Summary:
* Linaro toolchain binary 2013.01 release
* Move to using EGLIBC 2.17 in aarch64 build

Details:
1. Linaro toolchain binary.
  * Document on how to do release test.
  * Help Bero on 2013.01 release.
  * Investigate lp:1107659. Crosstool-ng upstream has a workaround fix.
2. Move to using EGLIBC 2.17 in aarch64 build.
  * Update Linux version to 3.7.0 since eglibc 2.17 configure
"checking for kernel header at least 3.7.0".
  * Migrate local patches for eglibc 2.16 to 2.17 and update the config to 2.17
  * Package build is OK. Test on simulation is ongoing.
3. Collect SPEC performance for different branch costs.
  * The total results wave less than 0.5%.
  * Three cases have 1-2% regression for smaller branch cost. Will
analyze the detail impact for the three cases.

Plan:
* Investigate coremark performance impact for different branch costs.
* Commit EGLIBC 2.17 changes

Planed leaves:
* Feb. 9 - 15: Chinese Spring Festival.

Best Regards!
-Zhenqiang

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