Hi Kernel team, I know everybody is busy, but friendly ping. On 24-05-2021 06:55, Paul Gevers wrote: > I happen to own a QNAP (armel) and I spotted in the changelog that it's > not going to be supported in bullseye. I was wondering, is that > something that should be mentioned in the release notes? Obviously I > don't mean because I own it, but I'm betting that support for particular > hardware pieces has been dropped in the past too. I don't recall > something like that in the buster release notes, but even if we didn't > do it in the past, now could be a good moment to start if we think we > should add it. > > Either way, I was wondering what would happen if I try to upgrade such a > device. I'm *assuming* that the linux package would detect that the > image is too big, but what would that leave me? A fully upgraded system > with an old kernel, or is there any detection before any upgrade > happens? For owners of such devices, is their only option to stay at > buster? E.g. is there any chance in building a smaller custom kernel > with less options enabled or is that impossible because nearly > everything is build as module? Paul
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