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=-3.8 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 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 0125BC433E0 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:47:07 +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 A297964E43 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:47:06 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org A297964E43 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org 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-Transfer-Encoding: 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-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=2nF7XQfpg+eLDeEynJMJM9R8xpW3hc56A/55a5OXO1Q=; b=CpwOy7e8nRAwc9e//IQ+UT03F b9MvAuePLGLsP76Aq3q0J7dtHVdKD2pFgDafI3sOye0cUR9MpAr1r0WkXVtOjTyb/5DWhhGiN3a86 ScRo5urDsbf/xs/mtI+OpJZqtYBXve8+JO2WBZpKzaD/mii3nRkhzEnEZDp/czKfUhGYv0rFMGcis UDQ/bO0yLsisF3sB4kq3XeFV7xxWi1cC2H/vgvc9M9c3Zrjin2muCaMfa7GB5NLyGvrFJTXGR/P0Z Nx/SpYEHIjoRnPZB0dnuOHFmFYsbszF2FkAsBcFDF5XBo/ZMpkYSKqlOZOuBHcm5byu8yxRvnuQac AwDMMNJrQ==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=merlin.infradead.org) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lD1mD-0001RP-A7; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:08:41 +0000 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lD1mA-0001Qr-2X for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:08:39 +0000 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 37C1364EAF; Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:08:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1613725716; bh=xo0O5jvUsla+GXOspK/qojERplWSgqrPcSMY6EULirM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=lENAqZxVDz3R3QIOXNUFTurEprt8rqeAZ4JJw39i49HrKwlOsARlB7wYSOJeA93Tq DQLf8J9nZqQW7EgQNktRpIZ4RFpZeQ6CCA9UpeOAh5O0Y/kSJH2CRyWJkY7UT6LTaY U3tKjcPyuqgtZ2psx/tDa9Xh0nA6tHK3E17gCTqI= Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:08:33 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Hanjun Guo Subject: Re: 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years? Message-ID: References: <595affb4-36e8-0a63-ebb3-a4fd0e3c243a@huawei.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <595affb4-36e8-0a63-ebb3-a4fd0e3c243a@huawei.com> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20210219_040838_225933_6F35DCED X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 23.82 ) 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: Huxinwei , Scott Branden , LKML , Yanjin , BCM Kernel Feedback , Zhaohongjiang , "Zhangdianfang \(Dianfang, OS Lab\)" , PEIXIN HOU , Linux ARM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 04:54:24PM +0800, Hanjun Guo wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On 2021/1/26 15:29, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > [...] > > > > I want to see companies _using_ the kernel, and most importantly, > > _updating_ their devices with it, to know if it is worth to keep around > > for longer than 2 years. I also, hopefully, want to see how those > > companies will help me out in the testing and maintenance of that kernel > > version in order to make supporting it for 6 years actually possible. > > > > So, are you planning on using 5.10? Will you will be willing to help > > out in testing the -rc releases I make to let me know if there are any > > problems, and to help in pointing out and backporting any specific > > patches that your platforms need for that kernel release? > > We(Huawei) are willing to commit resources to help out in testing the > stable -rc releases, and to help to backport patches for stable kernels. Wonderful! > 5.10 stable kernel will be used for openEuler [1] kernel and also inside > Huawei. From customer's feedback, it's very important to see the stable > kernel we used to be maintained for 6 years in the community, and we > will use 5.10 kernel for at least 6 years, so we are willing to help > you and help ourselves :) > > In specific, we will start from the testing work, using HULK robot > (reports lots of bugs to mainline kernel) testing framework to test > compile, reboot, functional testing, and will extend to basic > performance regression testing in the future. Great! Do you all need an email notification when the -rc releases come out for the stable trees, or can you trigger off of the -rc stable git tree? Different CI systems work in different ways :) And if you can reply to the -rc release emails with a "Tested-by:" tag, I will be glad to add that to the release commit when that happens to show that you all have tested the release. > And we will start from ARM64 and X86 architecture first, and then extend > to other platforms. That's a good start, the useful ones :) > For patch backporting, will send the bugfix patches (from mainline) > we spotted, but I think this work may not doing in regular but will > be triggered as needed. That's fine, it is not something that happens at a regular interval. > Does this sound good to you? Yes it does, thank you so much. greg k-h _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel