Prepare v2026.01-rc1

Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8cddee3c5a965ed6cdf50e3a79a5c2f7447d7250..750f8a84b1fcdfad7ce06fe323422f7cf6867160 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 
-VERSION = 2025
-PATCHLEVEL = 10
+VERSION = 2026
+PATCHLEVEL = 01
 SUBLEVEL =
-EXTRAVERSION =
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME =
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*

diff --git a/doc/develop/release_cycle.rst b/doc/develop/release_cycle.rst
index 37abe1c5040c884581a709126c737231397b66af..895be95eeb2b5448bf7af7937732b9dd773dca26 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/develop/release_cycle.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/release_cycle.rst
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ Current Status
 
 * U-Boot v2025.10 was released on Monday, 06 October 2025.
 
-* The Merge Window for the next release (|next_ver|) is **open** until the -rc1
+* The Merge Window for the next release (|next_ver|) is **closed** with the -rc1
   release on Monday, 27 October 2025.
 
-* The next branch is now **open** with the -rc2 release on Monday, 11 August
+* The next branch is now **closed** until the -rc2 release on Monday, 10 November
   2025.
 
 * Release "|next_ver|" is scheduled for Monday, 05 January 2026.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Future Releases
 
 .. For the next scheduled release, release candidates were made on::
 
-.. * U-Boot |next_ver|-rc1 was released on Mon 27 October 2025.
+* U-Boot |next_ver|-rc1 was released on Mon 27 October 2025.
 
 .. * U-Boot |next_ver|-rc2 was released on Mon 10 November 2025.