linux-kernel - Re: 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years?

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Date:   Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:55:34 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years?

Hi!

> > For me
> > only way to get properly working WiFi on my laptop computer is to
> > compile that Intel out-of-tree version. Sad, but true.
> 
> Why use 4.19.y on a laptop in the firstplace?  That feels very wrong and
> is not the recommended thing to use the LTS kernels for.

Well, that's actually what distributions are doing, for example Debian
10.8 is on 4.19...

I expect -stable is what most users are running on their notebooks.

Best regards,
									Pavel
-- 
http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek

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