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On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 10:58:28PM +0900, Alice Ferrazzi wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> We have recently started the stabilization of gentoo-sources-4.14.8. |
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> Very soon we received reports regarding broken e1000e driver [1] and moved |
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> to gentoo-sources-4.14.8-r1. |
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> Since then we keep receiving new problems related to 4.14.x kernel: |
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> - IPSec is broken [2] |
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> - Change in 4.14.9 broke nVIDIA driver [3] |
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> - Colors on console are broken with some Radeon HD cards [4] |
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> - BUG report on boot [5] |
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> - Unbootable system with CONFIG_MCORE2 [6] |
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> - ...more bugs [7] |
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> While not all issues are present in gentoo-sources-4.14.8-r1 we are |
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> concerned about the current stability/quality of the 4.14.x branch in |
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> general and don't feel comfortable recommending 4.14.x branch for general |
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> use at the moment. But that's what a stable USE flag means for most |
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> Gentoo users. |
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> So, for now, we have decided to drop gentoo-sources-4.14.x stable keywords. |
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> We will keep watching 4.14 branch and once the stability/quality matches |
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> our requirements we will restart stabilization. |
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Be careful, you don't want to drop back to older kernels with known |
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security issues that are already fixed in the latest 4.14.y release. |
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Most of the above issues have resolutions already, and yes, 4.14 is |
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being a bit more "temperamental", sorry, it will pay off in the end... |
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thanks, |
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greg k-h |
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