hello there,

A new kernel branch for the HiKey is now available: hikey-mainline-rebase, which is now v4.4-rc3 based. That's a start (meaning there are issues), but topics and patches are keep coming. Goal here is to make HiKey finally land linus' tree.

What’s new in this release? * Based on Linux kernel v4.4-rc3 * Debian Jessie developer image, with HDMI console. * patches are upstreaming targeted, and * managed by topic branches, for easy rebase to latest kernel * topics include: hikey-tracking-dts hikey-tracking-gpio hikey-tracking-pmic hikey-tracking-mmc hikey-tracking-wifi hikey-tracking-usb hikey-tracking-adv7511 hikey-tracking-drm hikey-tracking-pm

What to expect in soon future? * topic on iommu, bt * new builds: Debian Jessie ALIP image * new builds: AOSP (Android M) * patches be accepted by mainline.

Resources: For kernel source code, ref: https://github.com/96boards/linux/tree/hikey-mainline-rebase

For download of Debian developer image, ref: https://builds.96boards.org/snapshots/hikey/community/hikey-mainline-rebase/...

For UEFI to use with this snapshots build, ref: https://builds.96boards.org/releases/hikey/linaro/binaries/15.11/

For documentation about everything of HiKey, please ref: https://github.com/96boards/documentation/wiki/HiKey

Support & Bug Report: For general question or support request, please go to 96boards Community forum: https://www.96boards.org/forums/forum/products/hikey/ https://www.96boards.org/dragonboard410c/forum

For any bug related to this release, please submit issues to the 96Boards Bug tracking system: https://bugs.96boards.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=HiKey

Finally, to get in touch with us, you can also use IRC: #96boards on irc.freenode.net

On behalf of the Linaro HiSilicon Landing team, cheers, Guodong