Linaro Forge 26.0.1 Release Notes
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Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Linaro Limited (or its affiliates). All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2017-2023 Arm Limited (or its affiliates). All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2002-2017 Allinea Software Limited.


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Contents
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- Release overview
- Release contents
- Get started
- Support
- Release history
- Proprietary notices


Release overview
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Product description
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Linaro Forge 26.0.1 combines Linaro DDT, Linaro MAP, and Linaro Performance Reports. Linaro DDT is the leading debugger for time-saving high-performance application debugging. Linaro MAP is the trusted performance profiler for invaluable optimization advice across native and Python HPC codes. Linaro Performance Reports provides advanced reporting capabilities.

This release includes enhancements and bug fixes.

Release status
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This is the 26.0.1 release of Linaro Forge.

These deliverables are being released under the terms of the agreement between Linaro and each licensee (the "Agreement"). All planned verification and validation is complete. The release is suitable for volume production under the terms of the Agreement.


Release contents
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The following subsections detail:
- The component parts that are delivered as part of this release.
- Any changes since the previous release.
- Any known issues and limitations that exist at the time of this release.

Deliverables
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- Linaro Forge, which includes:
  - Linaro DDT
  - Linaro MAP
  - Linaro Performance Reports
- Release Notes (this document, also available at:
  https://www.linaroforge.com/release-history)
- Documentation is available in the documentation area of your product installation or online at:
  https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0.1/html/forge/index.html

Information about how to use the Linaro HPC tools to debug, profile, and analyze many common scientific applications are available on the Linaro Forge website:
https://www.linaroforge.com

Further documentation about all the tools can be found online at:
https://www.linaroforge.com/download-documentation

Documentation can change between product releases. For the latest product documentation, check the software downloads page on the Linaro Forge website at:
https://www.linaroforge.com/download-documentation

Linaro tests its PDFs only in Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. Linaro cannot guarantee the quality of its PDFs when used with any other PDF reader.
Adobe reader products are available at https://www.adobe.com.


Differences from previous release
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Differences from the previous release of Linaro Forge are detailed in the following subsections.


Additions and changes
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- Linaro Forge:
Added support for Ubuntu version 26.04.

- Linaro DDT:
None in this release.

- Linaro MAP and Linaro Performance Reports:
None in this release.

Resolved issues
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- Linaro Forge:
None in this release.

- Linaro DDT:
[FOR-24599] Fixed an issue attaching to Cray PALS jobs when the application is started with a relative path.
[FOR-24840] Fixed an issue where Flux allocation jobs were incorrectly included in automatically detected jobs.

- Linaro MAP and Linaro Performance Reports:
None in this release.

Deprecated features
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The following features have been deprecated in this release, and might be removed in a future version:

Support for x86_64-based MacOS systems.
Support for MacOS version 14.
Support for CUDA version 12.
Support for Python version 3.10.

If you rely on deprecated functionality, please send an email to support@forge.linaro.com. Linaro will respond as soon as possible.

Known limitations
-----------------

See the known issues section on the Linaro Forge website:
https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0.1/html/forge/notes_and_known_issues_appendix/index.html


Get started
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This section describes how to get started with accessing, setting up, and using Linaro Forge.

For more information, see:
 - https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0.1/html/forge/ddt/get_started_ddt/index.html
 - https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0.1/html/forge/map/get_started_map/index.html
 - https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0.1/html/forge/performance_reports/getting_started/index.html

Licensing information
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Linaro Forge requires a valid license to run.

Note: You do not need to install a license file on a machine that is running the Remote Client for connecting remotely to Linaro Forge products. The license is only required on the machine on which Linaro Forge is installed.

To request a license (or a free evaluation license), go to:
https://www.linaroforge.com/contact

For more information about Linaro Forge licensing, see:
https://www.linaroforge.com


When you have obtained a license file from Linaro, download and install the appropriate platform version of the product here:

https://www.linaroforge.com/download-documentation


See the Linaro Forge User Guide for installation methods, such as using the command-line interface and using the GUI to install Linaro Forge on Windows, Linux, and MAC, at:
https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0.1/html/forge/forge/installing/index.html

Run the product
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See the Linaro Forge User Guide for information about running each of the tools, Linaro DDT, Linaro MAP, and Linaro Performance Reports:
https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0.1/html/forge/forge/connecting_to_a_remote_system/starting_forge.html


Configure the product
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To learn how to configure the Linaro Forge tools, see the user guide at:
https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0.1/html/forge/configuration_appendix/index.html


Examples
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A range of example applications are provided with the product installation that you can use alongside information in the User Guide to explore Linaro Forge functionality.
The example applications are located in the <install_directory>/examples directory.


Support
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If you have any issues with the installation, content, or use of this release, please send an email to support@forge.linaro.com. Linaro will respond as soon as possible.

These deliverables are being released under the terms of the agreement between Linaro and each licensee (the "Agreement"). All planned verification and validation  is complete.
The release is suitable for volume production under the terms of the Agreement.

Note: Support for this release of the product is only provided by Linaro to partners who have a current support and maintenance contract for the product.


Tools
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Full information about the supported platforms for Linaro Forge are available on the Developer website:
https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0.1/html/forge/supported_platforms/reference_table.html


Release history
===============

A full release history for Linaro Forge is available at:
https://www.linaroforge.com/release-history


Proprietary notices
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Copyright (c) 2002-2017 Allinea Software Limited.

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Product status
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