From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Subject: 10 years -- was Re: 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:00:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210129100037.GB20901@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210126201543.GA16044@1wt.eu>
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Hi!
> One of my impression, which might or might not be shared, is that the
> duration is more important than the frequency, which means that having
> one extended kernel every two years would bring much more value than
> maintaining all of them only 3 years, and would equally result in cutting
> the effort in half: with 6 years, you still have 5 years if you upgrade
> every two years.
> Maybe one possibility would be to start gauging upfront around september
> whether or not the end-of-year's LTS should be an extended LTS or not,
> and if so, what's needed and who's willing to particpate. I suspect that
> numerous companies have available resources to help but are not even
> aware that they could help, and they're seeing something which works
One place where companies can pool resources to help is CIP
project. Timeframe there is 10 years, not 6, and there is focus on
specific boards.
https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start
https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/ciptesting/cipreferencehardware
Best regards,
Pavel
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Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-25 19:55 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years? Scott Branden
2021-01-26 2:50 ` Adam Borowski
2021-01-26 7:29 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-01-26 17:35 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-01-26 18:30 ` Scott Branden
2021-01-26 18:51 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-01-26 20:15 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-01-29 10:00 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2021-02-17 9:40 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-17 19:48 ` Scott Branden
2021-02-18 7:43 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-18 11:31 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-02-18 14:15 ` Jari Ruusu
2021-02-18 14:29 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-18 20:55 ` Pavel Machek
2021-02-18 22:43 ` Ondrej Zary
2021-02-19 8:00 ` Pavel Machek
2021-02-19 8:30 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-18 14:33 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-02-18 17:19 ` Jari Ruusu
2021-02-18 17:22 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2021-02-18 17:44 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-19 7:10 ` Jari Ruusu
2021-02-19 8:22 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-19 10:31 ` Jari Ruusu
2021-02-19 10:37 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-19 10:57 ` Jari Ruusu
2021-02-19 11:16 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-19 15:23 ` Jari Ruusu
2021-02-20 13:29 ` Jari Ruusu
2021-02-20 16:05 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-20 17:06 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-02-21 11:38 ` Jari Ruusu
2021-02-19 16:50 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-02-18 17:16 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-02-18 12:51 ` Pavel Machek
2021-02-18 16:51 ` Sasha Levin
2021-02-18 17:21 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-02-18 17:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-18 17:57 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-02-18 18:20 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-02-18 18:36 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-18 20:16 ` Scott Branden
2021-02-18 21:00 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-02-18 22:38 ` Scott Branden
2021-02-18 21:39 ` Sasha Levin
2021-02-18 22:00 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-02-18 22:26 ` Scott Branden
2021-02-19 8:25 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-19 15:05 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-02-19 15:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-19 17:44 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-02-22 14:17 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-18 17:42 ` Florian Fainelli
2021-02-18 18:13 ` Willy Tarreau
2021-02-18 10:04 ` Pavel Machek
2021-01-29 9:49 ` Pavel Machek
2021-02-19 8:54 ` Hanjun Guo
2021-02-19 9:08 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-20 7:02 ` Hanjun Guo
2021-02-20 9:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-23 2:14 ` Hanjun Guo
2021-02-19 14:45 ` Nikolai Kondrashov
2021-02-26 8:03 ` Hanjun Guo
2021-02-26 11:21 ` Nikolai Kondrashov
2021-02-22 14:00 ` Nishanth Aravamudan
2021-02-22 14:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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