Hello,

As announced in the last Tech forum, the code freeze date for the LTS branch is Feb 3, 2023. We have started shortlisting the patches for the lts-v2.8 branch.

These are the commits that will be merged into the LTS branch. More details can be found at ⚡ LTS Tracking for v2.8.x (trustedfirmware.org)https://developer.trustedfirmware.org/w/tf_a/tf-a_lts_meeting_minutes/tracking/

1. c7e698cfd fix(cpus): workaround for Cortex-X3 erratum 2615812 2. c45791b2f fix(layerscape): fix errata a008850 3. fa0105693 fix(nxp-ddr): use CDDWW for write to read delay 4. 00bb8c37e fix(nxp-ddr): apply Max CDD values for warm boot 5. 07d8e34fd fix(nxp-drivers): fix tzc380 memory regions config 6. c0c157a68 fix(ls1046a): 4 keys secureboot failure resolved 7. 50aa0ea7a fix(lx2): init global data before using it 8. 4daeaf341 fix(sptool): add dependency to SP image 9. 5fb6946ad fix(console): fix crash on spin_unlock with cache disabled 10. ff1d2ef38 fix(el3_runtime): restore SPSR/ELR/SCR after esb 11. c42402cdf fix(intel): fix fcs_client crashed when increased param size 12. 0ca1d8fba fix(layerscape): unlock write access SMMU_CBn_ACTLR 13. b87b02cf1 fix(cpus): workaround for Cortex-A710 erratum 2768515 14. 1cfde8222 fix(cpus): workaround for Cortex-X2 erratum 2768515 15. 377846b65 fix(st): include utils.h to solve compilation error 16. 1cbe42a51 fix(el3_runtime): allow SErrors when executing in EL3 17. 1ee7c8232 fix(cpus): workaround for Neoverse N2 erratum 2743089 18. b10afcce5 fix(cpus): workaround for Cortex-A78 erratum 2772019 19. 31747f057 fix(cpus): workaround for Neoverse V1 erratum 2743093 20. fd37982a1 fix(auth): forbid junk after extensions 21. 72460f50e fix(auth): require at least one extension to be present 22. 06c01b085 fix(libc): properly define SCHAR_MIN 23. 89d85ad0a fix(cpus): workaround for Cortex-A710 erratum 2282622 24. abb8f936f fix(auth): avoid out-of-bounds read in auth_nvctr() 25. f5c51855d fix(auth): properly validate X.509 extensions 26. f9c6301d7 fix(cpus): workaround for Cortex-X2 erratum 2282622 27. 60719e4e0 fix(plat/css): fix invalid redistributor poweroff 28. 00230e37e fix(cpus): workaround for Cortex-A78C erratum 2772121 29. aea4ccf8d fix(cpus): workaround for Cortex-A510 erratum 2684597

If there are commits that we missed or that need to be in the LTS branch, please reach out to us.

Thanks.