Best kernel to use and some patches...

Best kernel to use and some patches...

[John Szakmeister]

Hello Everyone,

I hope this is the right forum for the this.  On a project, we're
currently using the 2.6.34 line of kernel.  After running into some
issues, we're looking at what to upgrade to for the next rev of our
product.  Is there a recommended version to use?  Preferably one that
has some kind of long-term support?

Also, we ran into a cache-flushing issue in the 2.6.34 kernel with the
MMC/SDCard subsystem.  We're running 2.6.34, but the issue still
exists in 2.6.34.10.  Are you still taking patches for that line?

Thanks!

-John

Best kernel to use and some patches...

[Marek Vasut]

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I hope this is the right forum for the this.  On a project, we're
> currently using the 2.6.34 line of kernel.  After running into some
> issues, we're looking at what to upgrade to for the next rev of our
> product.  Is there a recommended version to use?  Preferably one that
> has some kind of long-term support?
> 
> Also, we ran into a cache-flushing issue in the 2.6.34 kernel with the
> MMC/SDCard subsystem.  We're running 2.6.34, but the issue still
> exists in 2.6.34.10.  Are you still taking patches for that line?

No, check stable kernel releases (hint: kernel.org, keyword "stable")

M
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -John
> 
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Best kernel to use and some patches...

[John Szakmeister]

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
>> Also, we ran into a cache-flushing issue in the 2.6.34 kernel with the
>> MMC/SDCard subsystem. ?We're running 2.6.34, but the issue still
>> exists in 2.6.34.10. ?Are you still taking patches for that line?
>
> No, check stable kernel releases (hint: kernel.org, keyword "stable")

Interesting!  It was marked stable the last time I checked (which was
just before Christmas).  Turns out the last tag was June 26th, 2011,
so it just fell off that list recently.  Just to make sure I
understand, once a branch falls from the stable moniker on kernel.org,
patches are no longer accepted for the branch, correct?

I'm sorry for all of the questions, I just want to understand what the
general flow is, and what we should target so that bugs we fix can
make it back upstream.

Thanks!

-John