Releases: thesofproject/sof
SOF Release v1.8
The SOF developers are pleased to announce the release of SOF v1.8.
Features
- Improved support for Intel Tiger Lake- and Alder Lake-based devices.
- Bluetooth support on Intel Alder Lake devices.
- Support for Intelligo noise reduction technology.
- Support for further Cadence library codecs.
- Further performance improvements to audio processing library.
- Power optimizations for Intel Tiger Lake and Alder Lake.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.
- Pipeline level multi-core support.
- LL scheduler refinement for multi-core support.
- Continued Zephyr integration with more native features being used.
- Fixes for known xrun issues with multi-core.
- Various fixes for i.MX8 DAIs.
- Cadence toolchain support for i.MX8 platforms.
Changes since rc2
- Multi-core xrun bugs fixing.
- Codec_adapter component fixes.
Recommended Linux recipe
- Linux stable kernel 5.12 or newer, or SOF Linux kernel branch release-v1.8, commit 861331047798b
- alsa-lib 1.2.5 or newer
- alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.5 or newer (e.g. There is a change in topology for the HP Spectre x360 that requires this new alsa-ucm-conf version to be used.)
Binaries
Firmware, topology and tool binaries are available here: https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin
v1.8-rc2
v1.8-rc1
SOF Release v1.7
The SOF developers are pleased to announce the release of SOF v1.7
Features
- Added support for Intel Tigerlake H
- The codec adapter has had many improvements and now supports audio processing modules from Cadence.
- Continued Zephyr integration now means SOF is supported as a Zephyr module.
- Scheduler improvements to support dynamic clock switching..
- Major feature and performance improvements for Smart amplifiers, SRC, Mux, Crossover and DRC.
- Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements for Intel and NXP platforms.
Changes since rc1
- Intel Tiger Lake fix for clock switching.
- NXP IMX Playback and capture DMA fix.
Recommended Linux recipe
- Linux stable kernel 5.10 or newer.
- Linux kernel branch topic/sof-dev, commit d289bfd9
- alsa-lib 1.2.1.2 or newer
- alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.1.2 or newer
Binaries
Firmware, topology and tool binaries are available here. https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin
v1.7-rc1
RC1 for v1.7
First release candidate for v1.7. Expected to have some issues and not production ready.
Issues
Issues mostly relate to Intel Tigerlake platform and fixes are being validated prior to rc2 or v1.7 final.
https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3Av1.7
Todo
- Add release notes.
- Some "fix" PRs still being refined, will merge for rc2 or v1.7 final.
- Sign and upload.
v1.6.1
V1.6 series bug fix release.
Changes
bd63876a9 zephyr: remove infinite recursion on Broadwell
436e1ae60 kpb: fix logging cast issue
d42941fb2 pcm_converter: fix type mismatch
301897ef4 apl: power_down: move IPC_HOST_BASE literal into register
292da6ccb cavs: power_down: move IPC_HOST_BASE literal into register
40c2ce5dc dcblock: fix reset handler
b184cb0bc logger: Check for unused arguments
f79111f6d logger: change the usage string for filter
6d9d2339f logger: fix opt for filter parameter
8ee4125a1 logger: Fix log_err usage at early stages of sof-logger run
acfc5b362 topoplgy: add tgl rt715-rt711-rt1308 support
v1.6
Changes since rc3
o Various fixes for SDW and DSM.
Features
Initial list of high level features that needs expanded with more details for v1.6 final.
o Intel Tigerlake CPUs
o Maxim Smart Amplifiers
o Beamformer microphone support.
o DC blocker audio processing component.
o Support for Zephyr RTOS.
o Major feature and performance improvements for ASRC, KWD and FIR/IIR components..
o Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements for Intel and NXP platforms.
Binaries
Signed binaries to follow shortly. Will be announced on ALSA list too and uploaded to sof-bin repo.
v1.6-rc3
Changes since rc2
o Minor logger fixes.
Features
Initial list of high level features that needs expanded with more details for v1.6 final.
o Intel Tigerlake CPUs
o Maxim Smart Amplifiers
o Beamformer microphone support.
o DC blocker audio processing component.
o Support for Zephyr RTOS.
o Major feature and performance improvements for ASRC, KWD and FIR/IIR components..
o Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements for Intel and NXP platforms.
Binaries
Signed binaries to follow shortly. Will be announced on ALSA list too and uploaded to sof-bin repo.
v1.6-rc2
Changes since rc1
o Use Rimage release 1.6 version
o Add assertion for context in traces
Features
Initial list of high level features that needs expanded with more details for v1.6 final.
o Intel Tigerlake CPUs
o Maxim Smart Amplifiers
o Beamformer microphone support.
o DC blocker audio processing component.
o Support for Zephyr RTOS.
o Major feature and performance improvements for ASRC, KWD and FIR/IIR components..
o Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements for Intel and NXP platforms.
Binaries
Signed binaries to follow shortly. Will be announced on ALSA list too and uploaded to sof-bin repo.
v1.6-rc1
Features
Initial list of high level features that needs expanded with more details for v1.6 final.
o Intel Tigerlake CPUs
o Maxim Smart Amplifiers
o Beamformer microphone support.
o DC blocker audio processing component.
o Support for Zephyr RTOS.
o Major feature and performance improvements for ASRC, KWD and FIR/IIR components..
o Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements for Intel and NXP platforms.
Binaries
Signed binaries to follow shortly. Will be announced on ALSA list too and uploaded to sof-bin repo.