Fate of kernel 4.19

[Adrian Schmutzler]

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> On Behalf Of Nick
> Sent: Sonntag, 25. Oktober 2020 13:14
> To: openwrt-devel at lists.openwrt.org
> Subject: Re: Fate of kernel 4.19
> 
> blocktrron helped me to fix the jffs2 error! :)
> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/3536
> 
> I don't require 4.19 kernel for ath79 anymore.

Thanks for keeping us up-to-date.

I think we should wait until the/a solution is merged and then drop 4.19 one or two weeks later (if no problems are reported).

Best

Adrian

> 
> On 10/14/20 1:31 PM, Nick wrote:
> >> the last time I tried with IPQ40xx a 5.4 kernel the switch was not working
> correctly [1].
> > There is a working solution to revert a specific commit. It has
> > something to do with double tagging support.
> > Meanwhile just a "revert" does not work anymore so I created a patchfile:
> > https://gist.github.com/PolynomialDivision/171316523fcee8b512e70f93573
> > b9434
> >
> > Currently, openwrt-devs are trying to support DSA and then the issue
> > will not longer be present. ;)
> >
> >> There is this  jffs2 error on ubiquity devices [0]
> > I just flashed a litebeam ac gen2 with current openwrt dev and the
> > jffs2 error is still present.
> > So the device is still broken with 5.4 kernel. Especially, this device
> > is not contained in 19.07. :/
> >
> > On 10/10/20 4:14 PM, Nick wrote:
> >> On 10/9/20 2:19 PM, Adrian Schmutzler wrote:
> >>
> >>> Based on the response here, one might remove 4.19 even earlier then if
> nobody actually needs it anymore.
> >> The 5.4 kernel breaks a lot of my devices. I still build master with
> >> 4.19 kernel.
> >>
> >>
> >> I would be happy to switch to 5.4er kernel but it makes my devices
> unusable.
> >>
> >> [0] - https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=3272
> >> [1] -
> >> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/ipq40xx-low-performance-when-sending-
> traf
> >> fic/74520
> >>
> >>
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