[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] mpc85xx: set kernel 4.19 as default, 5.4 as testing kernel

[David Bauer]

Hello Magnus

On 3/1/20 1:08 PM, Magnus Kroken wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Magnus Kroken <mkroken at gmail.com>
> ---
> According to e-mail about pushing kernel 5.4 support to master, 5.4 was added as testing
> kernel for supported targets. For mpc85xx, 5.4 was set as its default
> kernel. (This technically also applies to ipq807x, but master has no
> support for it on any prior kernel.)
> 
> I send this patch purely based on the content of the mentioned message.
> I have tested 5.4 briefly on tl-wdr4900-v1, it boots and ethernet works. 
> There may be reasons to prefer 5.4 over 4.19 on mpc85xx that I am
> unaware of, and I'd appreciate any input.

While the switch was more or less unintentionally, i think we can leave mpc85xx
on 5.4. The target itself carries not a lot of patches despite hardware support.

Also I've tested Kernel 5.4 wit a variety of devices (WDR4900, RED 15w, Panda, AP330)
and all boards ran without an issue.

Best wishes
David         

> 
>  target/linux/mpc85xx/Makefile | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/linux/mpc85xx/Makefile b/target/linux/mpc85xx/Makefile
> index b0f92ccf26..9c686a1b01 100644
> --- a/target/linux/mpc85xx/Makefile
> +++ b/target/linux/mpc85xx/Makefile
> @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ FEATURES:=squashfs ramdisk
>  MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz at openwrt.org>
>  SUBTARGETS:=generic p1020 p2020
>  
> -KERNEL_PATCHVER:=5.4
> +KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.19
> +KERNEL_TESTING_PATCHVER:=5.4
>  
>  KERNELNAME:=zImage
>  
> 

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