From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6704C433E0 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:06:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merlin.infradead.org (merlin.infradead.org [205.233.59.134]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8060864D9F for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:06:10 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 8060864D9F Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=denx.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=merlin.20170209; h=Sender:Content-Type:Cc: List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id: In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=6lGPBdlvVZrHWkiegxkiuBNBQJp/7fPZwSfOz327MgI=; b=IAAnxCtUrxDUPjre5K3OwhQlo xyrqL2DAGlQQTlCNffAd9uyHadLarUysaJOD+1bQx+rS7ZGA6CHEBPfhS38ED8C2ok6mkXQUoV5Hf P2E+k1Kf+BAz+BnywpUc2EpUrScH0JfYRuAER4JXKytn60nYLV7FkTFh4rrsBkn7RMlw8Wq+AUk+/ jq61O/ZdEBla+DqbMAldLs+oGn9vdnogjNFat1C1xGJ1iKZD4JSjCsYqvem7bAT87uZDWdKm5088X O2s4QEUy64hMY2TGJVx4waTTupVFYgjClAdJJAyRg0Ny6bnEkbxXgWkAMPR+g6HJhO50L9UKTbfzo 8Nw16ldPg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=merlin.infradead.org) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lCgAj-0000lE-UF; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:04:33 +0000 Received: from jabberwock.ucw.cz ([46.255.230.98]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lCgAf-0000kB-W2 for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:04:31 +0000 Received: by jabberwock.ucw.cz (Postfix, from userid 1017) id EA20A1C0B7C; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:04:22 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:04:22 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years? Message-ID: <20210218100422.GA28546@amd> References: <8cf503db-ac4c-a546-13c0-aac6da5c073b@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20210218_050430_182604_A6EDB839 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 19.17 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: BCM Kernel Feedback , LKML , Linux ARM , Scott Branden Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6493388386056420626==" Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org --===============6493388386056420626== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q" Content-Disposition: inline --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! (Second attempt to reply, as first one is not in the archives?!) > > So far the jury is still out for 5.10, are you willing to help with > > this? If not, why are you willing to hope that others are going to do > > your work for you? I am talking to some companies, but am not willing > > to commit to anything in public just yet, because no one has committed > > to me yet. >=20 > Following up on this as I did not hear back from you. Are you and/or > your company willing to help out with the testing of 5.10 to ensure that > it is a LTS kernel? So far I have not had any companies agree to help > out with this effort, which is sad to see as it seems that companies > want 6 years of stable kernels, yet do not seem to be able to at the > least, do a test-build/run of those kernels, which is quite odd... We expect to maintain 5.10.X kernel for 10 years, which means you can expect similar testing we do for 4.4 and 4.19 to happen for 5.10: https://www.cip-project.org/blog/2020/12/02/cip-to-embark-on-kernel-5-10-de= velopment-for-slts If Broadcom (or anyone else) needs long-term support for 5.10 kernel, they are welcome to explore/join the CIP project. That should happen even if 5.10-stable is only mainained for 2 years. More information can be found here: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/ciptesting/cip= referencehardware Best regards, Pavel PS: Speaking for myself, but not saying anything not publicly known, I believe :-). 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