linux-kernel - Re: How to verify linux-next

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Date:   Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:05:14 +0200
From:   Damian Tometzki <damian.tometzki@...oud.com>
To:     valdis.kletnieks@...edu, Pintu Kumar <pintu.ping@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernelnewbies@...nelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: How to verify linux-next

Hello,

i can tell you ubuntu 16.04 works under virtualbox 5.1.28 with the
current linux-next kernel

My maschine:
Host: Windows 10
Guest: Ubuntu 16.04

Am Freitag, den 29.09.2017, 08:41 -0400 schrieb
valdis.kletnieks@...edu:
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:08:07 +0530, Pintu Kumar said:
> 
> > 
> > I have a general question.
> > How do we normally verify linux-next tree?
> The same exact way you "verify" any other Linux kernel, for whatever
> definition of "verify" you plan to use.
> 
> > 
> > 1) For Oracle virtual box 5.1.26 with ubuntu-32 bit, the linux-next
> > kernel is not booting.
> Does an Ubuntu kernel boot correctly under VirtualBox?  If not, fix
> that issue first.  Also, "is not booting" isn't detailed enough for
> anybody
> to make even a guess as to what's wrong.
> 
> Also, note that 5.1.28 is out.