[LEDE-DEV] kernel version status

[Stijn Segers]

Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> schreef op 1 april 2018 16:48:52 CEST:
>The next OpenWrt release will use kernel 4.9 and kernel 4.14 depending
>on the target. All targets that are *not* on either kernel 4.9 or 4.14
>will not be included in the next release.
>
>I did some overview of the kernel version some months ago here:
>http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/lede-dev/2017-October/009446.html
>http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/lede-dev/2018-February/011308.html
>
>Here is the current situation as of today:
>
>
>The following targets are on kernel 4.14 and are fine:
>* apm821xx
>* archs38
>* armvirt
>* bcm53xx
>* cns3xxx
>* imx6
>* ipq40xx
>* kirkwood
>* malta
>* mediatek
>* mvebu
>* mxs
>* octeon
>* octeontx
>* pistachio
>* sunxi
>* x86
>
>
>The following targets are on kernel 4.9 and are fine:
>* ar71xx
>* ar7
>* arc770
>* at91
>	There are some patches for kernel 4.14 on the mailing list,
>	but it looks like nobody with the hardware wants to take care
>	of them.
>* ath25
>* brcm2708
>* brcm47xx
>	There is a pull request with kernel 4.14 patches on github, we
>	will probably stay with kernel 4.9 for the next release.
>* brcm63xx
>	patches for 4.14 are available in master
>* ipq806x
>* ixp4xx
>* lantiq
>	patches for 4.14 are available in master, we will probably stay
>	with kernel 4.9 for the next release.
>* layerscape
>* mpc85xx
>* omap
>	There is a pull request with kernel 4.14 patches on github.
>* orion
>* ramips
>	patches for 4.14 are available in master, we will probably stay

John, are there any blockers preventing a move to 4.14? Been running it since Felix pushed support; haven't experienced any issues.

Stijn

>	with kernel 4.9 for the next release.
>* rb532
>* uml
>
>
>The following targets are on kernel 4.4 and will probably not be
>included in the next release:
>* gemini
>	There are patches for kernel 4.14 on the mailing list, we will
>	probably get them in before the release and ship this with 4.14
>* oxnas
>* zynq
>
>The following targets are on kernel 3.18 and will probably not be
>included in the next release:
>* adm5120
>* adm8668
>* au1000
>* mcs814x
>* ppc40x
>* ppc44x
>* xburst
>
>
>This target is on kernel 4.1 (WTF):
>* omap24xx
>
>
>All the targets which are not on kernel 4.9 or 4.14 will probably not
>be
>included in the next release, I also haven't seen any activity for any
>of them expected the gemini target to get support for more recent
>kernel
>versions, if you need them please take care now.
>
>I am fine with the current status and do not see this as a blocker for
>the next release, all important targets are on either 4.9 or 4.14, if
>someone wants to see his target on a more recent version we are still
>open for patches.
>
>Hauke
>
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