[Arm-dev] Kernel bump to 4.11 for aarch64

Jim Perrin jperrin at centos.org
Mon Sep 25 16:13:19 UTC 2017


It's in the git repo, and is the same file as you've already looked at.
If you want the src.rpm, it's at
http://vault.centos.org/altarch/7.4.1708/updates/Source/aarch64/Source/SPackages/


On 09/25/2017 01:31 AM, Jiang, Yutang2 wrote:
> 
> Thanks Jim!
> As far as I am concerned, Red Hat have no aarch64 support was released. The src.rpm which have the default aarch64 config, where should it be download?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arm-dev [mailto:arm-dev-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jim Perrin
> Sent: 2017年9月23日 2:40
> To: arm-dev at centos.org
> Subject: Re: [Arm-dev] Kernel bump to 4.11 for aarch64
> 
> The default config provided in the src.rpm is the one that comes in the src.rpm from Red Hat. I don't know the method they use to generate it.
> It is, as you have found, very different from the defconfig results.
> 
> On 09/21/2017 08:18 PM, Jiang, Yutang2 wrote:
>> Hi Jim and all,
>>
>> I wish to consult you on a default kernel config question.
>> I download the linux-4.11.0-22.el7a and run "make ARCH=arm64
>> defconfig" to get the .config , but the .config is very different from
>> SOURCES/kernel-alt-4.11.0-aarch64.config
>> How did the original kernel-alt-4.11.0-aarch64.config come from step by step?
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Jiang Yutang
>> yutang2.jiang at hxt-semitech.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Arm-dev [mailto:arm-dev-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jim
>> Perrin
>> Sent: 2017年9月9日 0:09
>> To: arm-dev at centos.org
>> Subject: Re: [Arm-dev] Kernel bump to 4.11 for aarch64
>>
>> 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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