8.24. Release v2026.08.0

8.24.1. global.partitions.first_usable_lba removed

The global.partitions.first_usable_lba variable has been removed. Use global.partitions.first_partition_offset instead.

The new variable is a byte offset used by free-space searches for new partitions, for example parted mkpart_size. The default is 8388608 bytes (8 MiB). To keep an old configuration, multiply the old first_usable_lba value by 512.

8.24.2. ARCH=arm64

Use of ARCH=arm for 64-bit ARM builds is deprecated and now emits a warning. Users should change build scripts to use ARCH=arm64 instead when targetting ARMv8.