Gentoo Archives: gentoo-kernel

From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, gentoo-kernel@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genkernel 3.5.0.0 release
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 22:44:01
Message-Id: robbat2-20160206T222724-150251641Z@orbis-terrarum.net
1 Hi all,
2
3 This is a quick announcement of the early testing of the genkernel-3.5.0.0
4 release.
5
6 The 3.5.0.x series should NOT be considered as stable candidates. As
7 such, I've also removed ALL keywords from 3.5.0.0.
8
9 Further 3.5.0.x releases will land other major changes hopefully, including
10 updating the included tools.
11
12 The 3.5.1.x series will hopefully be the next stable candidate series.
13
14 3.5.0.0:
15 - It turns out the generic+per-arch config was previously merging
16 fragments in the wrong order. Generic settings were overriding
17 per-arch, instead of the opposite. Furthermore, because of this, many arches
18 had a kernel config that had a high chance of being unbootable, if it even
19 compiled.
20 - Many options that included debugging in the generated kernel configs are now
21 disabled. This returns behavior to the older static kernel configs that had
22 these debug options disabled. See these commits for further info:
23 247626b6d8b30eb3ed13cb23226c149169607c5e
24 945a877a0277befb1fa21281e61ae138af19d356
25 333a300e9f40996750a2622c634b0ca5a04469ab
26
27 The following architectures are presently SUPPORTED for automatic kernel
28 configuration:
29 - alpha
30 - ppc
31 - ppc64
32 - x86
33 - x86_64
34
35 The following architectures are presently UNSUPPORTED for automatic kernel
36 configuration (but may have static configs):
37 - arm
38 - ia64
39 - mips
40 - parisc
41 - parisc64
42 - s390
43 - sparc
44 - sparc64
45 - um
46
47 Arch Teams: If you want to get automatic kernel config support, please review
48 arch/*/arch-config from a supported architectures, and provide a good
49 hardware-agnostic version for your arch.
50
51 --
52 Robin Hugh Johnson
53 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead, Foundation Trustee
54 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
55 GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85