[Arm-dev] Kernel bump to 4.11 for aarch64

[Jim Perrin]

I need to take a look at this once the initial build is done and pushed
to see how to adapt the previous method to the new packaging. I wanted
to get things out the door on 4.11 first, but this does require some
thought/discussion.

On 09/08/2017 12:02 AM, Phong Vo wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> With CentOS 7.2 and 7.3 we chose to use config-centos-sig to add
> additional
> kernel configurations. This was to avoid changes to Redhat-provided
> configuration files.
> 
> With this new kernel version, a single big configuration file,
> kernel-alt-4.11.0-aarch64.config,
> is now used to build and there is no mechanism to merge in new
> configurations during build time.
> 
> What's your thought about this?
> 
> -Phong
> 
> +-----Original Message-----
> +From: Arm-dev [mailto:arm-dev-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> +Perrin
> +Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 11:43 PM
> +To: Conversations around CentOS on ARM hardware
> +Subject: [Arm-dev] Kernel bump to 4.11 for aarch64
> +
> +I've just pushed the 4.11 kernel rebase into git (
> +https://git.centos.org/summary/?r=sig-altarch/kernel )
> +
> +The previous patches included in the 4.5 kernel have been dropped as the
> +majority either are now included or no longer apply cleanly. Please take
> +a look at configs listed and submit patches for things you'd like to see
> +enabled. This 4.11 base will be coming out shortly as part of the
> +7.4.1708 build.
> +
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