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Date:   Sat, 9 Dec 2023 19:59:00 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc:     Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists@gmail.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Can we please have a major fork of Linux into a modern and
 legacy versions ?
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Hi!

> > I hear Linux is going to drop a lot of legacy devices including the
> > ones dropped already. I am wondering if we can please have a major
> > fork of Linux into a modern and legacy versions ?
> >=20
> > With a consolidation and security updates to the older version.
>=20
> If someone wants to take an LTS kernel and volunteer to maintain it,
> including cherrypicking security updates, and making sure that fixes
> in core subsystems don't cause some of these legacy drivers to break,
> anyone can create such a fork.

CIP project is maintaining 4.4 and 4.19 kernels, and will do so for
=2E.. few more years. Our trees are here:
https://gitlab.com/cip-project/

Best regards,
								Pavel
--=20
People of Russia, stop Putin before his war on Ukraine escalates.

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