From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Qf7kC-0007el-SZ for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:53:09 +0200 Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Jul 2011 02:49:15 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,498,1304319600"; d="scan'208";a="23072647" Received: from unknown (HELO helios.localnet) ([10.255.17.130]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Jul 2011 02:49:14 -0700 From: Paul Eggleton To: celston@katalix.com, "Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer" Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:49:13 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/2.6.38-8-generic-pae; KDE/4.6.2; i686; ; ) References: <201107080938.37370.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> <1310114794.3629.7.camel@ce-laptop> In-Reply-To: <1310114794.3629.7.camel@ce-laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201107081049.13142.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf: update OLDEST_KERNEL to 2.6.0 X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:53:09 -0000 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Friday 08 July 2011 09:46:34 Chris Elston wrote: > It's very rare that we get a free hand in the choice of kernel version. > We get stuck with whichever version the silicon vendor chooses to > support, so it would be bad for us if we couldn't use an older kernel in > our layers. Just out of interest, what's the oldest kernel you have to deal with in your current/recent projects? Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre