EDK II Release Planning

edk2-stable202105 tag planning

Proposed Schedule

Date (00:00:00 UTC-8)	Description
2021-03-05	Beginning of development
2021-05-10	Feature Planning Freeze
2021-05-17	Soft Feature Freeze
2021-05-24	Hard Feature Freeze
2021-05-28	Release

Proposed Features

• OVMF RFE: VCPU hot-unplug with SMI
• Add non-MMRAM memory protection for Standalone MM environment
• OpenSSL Update OpenSSL version to version 1.1.1j to include CVE fix
• Add a new library class RegisterFilterLib
• Add a new MicrocodeLib for microcode loading
• EDKII Redfish Config Handler Protocol
• Implementation of UEFI spec 31.1 Redfish Discover Protocol
• Add RedfishLib (from libredfish)
• Add the ArmPlatformPkg to the azurepipeline
• Add the ArmPkg to the azurepipeline
• Support Tcg2Smm under Standalone MM environment
• UefiCpuPkg/SmmCpuFeaturesLib: Add Standalone MM support
• Add support for AARCH64 to RngDxe and BaseRngLib
• Add support for RSASSA-PSS signature scheme in Crypto package
• TBD

Wiki

• TBD

Update Notes

• MdeModulePkg VariableSmmRuntimeDxe.inf depends on library class MmUnblockMemoryLib. Platforms supporting variable service through SMM should configure platform DSC in [LibraryClasses] MmUnblockMemoryLib|MdePkg/Library/MmUnblockMemoryLib/MmUnblockMemoryLibNull.inf
• SecurityPkg Tcg2Smm is split into 2 drivers: Tcg2Smm and Tcg2Acpi. Platforms supporting TCG2 Physical Presence and Memory Clear through ACPI method should add a new entry in [Components] section of platform DSC as well as the corresponding FV section in platform FDF SecurityPkg/Tcg/Tcg2Acpi/Tcg2Acpi.inf
• Platform DSC needs to include MdePkg/MdeLibs.dsc.inc for the required library instance.

edk2-stable202108 tag planning

Proposed Schedule

Date (00:00:00 UTC-8)	Description
2021-05-28	Beginning of development
2021-08-12	Feature Planning Freeze
2021-08-19	Soft Feature Freeze
2021-08-26	Hard Feature Freeze
2021-08-30	Release

Proposed Features

• TBD

edk2-stable202111 tag planning

Proposed Schedule

Date (00:00:00 UTC-8)	Description
2021-08-30	Beginning of development
2021-11-08	Feature Planning Freeze
2021-11-15	Soft Feature Freeze
2021-11-22	Hard Feature Freeze
2021-11-26	Release

Proposed Features

• TBD

Previous edk2 stable tags

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