linux-kernel - Re: Bumping required kernels to 3.0 for Linux backports ?

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Message-ID: <53452817.5060502@broadcom.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:59:35 +0200
From:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>,
	"backports@...r.kernel.org" <backports@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: Bumping required kernels to 3.0 for Linux backports ?

On 09/04/14 03:03, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> Folks,
>

[...]

> To start off -- what's the *last* kernel you realistically need for
> your users to use backports right now? Is it really 2.6.25? Would
> anyone kick and scream if for the backports-3.15 release try take
> things up to support only down to least 3.0 *right now* ?

A lot of test teams in broadcom wlan are still using Fedora 15 running a 
2.6.38 kernel. We are pushing them to move to Fedora 19.

Regards,
Arend

> [0] http://www.do-not-panic.com/2014/04/automatic-linux-kernel-backporting-with-coccinelle.html
>
>    Luis
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