Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] linux: add Linux 6.1 CIP-Kernel

[Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

Hello Moritz,

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:45:37 +0200
Moritz Strübe via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org> wrote:

> This adds support for the 6.1 CIP-Kernel. As the 5.8 kernel is planned
> to be meaintained until 2023 I added additional options for those
> starting new projects.
> Also update the documentation to reflect the current EOL date instead of
> just stating that it will be meaintained for 10 years.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Moritz Strübe <moritz.struebe@siemens-energy.com>
> ---
>  linux/Config.ext.in |  2 ++
>  linux/Config.in     | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  linux/linux.hash    |  2 ++
>  linux/linux.mk      |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Thanks for the patch. My question is what does the CIP 6.1 kernel
brings that the "official stable 6.1" doesn't bring? Indeed official
6.1 is still maintained by GKH until Dec 2026. I do understand the
value of CIP when it picks up maintenance after the "main" kernel
community gives up, but for something still maintained?

This question in fact also applies to the current CIP 5.10 kernel we
already have, as 5.10 is still maintained upstream, also until Dec 2026.

Wouldn't it make more sense to have the CIP 4.4 kernel in Buildroot,
for which there is no longer any maintenance upstream, and therefore
for which the CIP effort does make sense?

Thanks a lot for your feedback,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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