Bug#922478: upgrade linux-image-4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae:armhf from 4.9.130-2 to 4.9.144-3 renders Bananapi and Lamobo R1 unbootable
Hi,
On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:28:10 +0000, Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> wrote:
> Is it feasible to have a script in devscripts or similar which maps the
> version of the kernel *Candidate* to KernelCI URLs for the same
> version?
>
> Can we correlate Debian kernel versions to something like
> https://kernelci.org/boot/all/job/stable-rc/branch/linux-4.9.y/kernel/v4.9.144/
> or
> https://kernelci.org/boot/all/job/stable-rc/kernel/v4.9.144/ ?
I just had another look and found they also have a job for the stable releases rather than the release candidates:
https://kernelci.org/build/stable/branch/linux-4.9.y/kernel/v4.9.144/
So, as long as the Debian kernel is based on a longterm kernel which is still supported upstream, the mapping should work.
What might be worth a thought as well, though, is to have such automated testing of the Debian kernels as well. Either by asking the Kernel CI project whether they'd be willing to build and test Debian kernels, too, or by setting up an infrastructure similar to theirs just for Debian. Now, I wouldn't expect Debian to have as much hardware to test on, but in this particular case it would have helped already to test the kernel in a virtualized setup. Based on this thread, it seems to me that the armhf kernels haven't received any boot testing prior to release. If that's really the case, I guess something along these lines might help Debian substantially.
Cheers,
Timo
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