KernelOneiricVersionAndFlavours
Launchpad Entry: other-kernel-o-version-and-flavours
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Summary
Discuss the mainline baseline version for Natty. Also discuss the current kernel flavours for each architecture. We will also discuss the source branch for these flavours. Finally we will touch on the ports architectures.
Release Note
TBD
Kernel Version
Discussions on which mainline kernel base is appropriate for Oneiric. As Oneiric is not an LTS we do not require a specific version for alignment upstream. Therefore we will likely be using the latest version released at kernel freeze.
Assumptions
Based on the cadence of previous upstream releases, I'd anticipate the following upstream release timeline:
- 2.6.39 releases around June, 2011
- 2.6.40 releases around Sept 2011
- 2.6.41 releases around Dec 2011
Kernel freeze for Oneiric is Sept 15, 2011
Taking the above into consideration, I suspect we should go with a 2.6.40 kernel as a 2.6.41 kernel may be too early into the -rc releases to provide enough stability.
Flavours
Are we carrying the appropriate flavours?
Distro
Architecture |
Flavour |
Description |
i386 |
generic |
kernel for desktop machines with less than 4GB of ram |
i386 |
generic-pae |
kernel for desktop machines with more than 4GB of ram |
i386 |
virtual |
kernel for virtual machine use (KVM/EC2) |
amd64 |
generic |
kernel for desktop machines |
amd64 |
server |
kernel for server machines |
amd64 |
virtual |
kernel for virtual machine use (KVM/EC2) |
armel |
versatile |
kernel for ARM versatile (QEMU) |
armel |
omap |
kernel for ARM OMAP-3 hardware |
Ports
Architecture |
Flavour |
Description |
powerpc |
powerpc |
PowerPC |
powerpc |
powerpc-smp |
PowerPC with SMP support |
powerpc |
powerpc64-smp |
PowerPC64 with SMP support |
BoF agenda and discussion
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