[LEDE-DEV] [OpenWrt-Devel] kernel version status

[Alexandru Ardelean]

On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 5:48 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> wrote:
> 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
>         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

Will these targets be dropped/removed from the tree ?
I'd be interested in upgrading the zynq target.
And I also have a partial work/effort in a repo, but not enough time
to test + push it.

I don't need this to be part of the 18.xx release, just curios if it
will still be in the tree, and then I can alloc time for it at a later
time.

Thanks
Alex

>
> 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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