[OpenWrt-Devel] Kernel version for OpenWrt 20.X

[Tom Psyborg]

On 05/01/2020, mail at adrianschmutzler.de <mail at adrianschmutzler.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openwrt-devel [mailto:openwrt-devel-bounces at lists.openwrt.org]
>> On Behalf Of Hauke Mehrtens
>> Sent: Samstag, 4. Januar 2020 18:26
>> To: mail at adrianschmutzler.de; 'OpenWrt Development List' <openwrt-
>> devel at lists.openwrt.org>
>> Cc: 'Koen Vandeputte' <koen.vandeputte at ncentric.com>
>> Subject: Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Kernel version for OpenWrt 20.X
>>
>> On 1/3/20 1:53 PM, mail at adrianschmutzler.de wrote:
>> > Hi Hauke,
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: openwrt-devel [mailto:openwrt-devel-
>> bounces at lists.openwrt.org]
>> >> On Behalf Of Hauke Mehrtens
>> >> Sent: Donnerstag, 28. November 2019 19:42
>> >> To: Adrian Schmutzler <mail at adrianschmutzler.de>; 'OpenWrt
>> >> Development List' <openwrt-devel at lists.openwrt.org>
>> >> Cc: 'Koen Vandeputte' <koen.vandeputte at ncentric.com>
>> >> Subject: Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Kernel version for OpenWrt 20.X
>> >>
>> >> On 11/28/19 7:11 PM, Adrian Schmutzler wrote:
>> >>> Hi Hauke,
>> >>>
>> >>>> The following are still on kernel 4.9:
>> >>>>  * ar7
>> >>>>  * ixp4xx
>> >>>>  * orion
>> >>>
>> >>> There are patches (actually from you, May 2019) on the list which
>> >>> claim to bump ar7 and orion to 4.14:
>> >>>
>> >>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openwrt/list/?series=107337
>> >>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openwrt/list/?series=107339
>> >>>
>> >>> I haven't looked closer, just in case you forgot about them ;-)
>> >>
>> >> Nobody reported that they are working so I never applied them. I do
>> >> not have the hardware, I just made them compile.
>> >
>> > Since there was no response of any kind from a third party, I've just
>> marked the two patchsets as "Deferred" in the patchwork, so we get a
>> little
>> more overview there. I hope that's okay for you.
>>
>> Yes fine with me, we should probably drop these targets soon.
>>
>> Hauke
>
> I think it's time to remove the three targets and kernel 4.9 support as well
> after the release has been made. Or does keeping kernel 4.9 in master (even
> without targets) make it easier to support 18.06 branch?
>
> Best
>
> Adrian
>

This LTS version will receive updates for another 3 years, why do you
want to remove it?

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