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

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Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:12:25 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
Cc:	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	"backports@...r.kernel.org" <backports@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: Bumping required kernels to 3.0 for Linux backports ?

On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 11:28:55AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org> wrote:
> > The oldest kernel in OpenWrt that we're still supporting with updates of
> > the backports tree is 3.3, so raising the minimum requirement to 3.0 is
> > completely fine with me.
> 
> OK note that 3.3 is not listed on kernel.org as supported. I'm fine in
> carrying the stuff for those for now but ultimately it'd also be nice
> if we didn't even have to test the kernels in between which are not
> listed. This does however raise the question of how often a kernel in
> between a list of supported kernels gets picked up to be supported
> eventually. Greg, Jiri, do you happen to know what the likelyhood of
> that can be?

I don't know of anything ever getting picked up after I have said it
would not be supported anymore.

thanks,

greg k-h
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