? inquire at "Linaro support":mailto:support@linaro.org

h3. Additional information

NOTE: When using the interactive governor with Android, take care to use the following values for governor specific tunables. These values have been selected after careful analysis on this LSK version and result in optimal power-performance on TC2. In future LSK releases, additional system initialisation logic will use these values as defaults.

Interactive settings for the Cortex-A7 cluster:

'above_hispeed_delay': 20000
'go_hispeed_load': 85
'hispeed_freq': 800000
'min_sample_time': 80000
'timer_rate': 20000

Interactive settings for the Cortex-A15 cluster:

'above_hispeed_delay': 20000
'go_hispeed_load': 85
'hispeed_freq': 1000000
'min_sample_time': 80000
'timer_rate': 20000