[Qa-jenkins-dev] kernels on the armhf boards

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On 2018-05-09, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> I wanted to look on an updated on the status of the kernels for the
> armhf boards.  ISTR reading very recently that with a last update of
> linux (in exp) all the boards would be running the packaged kernel.
>
> Taking the occasion of the latest linux DSA, I had a look at how things
> are.
>
> So if I'm not wrong, all the boards expect the following are running the
> stable (i.e. stretch, not stretch-bpo) kernel:
>
>
> * ff2a -> 4.16.0-trunk-armmp-lpae
>   seems to me it's running a kernel from exp, guess it can be
>   "downgraded" to the stretch-bpo version once the buildd catches up?
> * ff64a -> 4.16.0-trunk-arm64
>   ditto.
> * opi2a -> 4.16.0-trunk-armmp-lpae
>   ditto.
>
> * jtk1a -> 4.16.0-1-armmp-lpae
>   I believe here you are testing some patch or something (and I remember
>   you saying you wanted to test something on the jt* boards)
> * jtx1a/jtx1b/jtx1c
>   ditto.

Yeah, I backported the SATA patches for the jtx* boards to 4.16.x, which
should now be in sid's 4.16.x kernels. I tested jtk1a for good measure,
to make sure the patch didn't introduce regressions (since it uses the
same driver).


> * p64b -> 4.16.0-0.bpo.1-arm64
>   standard bpo kernel, yay!
>
> * bbx15/opi2b/opi2c -> 4.14.0-0.bpo.3-armmp-lpae
>   seems to be running the standard stable bpo kernel, yay!
>   there is a pending update, once stretch-bpo buildds will build linux
>   and linux-latest…
> * odxu4b -> 4.14.0-0.bpo.3-armmp-lpae
>   ditto.

Off the top of my head, that all seems about right!


> I just rebooted all the others into the newest 4.9.88-1+deb9u1.

Thanks.


live well,
  vagrant
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