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+skiboot-5.1.2
+-------------
+
+skiboot-5.1.2 was released on September 9th, 2015.
+
+skiboot-5.1.2 is the third stable release of 5.1, it follows skiboot-5.1.1
+(which was released August 18th, 2015).
+
+Skiboot 5.1.2 contains all fixes from skiboot-5.1.1 and is a minor bugfix
+release.
+
+Over skiboot-5.1.1, we have the following changes:
+- phb3: Handle fence in phb3_pci_msi_check_q to fix hang
+
+ If the PHB is fenced during phb3_pci_msi_check_q, it can get stuck in an
+ infinite loop waiting to lock the FFI. Further, as the phb lock is held
+ during this function it will prevent any other CPUs from dealing with
+ the fence, leading to the entire system hanging.
+
+ If the PHB_FFI_LOCK returns all Fs, return immediately to allow the
+ fence to be dealt with.
+- phb3: Continue CAPP setup even if PHB is already in CAPP mode
+ This fixes a critical bug in CAPI support.
+- Platform hook for terminate call
+ - on assert() or other firmware failure, we will make a SEL callout
+ on ASTBMC platforms
+ - (slight) refactor of code for IBM-FSP platforms
+- refactor slot naming code
+- Slot names for Habanero platform
+- misc improvements in userspace utilities (incl pflash, gard)
+- build improvements
+ - fixes for two compiler warnings were squashed in 5.1.1 commit,
+ re-introduce the fixes.
+ - misc complier/static analysis warning fixes
+
+- gard utility:
+ - If gard tool detects the GUARD PNOR partition is corrupted, it will
+ pro-actively re-initialize it.
+ Modern Hostboot is more sensitive to the content of the GUARD partition
+ in order to boot.
+ - Update record clearing to match Hostboots expectations
+ We now write ECC bytes throughout the whole partition.
+ Without this fix, hostboot may not bring up the machine.
+ - In the event of a corrupted GUARD partition so that even the first entry
+ cannot be read, the gard utility now provides the user with the option
+ to wipe the entirety of the GUARD partition to attempt recovery.
+
+- opal_prd utility:
+ - Add run command to pass through commands to HostBoot RunTime (HBRT)
+ - this is for OpenPower firmware developers only.
+ - Add htmght-passthru command.
+ - this is for OpenPower firmware developers only.
+ - Add override interface to pass attribute-override information to HBRT.
+ - Server sends response in error path, so that client doesn't block forever
+
+- external/mambo tcl scripts
+ - Running little-endian kernels in mambo requires HILE to be set properly,
+ which requires a bump in the machine's pvr value to a DD2.x chip.
+
+Stats
+-----
+For skiboot-5.1.0 to 5.1.2:
+Processed 67 csets from 11 developers
+1 employers found
+A total of 2258 lines added, 784 removed (delta 1474)
+
+Developers with the most changesets
+Stewart Smith 24 (35.8%)
+Cyril Bur 18 (26.9%)
+Vasant Hegde 8 (11.9%)
+Neelesh Gupta 5 (7.5%)
+Benjamin Herrenschmidt 5 (7.5%)
+Daniel Axtens 2 (3.0%)
+Samuel Mendoza-Jonas 1 (1.5%)
+Vaidyanathan Srinivasan 1 (1.5%)
+Vipin K Parashar 1 (1.5%)
+Ian Munsie 1 (1.5%)
+Michael Neuling 1 (1.5%)
+
+Developers with the most changed lines
+Cyril Bur 969 (42.5%)
+Neelesh Gupta 433 (19.0%)
+Benjamin Herrenschmidt 304 (13.3%)
+Vasant Hegde 236 (10.3%)
+Stewart Smith 163 (7.1%)
+Vaidyanathan Srinivasan 135 (5.9%)
+Vipin K Parashar 8 (0.4%)
+Ian Munsie 8 (0.4%)
+Daniel Axtens 2 (0.1%)
+Michael Neuling 2 (0.1%)
+Samuel Mendoza-Jonas 1 (0.0%)
+
+Developers with the most lines removed
+Daniel Axtens 2 (0.3%)
+Michael Neuling 1 (0.1%)
+
+Developers with the most signoffs (total 44)
+Stewart Smith 43 (97.7%)
+Neelesh Gupta 1 (2.3%)
+
+Developers with the most reviews (total 8)
+Patrick Williams 5 (62.5%)
+Samuel Mendoza-Jonas 3 (37.5%)
+
+Developers with the most test credits (total 0)
+
+Developers who gave the most tested-by credits (total 0)
+
+Developers with the most report credits (total 1)
+Benjamin Herrenschmidt 1 (100.0%)
+
+Developers who gave the most report credits (total 1)
+Samuel Mendoza-Jonas 1 (100.0%)
+
+Top changeset contributors by employer
+IBM 67 (100.0%)
+
+Top lines changed by employer
+IBM 2281 (100.0%)
+
+Employers with the most signoffs (total 44)
+IBM 44 (100.0%)
+
+Employers with the most hackers (total 11)
+IBM 11 (100.0%)