From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vagrant Cascadian Subject: Re: RFC: Linux-Libre 5.5.x Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 06:21:39 -0700 Message-ID: <87sgi0le3g.fsf@ponder> References: <87k13gqhrw.fsf@ponder> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53861) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jG0Xy-0002jh-NU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 09:21:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jG0Xx-0006u8-MU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 09:21:46 -0400 Received: from cascadia.aikidev.net ([173.255.214.101]:60200) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jG0Xx-0006tq-Eq for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 09:21:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87k13gqhrw.fsf@ponder> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain On 2020-03-19, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > I've been working on trying to get a mainline or nearly mainline kernel > working for pinebook pro, and there's a little better support in > linux-libre 5.5. > > According to: > > https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/ > > The 5.5 patches have been available since late January, and seem to be > getting regular updates as needed. > > So far, I haven't had time to test and update linux-libre 5.5 with the > kernel configs and so on, so I've been working on a > linux-libre-arm64-generic package that uses the defconfig (much like > linux-libre-arm-generic) and linux-libre 5.5.x. I was able to test linux-libre 5.5.10 on x86_64 by copying the 5.4 kernel config over to 5.5 and building, and it seemed to work fine. I also did a build of linux-libre-arm-generic using 5.5.10, and it seemed to work fine as well. It also occurs to me that it would be nice to get a newer kernel into the upcoming release, unless there's a reason not to... live well, vagrant --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQRlgHNhO/zFx+LkXUXcUY/If5cWqgUCXndmZAAKCRDcUY/If5cW qgxoAP42BTt/H9owfIad7u5HDDO4RJ3nBf+GjLq1jWXjfvklIQEA09GhlGuesEpw 7w63THHcCstBGZr7ODWY8tsljcGphQ0= =8hmp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--