[Arm-dev] Kernel (Was: Gigabyte MP30-AR0)

[Gordan Bobic]

On 12/03/16 17:12, Michael Howard wrote:
> On 12/03/2016 16:42, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>> On 12/03/16 16:31, Michael Howard wrote:

>>> On my modified 4.5.0-rc6 I do see 4 nics but the fourth is bogus as
>>> the hwaddr is nothing like and I can't physically test at the mo. I
>>> don't think there is support yet for the second 10Gb nic.
>>
>> So mainline 4.5.0 works without needing extra patches?
> Yes.
>> What config did you use? The one from the CentOS kernel (with make
>> oldconfig or similar)?
> Yes, I started with the original config, accepting all defaults, then
> made the changes I neeeded/wanted.
>> I take it 4.1.x (most recent LT) is out of the question.
> I doubt it's 'out of the question'.

So I just looked at the CentOS git here:
https://git.centos.org/summary/rpms!kernel-aarch64

The SPEC file shows:
%define rpmversion 4.2.0
%define pkgrelease 0.21.el7

But:
$ rpm -qa | grep kernel-4
kernel-4.2.0-0.26.el7.1.aarch64
$ uname -r
4.2.0-0.26.el7.1.aarch64

So where is the branch containing the latest 4.2.0-0.26.el7?

Also, I only see one patch:
linux-kernel-test.patch

Is that really it? No special patches required to make the X-Gene work 
fully?

Another thing to consider is that 4.2.x is long EOL-ed (4.3.x is also 
EOL-ed now).

Michael, did you build your 4.5.x kernel as an rpm or standalone? Are 
there any special steps required other than "make all", copying the DTBs 
to /boot/dtb-<kernel version> and dracut-ing a new initrd?

Gordan