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+ARM Trusted Firmware - version 0.2
+==================================
+
+New features
+------------
+
+*   First source release.
+
+*   Code for the PSCI suspend feature is supplied, although this is not enabled
+    by default since there are known issues (see below).
+
+
+Issues resolved since last release
+----------------------------------
+
+*   The "psci" nodes in the FDTs provided in this release now fully comply
+    with the recommendations made in the PSCI specification.
+
+
+Known issues
+------------
+
+The following is a list of issues which are expected to be fixed in the future
+releases of the ARM Trusted Firmware.
+
+*   The TrustZone Address Space Controller (TZC-400) is not being programmed
+    yet. Use of model parameter `-C bp.secure_memory=1` is not supported.
+
+*   No support yet for secure world interrupt handling or for switching context
+    between secure and normal worlds in EL3.
+
+*   GICv3 support is experimental. The Linux kernel patches to support this are
+    not widely available. There are known issues with GICv3 initialization in
+    the ARM Trusted Firmware.
+
+*   Dynamic image loading is not available yet. The current image loader
+    implementation (used to load BL2 and all subsequent images) has some
+    limitations. Changing BL2 or BL3-1 load addresses in certain ways can lead
+    to loading errors, even if the images should theoretically fit in memory.
+
+*   Although support for PSCI `CPU_SUSPEND` is present, it is not yet stable
+    and ready for use.
+
+*   PSCI api calls `AFFINITY_INFO` & `PSCI_VERSION` are implemented but have not
+    been tested.
+
+*   The ARM Trusted Firmware make files result in all build artifacts being
+    placed in the root of the project. These should be placed in appropriate
+    sub-directories.
+
+*   The compilation of ARM Trusted Firmware is not free from compilation
+    warnings. Some of these warnings have not been investigated yet so they
+    could mask real bugs.
+
+*   The ARM Trusted Firmware currently uses toolchain/system include files like
+    stdio.h. It should provide versions of these within the project to maintain
+    compatibility between toolchains/systems.
+
+*   The PSCI code takes some locks in an incorrect sequence. This may cause
+    problems with suspend and hotplug in certain conditions.
+
+*   The Linux kernel used in this release is based on version 3.12-rc4. Using
+    this kernel with the ARM Trusted Firmware fails to start the file-system as
+    a RAM-disk. It fails to execute user-space `init` from the RAM-disk. As an
+    alternative, the VirtioBlock mechanism can be used to provide a file-system
+    to the kernel.
+
+
+Detailed changes since last release
+-----------------------------------
+
+First source release – not applicable.
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+_Copyright (c) 2013 ARM Ltd. All rights reserved._