linux-kernel - Re: Towards 4.14 LTS

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Date:   Sun, 19 Nov 2017 12:20:51 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tom Gall <tom.gall@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux- stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, shuahkh@....samsung.com,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, ltp@...ts.linux.it,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Towards 4.14 LTS

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 10:50:23PM -0600, Tom Gall wrote:
> At Linaro we’ve been putting effort into regularly running kernel tests over 
> arm, arm64 and x86_64 targets. On those targets we’re running mainline, -next, 
> 4.4, and 4.9 kernels and yes we are adding to this list as the hardware 
> capacity grows.
> 
> For test buckets we’re using just LTP, kselftest and libhugetlbfs and
> like kernels we will add to this list. 

I'm sorry, I don't understand this sentance.

> With the 4.14 cycle being a little ‘different’ in so much as the goal to 
> have it be an LTS kernel I think it’s important to take a look at some 
> 4.14 test results. 
> 
> Grab a beverage, this is a bit of a long post. But quick summery 4.14 as 
> released looks just as good as 4.13, for the test buckets I named above.

Thanks for doing this testing and letting us know.

greg k-h