From 695140aae31a95ac369f185a8824c3bca3967708 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Micay <daniel.micay@grapheneos.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 19:35:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] work around major Mali GPU driver regression

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 static/releases.html | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/static/releases.html b/static/releases.html
index a71d86d9..52c4634a 100644
--- a/static/releases.html
+++ b/static/releases.html
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
                     <li>
                         <a href="#changelog">Changelog</a>
                         <ul>
+                            <!--<li><a href="#2024120701">2024120701</a></li>-->
                             <li><a href="#2024120700">2024120700</a></li>
                             <li><a href="#2024120400">2024120400</a></li>
                             <li><a href="#2024120200">2024120200</a></li>
@@ -538,17 +539,23 @@
                 release notes from before the rebranding of the project in 2018 and 2019.</p>
 
                 <!--
-                <article id="2024120700">
-                    <h3><a href="#2024120700">2024120700</a></h3>
+                <article id="2024120701">
+                    <h3><a href="#2024120701">2024120701</a></h3>
+
+                    <p>This release is specific to 9th generation Pixels and is being published to
+                    provide a temporary workaround for a major Mali GPU driver issue introduced in
+                    Android 15 QPR1 which was caught during our Alpha channel testing and resulted
+                    in the last release being cancelled for 9th generation Pixels.</p>
 
                     <p>Tags:</p>
                     <ul>
-                        <li><a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_manifest/releases/tag/2024120700">2024120700</a> (Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8a, Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, emulator, generic, other targets)</li>
+                        <li><a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_manifest/releases/tag/2024120701">2024120701</a> (Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold)</li>
                     </ul>
 
                     <p>Changes since the 2024120700 release:</p>
 
                     <ul>
+                        <li>kernel (Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold): temporarily switch to a dedicated GKI kernel branch based on the much older revision used by the stock OS and AOSP to resolve major Mali GPU driver regressions, which can then be narrowed down further after we have an initial workaround for the crashes/stalls caused by the driver changes</li>
                     </ul>
                 </article>
                 -->