On 05/07/2015 09:18 AM, Oliver Neukum wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering how we wish to get stable fixes into 13.2. The last stable update was put in at the end of October. This means that we have ignored upwards of 100 fixes.
There is the alternative in the form of the patches Canonical makes. Whether we like them or not, using what they make would result in a better kernel.
What do you think?
Patches intended for stable would be OK, but please do not backport any API changes the way that Ubuntu and RHEL do. Once that is done, all out-of-kernel drivers break as it is no longer sufficient to test the kernel version using the appropriate macros. One needs to also test the distro's sub version. As I support many such drivers, this is a non-trivial question. My solution is to stop supporting the kernels from those distros. I certainly hope that I do not need to add openSUSE to my black list of offending kernel sources. Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org