I am pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7
(1611) for AArch64/ARM64 machines.

== Changes The kernel has been rebased from 4.2.0 to 4.5.0, and includes several patches recently merged into the upstream. The kernel patches and modifications can be found at https://git.CentOS.org/summary/sig-altarch!kernel.git in the sig-altarch7-aarch64 branch.

== Download You can download new images and isos via http://mirror.CentOS.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/

Images and sha256sums:
1513f5325accfd32ac7973a9b24e401c829ece24da78e24d021e507e877f930e CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything.iso f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908
CentOS-7-aarch64.img.xz
48776338f8c8994a9499f07e3af847253cf7235c6aac635a8418a2028ec675cf CentOS-7-aarch64-NetInstall.iso f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908
CentOS-7-aarch64-rolling.img.xz
238b1ebf22a0ff894064e6ed2ac35ee02a6503657a40ad51f2eee7afc8229e75
CentOS-7-aarch64-rootfs-7.3.1611.tar.xz

== Known Issues
1. Mustang based boards must be on the most recent firmware version, otherwise the network may lose connectivity when using 4.5.0-19+ based kernels. Please ensure your hardware is running the most recent firmware available to avoid network issues.

2. Merlin based boards should be on the most recent firmware version, in order to take full advantage of recent kernel improvements.

3. Some ThunderX based boards have been reported to have MAC address inconsistency when using older firmware versions. Please make sure you have the most recent firmware applied to your hardware to avoid network issues.